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What is the difference between Service Dogs and Therapy Dogs?
Service dogs are legally defined (Americans With Disabilities Act, 1990) and are trained to meet the disability-related needs of their handlers who have disabilities. Federal laws protect the rights of individuals with disabilities to be accompanied by their service animals in public places. Service dogs are not considered "pets."
Therapy dogs are not legally defined by federal law, but some states have laws defining therapy animals. They provide people with contact to animals, but are not limited to working with people who have disabilites. They are usually the personal pets of their handlers, and work with their handlers to provide services to others. Federal laws have no provisions for people to be accompanied by therapy animals in places of public accomodation that have "no pets" policies. Therapy animals usually are not service animals. |
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Roxie
Owner/Handler: Penny Schwich
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Therapy Team: Penny Schwich & Roxie
Breed: Terrier mix
Age: estimated 4 ½ years
Therapy Certification: TDI
How long as a therapy dog: 2 years
About Roxie: My husband, Bill, and I adopted Roxie from the Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter in the fall of 2003. We were told that she had been previously adopted and returned to the Shelter because she was “untrainable”. We don’t know anything about her previous life, but consider ourselves to be the lucky ones to have her. She is a little character that turns everything she finds into a toy that she can play with. She considers herself to be the Queen of all she surveys and her attitude can show it.
Places we visit: Azalea Estates Assisted Living, Avalon Place Retirement Home, Landmark Retirement Home, Glenwood Hospital, Ouachita Parish Public Library, and Med Camps of NE Louisiana
Roxie’s favorite visits: Roxie really likes visiting the Med Camps. She loves children and likes to perform her tricks for them. She also likes the retirement homes where she can strut down the halls calling on the residents.
 
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