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I think it's great that you can train your dogs to get your medication for you! My grandmother started having seizures about a year ago, and she was unable to call for help. Something like this would have been perfect for her. Good for you, and I wish you the best of luck! |
My dogs are my companions. I would like to get a 'service' liscence to take them with me more. I too have problems and feel much better with one with me. We lost our only child, our 20 yr old daughter to murder three years ago. The yorkie I had at the time was 14 yrs old but healthy. She started going downhill after Sarah was murdered. She is now with our daughter in heaven. Now with my new dogs, I need them. I suffer from depression and anxiety. My furbabies are my reason to get up in the morning.:aimeeyork They ARE my therapy.:thumbup: |
I think its wonderful you can train your dog to get your medicine for you!! :thumbup: Sorry you had to explain to some. I know our disabilities can really be imbarrassing at times. Never feel bad about having them, they are things we certainly didn't ask for. I think your dealing with it great! I also have a disability, which I won't mention either. I take medication daily, and go to a forum where others have the same problem for support. I wish I could come up with a way to teach mine to be service to me, as I'd love to have them fly free (since they are considered as 1 of our "carry ons anyway). I'd love to start flying when I go to see my Mom, but can't afford both of us a ticket! When I travel in a car, I put Adonis in his Sherba carry on, and nobody has said anything to me. It has a shoulder strap, and is soft sided, and breathable, and you can barely tell there is a dog in it. Not leaving my dog in the car, as I live in the deep south, and summers are really hot here. Not real sure but I'd bet the laws for service dogs are different in every state! Wtg though on training to fetch meds! Thats COOL. |
Service Dogs? 2 Attachment(s) I have a Service Dog for my disabilities, and no, I cannot work. In Canada, a prescription from one's physician or nurse is necessary to support having a SD; in the States, it is important to get a script as backup, for proving your dogs are Service Dogs, as opposed to Emotional Support Dogs. It is also a good idea to have your dog tested by a dog trainer, for public access; the Delta Society has some excellent guidelines. Then, should you have serious problems, you have a record of behaviour for your dog, but it is not necessary. Service Dog protocol is important, and it is the people that do not follow it that cause problems for other SD handlers. It is not necessary, legally to 'register' your dogs with SARA or any other program; SARA accepts any animal, provided one sends them the right amount of money, and has no official status whatsoever. Basically, it is someone's idea of an income for nothing, and will do no good should you need help from an outside source. Before taking your dogs in public as Service Dogs, it would be a good idea to check out such websites as www.psychdogs.org Here, you can learn just about everything you need to know about PSDs. |
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