[jaden]

My father passed away from Alzheimers in a nursing home and the only time I saw him smile was when we brought our dog to see him. We were not allowed in the home with her, but he could see her through the window and this was enough to keep him entranced for hours.

Ever since then I have wanted to get a dog and train them to be a therapy dog going into nursing homes, hospitals, etc. I thought our Rott would be perfect but she is too nervous around men and would not qualify. We recently got a Rott puppy and thought it would be a perfect opportunity to train him for the therapy work as well as educate people along the way that Rott's are not the bullies they are hyped up to be.

The problem I am running into is most of the places I called said Rott's were on the Dangerous Dog list in Ohio and would not be accepted into nursing home facilities or hospitals, whether they were therapy trained or not.

I have researched and have not found anything pertaining to this. I have found them to be black listed with many insurance companies in Ohio but that is it.

Can anyone help with info regarding this?