I don’t have an issue except for one question. How is your Havanese with children, other animals and adults? The reason I ask if every service dog that I have encountered has gone through “training”. I have never seen one bark or make a disturbance at all. I believe part of the training is human interaction. Since Service Dogs are out in the public, children (being friendly) tend to run up to them and pet them. (not my kids since I have trained them to always ask the adult first before ever getting close to a dog they don’t know). However, I have witnessed little ones literally running up to some and putting their hands on them in the blink of an eye.
He is trained, and is used to children. He ignores them. We walk by a child care center playground every day. He does not bark, except one little yip if someone comes to the door, and is elevator trained.
There are quite a few handicapped elderly in our assisted living facility, and he is very accepting of being petted, but does not run up to people. He prefers to stay right by our side when in public.
For my husband’s stability, I am going to get one of those pet strollers for him to push as his Parkinson’s increases. I think this will keep him mobile a lot longer than his walker.