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How did you acquire Tucker? I’m looking into getting an emotional support dog and I’ve been looking at several companies who said they would train the puppy for me. But I know some people adopt a dog like at a shelter.

Sorry, didn’t see this until now!

I adopted Tucker from someone who needed to rehome their pet shortly before I actually signed him up as my ESA and moved into the dorms. Him being a German Shepherd (and also just the way he is lol), we formed a really tight bond very fast and he has been by my side ever since. Literally.

I did not adopt him from any service that trains/matches you with Emotional Support or Service Dogs. I am sure some of these services are awesome though! But as with anything (especially with adopting a pet), it is important to know what you are looking for specifically in a dog or ESA and to make sure you background check any service you might be looking into getting a dog from. Tucker happened to be trained by his previous owners, but when I decided to adopt him I was willing to put in the work to train him and work with him if he needed it. If you do not have the time to train a dog yourself or are unable to due to any other reason, I’d recommend a service where they train a dog for you! But if you don’t mind training your own dog, then any option would work for you I think. Like I said, it’s about finding what works best for you!

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hello! so i have been suffering from anxiety and depression for quite a while and i (along with my family and doctor) am considering getting an emotional support dog. i have read up on this a little bit but it is still unclear to me; can my dog wear a vest/harness that says “emotional support animal” on it when i am in public or is that illegal (for pretending to be a service dog)? i would only need my esa with me when i am going to school, which has already been approved. sorry if this is long.

No apologies needed! You are totally fine. As far as your question: simply having your dog wear a vest or harness, especially if the vest says “Emotional Support Animal” and not “Service Dog/Animal”, is not illegal as long as you aren’t claiming that your dog is a service dog! By law, service dogs are not required to wear any kind of vest or harness in order to be recognized as service animals, therefore there can be no designated “service dog vest/harness” that can be claimed illegal for any animal other than a service animal. So long as you are not claiming that your dog is a service animal or overstepping legal boundaries with your ESA, you’ll be just fine. My ESA Tucker has a vest that’s the same as those most commonly associated with service dogs. I got it off Amazon and it came with patches for both use as a harness for service dogs and ESAs. I just use the patch that says “Emotional Support Animal” on his harness, and he only wears it where it is requested by my school’s Residence Office (they request he wear some kind of identifier in indoor common areas outside of the dorm, which he doesn’t spend much time in anyways). It’s my personal preference that he doesn’t wear his ESA vest much unless either of us needs it, but you can also have your own ESA wear their vest in whatever situations you’d like! The only issue comes up when you overstep the boundary between ESAs and service animals, for example attempting to bring your ESA into non-pet-friendly stores as you would a service dog or violating any on-campus spaces intended for only service dogs.

This answer got a little lengthy haha, but here’s the short of it: Yes! Your ESA can wear a vest stating that they are an Emotional Support Animal without worrying about it impersonating a service dog.

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localdogwolf

Top Surgery Fundraising!

Hey all! I’m writing this post in hopes that I can raise some money towards my top surgery. I’m a transgender man and my chest is my biggest point of dysphoria, and it’s very difficult for me to live my fullest life without getting this procedure. I can’t afford top surgery on my own and my insurance refuses to cover transitional care, so I am asking the community if anyone could spare any money towards my cause. Even just $1 brings me closer to my goal and closer to being able to live a fulfilled life.

More information is in the link! Reblogs are all kinds of appreciated, even if you can’t donate ♥️

Hello! My name is Kira Sanders, also known as Kiba, and I am a 20 year old full-time college student and part-time freelance artist. I am a

https://www.gofundme.com/d8pf5j-top-surgery-fund

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Hey all, I’m in need of a costly procedure that my health insurance will not cover at all. This surgery would do leaps and bounds to improve my quality of life. Any amount helps, even just a dollar donation. Please consider at least sharing within your circles to help get the word out, it means a lot to me and Tucker. ♥️

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He don’t want to hold hands, he only want to punch

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My name is Tuckey, I have long leg

When you no look, I cwauncc the egg

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mygermanshepherd

What’s the worst thing your dog has destroyed?

I got this water fountain sent to review for Instagram and Bjorn chewed the cord up. Thank god I already took photos and whatnot of it the day I got it. It’s an easy fix (esp for a family of electricians lmao) but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. It’s a cool fountain so I’m kind of bummed. Bjorn has an obsession with cords and it only takes him like a split second to steal one and chew it up. I had plans to get different/better photos of the fountain but I have to get the cord fixed/replaced first.

That and shoes. He steals everyone’s shoes. My aunt thought we were having a shoe sale or something with how we had all our shoes put away out of reach on top of the crate lmao.

We keep a close eye on the pups so anything they steal to chew up we usually catch it right away before damage can be done. Except the fountain cord. It was tiny and stood no chance.

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Bruno ate a pair of prescription glasses, an innumerable amount of shoes, and jumped on (and destroyed) my laptop. Puppies are expensive 😭

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Vengeance snuck into the spare bedroom without either of us noticing and ate the jack off of my brother’s $75 pair of headphones. That was a very bad day for this household.

mygermanshepherd

Why do they always go for the nice expensive things to destroy

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Brovs big fat ass caught expensive-ish headphones and pulled them off the desk. Ripped the cord out.

I know Roar has accidentally destroyed something too but his one “Yup, I ate it.” was a wood coaster from a set with star wars designs I got as a gift.

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Thistle decided 3 days of no walkies was ENOUGH and utterly destroyed 3 wooden chairs. The seats, the fame, the legs…they were demolished.

Thyme has more tailored, expensive tastes. He destroyed an iphone.

Team effort: There’s a hole in my brick wall - I think they were after a rat that went through the grating or something. I can’t fathom any other reason for two non-diggers to try and dig through a brick wall

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Elliot has broken the same lamp about 3 times in her dash to greet nonexistant people that she THINKS are at the door.

Each time I superglue it, there are less and less pieces.

Not necessarily destroy but

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Evie destroyed my girlfriend’s hardback novel, literally ripped it to shreds.

Astaroth chewed damage into MY DINING ROOM FLOOR. Given, like… it’s cheap, fake shit I want replaced anyway BUT DAMN. :|

And Pazuzu chewed up @cryptic-alchemist‘s tablet cord as a wee bab, the dirty, no good demon fiend puppy.

tuckerthepiratedog

When Della was a puppy she LOVED to eat drink coasters, especially the ones made out of like wine cork material. She would reach up onto the side tables and just sneak them off like snacks. We had to replace and hide those from her quick. As a puppy we also had a makeshift wall set up for her to aclimate her to the house and to potty train her a little quicker. She was no bigger then the size of my forearm and that cardboard wall was well above hip height, but somehow she managed to destroy the entire thing and did crazy runs all around the house to explore her new territory.

Tucker always destroys power outlets with his giant tail. He’ll get to happy when someone comes home or just pets him that his tail will wag into an outlet and smash the entire thing to bits.

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