Should He Have Been A “Service Dog”?
Posted on June 19, 2008
we started our canine good citizen class yesterday. there were 5 dogs in the class, of the 5, 3 were dog aggressive and liame wasnt one of them. the individuals with the dog aggressive pups want to have their dogs become therapy dogs. i just shook my head in disbelief. having had a service dog that doesnt pay attention to its owner while other dogs are around i know what they are going through. i just dont know why they think that the dog will be safe in a therapy type of environment. i hope they can work through their issues but from personal experience i know that its going to be a tough and almost impossible road. personally i dont think i should have been allowed to call jasper a service dog because he would not have passed the ignoring another dog part of the official test. its not like jasper was aggressive, he just wants to go play and not pay attention to me. i know i wouldnt be at the point that i am at without having had jasper serve me, i just know now after having liame, that its important for the service dog community to establish mandatory guidelines for what type of behavior is legally required for a service dog. i know i will get a lot of flack for this blog but i really do think its important to have a 100% sound dog serving you.
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