support dogs

Helpful trained companions

Support dogs are trained to assist people with disabilities or emotional needs.

Service dogs perform specific tasks for handlers with physical or psychiatric disabilities—guiding the blind, alerting the deaf, detecting seizures.

Emotional support dogs provide comfort through companionship rather than trained tasks, offering therapeutic benefit for anxiety, depression, or PTSD.

She flies with her support dog.

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