Mobility Assistance Dogs: is a Service dog that is used to help their owner keep their balance with the use of a special harness that has a handle. The owner can sort of lean on the dog to help keep their balance. These dogs also learn commands to get things for their owners.
Hearing Assistance Dogs: a type of service dog that alerts it's owner to sounds in their environment such as alarms, doorbells, phones.
Diabetic Alert Dogs: are service dogs that alert or respond to dangerous or deadly blood sugar levels. Usually these types are dogs are trained to call 911 on a special K-9 cell phone if their owner is not responding.
Medical Alert Dogs: There job is to alert their owner to changes in their body such as blood pressure and hormone levels. Diabetic Alert Dogs can fit in this category. But not all of Medical Alert Dogs are Diabetic Alert Dogs.
Psychiatric Service Dogs: These dogs help their owner with mental disabilities. They can help remind the person to take their medication, help relieve anxiety, wake up from PTSD nightmares, and motivate people with depression.
Visual Assistance Dogs: These Dogs help guide their visually impaired owner using a special type of harness that has a handle that is loose so the dog can walk in front of the owner to lead but also protect him from people or things in front.
Medical Assistance Dog: is mostly a service dog that is trained for specific tasks to help the owner that has a disability that doesn't fit in the other categories.
Sometimes I get asked, "What type of service dog is he?" When I bring Co-Jack into places. And I would say he's a Service Dog. But now I know that Co-Jack would be a Medical Assistance Dog. You see I have a disability were I can't breathe when I am asleep or pass out. He is trained to wake me up at night when a alarm goes off on a machine that helps me breathe when I am sleeping. He does this by first licking my hand and if not he jumps on the bed and licks my face. But breathing is also a problem for me during the day too. So if I fall a sleep in class, Co-Jack would put his two front paws on me and lick me until I wake up. He's an Amazing Medical Alert Dog.
Let me know if you want to know anything about these special animals or My amazing dog Co-Jack
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| Co-Jack at my grandma's doing the commands "Go In (or Go under)" and "Down". |
