Who Is Responsible for the Care of a Service Dog?

Under ADA law, the handler is responsible for the care of the service dog. Louisiana law § 1953 and § 1954 say the same thing.

No public entities, employees, or anybody with any type of a relationship to the handler are required to provide any type of care for a service dog. This does not mean that a handler cannot accept an offer of help from people. A handler may accept help from others when it is offered.

A public entity of any type may make its own rules that say employees of that entity are to clean up after service dogs, but that should never be expected and a handler should always be ready to care for the service dog.