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You need to apply with a program. Which program will depend in large part on where you live. Here's an article on how to find a program that trains service dogs: http://www.servicedogcentral.org/content…
The typical wait time is about 3 years. Remember that it takes 18-24 months to actually train the dogs and the demand exceeds the supply, especially in these economic times. Most service dog programs these days are asking their clients to do some fund raising to offset the costs of procuring, vetting, and training the service dog. About $5,000 in fundraising is typical. A good program will assist the client with fundraising. Since the actual cost of the dog is typically $20,000 to $40,000 for a service dog, the rest of the cost is absorbed by charitable donations and volunteer workers.
Contrary to what one answerer said, there are real service dogs for people with psychiatric disabilities, including bipolar disorder if it is severe enough to be disabling. Here's an article about them: http://www.servicedogcentral.org/content…
According to Federal regulatory law, "Service animal means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the handler´s disability. Examples of work or tasks include, but are not limited to, assisting individuals who are blind or have low vision with navigation and other tasks, alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, providing non-violent protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, assisting an individual during a seizure, alerting individuals to the presence of allergens, retrieving items such as medicine or the telephone, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to individuals with mobility disabilities, and helping persons with psychiatric and neurological disabilities by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors. The crime deterrent effects of an animal´s presence and the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this definition."
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- are you sure it is for a service dog or for an emotional support dog ??? big difference ... a service dog does a service like turn on lights, pick up the phone, lead a blind person ... an emotional support dog provides emotional support but is in no way a service dog, it is a dog that provides emotional support only ... a service dog is welcome anywhere, grocery stores, restaurants, etc. ... an emotional support dog, the only benefit is you could live somewhere that is no pets with the doctors note ... there is no service dog for bipolar, but people with bipolar can have emotional support dogs ... there is no special training for an emotional support dog other than some go through the good canine citizen training which is good if you plan to bring the dog with you everywhere ... curious what you would think a service dog for bipolar would be trained to do for you ???
"Dogs used for emotional support, that are not task-trained, are called emotional support animals. They are not service dogs." - Yes, there are such things as service dogs for people with bipolar disorder, and no they are aren't ESAs. They are called psychiatric service dogs or PSDs. They do do tasks/work like other types of service dogs. Very few doctors know the difference between a service dog, therapy dog, and ESA; much less how to go about getting one.
Asker, you need to do a search for Psychiatric Service Dog Programs. - Your psychiatrist/psychologist should know where to get a service dog if s/he is going to recommend one. But if not then call local veterinarians, trainers, etc. until you find someone who knows where to go, who to call, or just try looking it up online. Try a search for something like "Service Dog Trainers in Omaha, NE" and you should be able to find someone. You will also need to know what you want the dog to do for you...
- http://www.servicedogcentral.org/content…
http://www.psychdog.org/
http://www.freedomservicedogs.org/
Use google and type in "service dogs (enter your location)". - You didn't look hard enough. My first search brought this up.
"service dogs for bipolar disorder" I used yahoo search
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=service… - There's no such thing.
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