cabanafrau
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 10, 2006
I honestly have to question the intelligence of a therapist that suggested and trained an emotional support squirrel for her. The point of the emotional support animal is to help patients that need them cope with anxieties in the world when they venture out. A squirrel is not going to be accepted most places and is likely to cause situations that increase anxiety and embarassment, thus creating more troubles for the patient.
And if it wasn't a prescribed and trained therapy animal then it is just a pet and is a bit if a insult to those whose anxieties are so severe that they require an emotional support animal. I liken that to a person claiming to need a DAS pass when they really have no diagnoses and just don't want to stand in line.
It's only logical to assume that in order to train an animal to provide emotional support you have to start with one which already is included in the domesticated category.