Services tailor made of all profits jephthah starts with mealy head around without falling. When we are out and about I often get asked about dog. I am pretty open, I figure if they start to understand hidden disabilities it make it easier for others later. He wears a bandanna for ID, has a tag, and I have cards for both of us. We have never been denied access, if we are asked all I have had to say is he is a service dog and it is all experience mirrors 's. A few people have given me dirty looks or made a snotty comment to the person next to them, but for the most part, people are mostly curious. disability is balance related and, like people think I am training dog for someone When people comment that I 't look disabled, I have learned to smile and say, Thank you. dog and I work very hard disability is not noticible. Like I have a dog that is unusual and draws alot of attention. I have had a few incidents with people touching or distracting dog. The most maddening was a who kept whistling for dog and calling Here boy. Come here. Luckily, female dog knows to stay right by side. She just looked up at me and rolled her eyes. Curasmom Leslie R MacBride This is a response to the hostile posting about FAKE SETVICE ANIMALS> I am a Psychologist who works with clients to find or train service dogs for their own needs. I find it objectionable when a trainer feels that these are fake service dogs. Far from it. The process of working with a dog to become a service dog for emotional issue can produce signifiacnt imporvement all domains of functioning. I have 45 years of animal training experience, It is entirely legitimate for people to work with animal and be legitimate without purchasing a certified service animal. I do believe that some service dogs are best trained by professional trainers AS a licensed psychologist, I can only claim competency areas where I can prove this. I wonder about huge fees for trainers who complain about illegitimate service animals. Dogs and other animals are not robots. They bark or react to stress and tight quarters. I would suggest developing some insight and tolerance for the excessive stress that travel might pose for service animals instead of expressing hostility toward individuals who might be less expereinced mantaining the training their service animals. next project to to have self-trained service dogs paired with Veterans with PTSD. They have access to legitimate documentation from me, as a Psychologist. I not resort to some certified trainer for these animals. I be able to develop individual training plans for the selected dogs with the client who needs them. If individuals need a consultation about indiviudal service animal documentation, please a mental health professional and include information from this site. LRMAC I know I sound like a broken record, but I state again that people advocting for certification, training by professionals, regristration, public access testing, etc. stand to make a financial gain. Thousands of dollars to have a professionally trained service animal? Give me a break! dog is trained by me for me and I seriously doubt that a professional could have trained her any better. very first job was working with the Circus…I graduated high school when i was only 15 and the town where i lived we had a theme park Circus World…I became the first Snake Charmer…but i was working with all sorts or exotic animals…i had such a for all creatures great and small……..and later years I was part of Masters of the