Sevice dogs are fabulous....

My son has a service cat...seriously. Official service cat. It is just called a service animal.

Wounded Iraq war vet...

This is a good cat......I took care of him while son was deployed....the cat got so lonesome he lost a ton of fur....I thought he was sick, spent a fortune on lab testing and a do anything at all cost approach....You can't tell your kid his cat perished, while his boots are in Baghdad....you don't tell your deployed person much other than things are great and you miss them.....the cat was fine, physically. He lost his fur from stress. It grew back after my son came home. He was declared an official service animal.

I can't say what the stress did to me....but let's say it probably was not a good thing. Of course, my son had to go the whole year before he had his 'incident' with the IED. My hair, alas, has NOT grown back, nor turned back to its former color.

I have three labs...all they are good for is keeping me warm, keeping me company and keeping the EMS away if I ever need them.... They do obey commands, but they don't cook or do laundry...I love them anyway.

I suppose that is all I can ask.