Service dog definition

Service dog means a dog that has been individually trained by an organization or person specializing in service dog training to perform a task to assist a person with a disability with a need related to their disability.
Service dog means a dog that has been trained and accredited by Assistance Dogs International to provide assistance to an individual with a disability.
Service dog means any dog individually trained to the requirements of a person with a disability including, but not limited to minimal protection work, rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or retrieving dropped items. This term shall include a "seizure dog" trained to alert or otherwise assist persons with epilepsy or other seizure disorders.

Examples of Service dog in a sentence

  • PETS Any term in this tenancy agreement that prohibits, or restricts the size of, a pet or that governs the tenant's obligations regarding the keeping of a pet on the residential property is subject to the rights and restrictions under the Guide Dog and Service Dog Act .


More Definitions of Service dog

Service dog means a dog that has been individually trained by an organization or person specializing in service dog training.
Service dog means any dog that has been or is being individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability[, provided that the dog is or will be owned by such person or that person's parent, guardian or other legal representative].
Service dog means a dog that is required by a person with a disability for assistance and is certified in writing, as having been trained by a professional Service Dog institution to assist a person with a disability and which is properly harnessed in accordance with standards established by a professional Service Dog institution;
Service dog means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a mobility impaired person with a mobility impairment.
Service dog means a dog that is trained as a guide for a person with a disability and that has the qualifications prescribed in Regulation 58: Guide Dogs, under the Blind Persons’ Rights Act, 1990.
Service dog means a dog used for safeguarding as defined in the Performing Animals Protection Act, 1935 (Act No. 24 of 1935) as amended and includes a dog used to search for substances, follow a scent track, search or locate persons or evidence and assist in investigating stock theft crimes;
Service dog means any dog individually trained to the physically handicapped person's requirements; and