How to Find appropriate Dog Vest for your ESA?

A dog vest indicating that a dog, cat or horse is emotional support or a service animal and is here on ‘duty’. To get a perfect vest for your dog, consider the following points.

What is the size of your Dog?
Measuring your dog before getting the vest is important. A vest is like a clothing item for your dog and it will not be comfortable if it is not well suited for it. Usually, the dog vest suppliers give a size chart with the product and the size that will be a fit for your animal.
Measure your dog from neck, chest, and length. Leave an inch or so for greater comfort and go for an adjustable vest.

What is the Practical Feature of the Vest?
Is the vest easy for you to handle? Is it easy to put on and take off? If you are getting it for your service dog then make sure that you can hold and steer the handle easily. In case your dog is here to steer the wheelchair, make sure that it is not hindering its ability to do the task. 
For ESAs, the vest should have the ease to attach and detach ring or hook.

What type of Vest Style do you Want?

Dog vests come in a number of different styles and fabrics. The style and fabric of the vest depending on the area where you live. For warmer areas, mesh and; lightweight cotton vests are the best choice for you. In case you live in colder regions, go for a padded vest that is heavy and will keep your ESA warm.

Consider these points when looking to find the best vest for your dog but before that, get your emotional support animal letter to live and travel with your beloved friend.

Things You Need to Know

Acquiring an emotional support animal is already a lot of work, at least for many of us, and finding a suitable housing option with an ESA is an even more difficult task. Landlords and rental properties often either have a pet-free policy or they charge some pet-fee for it.

Before we move forward, we must remind you to search and see an online ESA letter sample to know how does a genuine letter look like. This is important if you do not want to be scammed.

ESA Vs. Service Animals

Both emotional support and service animals come under the Fair Housing Act. Service animals are dogs that are trained to perform some specific task while an ESA is there to provide emotional support only.

Both the kinds of animals require different kinds of documents but they come under the same law and may face similar kinds of issues.

The Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Act (FHA) is a federal law that safeguards the rights of people with disabilities. The law prohibits the landlords and rental property managers to discriminate against people with disabilities and those with service and emotional support animals. 

According to the law, the landlord is required to make suitable accommodation for the ESA or the service animal without asking for any pet fees. However, the law also has some limitations.