Will an urgent care write a Dr note for my emotional support dog?

Question

I recently moved and need to have a doctor note for my emotional support dog to live with us (severe depression and anxiety) she is well trained, doesn't bark much..hell she practically thinks she's human. But my landlord insists on a doctor note even though i have her certificate saying she's an emotional support animal for me. My doctor is all the way down in SoCal and i recently moved to NoCal! Any ideas anybody?

Answer 1

ESAs are pets with minimal benefits (such as being allowed in no-pets housing) and a doctors note is all that is required to have one - there is no "certification" for an ESA, or even a service dog. At least nothing required by law or that takes the place of a written doctor's note or declaration of legal disability. So your dog's certification means jack squat without a note, at least legally.



In this instance the LL has ZERO proof that you have any sort of need for an ESA. No note, no proof, means he can deny access. Period. LL is well within his rights to ask for and require a note for an ESA in no-pets housing. A note from your old GP should have been FINE for him until you got to a new GP for a new note.



Honestly? This is something that should have been cleared BEFORE the move, and your GP would have been plenty happy to help you out with it. A clinic cannot (likely will not on principle) give an ESA or service dog note as far as i'm aware - it has to be the GP or individual treating the handler/owner. Otherwise anyone can walk into a clinic and demand such a thing, which would be crazy!

Answer 2

Nope



You have to go through a lot of hoops to get an ESA, no doctor can give you a note that will let you keep the dog and you can't have a certificate stating its an ESA since there are NO certificates or registries for them. And ESA is only a pet meaning you can't get a magic note that will let you keep the dog



Since the LL has already told you no you have to get rid of the dog. Even if you some how got the note the LL still can tell you no and you still have to get rid of the dog since its only a pet

Answer 3

No and if your landlord tells you to re home it you won't have any choice. It's just a pet, not a real service dog, neither anxiety nor depression qualify you for one. Stop breaking the law.

Answer 4

Doctors have fax machines, so call and ask to have it faxed. Not that hard.

Curious why you don't already have the doctors note stating this is an ESA.

Answer 5

No. Either you do things properly or you rehome the dog or find another place to live. ESD's are not the same as service dogs. Landlord says no pets, its no pets - rehome or move.

Answer 6

No, they will not. only your regular behavioral health doctor whom you already have a doctor patient relationship with can write an ESA letter.



you can buy an ESA letter online from a psychiatrist for several hundred dollars.



ask your doctor to fax your land lord a copy of the letter. ask doctor to mail a copy. etcetera.

Answer 7

No. A licensed MENTAL HEALTH professional must provide that documentation, not a GP.

Answer 8

I think the answer is the legislation in your state or province because it likely varies. I don't wish to make this a pissing contest (on who is more sick, more deserving, more pathetic etc), because depression is a serious illness, and I'm not trivializing it, but many people with a wide range of illnesses develop depression and or have to contend with serious complications as a result of the challenges life brings. Cancer, chemo, diabetes, epilepsy, the list is endless. Many like you find dogs offer the emotional connection they seek - should all of these people be given special "rights" of dog ownership in vacation properties. YOu can perhaps see how vacation properties would be inundated and the line gets blurred., Life is about choices. The logical choice is to find another vacation spot - choose to do something different. I myself am planning a cross country trip to the east coast of Canada and will take my dogs - I will not FORCE people to take me, rather, I will plan a trip that accommodates them. Many motels in quaint villages or places off the beaten path take dogs. One of the reasons I learned to canoe was because I wanted to experience nature on a lake with my dogs - so instead of leaving them at home to stay in a beach house, I enjoy the solitude of a lake in a tent. Its wonderful! Don't let your illness label you a victim - - there is joy and thrill in doing something different . Look at this as an opportunity to explore new places. PS: IF you are too young to stay at home alone and your parents insist on going to a beach house knowing the dog cannot go - I'm thinking this is a topic in family section. Good luck **************************** @Cheripie: Please direct me to the passage in your links that states a vacation property rented for 3 or 7 days constitutes "rental housing" and therefore all Service dogs including ESA's must be allowed entry (with sufficient documentation from the owner ). Because I read it (quickly) and see nothing of the sort. Your links pertain to person's living in rental housing as their primary residence. While I have no doubt a dog CAN remove clinical depression with (some) owners who bond deeply with the animal, I don't believe a family that chooses to rent a beach house for 3 or 7 days to take a vacation in the sun is a matter of life and death. Its THREE DAYS. If there is a compromise to be made, I might suggest that compromise be with the parents. Admitting, my own parents never liked dogs (much) and when I got my first dog at 21 (I lived on my own), I took that dog literally everywhere with me. My parents knew my deep affection for the dog, yet forbade the dog at Christmas at their home simply because they had never had dogs, and felt it was unnecessary and in their opinion, it was not a hardship for me, or the dog, to leave it at home for the day. (The dog was well trained, I always had her on leash in the house, and the dog had visited their home many times before without incident) I honored their right to have no dogs in their home on Christmas, and did not debate the topic with them. I simply chose to have Christmas elsewhere with friends who welcomed both me and my dog without question. Empowerment comes from free will. :-)

Answer 9

Ask your doc in socal to fax your landlord a note.

Answer 10

No. Urgent care is not your primary Dr. They are not the one who has been treating your depression. You will have to talk to your regular Dr

Answer 11

Call your Dr in the morning.