Assistance animals have become widely popular in the United States, as more people have seen their benefits for improving their mental and emotional health. For sure, you’ve heard of reports of emotional support animals such as dogs, cats, pigs, miniature horses, and ducks being used to assist patients with PTSD and autism in their day-to-day lives.
Despite assistance animals’ popularity, we can all agree that animals, in general, have helped people in many ways. Whether it’s an emotional support animal or simply a pet, animals help ease feelings of loneliness. You get to take them for a walk which allows you to exercise.
When it comes to children with or without developmental disorders, interaction with assistance animals has been shown to increase learning motivation, social skills, empathy, a sense of responsibility, and self-esteem. Therapy animals also help decrease pain among hospitalized children.
As owners of assistance animals, we need to make sure that our furry companions get all the care and training they need to stay safe and healthy so they can continue keeping us happy.
Are you an owner of an assistance animal?
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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