South Carolina law states that service dogs in training have identical rights to fully trained service dogs with respect to access to public facilities and accommodations. Clemson University has released guidelines for service dogs in training that actively denies them public access, which affects both puppy raisers and self trainers alike. The guidelines, which require Canine Good Citizen Advanced certification, are set in place to exclude animals in training from campus, and requiring any sort of training documentation for service animals in training is unlawful in the state of South Carolina.

A college campus provides the optimal amount of stimulus to a puppy in training that will be greatly beneficial throughout the training process and will help them be more successful in their futures as service dogs. Puppy raisers devote approximately a year of their time to training a puppy to be a service animal for someone with a disability, and it is an extremely rewarding process. Puppy raisers get to learn more about dog training and behavior, and they get to see the effects that puppy raising has on the life of someone else. These guidelines will get rid of all of the service dog in training programs on Clemson's campus, and students will no longer be able to be involved in this wonderful program that is set in place to change someone's life for the better. The guidelines will also make it exponentially more difficult for self trainers to bring their animal in training on campus. This could have negative effects on both their mental and physical wellbeing given that they are an individual with a disability in need of a service animal.

The sooner we work together to fight these guidelines, the sooner we can make a difference. There are currently over 10 service dogs in training on campus from puppy raising programs, not to mention the dogs being self trained, and these guidelines will take away from this crucial time in the puppies' lives. Not being able to train in on campus facilities may even lead to the current puppies in training from puppy raising programs needing to be placed in new homes. Again, it is crucial that we work together to fight this as soon as possible.