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Service Dog

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service dog,
a dog trained to aid disabled persons with such tasks as opening or closing doors, picking up dropped items, or pulling a wheelchair.

Service Dog
A dog trained to care for a person with disabilities, most commonly those with visual impairment, but also those with ambulatory disabilities in wheelchairs

service dog
A dog trained to care for a person with disabilities, most commonly those with visual impairment, but also those with ambulatory disabilities who are confined to wheelchairs. See Adaptive equipment, Americans with Disabilities Act, Physical barriers.


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Summary: At a US correctional facility, prison inmates are training puppies to become service dogs for wounded American war veterans.
The Loyola community has so graciously supported this training and the use of service dogs on campus," she stated.
There's a whole bunch of us out there and others that will need a service dog when they get back.
 
 
 
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