Just like owning a household pet, integrating a service dog into the home is a lot of work. Both spouses and veterans stated that the dogs make messes, shed everywhere, require lots of attention, and are expensive to care for. Spouses were especially frustrated that the responsibility fell on their shoulders when their veteran spouse was unavailable. Though both veterans and spouses cited this as a complaint, it was more frequent and a larger issue to the spouses. Most of the veterans who cited this as an issue stated that their dogs were worth it.