Hi all, I am new here and this is only my second post. I have been looking through the forums at all the great topics and I noticed a few older posts asking questions about emotional support animals. I just wanted to put forth what I know. Here in Australia there is emotional support animals and assistance animals. There's a big difference. ESA do not have public access rights, if you are wanting your dog to accompany you out in public then you want them trained and recognised as an Assistance Dog. There are some great pathways available to allow you to do this and I am happy to chat further about it if anyone is interested, right now I just wanted to let people know the difference between Emotional Support Animals and Assistance Animals because the two are often confused.
Thanks very much for setting out the legal difference between Emotional Support Animals and Assistance Animals, something very imortant to bear in mind
Woud you mind taking things further and explain the difference in their roles, I know from your other thread you have an Assistance dog to give you support which really helps.
