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It is highly recommended to start out with the right breed for being a service dog. Some canines just do not exhibit the right temperament to do this important and demanding job.
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If I have anxiety. How will have the patients to have one and train one
From my understanding a dog that can just cuddle with you and make you be less anxious can still be a service dog….it is providing a function for you to help you get thru your stress… you are not allowed in a lot of places with a emotional support dog.
Make sure you have a doctor to write you a letter….get your dog obedience trained…you can do this…train her to jump in your lap on command when you get nervious.. she will allow you to hold on to her for as long as you need……there it is….that is all that is required
No its has to do at least 1 or 2/more tasks including: stopping you from crying, getting your medication, water, phone, and it must be actually doing the task you trained it to do!
Very true Charity! Just being there only qualifies as an ESA. But Deep Pressure Therapy can be taught, as can alerting to a potential attack, which gives two relatively simple tasks. BUT they need to be trained!! And the dog needs EXTENSIVE obedience training! Don’t make the rest of us look bad 😉
I have seperation and social anxiety and a lot of times I wont leave my mom’s side. I am always afraid someone is watching me and I also get very nervous and have many breakdowns when I take tests. I have many times where I cannot move becuase I cannot control myself when having nervous breakdowns. When I heard about emotional support dogs I began to research ones that can help with anxiety and found this page. I am begining to think about getting one but we don’t have much money so I don’t know what to do. Is there any way to get a esa for free? If so can anyone tell me where to get one at?
Talk to your doctor about one, also esa aren’t allowed in school they are only allowed in your home and pet friendly places and sometimes planes
esa’s are just pets service dogs on the other hand can go any where with you
but i am also looking for a service dog
i have sever social anxiety and i dont like being in crouds or i think i am always being stared at
but i think i need a service dog just to help tho
Fern, a service dog attracts attention to you. Not all store owners are going to know the ADA rules and will do dumb stuff. Young children will ask to pet. Some people will even try to take pictures. If you don’t like being social I think a service dog won’t be for you.
Hello, I’m 14, and doing my own personal research. I’ve got suggestions for a PSD, not by professionals just by close friends and I’ve asked for advice on the subject, whether a PSD would benefit me or not. Most suggested yes. So I’m researching it myself. WARNING (mental health mention) I haven’t been diagnosed, but going to therapy and our topics and what they’ve suggested, I dissociate a lot, I have a lot of anxiety, and growing seizures of some sort. I’d rather not go into it more. I’m very afraid to ask my therapist about it and my mother, this being because of an event that happened recently (I’d rather not elaborate) That messed things up.
It’s very hard for me now to be comfortable with mental health in general now. But my family being anti- medication, and with therapy going so slow and things just growing more hectic, I don’t even know how I’ll make it through high school.
They are the type of people who believe that mental health is a choice and you can choose to not be the way you are or something.
I haven’t officially decided on a PSD, I’m doing more research and really need advice.
I have a dog named ellie, shes trained very well by my father. She heals on no leash, comes on command, and knows the basic. She’s very social and needs a bit more work on some things, which I’m willing to put effort into correcting.
The only problem is my mother despises animals, and our relationship is only beginning to grow and open up. I don’t know how she will react, especially with our culture and my families beliefs.
I just need advice, I’d plan on training ellie (my dog) independently.
-Thank you.
I have social anxiety and panic attacks. I get most of them at school and when Im around my family. I have a 2 year old dog who I wanted to train as a service dog, to help me calm down. I get very stressed when Im in close proximity to people especially my brothers.