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Certification
Florida Service Dogs, Inc. is not a membership organization.
While we do have "certified" service animal teams that have completed our extensive application process which includes
several evaluations, many hours of training hands on training sessions and public access and skills testing requirements.
We will work with those persons who are physically, financially and mentally able to care and control a service animal, and
though we think everyone should have a service animal, they are not for everyone. We will attempt to provide anyone
who is interested in learning about service animal uses, legal rights and responsibilities with the education and advocacy
they request. Please keep in mind, though we and many other organizations provide certification of our teams, nothing in the
law requires certification or proof of the animals training nor the proof of the persons disability for access under the American's
with Disabilities Act.
We work
with dogs for nearly all disabilities except blindness. Those who have some vision or are vision impaired with other types
of disabilities are addressed on a case by case basis. Although we are trained and qualified to teach dogs for hearing, mobility,
seizure and psychiatric assistance, we are not qualified to train for guide work nor blind persons with service dogs. Except for the foster dogs, none of these listed animals have the same legal protections as a service
animal does.
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