Service Dogs: How Can I Get My Dog Certified
As per the guidelines of ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) which was amended in March
in 2011, any dog which is trained individually for assisting a disabled handled in the day to day
activities can qualify as a Service Dog that the handler can take to public places where the dogs
are generally not allowed.
The dog as well as the handler needs to meet some specific requirements however to become an
assistance dog and handler. Once the organization giving the dog is sure that the dog as well as
the handler is compatible with each other, it gives the do to the handler.
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What assistance dogs are meant for?
The ADI which is professional organization which trains the assistance dogs terms a service dog
as a dog which is type of assistance dogs only. Assistance dogs are guide, hearing and other
revise dogs which assisted people having any kind of disability for functioning independently.
1. Guide Dogs- these dogs are given training for assisting people having visual impairment. The
dogs help the individual to navigate his or her environment. Such dogs are trained for leading the
handler on a straight clear line. It depends on the handler for giving instructions and directions to
the dog. The dog is given training for saving the handler from any kind of obstacles. Such dogs
are even capable of reading the traffic lights and signals. These kinds of dogs refuse to go ahead
if there is any obstacle.
2. Hearing dogs= these kind of dogs alert their handlers who may be deaf or hard of hearing to
the sounds produced in their environment which the handler is not able to hear like the sound of
alarm, smoke- alarm, door bell, baby crying, glass breaking, etc.
The dog respond to the sounds which they’ve been given training for and thus alert the handler.
3. Service dogs- these type of dogs are the dogs which include all the assistance dogs. Any dog is
a service dog if it is not a guide dog or a hearing dog. This category of dogs include the seizure
dogs, mobility help dogs, dogs for kids with autism, psychiatric help dogs and medical help
dogs.
Certification
The Federal Government and laws do not ask the dogs to get any kind of certifications for
becoming an assistance dog. But the organization which trains the dogs certifies the dogs as a
measure for assuring quality. Various organizations have their own requirements for
certification. The purpose of this is to ensure that the dog as well as the handler work well along
with each other and also that the dog maintains its skills.
The dog is given the certification once it gets all the required training and once it clears all the
tests which are conducted to test its skills. Once it clears all its tests, it is certified and is up for
sale to the handlers who are in need of assistance dogs.
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