How Service Animals Benefit A Person's Life

Why Service Animals Are Valuable Tool For Disabilities
Did you know that diabetes service animal can smell a person's breath and blood? This allows them to recognize if their owner's blood sugar is too high or too low. Which can be a good tool for people whose blood sugar drops very fast. Service animals benefit a person’s life by allowing their owners to have someone around at all times, getting their owners moving, and helping owners with everyday tasks. What Is A Service Animal? Contrary to popular belief, a service animal isn’t just seeing eye dogs. They also are not a pet and shouldn’t be treated like one. All “Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work
As an example the average cost of training a dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind runs about $30,000 – fortunately their clients are not charged this full amount” (“FAQ,” n.d). Many people will hold organized events and fundraisers to get the money for their service dog. For many people a service dog is their final hope to finally become independent again. People who suffer from PTSD know this very well. Service animals “Help bring out feelings of love, Are good companions, Take orders well when trained. This can be very comfortable for a Service member or Veteran who was used to giving orders in the military, Are fun and can help reduce stress, Are a good reason to get out of the house, spend time outdoors, and meet new people” (“Dogs and PTSD”, n.d). Service animals also help autism by helping with their tantrums, hand flapping, and their social issues. Many people who have autism usually feel comfortable near animals more than other people. The way an autism service animal work is “for example, the behaviors of a child that jumps and flaps their hands in front of their face has been used as a hand signal for the dog to lay their nose or foot on the child, gently nudging them to stop the repetitive behavior, even if for a few minutes. For adults, the continuous nudges or hand placement they engage in to stop their child’s unique, repetitious behaviors can become burdensome and/or frustrating” (“What is the 4 Paws”, n.d). That isn’t the only things service dogs help with though. They also can help with seizures and diabetes. A seizure or diabetes alert dog is a dog that can sense when his/her owner is going to go into a seizure or when their sugar is too low. “Very often from early in a placement, the CPL Seizure Alert Dog has already alerted its partner. But it often takes time for that communication to be fully understood and trusted.