Quote Originally Posted by mike001
I've been seeing more and more stuff on this, but it seems like an assistance dog is for one thing, a service dog for something else. I know what a guide dog or hearing dog is so the other ones seem new to me. Hard to understand exactly since opinions are so varied. I'm trying to get our bookstore to order a book that explains this but no one seems to have anything but guide dog books. Maybe our local chapter for guide dogs would know what it's all about, I never thought of them till now. Thanks though borzoid.
There are 3 basic levels of dogs in this area- service dogs, assitance dogs, and therapy dogs.. Assistance is like a physical assistance ( think of it that way- like helps the person get up, or retrieve things for the owner) ,-a service dog is like for the non obvious ( could be seizures or panic attacks , even heart attacks etc ..) and usually a gift within the dog , -and therapy dogs offer NO ASSISTANCE, service is by the gift of the dog ( like zubin and the situations I have said) but really the dog is there to see patients ...
Assistantance dogs, and service dogs live with the person they are performing for- where as a therapy dog doesnt..