[nagdu] differences between service dogs and pets

[Buddy Brannan]

I wouldn’t say that. Our pet dog doesn’t get table scraps…umm, except that Melanie sometimes gives her potato chips. Me, never. 

I’d say the primary difference is behavior expectation. A service dog that you will be taking into public places has to behave well in public. It’s nice if pet dogs have that level of behavior, but since mostly they’re at home, I think the attention to detail as far as expected behavior. A pet’s behavior expectations aren’t generally as strict, simply because they don’t have to be. That may mean different things to different people i guess, but to me, it just means that my dog has to be under control in the areas it is expected to be in. For pets, that’s mostly at home, at the vet, etc., whereas a service dog is expected to maintain more people-friendly behaviors in more kinds of places, especially where people aren’t necessarily dog friendly.

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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> On Feb 25, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Julie J. via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> So I'm getting that the perception is that pets are generally misbehaved, are spoiled and fed from the table?  this is facinating to me.  I would have thought that service dogs require more time or  more expense?
> 
> Julie
> 
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