Service dogs are a low risk treatment, that can replace dangerous medication and expensive devices. For a purebred service dog is $20,000, however there are non profit organizations that provide service dogs at a much lower cost, but there is usually a long wait list (“Costs”). ASDA (Autism Service Dogs of America) sets a donation goal of $13,500 for every approved family, which is always achieved. Another option is buying the dog from a breeder and paying for the training and accessories. If a puppy is purchased from a dog breeder for around $2,500, in two years time the dog would have costed around $5,200 dollars. The rest of the $ 2,700 comes from vet bills, service gear, training expenses, food, treats, and toys. (“Service”) Getting a dog from a rescue center will cost about the same amount because usually vet bills and training expenses are incrases. However in the long run the owner is most likely to spend more money on a rescue dog, because they often have more issues, physically and mentally which cause them to wear out faster. There is no health insurance that cover service animals. Service dogs however do replace the nasty side effects of some medication, and devices that won't provide companionship. Although the average hearing aid costs $4,000, hearing aides need replaced as the person grows, and need repairs as well, putting the total …show more content…
It can be a companion, an aide, or both. Pet dogs are loyal and make wonderful company, and an emotional support dog creates bountiful joy, but a service dog is much more. A service dog not only serves the same role as a pet, but creates a safer environment for its owner. Without the service dog it would be much harder for the owner to get around on a daily basis indecently. However service dogs and their owners are discriminated against because people are skeptical of the dog’s legitimacy, but instead the service dogs and their owners should be respected and treated as
Secondly, some people struggle with disabilities or severe mental illnesses and need a service dog because adults may draw attention away or even not focus on the problem at hand.
Don’t you just love waking up with a warm soft cuddly little puppy? Imagine that cute little puppy lying on the couch next to you watching Homeward Bound or whatever you choose to watch. Then the puppy starts to lick your face and then he cuddles with you again. I strongly believe, that dogs are better than cats. I have had two puppies and two Tom cats. Dogs are more playful, and my puppies were loyal. Therefor, I think dogs are better than cats. First of all, pups are more playful. Dogs play fetch and tug of war. Tom cat play with a laser. A man's best friend has much more energy and want to play more often. Unlike cute little puppies, you have to start playing with hair balls. I get it if you have a younger sibling and
Animal-assisted therapy is often confused with service dog; it is two completely different type of usage of animals, which usually are dogs. It is commonly misunderstood because animal-assisted therapy and service dog are working animals with individuals with disability although according to (Hart-Cohen, 2009) service dogs is when an individual with disability is in need of help in order to function in daily life such as answering the door, crossing the street and the list goes on. While animal-assisted therapy animals are trained to offer comfort companionship, and affection to those in need in different situations such as courtrooms, nursing homes, schools, hospitals, and other places (Hart-Cohen, 2009). The point of animal-assisted therapy is to be available in specific situations to offer comfort to individuals. In order to become an assisted animal, the animal must undergo training, to receive a certified to prove that the animal is qualified to be able to control his or her behavior and is able to work with an...
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 7.6 million companion pets enter animal shelters across the United States each year, nearly evenly disrupted between dogs and cats . These animals are abandoned for reasons including families no longer being able to care for them (sickness/death of an owner), to families not wanting them (the novelty wearing of the animal wearing off), to the animals being born into puppy mills to finally animals that are loved being lost from their owners. These animals do not understand what is happening to them and rely on the kindness of humans to provide for them in shelters until their forever home can be found.
Dogs today are being trained to be service dogs. Training a dog takes at least one to two years. Training a dog means they must be able to behave in public areas without causing any problems, the second thing a dog must be able to do, is to act appropriately with whatever disability the owner may have. Some people say that dogs can sense when their owner is about to have a seizure, but others say dogs can sense it but their instincts kick in and they have the need to protect their owner. The only animals allowed to be service animals are dogs and in some cases miniature horse.
Dogs make better pets overall. They are more aware of emotional feelings than cats are and dogs tend to be more loyal and less defiant. As a child I owned several cats and dogs. I found that the dogs had a higher intellect and were more willing to learn new things.
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole,” said Roger Caras. This quote shows that dogs will make your life in many ways better than it was without one. There are many reasons why dogs are better than cats. Dogs and very intelligent and can be trained to do many things. So if you don't like that fact that your dog barks, you can train it to only bark on command(speak). Dogs can reduce stress in your daily life. They can be house trained so there’s no need for stinky litter boxes. Dogs, in many ways, are the best pet to have in any situation.
Their are dog parks everywhere and there should be more just for the fact that in some place the people built the parks. The people had a meeting about what to do if they should or shouldn't build in certain areas but there should be a lot more dog parks.
Dogs make great companions, can be an assistance dogs and help people with disabilities, and even protect a household. Hearing dogs can be the ears for a person that is hard of hearing, seeing dogs can be the eyes for someone who is legally blind, and service dogs can be an alert system for someone with epilepsy. Although, these dogs are put through a lot of special training for a specific need. More often than not, an assistance dog is adopted but also donated to someone who is handicap. Since a landlord is unable to refuse a house or apartment to someone with an assistance dog, and they are allowed everywhere it is less likely for them to become an inconvenience.
Dogs are better than cats because they are easier to train, they are protective, they are easier to adapt, and they are active.
Finally, I just got a call from my neighbor that she might want to hire me to watch her dog! My neighbor is going on vacation and is thinking of taking her dog to a kennel of hiring me to watch her dog. She is stuck which she should do, but she should hire me to dog sit. Many people are telling her to take her to a kennel, but on the other side, I am much more secure than a kennel.
Dogs, without a shadow of a doubt, are better than cats. No matter which way that you choose to look at it, man’s best friend will always be superior to their feline foes. Perhaps the most common argument in favor of dogs is their apparent love and affection for their owners. This is easily observed every day as dogs go berserk as soon as their owner steps foot in the door. Science has even been able to back up this claim in a recent study, as dogs secrete more oxytocin, the love hormone, than cats after spending time with their owners. A canine’s oxytocin levels increase by about fifty-seven percent in comparison to about twelve percent for cats. Furthermore, dogs help to save lives every single day through their work with the military and
There are many different ways you can adopt a dog and there are many different places you can adopt a dog, depending on where you go it could be easy, but other shelters it might be a long process. Some shelters will look for a dogs forever home, others might just want to get rid of the dog because there are too many dogs there. You could go online to look for a new dog, or you could go into the shelter and meet with the dog one on one. You could also look into either adopting a shelter dog or a rescue dog.
I think people should stop eating dogs. People in china eat family pets, that are the cutest loving animals. Why do the people in china eat dogs?
Millions of helpless, homeless dogs and cats roam the streets of the United States, starving to death. Not only do mass numbers of innocent animals suffer from hunger and abuse, but these animals are rapidly reproducing, overpopulating and quickly spreading disease. Some of these animals are captured and put into adoption shelters, but not all find loving homes. Instead, a cold and dark room were a deadly needle awaits. Evidence has shown neutering and spaying animals is extremely beneficial because it reduces animal suffering, overpopulation, and unruly behavior, and also improves the general health of animals.