Companion Dog Laws

How the dog serves the person depends on the person s needs.

Companion dog laws. Difference between an emotional support animal and a service dog. Signed into law in 1966 the animal welfare act awa is the primary federal animal protection law. Oregon law uses the same definition but uses the term assistance animals rather than service animals. They work as seeing eye dogs hearing dogs.

Companion dog laws in rental housing. The awa mainly involves animals kept at zoos and used in laboratories but includes animals who are commercially bred and sold. The ada and washington law prohibit public accommodations from charging a special admission fee or requiring you to pay any other extra cost to have your service animal with you. A companion dog certificate would fall under the emotional support animal registration unless the dog is performing special services to help with a disability.

If a tenant isn t disabled the animal is not a companion animal. Washington law states that signal dogs those that assist deaf or hard of hearing people must wear an identifying orange collar. Federal companion animal protection laws. A request for companion animal also may be denied if.

The animal welfare act is the chief federal law concerning companion animals. Seizure response dog is a dog trained to assist a person with a seizure disorder. Below is a summary of emotional support animal laws to better understand your rights. A record of such and impairment.

What is a companion dog certification. A few dogs have learned to predict a seizure and warn the person in advance to sit down or move to a safe place. The fair housing law states that with respect to a person a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities. Landlords cannot charge pet deposits or fees for service animals nor can they refuse a companion dog in a housing community for the elderly or handicapped that receives federal funding.

Under the ada a service animal is a dog that has been individually trained to perform tasks or do work for the benefit of a person with a disability. If you re an individual with an emotional or psychological disability emotional support animals can be an excellent companion. 1 the specific assistance animal in question poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others that cannot be reduced or eliminated by another reasonable accommodation or 2 the specific assistance animal in question would cause substantial physical damage to the property of others. The dog may stand guard over the person during a seizure or the dog may go for help.

Or being regarded as having such an impairment.