Michigan Woman Brings Miniature Horse on Plane as Her Service Animal: 'He Is So Bonded with Me'

[Ms. Toad]

39. It should not be necessary to disclose private information

to be treated with basic human respect - but Fred is trained to retrieve items and is in training to provide mobility and balance support.

And - this woman whose life is already challenging enough because of the disability she is living with has apparently been shamed into disclosing more of the details about her disability (and specifically how her service animal helps her) that she initially chose to keep private.

I don't need to explain why I have or need a service horse but it appears lots of people don't understand. So here's a little look into what it's like.

So last night my disease was questioned and my need for a service animal by I person I thought was a good friend. What's it like to have an IBD right here are words to describe it.

When you can barely bend over to pick something up because it feels like Freddy Kruger is taking his nails and ripping them through your bowels a service horse helps in that. Fred being directive retrieval trained can pick things up I drop and fetch things I need.

When your bowels feel like this walking across the room becomes a chore. A service horse can help with that. My co workers at work can tell you they know when I'm not well by how I'm walking. I depend on Charlie a lot outside when I'm super sick and he is always by my side to help me during feed time and such. I lean on him, he helps me walk, and he makes sure I don't loose my balance. He retrieves the grain buckets and hay pillows gladly because he knows what his job is. These are all things to some degree Fred is learning but can't fully learn until he is done growing and his joints are mature. He won't be able to do mobility to the extent that Charlie does because of his small size but that's why me having 2 different sizes mini service horses is a fit.

Being I was in the hospital last week with a bowel obstruction it's going to take my bowels probably months to recover. Inflammation is a horrible thing. It makes you not want to get out of bed in the morning.

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Last night I was picking up some garbage and I dropped a piece on the floor. My stomach is killing me and Fred immediately tasked picked up the garbage and handed it to me. It's exactly what I needed feeling the way I do and he did exactly the job I trained him to do perfectly.

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I really want his service page to be so people can learn but I also don't want his page and social media to make me feel the way I have on numerous occasions that last 2 weeks.

https://www.facebook.com/rfroese23/posts/10219160781542771

Hope you're happy that shaming and patronizing attitudes like the one you have shown here contributed to coercing a person with a disability into disclosing more than she wanted to, and more than she had any obligation to disclose.