Landlords sometimes choose to not allow a tenant to keep a living creature at the property during the tenancy. An exception to this is where a the tenant has an assistance dog (known as a service dog in the United States). An assistance dog is a dog trained to aid or assist an individual with a disability. Many are trained by an assistance dog organisation, or by their handler, often with the help of a professional trainer.
For a dog to be considered an assistance dog, they must meet the following criteria:
- The dog’s partner must be registered disabled.
- The dog must be specifically trained to mitigate the partner’s disability in some way, e.g. opening doors, detecting high blood sugar or allergens and notifying of such, alerting to a ringing phone, leading those who are visually or mobility impaired.
- The dog must be trained not to be a nuisance in public, to be safe with members of the public and well-behaved, as well as being healthy and not posing a hygiene threat.
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