Service Dog Training

Prerequisites are BOTH of OUR Basic Obedience Training AND our Advanced Obedience Training Packages.

The below cost already includes the aforementioned prerequisite pricing.

What Is a Service Dog?

A service dog is any dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disibility.

Service dogs can guide a person with impaired vision, alert someone with impaired hearing to the presence of people or sounds, pull a wheelchair, retrieve dropped items, etc.

What Is a Disibility?

Any physical or mental condition which substantially limits a major life activity such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and workingis considered a disibility. Many disibilities are hidden.

Where Is a Service Dog Allowed to Go?

Service dogs are permitted in places like grocery stores, restaurants and movie theatres. They may accompany their owners in taxi cabs, trains, planes and buses, to their doctor's offices, to work, in hotels and motels, stores, health clubs, schools and practically every place the public is welcome.

A person is not required to show proof that their dog is a service dog. There is currently no national standard with which to evaluate the training or performance of any type of service dog, including guide dogs.

A service dog may be any breed or size. It might wear specialized equipment such as a backpack, harness, or special collar or leash, but this is not a legal requirement.

We pride ourselves on our individual approach to training the service dog. We train the dog to do what you require on an individual and personalized basis.

Some of the tasks we train the dog to do include but are not limited to:

  • Alert people who have impaired hearing of the presence of people, or specific sounds, such as the doorbell, alarm clock, oven timers, telephone rings, smoke detectors, etc;
  • Sense the owner's on-coming seizures and warn them. The person then has time to sit, lie down or take medication before the seizure begins.
  • Help the physically or emotionally disabled by picking up things, providing support or protection, carrying items in backpacks, opening doors, helping the person walk, etc.
  • Hearing Impaired - Alert Someone With Impaired Hearing To The Presence Of People Or Sounds Such As A Doorbell, Alarm Clock, Oven Timers, Telephone Rings, Smoke Detectors, etc.
  • Wheel Chair Assistant Dogs - Pull A Wheel Chair, Retrieve Dropped Items, Opening Doors, Help A Person Stand Or Walk.
  • Heart Attack / Seizure Alert Dogs - Sense The Owners Oncoming Heart Attack / Seizure And Warn Them. The Person Then Has Time To Sit Or Lie Down Or Take Medication Before The Heart Attack / Seizure Begins.

For more detailed information, see "The Americans with Disabilities Act ", 1990.

 

COST: $3000 - $10,000, TBD