Michigan legislators are currently discussing a new bill that will make it illegal to fake emotional support animals.

In this proposal, jail time of up to 90 days and a maximum fine of $500 and community service will be imposed for those who will be caught. It will also require providers to treat a patient for at least 6 months before providing a notarized letter to give a designation to the animal.

However, mental health professionals like Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner William Davis have concerns regarding the note as some of the patients might have been treated somewhere else.

State Rep. Matt Hall, R-Marshall says these regulations are to keep people from exploiting the system as there are cases where people just want to bring their pet along.

Emotional support animals are different from service dogs, and the proposed bill will not affect the latter.

Article source: Woodtv.com

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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Dogs With Wings is looking for people to adopt 10 puppies in the next two months.

The Edmonton-based organization whose goal is to change lives for the better by training canines to become service animals puts puppies into foster care for a year until they reach the right age, size and maturity to be sent back for formal training.

The individuals they are looking for should be ok with this setup, love dogs and are willing to give them a temporary home without payment.

Only food, veterinarian care, and training will be shouldered by the program.

Doreen Slessor, Dog’s With Wings’ executive director, says that it won’t be like taking care of a regular puppy because they will need to go everywhere with the person to give the puppy a solid exposure on different sites and sounds.

If you’d like to learn more about the program and the process, visit Dogs With Wings.

Article source: CTV News Edmonton

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 image below.

Meanwhile, in Prescott, AZ, therapy dogs are being read to by children every week at Prescott Unified School District elementary schools.

What started as a small group in October 2018 out of the PAWS program at Yavapai Regional Medical Center, Pet Partners of Prescott grew to more than 25 teams by the summer of 2019.

The program teaches the children positive traits and emotions, as well as calm and comfort.

The Read With Me Program, in particular, builds self-confidence among the kids while improving their social skills and focus. The group is proud to say that it helps the children become more motivated to participate.

Article source: signalsaz.com

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 image below.

Moving on to therapy or emotional support animals, New York is bringing in unlikely allies to teenagers in trouble with the law in the form of dogs.

Rising Ground is using therapy dogs to help these teens. Lisa Crook, Vice President for Justice for Youth and Families Programs of Rising Ground, says that this method allowed them to get through the kids quicker, therapeutically.

It also helps them cope with residential placement. While there for six to seven months, they learn life skills, vocational training, receive counseling and peer support and take trips outside the city.

They are encouraged by Oliver Martell, a Vocational and Educational Coordinator of Rising Ground, to think about where the dogs started when they started training them and where they are now. Both teens and dogs learn and grow from this experience as the program aims to train the dogs to become certified therapy dogs which will be tested after the 8-week program by Josh Abolt, owner of  Backcounrty K-9 Training.

So far, the program has been successful and the arrests have decreased, says Crook.

Article source: jjie.com

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 image below.

According to the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, there are around half a million service dogs helping people all over the US.

With news on taking advantage of the law and the lack of knowledge thereof, Courtnie Jayne of Springfield, Illinois is on a mission to spread awareness around service animals.

Americans with Disabilities Act allows service animals access to any open place accessible to the public. Establishments are allowed to ask the owner two questions: if it’s a service animal and the tasks that it can do, but Jayne said not everyone knows this.

In some establishments, people try to pet her service dog who helps with her Agoraphobia and severe panic and anxiety which shouldn’t be done because it distracts the animal from the job.

That being said, Jayne is working together with Juan Huerta, the city’s Director of Community Relations in providing informational sessions in their library to educate Springfield residents on rules around service animals. She has gotten support from the city council’s aldermen to help spread awareness.

Article source: Newschannel20.com

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 image below.

In Alabama, it’s a different story.

Service animals perform a lot of life-saving tasks, but there’s a growing concern as more and more people are claiming pets to be service animals when they aren’t.

In a WBMA report, from September 1 false claims of pets to be service animals will be deemed as a crime in Alabama.

And it’s not just false claims by pet owners.

Shelby County’s Roverchase specializes in training service animals for people with disabilities, and their director, Abigail Witthauer, says there are several fraudulent service animal “trainers” on the web that offer vests and certificates for money.

One way to tell that an animal is a true service animal is by observing its behavior. A fake service animal will try to get attention from others. Also, handlers should be ready to answer two questions: “Is this a service dog?” and “What task does it perform?”

Article source: wsls.com

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 image below.

While we love them, there are laws on bringing of Service Animals and forbidding pets in establishments that we can’t just ignore.

FDA prohibits bringing live animals but allows service animals in establishments such as grocery stores, restaurants and other premises catering to food. Unfortunately, therapy dogs and emotional support pets do not count as service animals.

In a Green Valley supermarket, for instance, a manager had to ask a customer with a bird perched on a poop-covered shoulder to step out of the store.

Said establishments are allowed to ask you if your pet is required by your disability, what it does for you and if found otherwise, they should, by law, escort you out the door.

Article source: Gvnews

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 image below.

The Gentle Barn is an organization that rescues animals who are victims of abuse and neglect and are too old to be adopted in homes. Rehabilitated animals also provide hope to people who have the same stories.

On September 28, 2019, The Gentle Barn will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. Ellie Laks and Jay Weiner, the founders, are inviting you to a special evening dinner and program where you get to pay tribute to the animals and also recognize the people who have helped the organization grow. Get the details right here: https://www.gentlebarncelebrate.org/

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 image below.