Hi All,
Wanted to talk about therapy dogs as pets, that are trained as a therapy dog to go visit schools, hospice houses etc, do these dogs have the same public access rights as a service dog? The answer is no they don't if they are your pet and have passed the CGC and passed the therapy test with pet partners or TDI you can't slap a service dog vest on him/her and take them shopping with you or out to eat on,y if you ask the store if you can bring the TDIT (therapy dog in training) into there business would say some will say yes some will say no. Cause these dogs are not a service dog and under ADA law they cannot and do not have the same rights as a service dog. People are putting service dogs at risk by slapping a vest on there pet or TDIT just to bring them with, we foresee it coming down the line that all service dogs will have to soon carry paperwork from the group/school or trainer who trained that dog and in what type of tasks it was trained to do.
Thank you
