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What Pet Owners Should Know Before Choosing an Emotional Support Animal

An emotional support animal helps a person manage anxiety, depression, or stress through steady companionship. The right animal brings calm, routine, and comfort to daily life. The...

HUD Issues New Guidance on Emotional Support Animals Under the Fair Housing Act

What updated HUD guidelines say about emotional support animals

The federal housing agency said the change would free up resources for real claims rather than "investigating dubious accommodation requests."

HUD’s AI Bot Take on Emotional Support Animals and Service Animals: It’s A Mess

As I have covered previously, here, it’s a bit of the wild west as to the way forward when it comes to emotional support animals. HUD still doesn’t have anything, but if you plug i...

Emotional Support Animals: Anonymous Fuzzball Comics + Workbook

by Cassy Lee Nicole Georges has created a powerful piece of graphic medicine under the guise of a cute little animal self-help gift book. While it does indeed feature adorable anim...

How to Get and Screen an ESA

Do you know how tenants get emotional support animals, or how landlords can screen them? This article will discuss the steps required to obtain an ESA, beginning with communication...

Impact of HUD’s Revised Emotional Support Animal Enforcement Framework on Higher Education

On May 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (“HUD”) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (“FHEO”) issued new enforcement guidance that significa...

Pocket Emotional Support Chickens

There is something wonderfully sweet about these little Pocket Emotional Support Chickens. They are tiny, soft, slightly silly in the best possible way, and exactly the sort of han...

What Counts As An ‘Assistance Animal’ Just Got Narrower

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is sharply limiting which types of animals people with disabilities who are renting a home can claim as a "reasonable accommoda...

HUD Has Changed Its ESA Guidelines | What it Means for You

New ESA enforcement guidance from HUD was announced on May 22nd 2026. This change rescinds previous guidance that untrained emotional support animals (ESAs) are reasonable accommod...

30 Wholesome Memes of Purrfessional Felines Solving Problems With Aggressive Emotional Support

Cats may not solve problems, but they will absolutely supervise the crying session.Cats have somehow become tiny furry therapists without ever getting a license. They always seem t...

Shelter Dog’s Emotional Support Stuffies Help Him Feel Safe in a Big World

Every day, countless shelter dogs wait patiently for someone to notice them, hoping their forever family will finally walk through the door. For George, that wait has lasted nearly...

Leave for Training a Service Animal is a Reasonable Accommodation and the Latest from HUD on Emotional Support Animals i...

I did mention in my last blog entry that I might not be posting this week. Turns out, I had some time over the Memorial Day weekend to do a post, so here goes. I do hope everyone h...

A Comprehensive HR Guide to Service Animals in the Workplace

Learn about service animals in the workplace, including ADA requirements, accommodation requests, employer responsibilities, and more.

Tauranga family's emotional support dogs feared to be stolen

Amanda Hacche suffers from complex PTSD and anxiety panic disorder and the missing dogs had helped keep her grounded.

Good dog! Children’s hospitals turn to furry caregivers to help kids heal

Facility dogs at Cincinnati Children's Hospital provide emotional support, motivation, and comfort to patients, and their use is growing at children's hospitals across the nation.

Trump Admin’s Narrower ‘Service Animal’ Rules Could Trigger Thousands Of Evictions

A new policy change from the Trump administration has raised fears that thousands of people with disabilities, and the animals with which they live, may be forced out of their home...

Therapists with Paws Help Ukrainians with PTSD

In Ukraine, therapy dogs help people traumatized by war relearn safety, easing panic and rebuilding trust one gentle, carefully guided encounter at a time

Healing with a wag and a nuzzle, meet the dogs brightening hospital days, in photos

Facility dogs are bringing moments of comfort and joy to children’s hospitals, offering far more than a friendly face. Unlike volunteer therapy dogs, these specially trained, full-...

Donkeys Are Helping Patients In Paris: This Is How

Animal therapy is not an entirely new concept. For various ailments, both mental and physical, animals have often been used to increase the happy hormone in people and reduce depre...

Therapy Donkeys Prove Such a Balm of Calm to Psychiatric Hospital That Organizers Look to Expand

An animal therapy program at a psychiatric hospital in France is providing major improvements in care outcomes for patients. This is reported by the patients themselves, observed b...

Therapy donkeys are helping psychiatric patients heal at a hospital on outskirts of Paris

At a Paris psychiatric hospital, therapy donkeys are aiding patients in managing mental health conditions as part of France's public healthcare. Patients engage in structured sessi...

Meet Smoky: the insurance industry's first therapy dog ambassador - and why it matters

The new mascot is a certified therapy dog backed by NIH science and a $60,000 veteran services grant. The title is cute. The mission isn't.

The Hidden Emotional Labor of Veterinary Medicine

Behind every euthanasia, tough conversation, and late-night emergency is a person quietly carrying the emotional weight. Support can make a difference.