Talk:Psychiatric assistance dog

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I thought it was important to have a photo on the page to make it more visual for people and I happened to own one. I also felt that it might be useful to have information on air access/travel rights so I started talking about that, too. It could be expanded to other forms of travel, as well, but the page only talked about general access beforehand. Crjs452 (talk) 02:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

It is a good picture I think. I have seen that exact vest on several PSDs. It is also good in that it illustrates that PSDs can be toy dogs, not necessarily large working breeds, depending on their trained task. People can be remarkably ignorant about service dogs and there is a common myth that they are always big dogs.

Right now the accessability section is a bit disorderly, with several points repeated needlessly. I will have a go at fixing it.Legitimus (talk) 14:37, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I've done some clean up, hope it works. Also, does anyone think it is worth it to talk about issues faced by handlers with public access? People with PSDs usually appear physically normal and often do not like to tell people what the dog is for (because of the stigma of mental illness), and therefore are subjected to improper (and illegal) scrutiny and embarrassment.Legitimus (talk) 14:52, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm glad you liked my last photo- I just updated it because I took some time doing a more "professional" looking one. I do think it's important to have a demonstration that Psych Service dogs or any service dog for that matter, can be small in size. It's becoming more prevalent for people to choose small dogs (maybe because more people are being forced into smaller housing situations who knows) and I know the public is confused in thinking that service dogs must be big. Anyway, it's been a while since I popped in here and wish I had more time to add to actual content tonight but at least I got our new photo up. Crjs452 (talk) 07:10, 4 October 2010 (UTC)