[nagdu] COMMUNITY COMMENTARY 'Emotional support dogs' endanger somein public

[Sawyckyjkristina@yahoo.com]

I am a disabled vet and had a PTSD trained dog. The biggest thing she did was bark when someone came up behind me or touched me. She helped people stay outside my inner circle as to keep people from coming too close. 

When I did get psychotic, she would block me from running by lying by my chair so I couldn't go anywhere until I calm. Plus she went in first into dark rules. She pulled my wheelchair.

Skulley did much more before she was killed by a fellow vet's kid.she was an American Bulldog. I hope to replace her someday.

Kristina

> On Feb 20, 2015, at 6:18 PM, Tami Jarvis via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Debby,
> 
> The difference between an ESA and an SD for a mental disability such as PTSD is whether the dog is task-trained. If the dog just makes the person feel better, then it's just a dog, thus an ESA. If the dog is trained to do something, then it's a service dog. Tasks for PTSD SDs can include turning on lights before the handler enters a room, performing some action to interrupt an episode, guiding the handler away from a trigger or preventing the handler from encountering the trigger, stuff like that.
> 
> hth,
> 
> Tami
> 
>> On 02/20/2015 05:25 PM, Debby Phillips via nagdu wrote:
>> This is an interesting letter and in part, I certainly support it.  But
>> I have some questions.  First of all, in Spokane I have run into people
>> with dogs who say that they experience PTSAID. The dogs help them with
>> that issue.  Are they considered service dogs? Or are they considered
>> "emotional support" dogs? I am pretty unclear about this.  I understand
>> that dogs that strictly give "comfort" are not service dogs, but I'm
>> very unclear about the proliferation of dogs that Veterans are using
>> because of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.  And is that considered a
>> disability? Please understand, I'm supportive of anything that is good
>> for Veterans, but this issue does not seem clear to me. Peace,    Debby
>> 
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