Service Dogs

What is one challenge mentioned for pit bulls as service dogs?

• They are too aggressive.

• Breed-specific bans

• Cost of training

• Size limitations

What is the main idea of the entire article?

• Service dogs help humans by pulling wheel chairs and making them feel better.

• Service dogs helped make a little boy talk.

• A health care company is paying for service dogs to be trained.

• Service dogs, like Brindle, are very helpful to their owners in a lot of different ways.

Why does the author include the information about how Boone got injured?

• To entertain the reader with a funny story about war.

• The inform the reader why Brindle became a service dog.

• The inform the reader why Boone needed a service dog.

• The persuade the reader to become a soldier.

Why would one bark mean instant failure?

• One bark would mean instant failure because the dogs have to be perfect in order to care for someone else.

• One bark would mean instant failure because it would mean they did not like their owner.

• One bark would mean instant failure because then the dogs would have to bark more.

• One bark would mean instant failure because the dogs are too old to be service dogs.

What "small miracles" are they referring to?

• Little things that happen that don't really matter.

• Miracles like when the dogs are able to not bark anymore.

• The life change they see in the patients like the boy who spoke.

• The hard training the dogs and owners go through.

How else do service dogs helps humans besides the physical demands and assistance? Choose the two best options.

• The dogs teach the owners how to sit and lie down.

• The dogs help the owners emotionally by calming them down.

• The dogs help the humans by giving them hugs.

• The dogs help the humans by giving them a companion.

Which text evidence below most strongly supports your answer to the previous question?

• There are several organizations in the U.S. that train service dogs for military veterans and match these dogs to partners.

• When a soldier returns from war with a physical or mental disability, a service dog can often improve his quality of life in many ways.

• Don't Choose

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How are the articles "Service Dogs" and "A Soldier's Best Friend" similar?

• They both discuss soldier's

• They both discuss the cost of training service dogs

• They both discuss how a dog can help someone with a disability.

• They both discuss the lifespan of a dog.

How is the central idea "Dogs can help people deal with disabilities" proven in both articles?

• They both discuss the benefits of someone with trauma and/or disabilities owning a support dog.

• They both discuss how soldier's with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder benefit from support dogs.

• They both discuss how a support dog's license makes them different from a regular pet.

• They don't share a central idea.

What is the primary role of a service dog?

• To provide emotional support

• To assist with physical tasks

• To entertain their owners

• To guard the house