If you want to become an Emotional Support Animal (ESA Letter) pet handler that can help you with your emotional or/and mental difficulties then you should do your homework and research before reaching a decision. The decision will depend upon your lifestyle, routine, living situation, etc. while also depending on your suitability of not just the animal but the type of breed that you decide on.

Getting a pet animal to become your ESA that is not compatible with your living style can backfire and lead your cat breeds pet to become a cause of misery rather than a comfort. An emotional support animal letter can allow you to have a pet as your emotional support, but choosing a pet that is suitable to you is up to the person. Thorough research and expert advice can help a prospective ESA parent decide upon the best suitable animal type and breed.

Here are some tips when it comes to having an ESA pet and choosing one that is suitable for you:

Choose an animal suitable for traveling

To make sure that you can travel with your pet animal during your air travels, you have to get a pet animal that is suitable for traveling. While you can be permitted to get on board a flight with a miniature-horse, you cannot possibly think of going onboard with a full-sized horse.

Common sense should prevail when deciding upon a pet to be an ESA. You should keep in mind that you are limited by the space that your norwegian forest cat can occupy in-flight: It should be accommodated within the designated seat space that includes the foot space. You will find many ESA animals staying snug in the lap of their ESA companions. However, according to the standard rule, these pets cannot exceed the space beyond the seat space.

Have the pet animal professionally trained

You can have your pet animal trained on your own, especially when you get the pet animal when young. This can be an easy task when done early, and the time and effort that goes into training the animal depends on the type and breed of the animal.

Having a professional trainer train your pet to make it sociable and obedient can get you free of the training responsibility and moreover, help you attain a certificate as evidence of the training. You can show this to the concerned authorities, such as the airline carriers and the property owners.

Get your pet vaccinated

Getting your pet animal vaccinated can help you have a smooth trip, especially when it comes to cross state traveling, as different states require the pets to be vaccinated. Before traveling to different states you can check the requirements and ask your pet vet to vaccinate your ESA accordingly.

Keep it physically and mentally fit

When your pet animal is fit both in body and mind, you will have an animal that is active, healthy, and responsive to your needs and support and it will overcome your depression also. To make sure of this you should know the required exercise and activities that your pet needs to be engaged in and also its daily duration and frequency.

Other than physical exercise, you will also need to engage your pet animal in mental exercises as some of the animals also require mental exercise.

Renewing your ESA letter

Just because you have been granted an ESA letter for your pet once, doesn’t make you eligible to be an ESA parent for a long time. You will need to renew your ESA letter by going through the ESA application process. Annual renewal is required for the ESA letter when flying with your ESA pet.

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