Like this:

What is the dog trained for? How does she help you? What does she do?
All of these questions are way too invasive and much more uncomfortable than- how old is she, what’s her name?
Belle gets tripped up with an answer and she’s really not obligated to explain, but people keep pressing and the standard, ” I’m sorry she’s working right now” doesn’t cover it like it does when someone asks to pet.
We decided to write up info sheets, but have also scripted and practiced a response that seems to say it all (and hints politely that the invasive person should back off). Now when an adult asks uncomfortable questions about belle and her service dog belle says, ” she helps me with my independence” and if she’s comfortable she offers an info sheet, but more often she just moves on ASAP.

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