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How to Fly with a Service Dog on American Airlines
If you’re traveling with American Airlines with a service dog, you may want to educate yourself on the process. Before boarding, American Airlines — and most other airlines — ask their customers to fill out documents and meet requirements regarding their service dog. Please note that only dogs are accepted as service animals on American Airline […]
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How to Make Your ESA a Service Dog
If you’re lucky enough to have an obedient, social, and intelligent emotional support animal (ESA) with a calm temperament, you may have a potentially ideal service dog. Training your ESA to become a service dog isn’t an easy endeavor—it takes work and dedication to make an ESA into a service dog, but it can flourish […]
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How to Choose a Service Dog Prospect
The first step in beginning the training of a service dog is finding the right service dog prospect. Although most dogs do well in typical dog training, service dog training programs operate at a superior level. A service dog’s work goes above and beyond the usual tasks required of a pet, making the selection of […]
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Can I Train My Own Psychiatric Service Dog?
Disorders and disabilities affect every individual in unique ways. Each situation is unique depending on the person’s health status, needs, lifestyle, and environment. For psychiatric conditions, these factors are even more apparent, and every person’s case is distinctive. How a psychiatric illness affects life is different for each individual. Therefore, psychiatric service dogs can be […]
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Can You Take a Service Dog on Amtrak?
Although federal laws protect the presence of service animals on airlines, can you take a service dog on an Amtrak train? Short answer: Yes, you can. In more detail, Amtrak operates a nationwide rail network through 46 states and three Canadian provinces. It’s rail network accesses 500 destinations and is federally chartered, with the federal […]
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How to Register Your Dog as a Psychiatric Service Dog
Do you struggle with a psychiatric disability that significantly impedes your daily life? Do you need a dog at your side to help with your condition? If so, you might be eligible for a psychiatric service dog (PSD). In this guide, we’ll provide a quick overview of qualifying your canine companion as a PSD and […]
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