PASSWORDMANAGEMENT
What is a Facility Dog?
Type of Support Animal |
Simple Explanation |
Training Level |
|
Emotional Support Animal (ESA) |
Provides comfort to its owner |
Associate Level |
|
Therapy Dog |
Visits with many people to provide comfort/support |
Bachelor鈥檚 Level |
|
Facility Dog |
Specially trained to work within organizations and support structured wellness/programming |
Master鈥檚 Level |
|
Service Dog |
Individually trained to perform disability-related tasks for one handler |
Doctorate Level |
To note: These comparisons are educational metaphors meant to help explain increasing levels of training, structure, and role complexity.
Emotional Support Animal (ESA)
- comfort for owner
- limited public access
- no specialized task training
Therapy Dog
- volunteer/community support
- hospitals/schools/events
- comfort interactions
Facility Dog
- advanced training
- embedded in institutions
- intentional programming
- wellness support
- educational/community integration
- risk management coordination
- structured interventions
Service Dog
- ADA-protected
- disability-specific trained tasks
- handler-focused