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service dog

type of working dog specifically trained to help a disabled person
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service dog

Summary

service dog ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • service dog is credited with the discovery of Bonnie Bergin[2].
  • service dog is a type of working dog[3].
  • service dog's Commons category is recorded as Service dogs[4].
  • service dog's said to be the same as is recorded as assistance dog[5].
  • service dog's Unicode character is recorded as πŸ•β€πŸ¦Ί[6].
  • service dog's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Assistance dogs[7].

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Definition and Type

service dog is a type of working dog[3].

Why It Matters

service dog ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago Β· MarisDreshmanisBot bot Β· 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Discoverer or inventor β†’ Bonnie Bergin
    Subclass of β†’ working dog
    Topic's main category β†’ Category:Assistance dogs
    Aliases β†’ β€”
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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