(U.S. Senate) – The United States Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution that marked September 20th as the National Service Dog Day in honor of service dogs across the country.
A service dog is defined as a dog which has been trained to conduct actions for a person suffering from a disability. Service dogs include Seeing eye dogs, seizure alert and response dogs for people with epilepsy and actions to assist individuals suffering from mental health conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
There are estimated to be tens of thousands of service dogs across the United States assisting individuals with a wide-range of disabilities and ailments.
