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Originally Posted by Sunnydayz  Yes since my fall, which was very scary for me as I could not get to the phone, I have been starting Gizmo ahead of time, till I can have him trained properly in a service dog class. I have first taught him to do high five, and we are now practicing using that high five action with hitting my emergency response button on the system we have installed in the house. This I and my dr as well believe is a very important task to train him. It could be a matter of life or death for me if the situation were even worse than the fall I already had. He will once trained definitely qualify as a service dog, as my dr and I have already checked it out with my state. His specific tasks he will be trained in once he is old enough to be enrolled in training will be emergency alert. There have been several times I have found myself, from falling, not being able to get help. That was the reason my dr pushed so hard for me to rescue a dog to have trained.
I guess I got a bit emotional in my post last night because I am one of those people, that really tries not to show I am disabled, and most people can't tell as I hide it well, and the conversation of judging just by looking at someone I guess just got to me. I too have allergic reactions to things that I go into anaphylactic shock and is always a major concern while I am home alone, as well as the many infections in the last five years that have made me septic, which are a matter of life or death for me within 20 to 30 mins., and this is all besides the loss of use within my body, so yes having a dog trained to alert a medical emergency is very important to myself, my family and my physical therapist.
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Sounds like you've got a good plan in place and a little dog that is willing to assist you
I didn't know this, from your past posts in this thread, so that's all I was trying to emphasize
Wasn't at all implying you didn't NEED a service dog, just wanted to clarify that- from the posts prior, I was just trying to add information, so that others who possibly come and read this thread understand the rules regarding SD's (and the differences with ESAs). In no way do I think you're
not deserving to have one! Just wanted to let you know though, sorry if my posts came off brash, I was hocked up on cold meds last night when I typing and couldn't sleep so I probably just didn't explain myself clearly LOL...
I truly deeply feel for your situation and honestly can't even fathom. I am so glad you have your pup as a companion and to aid you with your troubles.