International Organizations
Assistance Dogs International (ADI)
International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IADDP)
National Institute for Diabetic Alert Dogs
American-wide (US specific) Regulatory Body
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a US-wide law that explains your rights and responsibilities as a person with disabilities, including reference to service dogs.
Here is a summary sheet of the ADA laws as they apply to service and assistance dogs.
Here is a FAQ list from the ADA.
Each state may have other laws relating to service dogs. Contact your local Justice Department or Disability organizations. They should be able to refer you.
American State by State list of Laws that Apply to Service Dogs 2016
Here's the link.
Here is a summary law chart for AK, WA, ID and OR
Click here to see the chart
Fair Housing Act for the USA
Click here to read it
Air Carrier Access Act
Click here
Canadian Discrimination Regulatory Body
Canadian Human Rights Act
Canadian Provincial Regulatory Bodies of Service Dogs
British Columbia Ministry of Justice
Alberta Human Services Act
Here is a list of Alberta Companies/Organizations authorized to train and certify service dogs. Some do train owner-trained dogs.
Nova Scotia Department of Justice
Ministry of BC Tenancy Act wrt Service and Service Dogs in Training
Human Rights Code wrt Discrimination in BC
Alberta Service Dog Act
A National Standard of Canada for Service Dogs
is currently under development
More Information can be found here.
What is a Service Dog Task?
A behavior that is deliberately trained and proofed that mitigates one or more specific disability of the handler. The behavior is reliable and is done on demand.
Task Lists:
Article: Why Natural Behaviors are not Service Dog Tasks
Service Dog Tasks
Psychiatric Dog Tasks
More Psychiatric Dog Work and Tasks
Does My Dog Need to be Certified?
Click here.
Bogus Organizations:
Don't waste your money by paying these organizations for supposed 'certification' or 'registration' of service dogs. True certifying bodies need to meet you and your dog and put the team through a public access test.
https://www.officialservicedogregistry. com
http://www.servicedogsregistry. org
http://www.freemypaws. com/ service-dogs.html
http://www.servicedogcertifications. org
http://www.crtasa. com
http://servicedogscanada. org/certification/
http://usdogregistry. org
http://www.saraorg. com
http://registerservicedogs. com
http://www.usserviceanimals. org
https://www.adaregistry. com
https://www.usservicedogregistry. org
http://www.usarplus. com
http://www.usanimalregistry. com
any certificates sold on e-bay are also scams. There are ones with ADI on them and the country name and the ADI logo name is missing an 's' on dogs.
And many others!
