In most countries, Assistance Animals are broken down into three sub-categories: Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs, and Service Animals (everything other than guide or hearing dogs). In the U.S., the term Service Animal is used generically to mean any kind of assistance animal, including both guide and hearing dogs.
The Codes of Federal Regulation for the Americans with Disabilities Act defines "service animal" as "any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items." The U.S. Department of Justice goes further in their technical assistance papers to explain that "[a]nimals whose sole function is to provide emotional support, comfort, therapy, companionship, therapeutic benefits, or promote emotional well-being are not service animals.''
The Department further believes "that it is necessary to eliminate from coverage all wild animals, whether born or bred in captivity or the wild. Some animals, such as nonhuman primates, pose a direct threat to safety based on behavior that can be aggressive and violent without notice or provocation."
In an upcoming re-issuance of the Codes of Federal Regulation pertaining to service animals, the Department intends to add to the existing definition of service animal that "service animal'' does not include wild animals (including nonhuman primates born in captivity), reptiles, rabbits, farm animals (including any breed of horse, pony, miniature horse, pig, and goat), ferrets, amphibians, and rodents." Service animals are trained to perform tasks for their disabled owners. Guide dogs lead the blind around obstacles they cannot see and hearing dogs signal the deaf about sounds they cannot hear. Some service dogs pick up dropped items, open or close doors, or operate buttons or switches for owners in wheelchairs or with limited use of their hands.
I think you are talking about assistance dogs. Most assistance dogs are large, intelligent breeds such as retrievers (the Labrador and Golden are most common) and German Shepherds. However, some assistance dogs are tiny. I know a boy with cerebral palsy who cannot speak, stand or walk - his assistance dog is a tiny spaniel/longhaired chihuahua cross. Assistance dogs have many names. They are also called service dogs for one. All assistance dogs must undergo a rigorous temperament test and then a lot of training to ensure they are intelligent, friendly and up to the job. Many assistance dogs are trained to help disabled people lead normal lives. Others perform duties such as sniffing out banned material being smuggled through Customs, finding drugs and explosives, clearing minefields, tracking criminals, killing snakes and finding lost people. Some dogs are also therapy dogs. Most therapy dogs visit people who are in hospital or institutions to cheer them up. Therapy dogs do the rounds of local hospitals, hospices, mental institutions, nursing homes etc. and visit the residents. Just having an animal lying beside the bed can make a remarkable difference to some of these people. Dogs that help blind people are called guide dogs for the blind or simply guide dogs. They act as the eyes of a person with little or no eyesight, guiding them around obstacles, making sure they have a clear path and alerting them to visual signals they might have missed. Dogs that help deaf people are called assistance dogs for the deaf. They alert deaf people to sounds such as the doorbell, sirens or the telephone and perform many other everyday tasks. Some assistance dogs do not specialise in a particular condition. They are teamed with disabled people and learn to help them in the unique ways that will make their lives easier. Some of these ways include pulling a disabled person's wheelchair when they are tired, or detecting when an epileptic person is about to have a fit. Some dogs have been trained to press buttons that dial the emergency number and play a prerecorded message giving the name, address and condition of the person the dog is teamed with. Search And Rescue or SAR dogs are trained to sniff out trails to find people who are missing. There are remarkable stories of people being found by SAR dogs after days or weeks, alive. Police dogs are generally ferocious-looking but perfectly trained. They will sniff out and apprehend a criminal at great risk to themselves. Explosive detection dogs will sniff airport traffic to thwart terrorism attempts. They also clear minefields by sniffing out the mines so that they can be destroyed safely. Drug detection dogs have been responsible for some of the greatest drug busts in history, hauling in millions of dollars worth of illicit drugs. Customs dogs detect food and animals that have been illegally brought into a country, that may pose quarantine risks. All of these dogs are loyal, dedicated animals that make our lives easier. 'Assistance dog' usually refers to a dog that helps the disabled. 'Service dog' applies to all the dogs above. They also have particular names based on the duties they perform. These names are not dependant on gender. Most also have personal names given to them by their owners and trainers. I know three assistance dogs. Their names are Piper, Max and Bailey.
Yes. If they provide a service then they are service animals. Horses that haul carriages and plows are a service animals. Such work is rare now-a-days so the majority of horses would be recreational or pets.
yes they are used to help people that are usally blind
Few animals are equipped to survive the harsh arctic environment. Typical species used as service animals, such as dogs and primates, are unlikely to do well there. However, it might be possible under the right circumstances (indoors).
Service Animals.
Yes. Dogs that 'work' or are trained to help humans are called service animals.
In general, monkeys are not used as service animals due to significant concerns about zoonotic diseases, potential aggression and ethical concerns.
Well,dogs are good for help around a farm or a service dog.
Dogs are the kinds of animals that use community service when they bark, growl, or grunt.
Service Dogs are either rescued from animal shelters or bred in selective breeding Service Dogs can be identified by either a jacket, backpack or harness.
The most unusual service animal is the miniature horse since only dogs and in some cases miniature horses can be service animals.
Dogs.
Service is any action that is done for helping others. Example, he was involved in the service of animals.