Dog Therapy Argumentative Essay

“If the fake service dog scam continues to escalate, real service dogs, and the privileges and respect they are entitled to, will be in jeopardy.” (Lichtenberg). Service dogs are needed for people with PTSD, Disabilities, Clinical Depression and GAD. A lot of people rely on these wonderful animals to help them get through the day. For example, people who use dogs to help with depression ,what if they get into a bad mood and attempt suicide, the dog will get someone's attention or can even call 911. Soldiers with PTSD suffer from flashbacks and the dog can calm soldiers down and help them know what is real and not. They are not meant to help people who just want to take their dog into the store or have “stressful” or “bad” days. We all get those. Service dogs are beneficial to the world and save lives, you should not be able to just order a kit off the Internet to “license” your dog to be a service dog. Lives are at risk and its wrong to mock the need of a service dog.

In the field of therapy, there are numerous of therapy available out there for different type of individuals and situations as well. There is one type of therapy that usually contains people and animal, it is animal-assisted therapy is a therapeutic approach that brings animals and individuals with physical and/or emotional needs together to perform the therapy. Animal-assisted therapy tend to be focused on individuals either children or elderly for them to be able to connect with the animal thus feeling comfortable talking with the therapist. Pet therapy works for all ages, whether sick or not (Lanchnit, 2011). Although, this paper, most of the focus is on animal-assisted therapy towards children using dogs.

There are many views on whether or not servicemen and women should be able to keep the dogs that they trained after their time in the army is up. In my opinion, dogs should be kept after service is over. Even though these dogs really belong to the Marines, their handlers should have a say in what happens to the dog. If the handlers are hurt during war, the dogs could be sent to another serviceman or woman. This needs to change very soon.

Dogs have helped humans in various medical fields for a long time. There are dogs that get experimental cancer treatments to see if they would be safe for humans. There are dogs that are trained to sniff out cancer in a human and according to the article by D. Becker, “there are even service dogs who alert their owners when their blood sugar is dropping dangerously low.” (p.1). Some people think that service dogs should not be allowed in schools because they are afraid. However they are wrong because service dogs are so well trained they will not harm the students or other people in a

The 12-year-olds of Seattle's Hazel Wolf K-8 Stem School, along with the Courthouse Dogs Foundation, believe that dogs possess an overwhelming calming effect on people, particularly the crime victims who are needed to go through the court system. These students are under Rose Palmer's class, which is known for establishing social projects every semester, and raising both awareness and funds for the Courthouse Dogs Foundation is the semester's call to action.

“Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, 'Hi' to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.” This quote from United States Senator Al Franken is a shining example of the power that a service animal can have to improve the quality of life for those with special needs who have a service animal. Imagine!

As a part of receiving a scholarship to attend Arkansas Tech University, I am require to volunteer 20 hours per semester. A few weeks back I volunteered at a new type of organization to help veterans suffering with PTSD. The organization is called Solder On Service Dogs (SOSD) located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The organization is relative new and was founded by Angie Pratt in September 2014. The Solder on Service Dogs website states that Pratt started the organization after a close relative, a Marine bomb technician, was injured in Afghanistan and began experiencing the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Pratt began searching for PTSD treatments and started to consider a service dog to help her relative. Pratt was not able to find any organizations that provided service dogs to help victims of PTSD. Solder On Service Dogs is the only organization of its kind in the state of Arkansas. The service dogs grow through a structured training program to respond to PTSD symptoms. The training programs as described on the Solder on Service Dogs website is designed to “detect seizures, disrupt nightmares, call 911, reduce need for medication, mitigate anxiety, reduce stress and change the quality of live for theses veterans and families.” I had the opportunity during my volunteer time to meet veterans with PTSD and observe

Imagine you were in a hospital and your doctor mentions pet therapy and you decide to try it out. Your doctor arranges for you to meet with someone in the morning to tell you all about it. Soon after that, a dog and its handler visit you in your room and you are invited to pet the dog, play with it, and ask questions to the owner. After the visit you realize you're smiling, less tired, and more optimistic, and you can't wait to tell your friends and family about it, and can't wait for tomorrow to see the dog again. This is called pet therapy. Because pet therapy is popular today people should understand the physical, mental, and social benefits before making a decision.

Dog aided therapy in a combat theater began in that same year. The dogs each had a value of $25,000 invested in them for their training process. The foremost service dogs underwent training for two years valued expensively at $25000 to $50000 per year (Ritchie and Amaker, 2012). The research focuses on investigating the significance and input of service dogs towards benefiting veterans and service members diagnosed with or at risk of PTSD. The impact and input service dogs offer to the service men and women deployed in

As a war veteran from two tours, Captain Montalvan suffered from significant PTSD as well as physical problems. Before he received Tuesday from the service dog training facility, ECAD, Captain Montalvan rarely went anywhere outside his New York City apartment or socialized. When he got Tuesday, the service dog was able to act as a barrier for the physically and mentally disabled soldier. Tuesday gave him the confidence to face to bustling subway and crowded sidewalks with only minor issues and eventually graduate from Columbia University. Like Captain Montalvan and Tuesday, service dogs do not erase all of their handler’s issues and handicaps, however, they significantly improve their quality of life.

I think it was a great idea. It has helped me and my dog Charisma. After Charisma recovered she was not acting normal. After I brought her to your dog therapy she changed. Now she is normal and healthy again. This is also helping others, not just me. That is why I think your dog therapy was the best idea you’ve ever came up with! Thank you.

My project did end up similar to what I planned in the beginning. I met my goal to learn as much as I could about therapy dogs but the piece of the project that didn’t turn up exactly how I expected was, again, the fact that I couldn’t get my dog a certification because of his age. This sort of wrecked my plans as far as bringing my dog into a nursing home myself. Looking back, I can only be grateful for a backup plan - my grandma’s dog, Shadow.

Have you ever wanted to just play tag in a castle? Well you can in Germany castle the Neushwanstein. It would be very fun you could try to catch each other if you could find them in their spot but it would stail be fun to be fun to have your friends over.Also you could play a lot of games on the giant T.V. playing snowboarding with you friend. Even go in the woods and play tag. As you can see I hope that you consider playing tag if you were able to go

Shouldn’t all animals have the right to live? Dogs could receive and give happiness if they were not put down. Animals do not really have a chance to actually live life.Many places simply do not have enough room for all of the animals, so they resort to euthanasia to control the population. There are many dogs and cats that are euthanized only because they take up room.

Every animal has their own level of intelligence, take a rat for example, they are extremely intelligent and are capable of learning quickly. All throughout this paper, I will talk about what tools to use and how to train dogs, cats ferrets, rats, and even Monkeys. Most animals that we are able to have as a pet are trainable but not all.