We just note that 1. ESAs do not have the same public access rights as service dogs. ESAs are not protected by the ADA, they are not allowed in places like stores and restaurants that don’t allow pets. 2. ESAs are different from service dogs in that they do not require any specialized training. They are meant to provide support for mental health issues just through their presence.

Has your dog been well socialized with people, children, and other pets? Has your dog been trained in basic obedience and does it consistently obey even when distracted? Has your dog been housebroken? Has your dog gone through public access training so that it won’t be a nuisance in stores or restaurants? Has your dog undergone 1 to 2 years of training to perform services for you? The vast majority of ESAs have no training, no obedience training, no public access training. They get around my Service Dog (I am legally blind) and yap their heads off, distracting me and my dog, and putting me at risk. They have been known to attack other people, children and dogs. Since they don’t know how to behave in public, they make a nuisance of themselves, and people with trained Service Dogs then have to justify that it’s OK for their dog to be there. Untrained ESA’s give people with trained SDs a bad rap. I agree with you that ESAs should have the same access rights – provided that they have to undergo all of the training that SDs have to go through. Training a dog for this takes 1 to 2 hours every day, seven days a week, for 1.5 to 2 years. Are you prepared to do that for your ESA?

I feel ESA animals should have the same rights as to where they can go as do service dogs. I have an esa dog he is not certified, and as of right now it’s not worth certifying him because he is dying of a heart condition. So I’d like to be able to take him with me, but there are places that still won’t let him come because he’s not a quote-unquote service animal.. to me ESA animals serve as high purpose as service dogs because I feel with some people with emotional problems, mental problems need that animal with them to keep them calm and to cut down on any outbursts or breakdown a person could have. I have anxiety and depression and 99% of the time my dog can bring me out of a depression low. People without these problems just don’t understand what we go through. Hopefully one day the law will change Mama chuy Queen esa animals insane standing as service dogs because they provide a service weather highly trained or not

The Air Carrier Access Act allows ESA dogs to fly with their owners.

Yes, you can make your current dog an ESA even after you have adopted or purchased the animal.

I’ve been told airlines are trying too stop Esa.. dogs from planes. Also people from disable group said esa.. dogs dont count lots of professional
People on you tube said so too.
I really need an esa.. dog
But dont know what is what
Thanks if you can straighten this out were can I find Gov. Laws that says esa.. dogs have rights.