Service Dogs
The current study examined the effects on disabled individuals when they owned or interacted with service dogs. The results revealed that individuals feel owning a dog, service or regular, does make a positive and significant difference in the lives of the disabled and, therefore, supports the hypothesis.
There were two surveys. One dealt with disabled individuals and the other dealt with caretakers or people who knew the disabled individual. In both surveys, the majority of participants stated that there was only interaction with regular dogs and never therapy dogs. However, what needs to be taken into consideration is that the usage of service dogs is not widely known to the public. As a result, some participants may not completely understand what it means to have a service dog and the many different forms of this treatment there is. As a whole, the two surveys revealed that most of the disabled individuals interacted with a dog more than once a week, particularly 5-7 times. This may be largely due to them owning the dog—relating back to the lack of service dog interaction. …show more content…
All the participants (from both surveys) were seniors in high school whose ages ranged from seventeen to eighteen. If the age range was expanded the results may have been slightly different and more reliable. Honesty from the participants is also something that has to be taken into consideration. The surveys were emailed to each individual, and their answers may have varied depending on where they were when they took it. If there were other individuals with them at the time, their answers may be slightly different or untruthful. Another smaller limitation is that the first survey had slightly more female participants (53.8%). Even though this may not be an extreme complication, the overall outcome may be slightly different
There were two surveys. One dealt with disabled individuals and the other dealt with caretakers or people who knew the disabled individual. In both surveys, the majority of participants stated that there was only interaction with regular dogs and never therapy dogs. However, what needs to be taken into consideration is that the usage of service dogs is not widely known to the public. As a result, some participants may not completely understand what it means to have a service dog and the many different forms of this treatment there is. As a whole, the two surveys revealed that most of the disabled individuals interacted with a dog more than once a week, particularly 5-7 times. This may be largely due to them owning the dog—relating back to the lack of service dog interaction. …show more content…
All the participants (from both surveys) were seniors in high school whose ages ranged from seventeen to eighteen. If the age range was expanded the results may have been slightly different and more reliable. Honesty from the participants is also something that has to be taken into consideration. The surveys were emailed to each individual, and their answers may have varied depending on where they were when they took it. If there were other individuals with them at the time, their answers may be slightly different or untruthful. Another smaller limitation is that the first survey had slightly more female participants (53.8%). Even though this may not be an extreme complication, the overall outcome may be slightly different