Vlog #1 - First Assistance Dog Outing - Molly, Dog With A Blog

[@yvonnecoleclough]

Fantastic, it's so lovely to see the bond between you and watch your progress. Thank you for sharing your journey and we look forward to future vlog post. Xx

[@lindacleary1494]

Congratulations to you both! x

[@mollysmith6873]

This video made me very emotional Lucy. I've heard all about you & Molly & your special bond before but somehow seeing it in a video made it more powerful. You're both amazing x

[@mavisme4645]

I just happened upon this. You and little Molly are an inspiration to all service dog teams!

[@kyliestrumsky1663]

Is it required that assistant dogs be registered in the UK? Because there is no legal registration required in the US

[@mollydogwithablog6427]

No, Assistance Dogs UK are so called 'registered' (no register actually exists) but actually, dogs trained by ADUK-registered organisations are legal, as are organisation trained dogs outside of ADUK, as are completely independently owner-trained Assistance Dogs. As long as you have a disability as is defined in the Equality Act 2010 and the dog fulfils the criteria in the Equality Act 2010, that it does 3 tasks and is up to standard (ADI PA test) in public access then they are legally an Assistance Dog in the law. So no 'register' exists as such and dogs trained outside the ADUK/ADI registered organisations aren't any more legal than a dog trained by its owner. Hope this helps.