Stefanie manning have route the when credit personal nov 20 already noticed little things …like if i was cooking Fishbait would come push me away from the stove and I would turn it off and go lay down, he would lay down with me until the siezure passed. If it was a bad siezure he would go get or someone to come be with me. He came to me at a time when siezures were bad……..and he learned just when I needed him the most. I got online and I found out everything I needed to learn on Service Dogs and what the laws were….and me and dog learned everything together. When i was put on disability Fishbait went to court with me, he rides the ambulences he stays the hospital, we have done presentations on Service Dog Awareness our community, he has been thru Chemo with me and today I have been siezure free for almost 3 years. When I first got Fishbait almost 7 years ago, I was at a point life when I was afraid to go anywhere because of siezures. I was homebound …and I wont say that it was easy afterwards either. Because it wasnt I had to continue to educate myself …its only thru knowledge that we are empowered, after all….One of the most fulfilling aspects of working with Fishbait was to get involved doing the Service Dog Awareness Presentations….we started out doing those for Adults with Developemental Disabilities, Kiwanas, Local Girls Scout Troops, and other groups within our community….we also worked with the Domestic Violence Shelter to devolope a cirriculum for women with service animals to stay the shelters. dog not have been trained by one of the 150 Accredited Schools the United States, however, of all those schools, fewer than 30 work with Seizure dogs, and NONE of them can train a dog to ALERT some one of oncoming siezure….they can only train a dog to RESPOND certain behaviors after a person has a siezure. And while I not be Accredited by these Programs, I do have 35 years of Animal Behavior and fieldwork with various spieces under belt. Katie I also trained own service dog. He is a 5 lb Yorkie and I owned him for 4 years before I started training him as a service dog. He naturally accepted the role and is a perfect gentleman wherever we go. I am a disabled veteran with PTSD however mine is not related to combat. I was raped and sexually harassed while serving a predominately male career field the late 70s. I was told to keep it quiet and not ruin anyone's career. The results years later lead to anxiety, depression and other issues too numerous to mention. I'm also 80% disabled and 100% unemployable. Dr prescribed a service dog because I have a problems taking medications for anxiety the side effects are awful. Since Minute and I have been working together as a team I am able to go more places with less anxiety attacks and much less stress. I enjoy myself more and feel like I have life back. Lana I think its ridiculous that people would pretend to have a disability to get a vest but I also think that people should be able to train their own dogs for their own condition considering having a dog professionally service dog trained costs thousands of dollars that most of us dont have. I was wondering how you went about training your dog as asthma dog, I have severe asthma and am need of desperate help and I cant find anywhere of how to go about the training for this and I really dont have the money for a professional. If anyone has the info on this please help me. It would be greatly appreciated. As well as how to train a dog to help with anxiety. Thank you! I am a pet owner and a restaurant owner. Unfortunatley, anyone can put a vest or tag purchased online on their pets and declare them a Service Dog. now I have pitbulls, chihuahuas, akitas, rottweilers, shih-tzus, etc. coming who are very obviuosly NOT trained