Allow the use of Companion dogs for children with special needs Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/allow-the-use-of-companion-dogs-for-children-with-special-needs.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:39 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Paweł Nożyński [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16086642?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Nov 2013 04:38:46 UTC 16086642 Ms Susan Lewis [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15527706?utm_medium=rss Support dogs should be allowed in schools with students with special needs where is shows that the support dog is helpful. Our school had a V.P. who brought her lab to school and kids who had trouble reading read to the dog while the V.P. worked quietly. Many children improved greatly and quickly b/c of this. In my opinion it was a huge loss to the educational system when the dog was no longer allowed.

]]> Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:08:43 UTC 15527706 Mrs. Michelle Hughes [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14227742?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:31:22 UTC 14227742 ms kayla knepper [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14181859?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Dec 2012 09:20:02 UTC 14181859 mrs Catharine Binns [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14165441?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:02:37 UTC 14165441 Ms Claudia Cicerchia [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14159943?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:08:42 UTC 14159943 Mr Derek Simpson [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14159717?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:55:09 UTC 14159717 Ms Charlotte Swiech [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14158190?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:41:16 UTC 14158190 miss g Irvine [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14158177?utm_medium=rss Our kids with special needs require tools, assistance, patience. Much like a blind person needs a working dog, so do some people with other special needs. Please follow suit and allow working dogs, especially for the children. What a difference these animals make in the life and livelihood of their little masters. This is a small thing for you but a huge thing to this special little kid. Thank you.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:38:20 UTC 14158177 Mr Mike Swiech [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14158023?utm_medium=rss There is a growing need to this and for our children to succeed. This this means by way of a companion dog, so be it. They should not be deined for that fact as they should be embraced.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:54:48 UTC 14158023 Ms. Irene Fredrickson [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14157739?utm_medium=rss Companion dogs are allowed in restaurant's, grocery store's. They are well trained. Too deny a child access to education because of narrow minded individuals is criminal.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:36:37 UTC 14157739 Mrs Stacey Rumptz [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14145919?utm_medium=rss By not allowing the Service Dog to attend school with Travis, you are taking away his right to obtain an education. You are not allowing Travis to reach his full potential as a Citizen of the Waterloo community, for which you should be ashamed. This child has struggled for most of his life, learning should not be one of those struggles to obtain a good future. Please re-consider.

]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:56:05 UTC 14145919 Mrs Melody Schleicher [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14136476?utm_medium=rss I can't understand why a dog that has been trained to be a serve dog can't go to school! He is trained to help an Autism child what is the problem

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:11:20 UTC 14136476 Ms Janice Bechamp [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14135617?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:03:56 UTC 14135617 Mr Paul Marcjanek [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14132005?utm_medium=rss I support this petition.

]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:52:12 UTC 14132005 Mr James Barkun [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14130725?utm_medium=rss To me the justification is the same as allowing trained dogs for the visually impaired which I believe are required by law. If a companion dog was deemed necessary and beneficial to a special needs child, then the whole point of that is that the dog is a tool that the child either needs or is seeing great benefit from, so why take away that tool which could provide them with the same opportunity to succeed in their education??

]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:18:52 UTC 14130725 ms Brenda Phillips [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14129447?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:45:22 UTC 14129447 Mr. Joey Goodier [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14127424?utm_medium=rss It is important for this lad to have his special needs dog with him--- please show some kindness. thank you Joseph Alan Goodier

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:04:04 UTC 14127424 mrs Erin Rahnenfuehrer [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14122916?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:43:45 UTC 14122916 Ms Christina Gingerich [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14121629?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 04:15:26 UTC 14121629 Ms Mackenzie Ross [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14121334?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:49:21 UTC 14121334 Ms Jessica Masucci [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14121115?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:49:09 UTC 14121115 Ms E Tessier [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120860?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:49:57 UTC 14120860 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120553?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:20:00 UTC 14120553 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120427?utm_medium=rss Maybe the members of the Waterloo Region DSb should ask themselves, "what if this was my child, would I want them included?". I think we all know what the answer would be.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:41:58 UTC 14120427 Ms Anonymous [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120345?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:12:03 UTC 14120345 Mrs. Lisa Bailey [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120338?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:09:35 UTC 14120338 Mr. Levis Becker [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120325?utm_medium=rss My school board allows companion dogs. We have a boy, with a dog, in my school. It hasn't caused any issues and the boy who has the companion dog is doing amazing.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:04:20 UTC 14120325 Ms Susan Harnum [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120319?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:02:37 UTC 14120319 Ms Rachel Amoroso [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120294?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:52:28 UTC 14120294 Mr. Jamie MacDougall [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120235?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:32:28 UTC 14120235 Mr Tony Vieira [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120211?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:25:07 UTC 14120211 Mr. Dou Wang [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120152?utm_medium=rss Companion dog is well trained and won't be the potiential risk for other kids, I don't have objection to have companion dog to help the children who they need.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:03:07 UTC 14120152 Ms. Sarah Schaefer [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120147?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:01:08 UTC 14120147 Ms Danielle Black [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120132?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:53:20 UTC 14120132 MS Tonya Zborowski [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120117?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:47:16 UTC 14120117 Mr Adam Hanley [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120105?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:42:31 UTC 14120105 Miss Nimisha Agarwal [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120103?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:42:00 UTC 14120103 Miss Lanlan Pan [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120101?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:40:38 UTC 14120101 Mr. James Camm [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120091?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:37:29 UTC 14120091 Mr Anonymous [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120040?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:20:19 UTC 14120040 Mr Matt Claus [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120022?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:14:29 UTC 14120022 Ms Emily Lemire [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14120016?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:13:31 UTC 14120016 Mr Kevin Leard [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119979?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:03:03 UTC 14119979 ms jenny cochrane [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119974?utm_medium=rss As someone who has raised a service dog I have seen the amazing benefits of children with them. This needs to be allowed asap.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:02:14 UTC 14119974 Mr Leonard Glass [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119963?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:58:52 UTC 14119963 Mr Max Ng Cheong Ton [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119961?utm_medium=rss I think that it is only fair that we do our best to support those children who are already struggling to be like any other kid.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:58:35 UTC 14119961 Mr Anonymous [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119949?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:54:33 UTC 14119949 Mr Dino Ngo [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119942?utm_medium=rss No child should be left behind

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:53:05 UTC 14119942 Mr Joseph Corkery [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119939?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:52:37 UTC 14119939 mr Anonymous [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119932?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:52:22 UTC 14119932 Mr Andrew Locky [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119930?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:52:21 UTC 14119930 Mr Michael Faria [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119929?utm_medium=rss Waterloo Region District School Board to allow Companion dogs in their schools for children with special needs and have them included in the children’s IEP.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:52:01 UTC 14119929 Mr. Stewart McDonald [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119907?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:47:23 UTC 14119907 Mr Paul Clarke [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119905?utm_medium=rss Don't make life harder than it has to be or already is.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:46:34 UTC 14119905 Mrs Kavita Proothee-Malhotra [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119851?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:27:00 UTC 14119851 Ms Jackie Ryan [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14119373?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 04:09:53 UTC 14119373 mr Anonymous [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118673?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:26:39 UTC 14118673 Ms Anne Marshall [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118484?utm_medium=rss Everyone has the right to an education, and by depriving this student of a resource he needs to function, you are essentially telling

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:12:12 UTC 14118484 Mr Michael Bartley [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118479?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:10:08 UTC 14118479 ms Anonymous [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118465?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:03:21 UTC 14118465 Ms brittany stoneman [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118459?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:01:06 UTC 14118459 Ms Kayla Pirishova [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118447?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:54:49 UTC 14118447 Miss Kirsti Karjala [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118433?utm_medium=rss Are you fricken kidding me? This boy has a disability and needs all the help he can get. If he was blind would you deny him a seeing-eye dog? The fact that this even needs to be petitioned disgusts me. This is CANADA.

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:46:17 UTC 14118433 Mr Anonymous [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118427?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:42:13 UTC 14118427 Ms Anonymous [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118426?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:42:02 UTC 14118426 Miss Samantha Crouse [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118420?utm_medium=rss Who ever doesn't allow a child to have their help dog is not right in the head
This sickens me . You people who are not allowing this sicken me

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:40:28 UTC 14118420 Ms Duska Males [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118410?utm_medium=rss Everyone has the right to an education and having a disability shouldn't make one persons goals and dreams be any harder to reach.

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:36:17 UTC 14118410 Ms Anonymous [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118400?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:31:22 UTC 14118400 Ms. Rachelle Goodier [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118371?utm_medium=rss I know from experience the help a service dog can give to a person with special needs. I completely support this cause and hope service dogs will be allowed in Waterloo district schools.

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:16:49 UTC 14118371 Mr Christian Latour [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118187?utm_medium=rss My son has a disability and may some day need a companion dog. To disallow this is wrong.

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:34:34 UTC 14118187 Ms Rebecca Nilsen [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118134?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:12:41 UTC 14118134 Ms Angie Simpson [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118114?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:06:10 UTC 14118114 Mr. Michael Doyle [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118106?utm_medium=rss If this is allowed with our neighbors in the Upper Grand District School Board then why not this one?

http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/policies/Protoco-Service-Dogs.pdf

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:59:58 UTC 14118106 Mr Kurt Rahnenfuehrer [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118102?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:58:20 UTC 14118102 Ms Ambreen Siddiqui [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118026?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:30:13 UTC 14118026 Mrs Vicky Cory [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14118011?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:24:31 UTC 14118011 Ms Anonymous [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117912?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:47:39 UTC 14117912 Ms Sheri Soosaar [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117856?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:23:00 UTC 14117856 Mr Gursev Bajwa [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117803?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:02:24 UTC 14117803 Mr Taite Bronson [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117745?utm_medium=rss I find it unusual that the school board would choose not to honour something that the government itself has sponsered. This isn't a pet that is going draw attention away from childrens education. It is a companion that is there to help maintain focus on that education. The school boards decision is counter-productive

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:40:55 UTC 14117745 Ms Nicole Manley [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117736?utm_medium=rss Sometimes what comes easy for us doesn't always come easy for others. This is very important to assist children with special needs. Give them the chance to better themselves with a little help from a companion.

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:36:37 UTC 14117736 Ms Christine Petrie [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117654?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:08:53 UTC 14117654 Mrs Catherine Arthurs Sloot [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117632?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:04:11 UTC 14117632 Ms Chantelle Harpe [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117616?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:58:18 UTC 14117616 Mrs Sue Dinsdale [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117552?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:40:13 UTC 14117552 Mr Dave Merriott [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117457?utm_medium=rss not allowing service dogs is total discrimination. and should be allowed. its is a service animal and is allowed any other place

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:17:23 UTC 14117457 Mr Fred Slusarcyk [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117447?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:15:57 UTC 14117447 Mr. Michael Budden [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117324?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:53:04 UTC 14117324