Service Dogs

• Advise the Security Officer how you and your dog can best achieve screening when going through the metal detector as a team (i.e., whether walking together or with the service dog walking in front of or behind you).
• If the walk through metal detector alarms in the situation where you and your service dog have walked together, both you and the dog must undergo additional screening.
• If the walk through metal detector alarms on either you or your service dog individually (because you walked through separately), additional screening must be conducted on whoever alarmed the walk through metal detector.
• If your service dog alarms the walk through metal detector, the Security Officer will ask your permission and assistance before they touch you service dog and its belongings. The Security Officer will then perform a physical inspection of your dog and its belongings (collar, harness, leash, backpack, vest, etc.) The belongings will not be removed from your dog at any time.

We are always up front with our customers about our gear.  We make great Service Dog and Working Dog equipment here at Wiredog.  Our service dog supplies are Made in the U.S.A. and we use the best materials. 

 

A lot of our customers also ask - "do I have to have this equipment for my dog to be a Service Dog?".  The answer is 100% NO!  See, we don't misrepresent the law just so we can get a sale.  Our equipment is NOT required for your dog to be a Service Dog. 

 

The best comparison we have come up with is a Headache and Tylenol.  While a headach will go away with enough sleep and time, Tylenol can make it go away much quicker.  A legitimate Service Dog is still a Service Dog with or without a vest, ID, certification or anything else.  Our vests, IDs, and other gear will simply help get rid of A LOT of headaches and do it much more quickly.

 

Our products are intended to help identify real Service Animals and help their owners in their daily lives.  Our products never represent some sort of certification or registration (which are NOT needed according to Federal Law).  Wiredog does believe that certification is a great idea.  If you wish to have your Service Dog certified, please find a reputable service dog trainer for testing or a great non-profit organization, such as Delta Society.  If you need help, just call us.

 

Please do not fall for a company telling you to register any companion animal as a Service Dog so you can take it anywhere.  These are Scams and are going to ruin a right that is needed by real people.  Service Dogs are NOT pets... they are very important workers for their handlers.  We are committed to protecting these rights.

 

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New Laws Regarding SERVICE ANIMAL TRAINING

 

There is much talk about the news laws on the dockets in Congress and the laws about the training of Service Animals.  The following is an excerpt from the proposed changes that is currently in review.  This information is taken directly from the ADA site.

"Proposed training standards. The Department has always required
that service animals be individually trained to do work or perform
tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, but has never
imposed any type of formal training requirements or certification
process. While some groups have urged the Department to modify this
position, the Department does not believe such a modification would
serve the array of individuals with disabilities who use service
animals." (emphasis added)

 

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#Why are so many people getting Ripped Off when buying Service Dog Equipment?

We'll try to answer this the nicest way possible - it is easy to twist words into an "official" sounding mantra that generates sales.  Words like "get your dog CERTIFIED or REGISTERED" sound like they will make life easier for those with Service Dogs.  The truth is that certification and/or registration are NOT required by law for your service dog. 

We are very up front with our customers in stating that our gear does not imply certification.  No vest, ID badge or patch we sell denotes "Certified". We even went a few rounds with a very large non-profit organization who wanted to lump us into this group of companies conducting business this way (we won't mention the non-profit). They were upset we sold ID badges because so many other companies that sell them try to pass the ID's off as "Certification" and said they can't endorse companies that sell IDs - the odd part is they actually list a company on their site right now that does in fact sell IDs and started carrying them long after we did.  They said "anybody can buy an ID badge".  We replied that anybody can also buy a brick - they may use the brick to build a home or pitch it through somebody's window - it is still a brick regardless of intent.  Our service dog products are intended to help identify legitimate service dogs for what they are.

So just beware.  It is important to point out that we are not the only "good" service dog gear manufacturer out there.  We have some very honorable competitors that help keep this industry ethical and lively - we are grateful for them.  We are very confident that we, along with our worthy competition, will weed out the bottom-feeders in our industry.

And what of the big organization that told us one thing about endorsing companies selling IDs and acted in a completely different way? Well, as of this writing, they are still listing them as a resource - go figure.  Meanwhile, Wiredog has continued to work with many non-profit organizations and trainers to make custom service dog equipment that lasts.

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