There are several types of working dogs, all which require exceptional temperaments and extensive training. Working Dogs include: Service Dogs (Mobility Support and Medical Response), Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Therapy Dogs and Police/Law Enforcement Dogs. Not all types of Working Dogs are permitted public access. However, if you see a working dog in public, you should never touch the dog or interrupt them because they are working. The only exception would be if the handler offers you to pet the dog, or the dog is a Therapy Dog, in which case you should always ask before petting.
Types of Owner-Trained Mobility Support (providing physical brace support) and Medical Response (responding to or preventing specific medical needs/ episodes) service dogs we’ve had the opportunity to assist in training and qualifying with based on clients’ disabilities, of all ages:
•Agoraphobia
•Alzheimer’s Disease
•Amputation
•Anxiety Disorders
•Arthritis (complex forms)
•ADD, ADHD
•Autism Spectrum Disorder (SSigDOG – Sensor signal dog or social signal dog)
•Back Impairments
•Bipolar Disorder
•Brain Injuries
•Cancer (chronic conditions caused by treatment)
•Cerebral Palsy
•Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
•Chronic Pain
•Cognitive Disability
•Depression
•Developmental Disabilities
•Epilepsy (medical response only)
•Fibromyalgia
•Gastrointestinal Disorders/ Disease (debilitating symptoms)
•Heart Conditions
•Herpes Zoster/ Shingles (pain, neuralgia, paralysis damage)
•Huntington’s Disease
•Intellectual Disability
•Learning Disabilities (complex forms)
•Mental Health Disabilities
•Migraine Headaches (debilitating symptoms)
•Multiple Sclerosis
•Muscular Dystrophy
•Panic Attacks
•Paraplegia
•Parkinson’s Disease
•PTSD
•Psychiatric Disabilities
•Quadriplegia
•Respiratory Disorders
•Sleep Disorders
•Speech-Language Disabilities
•Spinal Cord Injury
•Stoke (debilitating lasting symptoms)
•TBI
•Vertigo
•… and other fine motor, gross functioning and autoimmune related disabilities/symptoms