Animal and Pet Therapy

Working Animals (Including Service/Therapy Animals and Service Dogs)

What is a Working Animal? Working animals help people in their day-to-day lives. There are different types of working animals: 1. Service animal: A service animal, which is usually a dog, is an animal that has been trained to help a person with a physical disability, brain condition, and/or mental health challenge. Service dogs can be trained to help their handler with specific tasks so that their handler can be more independent in their day-to-day lives. Service dogs carry special protections in the law, e.g. they can have access to places that other animals are not allowed to access. Most service animals are dogs:Guide dogs: trained to ...