Ehlers-Danlos Service Dogs

Service Dogs are task trained to mitigate their owners disability. Some of the Ehlers-Danlos Service Dog tasks include:

▢ Alert family member for help

▢ Assist in position changes (sitting or laying down in cases of impeding medical crisis, to rise & steady, get up from a chair/floor, wheelchair transfer)

▢ Balance support

▢ Brace or lean against handler (grounding)

▢ Counterbalance

▢ Deep Pressure Therapy

▢ Fetch medication/phone

▢ Find a location/item (bathroom/car/etc)

▢ Forward momentum pull

▢ Grounding

▢ Medical recovery

▢ Medical response

▢ Medication reminder

▢ Oops pick up

▢ Proprioception awareness

▢ Retrieve emergency medication/water

▢ Retrieve medical equipment, mobility aid (wheelchair, cane, walker, grabber, etc)

▢ Stay with until help arrives

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of disorders that affect connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues. Defects in connective tissues cause the signs and symptoms of these conditions, which range from mildly loose joints to life-threatening complications.