Question: What is the first step when making an accommodation request for your service animal?
Answer: If you would like to request an accommodation from the airline, the first step is to let the airline know that you would like to request that your assistance animal travel with you as a reasonable accommodation for your disability. It can be done verbally when you check in for your flight. However, it is best to do this in writing so that you have evidence of how and when you made your request.

By giving the ticket agent a written document instead of needing to have a longer conversation, you can also help preserve your privacy, since you are speaking in a public area where your conversation may be overheard by others.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

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Question: Do therapy animals have rights to public access, travel, and housing accommodations?

Answer: Because Therapy Animals are not covered by ADA disability laws, FHAA fair housing laws, or Federal transportation regulations, owners of Therapy Animals do not have the following rights associated with their therapy animals:

No rights to public access. Each location must agree to have the therapy animal visit, but is not obligated to grant access unless it wants to.

No right to accompany its owner on commercial flights. The animal can travel with its owner following the general rules for pets but does not have any special rights under ADA or transportation regulations.

No right for housing accommodations by landlords and hotels. The animal would be treated as an ordinary pet when it comes to housing, and a landlord or hotel can impose whatever restrictions it has in place for pets.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

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Question: What are the only animals that have public space access rights?

Answer: Under Federal laws, only service animals have public space access rights. Emotional support animals do not have public space access rights.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

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Question: What law defines emotional support animals?

Answer: Emotional Support Animals are defined under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA). Please remember that emotional support animals are not defined under the ADA law, but are instead included in housing and travel laws only.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

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Question: Someone asks you why your animal isn’t wearing a vest or tag. What’s a good response?

Answer: “Under the ADA, there’s no requirement for any identifying gear or tags. There’s no registration or certification requirement. Each disabled owner can choose whether to have their Service Animal registered or wear gear or tags. For more privacy, I choose not to have mine wear anything that labels me as disabled.”

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

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Question: Is flea infestation a reason for airlines to refuse or eject an emotional support animal?

Answer: The airline is allowed to refuse/eject the assistance animal if it causes an unreasonable nuisance or public safety hazard. For example, if the assistance animal has a visible flea infestation. Take note that issues have to be actual rather than merely potential.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

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Question: When can an airline require passengers to buy extra seats for their service animals?

Answer: An airline won’t require a passenger to purchase an extra seat unless the animal will not fit in the immediate seating area, lap, or under-seat storage area of the passenger. For example, a Great Dane might be denied cabin space unless an additional seat is purchased. However, if the flight happens has a lot of space available, the passenger may not purchase an additional seat.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

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Question: What issues should you address in lawsuits concerning emotional support animals?

Answer: An owner using an exotic species or breed for an Emotional Support Animal would likely need to address these issues:

• Whether the chosen species or breed presents a health hazard to others (i.e., a poisonous spider or full-blood wolf).
• Whether there is a reasonable need to have that particular type of animal that a more traditional animal such as a dog, cat, or rabbit would not equally fulfill.

In summary, the question of exotics is not clear under existing law. A disabled owner/handler should consider whether or not a different breed would give equal assistance, because that question may come up if there is a future dispute.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.

Purchase your copy of the book by clicking the text or image below.