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Clay’s service dog made the trip as well.

Guimaraes returned to his duties at Marina del Rey, but allegedly faced difficulties with his necessary accommodations, including having a service dog and requiring a well-ventilated workplace.

Assignments include service dog training, construction work, clerking positions, computer coding, hospice care and janitorial jobs.

Relief finally came in the form of a service dog named Aura, a black labrador retriever with "lovable brown eyes" with whom Evans was paired in 2015.

Those challenges include limited funding for service dog nonprofits that rely on donations, medical insurance companies that do not fund service dog intervention, and legislative gaps in terms of protecting the civil rights of people with disabilities partnered with service dogs.