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News

August 1, 2020—Vote now for your favorite three memes from our community’s submissions! Voting is open through August 8th.

Woman with a small service dog at one of a line of voting booths. Speech bubble for her says "Vote" and thought bubble for the dog says "like you meme it".

July 16, 2020—We’re proud to have earned GuideStar’s Platinum transparency rating for 2020!

July 10, 2020—We’re staying safe and not having a 2020 convention, but our 2021 Convention is now scheduled for May 14–17 in Charlotte, North Carolina. We hope you can join us, with our new safety measures in place!

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March 3–July 14, 2020—Service dog teams sometimes need platform relief areas to ride the rails. Comment by the extended deadline of July 14th to help make train travel more of a reality for our community!

A short-haired woman in purple and a black and gray Standard Poodle service dog sit at a bench on a train platform and look to the right at a train that says "Amtrak California" on the side.

March 22–April 6, 2020—This is the most important US advocacy opportunity for service dog users in a decade. Please read more on our advocacy page about the flying law update and get your comment in!

Horizontally oriented cover page with green PSDP logo, photo of three service dog handlers in airport lobby with Wright Brothers airplane overhead, and text: "The rights are in the details, PSDP's ACAA NPRM comment, March 2020".

March 17, 2020—Do you want a stronger exit from public interactions than our basic FAQ flyer provides? Our new “Handler Needs Space” printable (PDF) flyer is a FAQ flyer, but features a prominent “HANDLER NEEDS SPACE” title with a stop sign. Please use your discretion.

Part of a flyer, with a stop sign and text visible that says "HANDLER NEEDS SPACE".

March 13, 2020—Our 2019 Community Photos are now available as a pleasant diversion to brighten your day.

A woman with shorts and a tshirt walks across a city street with a tan Labradoodle. Next to her is a woman in a dress and leggings and her small Japanese Chin.

February 19, 2020—TaTiana Cash, of local CBS TV news station 7 News out of Spartanburg, South Carolina, interviewed PSDP’s Veronica and Brad Morris in their home for a story about a woman with POTS getting a service dog.

February 2, 2020—Have you been harassed by the “service dog police” when you’re doing nothing wrong? It’s important that we have community standards, but it’s also important that we don’t cause harm through a culture of suspicion. Read more in our latest advocacy entry!

Yellow graphic with woman and small service dog in background, PSDP logo and "Behavior, not belongings psych.dog". Text: Don't play service dog police and harass disabled people • You can’t see an invisible disability
 • Service dogs come in all sizes and breeds
 • No special labels, vests, or IDs are required for service dogs • Encouraging suspicion makes outings harder for all service dog teams
 • Needing help with training or etiquette doesn’t deserve bullying • Service dogs have to behave—but not like robots
 • A service dog team can have a bad day or need help
 • Harmful or very disruptive behavior deserves removal, whether it’s a service dog or not

January 28, 2020—The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued new guidance on housing accommodations for disabled individuals with assistance animals. This guidance clarifies the simple process most housing providers should use to accommodate service animal users, as we explain in our Laws FAQ.

January 15, 2020—PSDP leaders participated in a roundtable discussion of AKC’s Service Dog Pass. You can now watch the video, listen to the audio recording, or read the transcript.

December 22, 2019—This might surprise you: Service dog IDs are the wrong answer! Learn more about this and how you might push back against AKC’s latest wrong answer.

A bright green graphic with black text, with a picture in the background of a golden retriever in a service dog vest on its hind legs tapping a woman's outstretched hands as she leans down. A logo for Psychiatric Service Dog Partners appears in the upper right corner. The text reads: Service dog IDs are the wrong answer (use non-ID law cards instead!) • Employees give the next disabled service dog user a hard time when the one before used an ID • Has no legal meaning in the US (no recognized registry/certification) • Forcing disability-related paperwork for normal access violates human rights • Employees often treat service dog documentation as a free pass for bad behavior • Service dog or not, dogs should be removed if they are aggressive or persist with bad behavior Behavior, not belongings www.psych.dog

December 10, 2019—Want to help disabled service dog users get to our 2020 convention? Sponsor Apollo for $25!

A tiny plush Doberman wearing a vest sits on a wooden deck looking up expectantly at the camera, ears raised outward as if ready for a hug, with a colorful ball at its feet.

Apollo would love your help!

December 8, 2019—Our Veronica and Brad Morris were interviewed on DV Radio‘s “The Service Dog Show” at 8:00 p.m. ET. The podcast will be available in the future, but the transcript is available here.

November 26, 2019—Seems like our community loves to hate online service dog certification. What if we got something wrong? Brad Morris challenges us to inject our reasoning with compassion + knowledge in “Should we hate online service dog certification?“.

The bust of a smiling man with a large beard, sitting in a power wheelchair and looking left with bright greenery in the background. The man wear a purple straw fedora, a purple blazer, pink dress shirt, a pink-background tie with flowers of different colors, and a multi-color giraffe lapel pin. The sun shines brightly down on him.

November 18, 2019—We’re often asked how to train an alert or response. Get the low-down in Dr. Morris’s new article, “How to train a service dog anxiety alert/response“!

In a parking garage, the silhouette of a woman walking away from the viewer with a small dog strongly contrasts against her surroundings.

November 15, 2019—The latest addition to our page on service dog public interaction tools is a French version of our frequently asked questions flyer. Enjoy!

November 12, 2019—2019 Convention attendees had fun creating several skit-lesson videos! Some are dotted across our site, and several are on our 2019 convention videos page. Check ’em out, laugh and learn!

September 16, 2019—On our SDIT Manners Evaluation page, we have a new video that gives you a 60-second peek at the activities on the evaluation.

Video screenshot showing three teams walking around a large room together.

September 12, 2019—In our community we encourage training records and PATs, but should testing be mandatory for service dog teams? In a revealing new article, PSDP’s Brad Morris explains why “Forced service dog testing is not the fix you might think“.

A woman with a cane holds the leash of a Miniature Pinscher wearing a green bandana.

 

 

Board Minutes

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2020 Board Minutes

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2019 Board Minutes

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2018 Board Minutes

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2016 Board Minutes

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2015 Board Minutes

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2014 Board Minutes

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2013 Board Minutes

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2012 Board Minutes

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