What is a service dog?

Per ADA LAW, Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work/perform tasks for people with disabilities.

Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties.

Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability.

Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA. these dogs are eSA’s and are not granted public access like service dogs are.

Service Dog Training

Subjects Include:

• Public Access Training

  This subject is for handlers looking to either start or improve on their Service Dog in training’s public access manners.

• Customized Task Training

  This subject is for handlers looking to either start or improve on their Service Dog in training’s task’s that they will be performing in order to help you.

• Picking Out a Prospect Puppy

  Locating the best possible service dog prospect for you and your specific needs.

• Raising a Service Dog from puppy to adult

  This subject is for handlers looking to start a puppy from the ground up under the guidance of an experienced professional service dog trainer. I will even help you pick out your puppy!