How to get dog certified as ESA?

[Anonymous]

This would be for someone with depression/severe anxiety. And NO, I do not plan to take advantage of this and bring the dog into restaurants, the mall, etc.

[Anonymous]

There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

So if I pay a fee on a website (such as certapet) I will get some letter and that will do it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

So if I pay a fee on a website (such as certapet) I will get some letter and that will do it?

Airplanes require a note from a psychiatrist or psychologist for ESAs. Not sure about housing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

So if I pay a fee on a website (such as certapet) I will get some letter and that will do it?

If you pay the fee, you are wasting your money. There is no legal certification. Entities that are required to accept ESAs (e.g., housing) cannot require a certification. If you say it is an ESA, and that you require an ESA, then that's good enough.

Can you give a vague discription of what you are trying to accomplish (is it housing-related? School-related? Etc?). I can give you better advice knowing that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

So if I pay a fee on a website (such as certapet) I will get some letter and that will do it?

Airplanes require a note from a psychiatrist or psychologist for ESAs. Not sure about housing.

Haha, this is for housing....literally all I need a letter for.

I do have diagnosed depression/anxiety and have been on meds/visited doctors since I was a teen. Would I just show up at my psych and ask them to write such a letter?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

So if I pay a fee on a website (such as certapet) I will get some letter and that will do it?

Airplanes require a note from a psychiatrist or psychologist for ESAs. Not sure about housing.

Not under federal law they don't.

[Anonymous]

https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=servanimals_ntcfheo2013-01.pdf

[Anonymous]

There is no such thing as "Certification." If you say your dog is an emotional support animal, he is. If you say your gerbil is an emotional support animal, he is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

So if I pay a fee on a website (such as certapet) I will get some letter and that will do it?

Airplanes require a note from a psychiatrist or psychologist for ESAs. Not sure about housing.

Haha, this is for housing....literally all I need a letter for.

I do have diagnosed depression/anxiety and have been on meds/visited doctors since I was a teen. Would I just show up at my psych and ask them to write such a letter?

The landlord may legally request a note from your doctor specifying that the emotional support animal is required to alleviate specific symptoms of a disability. A note simply saying that you have been diagnosed with depression, etc. isn't enough.

[Anonymous]

The letter from your doctor just needs to say "Larla has a disability that requires her to have an emotional support animal. Your landlord does not need to know the nature of your disability.

[Anonymous]

If it's an apartment building/complex, choose a different one. If it's an individual unit owned by a landlord, skip the ESA nonsense and just offer to pay an additional pet deposit and/or allow monthly condition inspections.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no certification for service animals. But businesses do not have to allow emotional support animals the way they have to allow service animals.

That's fine. I am doing this for a specific purpose (don't want to get into the details) but I have no need to bring my dog in any stores

To allow in no-pet housing?

There is still no certification. If you say it's an ESA, it's an ESA.

So if I pay a fee on a website (such as certapet) I will get some letter and that will do it?

Airplanes require a note from a psychiatrist or psychologist for ESAs. Not sure about housing.

Haha, this is for housing....literally all I need a letter for.

I do have diagnosed depression/anxiety and have been on meds/visited doctors since I was a teen. Would I just show up at my psych and ask them to write such a letter?

The landlord may legally request a note from your doctor specifying that the emotional support animal is required to alleviate specific symptoms of a disability. A note simply saying that you have been diagnosed with depression, etc. isn't enough.

That is how people get pitbulls and other problem breeds into apartments. So dangerous.