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Service dogs can salvage a situation, either distraught or mildly worrying. They typically come in handy when you're a patient, say, who has diabetes, forgetting to take some medication, or is missing an appointment with the doctor. Or perhaps, remind you of a missed activity in your schedule. They usually have a highly developed sense of smell, which enables them to detect a situation quickly, giving you a subtle signal.
The good thing with these little friends is that they don't need any personalized, specialized training to become your loyal helper, and anyone can manage them just fine.
These special dogs usually have the permission warranted by the Americans with Disabilities Act to access anywhere their handlers want to go to, which makes them more convenient guides. More essentially, they accommodate people with disabilities, enabling them to lead more independent lives, far from the restrains of dependency. Currently, there are about 500 service dogs in America, helping disabled people get along with their everyday lives.
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These service dogs help in numerous challenging situations and offer reprieve to people with disabilities, including hearing impairments or mobility issues. According to a 2018 census, over 48% of these dogs help in mobility, and the rest are helpful in other essential services. People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or seizures also find these dogs useful.
Most countries, including Mongolia, are among the 170 countries that have gazette and passed disability civil rights laws with provisions associated with service animals, including dogs.
Non-profit organizations such as Minnesota's PawPADs, run by Linda Ball, encourage using service dogs. Linda Ball is taking that initiative as the organization's leader to sensitize people in Mongolia about service dogs and entice them to start using them. Although the country has specific disability laws, many people don't seem familiar with this practice but people can still get the handicap parking placard.
As Ball is traveling to Mongolia, she intends to affect change by creating a service dog program. She remarks that the purpose of the trip is about crusading the value of people having disabilities and how service dogs can help them out.
But as she visits Mongolia, this trip isn't her first because she was a volunteer in the country early in the 90s as a Peace Corps.
Linda also sentiments that it can take about two years or more to train a service dog properly. She further denotes that such dogs usually need to have an independent work ethic and should be self-driven. As she makes this trip, she's carrying Victory with her, a dog she has equipped with specialized training.
However, remarkably, Linda raised some much-needed awareness across the United States in September's National Service Dog Month, partnering with her Dog, Victory.
