| As people get too old, they find it difficult to even do | | | | odor changes in the body which helps to determine |
| daily chores at home. Such people especially, require a | | | | hypoglycemia or low blood glucose. Another type of |
| helping hand. Animals can be trained to become great | | | | service dogs is seizure response dog. They help |
| domestic help. Along with helping they also can provide | | | | patients with epilepsy or seizure disorder. They help to |
| great companionship. The most preferable pets are | | | | seek help in case of emergency, block the handler |
| dogs. Cats are kept as pets to provide company to | | | | with absence seizures, pull dangerous objects away |
| people like senior citizens who are stressed out or are | | | | from the body, and wake up the unconscious patient. |
| heart patients, blood pressure patients, so as to help | | | | They are also trained to use a pre-programmed |
| them beat stress. Even exotic pets such as capuchin | | | | phone. They also provide physical and emotional |
| monkeys are trained for this purpose. Not only are | | | | support and also carry information about the |
| they big help for senior citizens but as well as for the | | | | patient’s medical condition. |
| physically handicapped such as blind people and | | | | Service dogs are also trained to help people with |
| quadriplegics. | | | | psychiatric disabilities such as schizophrenia, bipolar |
| Service dogs are dogs are specially trained dogs for | | | | disorder, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, autism, |
| patients with disabilities. The hearing dog is a special | | | | and post traumatic stress disorder. They alert the |
| kind of service dog which are trained to help the | | | | handler to take medicines, and also help people having |
| hearing impaired and deaf people. They help by alerting | | | | hallucinations, paranoia or alerting behaviors. They also |
| the disabled when it hears important sounds such as | | | | act as a brace and help to retrieve objects. Dogs |
| phone rings, doorbells, alarm clocks and smoke alarms. | | | | which help the visually impaired people or blind people |
| They are of great help not only within the house, but | | | | are known as guide dogs. They help the handler to |
| also outdoors. They alert the handler when someone | | | | walk around obstacles. But the disadvantage here is |
| calls out the person’s name, approaching sirens, | | | | that dogs are partially color blind. They cannot see red |
| and forklifts. Hearing dogs can be recognized by the | | | | and green color, so they cannot help the blind with |
| bright orange leash and collar they are made to wear. | | | | traffic signals. They even cannot be trained to interpret |
| Sometimes they even wear a jacket or a cape which | | | | street signs. Guide horses are also employed to help |
| can be of any color. | | | | people who are blind and who do not prefer guide |
| Some service dogs are also trained as mobility | | | | dogs. The horses are miniature horses. Some people |
| assistance dog to help a physically handicapped | | | | prefer horses because they live longer than the dogs. |
| person. They are trained to open and close doors, pick | | | | Some are also allergic or scared of dogs. But the |
| up things, and even turn on and off the switches. Dogs | | | | advantage of keeping a guide dog is that they can live |
| with larger build are also trained to pull patients in | | | | within the house, but the horse needs to be kept in a |
| wheelchairs. They do this with the help of a special | | | | barn. Also horses cannot travel on public |
| harness which facilitates them to pull objects. | | | | transportations like a dog. |
| They are also trained as walker dogs, which are also | | | | Capuchin monkeys are also trained by some |
| nicknamed as living canes. They help patients with | | | | organizations. They help the quadriplegics or patients |
| Parkinson’s disease and other disorders. They | | | | who have paralysis in all their four limbs. Initially they |
| assist their owners with the help of their gait and also | | | | should be brought up with people with no disabilities |
| provide balance while walking. Incase the handler falls | | | | and then after reaching a certain age; they can be |
| off, the dog helps to regain position by acting as a | | | | given intense training and then transferred to the home |
| brace. All kinds of mobility assistance dogs are allowed | | | | of the quadriplegic. They can perform tasks such as |
| in areas where pet aren’t allowed, like in public | | | | opening bottles, microwaving food and they even |
| places and transportations. | | | | wash the face of their owner. They are also very |
| Dogs are also trained for assisting people with Type 1 | | | | friendly animals and are safe for kids, too. |
| diabetes. They are service dogs trained to smell the | | | | |