Service dogs vs Emotional support dogs vs Therapy dogs?

Service dogs cannot provide help for you as you don't have a physical need. You have a mental need and therefore the dog would be an emotional support dog only.

Service dogs perform a service like guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for a deaf person, helpers for a wheelchair bound person (like picking up objects and maybe pulling the chair sometimes). Therapy dogs are used to cheer up those in hospitals or nursing homes. Emotional support dogs are more like a pet that you will be allowed to take in limit places that pet dogs are not allowed but not in all places like a service dog would be able to do.

Your doctor is wrong - you don't have a physical disability so no service dog.

Find what motivates your dog. Some dogs do anything for food. Some dogs do anything for Toys. Some do anything for a good petting. Some do anything for only one type of food, like cheese, or hotdog. Some only have interest in training for 5 minutes at a time, and others can go for an hour. Figure out what your dog is willing to work for, and then work with her in sessions that are no longer than she can tolerate. How to train your dog properly https://tr.im/dupnI

Sign up for a dog obedience training class. It will not train your dog. It will give you training on how you can train your dog. Most people understand the idea of training, but there is a right and a wrong way to do it, and there is good and bad technique. Timing and consistency is very important, and it helps to have feedback of someone watching you who can help you improve your technique to get more efficient results with your dog.

However, she may be somewhat anxious around other dogs, sort of like the shy kid on the playground. She will benefit from continuing what you are doing as far as asking her to sit before entering, but there are more things along those lines that will help her to calmly go in and out of the dog park. She may also benefit from going in short bursts, or only when fewer dogs are present, or avoiding times when other dogs that make her nervous are present. Maybe she just plays loud - my brother's dog is this way - or maybe she is a dogpark bully - sorry it is possible. But more likely she is just a little anxious around new dogs and she wants to play but just doesn't quite know how to do that and still feel comfortable. Don't be surprised if your dog does not actually like the dog park, and maybe she would get more enjoyment and less stress out of simply going for a good walk somewhere else.

A wagging tail does not mean that your dog is happy or even comfortable with the situation. It means your dog is emotionally aroused. This could be a happy arousal, or it could be a nervous arousal, or it could be an aggressive arousal. Go youtube it, there are plenty of videos of 'vicious' dogs who are throwing a very aggressive fit of barking and snarling while their tail is wagging vigorously. Even police dogs who are not let off the leash to chase down a suspect can be lunging and barking and snarling, and their tails are still going.

You can't have a service dog. You ahve to be disabled to have one. And you are in collage and make it clear in your questions you function just fine in day to day life so no you can't have a service dog.

A therapy dogs is well trained, well behaved dog that has passed the CGC test and helps OTHERS not its owner.

An ESA is only a pet. It can't be in public spaces, can't be in pet free housing , can't be on public transport. Its only a pet and an unhealthy crutch.

Are you in the US?

If so:

ESA (Emotional Support Animals) only have rights for housing & have no rights to access in public places. No specific training is required & the purpose is companionship to help with mental health problems. A prescription from your mental health provider is required along with prior permission from your landlord before you bring the animal into the place you live

Therapy dog.. technically is a dog that is taken by it's handler to go visit nursing homes, children in hospitals & things like this. They have no legally protected rights for housing or public access

Service dog.. you DO meet criteria for SD with any disabling condition that can be mitigated by a properly trained dog. If a dog meets definition of SD then it is allowed in housing & allowed to have access to public places. In order for the dog to be allowed to be used as a SD then the dog must be trained to provide services to you that help mitigate disabling condition(s). Additionally the dog needs to be "bombproof" in order for public to be safe. The dog also must never have potty accidents.

It is important to note that SDiT (Service Dogs in Training) have no rights in housing or public places unless state law provides the coverage. Federal law does not give rights to SDiT

here is more info & this is also proof that people with PTSD can have Service Dogs

http://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm

she probably recommended a service dog because it is her recommendation that lets you apply for one. A service dog is allowed anyplace the general public is allowed and an ESA is only allowed in housing and on public transportation. A therapy dog has had certification and visits clients in nursing homes and hospitals.

All dogs give emotional support through their affection, loyalty,

and enthusiasm for life. Service dogs are trained to perform specific tasks-such as seeing eye dogs who guide blind people.Dogs can be trained to alert deaf people to a knock on the door. They can remind you to turn the stove off or even to take your medication. They love to go for walks with you and they are magnets for kids---if you like kids.

Service dogs are great support and will do just about anything to protect their handlers from harms way

You should direct all your questions to the doctor who said you would qualify for a Service Dog.

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You must go to the organizations that train the dog for your particular disability, training can take two years, then you have to train with the dog, all this will cost around 50K.