Apartment Trends Magazine April 2015 | Page 18

MARK TSCHETTER COMPANION ANIMALS AN ISSUE NOW MORE THAN EVER T Because companion animal issues have exploded, Mark Tschetter will be teaching a class at this year’s Education Conference & Trade Show on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at The Denver Mart Expo Center. he lack of difference between companion animal and traditional service animal requests. Companion animals are also known as “companion pets”, or “therapeutic pets” or “emotional support pets”. This is misleading. The first pitfall to avoid is thinking of a companion animal as a pet. If an animal truly is a “companion animal” or a “therapeutic animal” or an “emotion [