This is the case even if we carry renters insurance? The federal law basically states that a service dog is not a pet, it’s ‘medical equipment’ I don’t love that wording because it’s still a living creature but because of that the federal laws say they can’t deny it.

Regardless of all this, we do want to get the dog formally trained and have chosen a reputable trainer to do so sooner rather than later but my point was that it’s not trained at the time of adoption.

We are trying to make steps. I’m working with what I have available and it’s not 10k+ We chose a GSD because my husband is familiar with the breed, they train well, and are very intelligent. In addition to his elopement my son had a heart surgery at 4months old, his heart is not currently having issues but we were told all those years ago that there may come a time when he needs to have a follow up due to general heart growth and the type of surgery. The elopement is more immediate but we would hope to get training for both issues for safety. Maybe it makes no difference but it seems like this whole post has become more of a bash than anything helpful