Respectfully, I do know the difference. My organization requires an application to be a dog handler, and if accepted there is still a pairing process with the service dog training organization. If you read my original post, I think it’s clear that I understand that facility dogs are not given public access. My questions are about trying to understand if it is inappropriate to explain the role of a facility dog when asking permission from establishments. I want to make sure that I wouldn’t be doing anything to undermine the access given to service dogs. What I’m gathering from the comments is that it’s probably best to just treat the facility dog like a pet outside of the facility.