Mobility Dogs
Mobility dogs are specially trained service dogs that assist people who have a disability that interferes with their ability to walk. With the support of a mobility dog, a person can more freely interact with their environment and other people. Mobility dogs include balance dogs and service dogs that assist people in wheelchairs.
Specific tasks may include:
- Acting as a counterbalance
- Providing support in forward motion
- Providing support to go up and down stairs
- Providing assistance to rise from a chair
- Providing support to get up off the floor
- Opening doors
- Turning on and off lights
- Helping to remove clothing
- Taking clothes out of the dryer and pulling a laundry basket
- Finding and retrieving a cordless phone
- Assisting with shopping
- Going under tables, chairs, and benches
- Retrieving dropped items
- Ignoring food and other hazardous objects on the floor
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