National Service Animal Registry

There’s something comforting about looking into the face and eyes of your beloved Labrador Retriever, or pleasing and calming when your cat glides up and rubs herself on your leg as a token of appreciation and a sign of affection. It’s this connection with loving animals that has helped so many people with both physical and emotional disabilities. Service and Emotional Support Animals Service and emotional support animals help people with a range of physical and emotional disabilities take on the tasks of everyday living. You see them in public wearing their service dog collars and vests. While service animals help people with “outward” physical disabilities, emotional support animals help people with “inward” disabilities that are not so obvious such as depression, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and other mental health disorders. These animals serve as a distraction to internal emotional turmoil. And in general, emotional support animals help people with mental health...