Service animal Service animals can be of many species and come in many sizes. Dogs, cats, dolphins, miniature horses, monkeys, ducks, ferrets, and parrots have all been trained to perform specific duties of a service animal, though the type of animal that may be registered as a "service animal" may vary depending on legal definitions. The people that can qualify for a service animal can have a range of physical and/or mental disabilities. A "guide animal" is an animal specifically trained to assist visually impaired persons to navigate in public. These animals may be trained to open doors, recognize traffic signals, guide
Emotional support animal the person needs. Being attached to an animal can help relieve loneliness and can help a person's well being. There are no requirements for training emotional support animals. Emotional support animals typically have no training beyond what would be expected for the same type of pet. Emotional support animals perform no tasks other than what a pet of the same type would do – including unwanted behaviors, such as defecating in inappropriate places, growling and barking at people, or biting them. Both poorly trained emotional support animals and poorly trained pets that are being fraudulently passed off as emotional support