Service Dog Alliance of Florida

01/04/2026

🔔Ringing in 2026 with Holiday Inn Express & Suites Silver Springs-Ocala!

They are the first business of 2026 to join our service dog awareness campaign. General manager Richard Wilbert balances, compliance with federal and state laws and exceptional customer service by ensuring the rights and responsibilities of all are protected.

📸Photo: Holiday Inn Express Silver Springs, staff members, Ashlee and Bobby were excited to receive our tool kit for use with hotel guests who misunderstand service animals in places of public accommodation.

01/01/2026

HCA Florida Citrus Hospital continues to be an incredible partner. On New Year’s Eve, their team shared expert insight and hosted a hands-on demonstration of hyperbaric wound care in preparation for our upcoming national healthcare webinar.

We’re deeply appreciative of the leadership team’s ongoing support, especially their continued use of our public awareness materials and their willingness to step up and ensure service animal handlers have access to high-quality, compassionate healthcare.

Photo 1: Krysta White, LPN, and Jennifer Popovich, RN, WCC, OMS, CNC, Supervisor of Inpatient and Outpatient Wound Care Services, with service dogs Rilee and Sterling, standing between two hyperbaric chambers.

Photo 2: LPN Krysta White prepares to remove a patient from the hyperbaric wound care chamber.

01/01/2026

🐾 Happy New Year from Service Dog Alliance! 🐾

As we step into a new year, our hearts are full of gratitude for the community partners, supporters, and Service Animal Champions who stand beside us every step of the way. Your belief in our mission strengthens access, awareness, and respect for service animals everywhere.

In the year ahead, we’re excited to expand our reach across Florida, building new partnerships and creating more opportunities for education, advocacy, and inclusion. Beyond our home state, we’re also looking forward to growing our voice on a national level, helping shape conversations that protect and uplift service animal teams across the country.

Together, we are building a future rooted in understanding, empowerment, and community.

Thank you for being part of the journey - this is only the beginning. 💜

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12/25/2025

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Service Dog Alliance! ✨🎄

This holiday season, our hearts are full of gratitude. ❤️ We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our incredible community advocates and Service Dog Champions who stand beside us every day raising awareness, offering support, and helping change lives through the power of service dogs.

Because of you, hope is shared, partnerships are strengthened, and individuals and families are empowered with independence, dignity, and unconditional love. 🐾

May your Christmas be filled with peace, joy, and moments that remind you just how much your advocacy matters.

From all of us at Service Dog Alliance, thank you for being part of our mission and our family. 🎁✨

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12/02/2025

11/27/2025

🐾🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from Service Dog Alliance!

We’re thankful for our incredible community that supports our mission to change lives through the power of service animals.

Today we honor the veterans, individuals, and families whose lives are strengthened through these partnerships - and the supporters who make this work possible.

Wishing you a holiday filled with comfort, gratitude, and unconditional love. 🐶❤️

11/19/2025

Remember, guests are bound by requesting reasonable accommodations just as tenants are

Holiday Guests, Assistance Animals, and Fair Housing—Are You Ready?The holidays bring more than gifts and guests — they can also bring Fair Housing challenge...

11/11/2025

𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑽𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔 & 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒈𝒔 🇺🇸🐕‍🦺

Today, we salute the brave men, women and K9s who have served our nation with courage, sacrifice, and unwavering dedication.

We also recognize the incredible service dogs who stand faithfully by their sides providing comfort, independence, and support as these heroes navigate life after service. Together, they form a bond built on trust, resilience, and unconditional love.

To all veterans and their loyal companions, we honor you today and every day. Thank you for your service. 🐾

10/08/2025

Thank you to the Citrus County Government BOCC for recognizing !

10/06/2025

It is important to know that the law still exists for assistance animals in housing.  What HUD has rescinded is the guidance document in how those reasonable accommodation request are handled.

FHEO 20 20 –01  has helped many overcome or eliminate completely barriers to accessing housing whether it was a rental or a homeowners association.

 stay tuned.  we are drafting talking points that individuals can use to tell the HUD director and Congress why FHEO-2020-01 is important to service dog handlers.



https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/Main/documents/Notice-of-Withdrawal-of-Guidance-Documents.pdf?fbclid=IwdGRjcANRK8pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtsQaWOkR-xeR3YSIPzjyuaI8wdGZva6aHQdGnR_kR84g8f6OwQgc-0-bsp4_aem_5wZZo-zgg83rGmPaaNjo6g

09/22/2025

Thank you Dr. Jade Garneau-Fournier, Paws/TRP Psychologist, for organizing the service dog awareness program at the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center.

We appreciate the opportunity to share service dog handler rights and responsibilities to reduce barriers to community access.

Photo: Service dog Rilee stands in front of Service Dog Alliance’s information table.

https://www.va.gov/west-palm-beach-health-care/

09/17/2025

Thank you, Dr. Liz Hollyfield for highlighting service dog month in September. We appreciate the opportunity to be with your program, 411 teen, on NPR.

https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s390/audio/2025/09/250914-411-teen-service-dogs.mp3?sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer&fbclid=IwVERDUAM3jPdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHj2MBDDjFItfM8LLef347rp3X8ZZO3-ZRfnKyOrNNcqlGyhaLWdUefs6W55J_aem_jsGoCPCv-B6Hj9Ewah2R8Q