Sunday, January 20, 2013

Top Service Animal Links

   
Best Service Animal Links

Top Resources For 
Service Dogs, Miniature Horse Service Animals & Trained Monkeys




Assistance Dogs: Learning New Tricks for Centuries. Jennie Cohen. History.com.

Assistance Dogs International : A coalition organizations that train and place assistance dogs. ADI handles training, placement, and utilization of assistance dogs. Check the Assistance Dogs International comprehensive accreditation system. http://www.assistancedogsinternational.org

California state service dog laws: http://servicedogcentral.org/content/node/5

Canine Companions For Independence P.O. Box 446, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 USA (707) 577-1700 (Voice). (707) 577-1756 (TTY). Fax: (707) 577-1711 info@caninecompanions.org Focuses on SD for: Hearing, Service, Social/Therapy. Those aged 15 or older can get a free service dog.


Delta Society National Service Dog Center 289 Perimeter Rd. East, Renton, WA 98055 USA (800) 869-6898. (800) 809-2714 (TTY) www.deltasociety.org Promote the study of the human and animal symbiotic bond. The Delta Society National Service Dog Center  offers courses on the service dog business. The Delta Society National Service Dog Center newsletter’s is published quarterly.


Disability Self-Assessment Test. Free My Paws. www.freemypaws.com

Fake Service Dogs:
1: Completely Free Small PDF Book www.petsadviser.com/service-dog-report.pdf
2: Fakers. Service Dogs of Florida Inc. www.2012.servicedogsfl.org/?p=28

Finding Service Dogs:

Food and Agricultural Codes. Using California as an example. www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusca_civil_54_55_2.htm#s542
Guide Dogs for the Blind’s History. Guide Dogs for the Blind. www.guidedogs.com/site/PageServer?pagename=about_overview_history

Guide Horse Foundation P.O. Box 511, Kittrell, NC 27544 USA Phone: (252) 433-4755 info@guidehorse.com
www.guidehorse.com Apply for a Guide Horse Foundation miniature horse service animal. Guide Horse Foundation covers the costs of the on-site interview, transportation of the student to the Guide Horse Foundation. Guide Horse Foundation maintains legal ownership of the miniature horse service animal.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind www.guidingeyes.org

Helping Hands-Monkey Helpers for the Disabled 541 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02134 USA (617) 787-4419. Capuchin service monkeys are adaptively trained to match the person’s unique needs. The adaptively trained service monkey can help people with computer work. Or they can reposition a hand or foot after a muscle spasm. It can also scratch an itch. Ownership of the adaptively trained service monkey goes to the new monkey owner. Helping Hands-Monkey Helpers for the Disabled continues to provide behavioral and veterinary support for their expensive o train Capuchin service monkeys. http://monkeyhelpers.org/

International Association of
Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP) http://www.iaadp.org

International Guide Dog Federation. www.igdf.org.uk

Minimum Standards for Training Service Dogs. Assistance Dogs International Inc. www.assistancedogsinternational.org/Standards/ServiceDogStandards.php
Minimum Standards for Training Service Dogs. Assistance Dogs International Inc. www.assistancedogsinternational.org/Standards/ServiceDogStandards.php

Monkey Service Animal video. The Capuchin Monkeys. Video from MSNBC after advertisement
The Capuchin service monkey is assistance animal, similar to service dog. Capuchin service monkeys are specially trained to help quadriplegics, other people with severe spinal cord injuries or others with mobility-impairments.

More Than Man’s Best Friend. Jarrett A. Lobell and Eric Powell. Archaeology Magazine. October 2010. www.archaeology.org/1009/dogs/

New York State Service Dog Laws: http://servicedogcentral.org/content/node/32

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel. 14 CFR Part 382. U.S. Department of Transportation. www.airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/rules/382short.pdf

Pets in the passenger cabin. Federal Aviation Administra­tion. October 2009. www.faa.gov/passengers/fly_pets/cabin_pets/

Service Animal Institute www.ServiceAnimalInstitute.com

Service Dog Certification: Spotting Fake Certifications & Registrations. www.servicedogcentral.org/content/fake-service-dog-credentials
Service Dog Tasks for Psychiatric Disabilities. Joan Froling, trainer consultant, International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP). www.iaadp.org/psd_tasks.html

US States. State by state laws on service dogs. Federal laws also apply per the ADA links. http://servicedogcentral.org/content/node/51


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1 comment:

  1. More top links are welcome. If you have really good links please post them. No promo links please.

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