How many different types of Service Dogs are there?

Dozens. I have one that alerts me to apnea and breathing flare-ups, gets my O2 mask, alerts me to time to take meds, and alerts others when I need help.

How can a find a place that will train a resuce dog for seizures alerts. I am looking for place that will help train my resuce dog to alert me of my seizures. I live in Sacramento, CA. Any help would be helpful. Thank you.

How do I go about training my dog to be a service dog? What is required? Is each state the same? I live in las Vegas

I am the founder of Gargoyles Animal Rescue, currently I am training one Service Dog (for me), and two Therapy Dogs, plus I have a Emotional Support Animal (a cat). A doctor can prescribe a Service Dog for many different purposes. So in answer to your question – More than I could find from just a Goggle search. Anyone can train a Service Dog, so long as you can train – I’ve been training animals for over 40 years. There isn’t very much training required for Therapy Animals or Emotional Support Animals – they have to behave and can not show aggression towards anyone.

I am not currently in need of a Service Dog but my health issues are making me less able to do many things that I once could do, so why not train her myself for what will be needed in the near future. After she is trained she will help me train more dogs for this position (for other people).

One of the dogs that is being trained for Therapy work has a unique ability to sniff out maladies in humans and animals.

All three of the dogs I am working with now are rescue dogs that would of been killed for space in the shelter, when I took them on I wasn’t thinking of Service or Therapy – it just ended up this way – one of them hidden gifts that you discover accidentally when you are doing good deeds.

I am on my 3rd Service Dog, all of which I have trained myself. I use an electric scooter or electric wheelchair to get around. My service dog is trained to open doors, retrieve things I drop, like my keys, and to be there when I have a panic or stress attack, whish does happen to me as I am a Vietnam Veteran.

If you are training an actual Service Dog, training requirements are different according to the type of service the dog will be doing.

The best way to discover what a Service Dog is required to do, look up Service Dogs in the Americans With Disabilities Act or ADA. This will tell you the minimum requirements.

Good Luck.

We have a 3 pound poodle named Bentlee (whom we rescued) and a 6 pound Maltese named Hayzee Mai that are emotional support animals. We did not have to have anything from our physician to obtain the tags. The poodle is my daughters and the maltese is mine. Hers for depression, PTSD and anxiety, mine for those things as well as my health problems that don’t qualify me for a service dog. We’ve had no problems whatsoever with taking them into stores, on vacations, hotels, resorts, etc. If by chance questioned, we show the tag, and we’re back on our way to what we were doing. The picture attached is of them and our newest family member Diesel (Japanese Chin white and brown)

As many as there could be disabilities for which a dog can be trained to perform the tasks necessary to benefit the person with the disability in accordance with ADA definition of a service dog.

Here is the ADA Fact sheet regarding service dogs if the link doesn’t show go to ada.gov then /service_animals_2010.htm or search ADA fact sheet service animals The Humane society also has an easy to interpret page discussing the differences between service dogs and emotional support or assistance dogs.

http://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm

Any breed of dog can be used as a service dog. Some service dogs just require more training than others. I just had a big case about service dog breeds.