Department of Health, Social Affairs and Integration

Apply for an extension of recognition as an assistance dog

Prerequisites

• Your dog is recognized as an assistance dog. The validity period of the recognition will expire shortly.
• You have a disability that prevents you from participating equally in society.
• As a trained assistance dog, the dog enables you to participate in social life and compensates for disadvantages caused by your disability.
• The dog is suitable as an assistance dog
  • good physical and mental health, without chronic pain and suffering that are difficult to treat or control, and without behavioural disorders.
• The dog is healthy.
• The dog has a registered microchip transponder.
• The dog is registered with a pet register.
• You have liability insurance that covers damage caused by the dog. The insured amount is at least 1 million euros, the deductible is a maximum of 500 euros.

Documents required

• A veterinary certificate confirming the health suitability of the assistance dog.
  • The certificate must not be older than three months at the time of application.
• Proof that the dog is suitable as an assistance dog in your specific case (specific individual suitability), for example by a certificate from the social benefits provider or a specialist doctor
• Your severely disabled person’s ID card or notice of determination of a degree of disability
• Assistance dog ID card

Please note

Deadlines

Six months before the expiry of the recognition

Procedure

• You apply for an extension of the recognition to the responsible authority and submit the necessary documents.
• The responsible authority will examine your application and, if necessary, request any missing documents or information from you.
• If the test is positive, the responsible authority will change your assistance dog ID card.

Processing time

Up to several weeks.

Fees

No

Legal remedies

Contradiction

Legal basis

§ 24 Assistance Dog Ordinance (AHundV)


www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ahundv/AHundV.pdf