Stay informed with expert training tips, success stories, and valuable resources in service dog training. Our blog serves as an essential guide for both current and prospective handlers.
Choosing the Right Service Dog Candidate
Selecting a service dog entails recognizing key traits like breed, temperament, and behavior, which are vital for a successful partnership.
Understanding Public Access Laws
Navigating service dog access rights can be intricate. This section simplifies public access laws, equipping handlers with the knowledge of their rights and responsibilities, coupled with practical advocacy tips and insights from experienced handlers.
The Role of Early Socialization
Early socialization is critical for a service dog's success. We provide effective techniques to implement during initial training.
Personal Blogs by April Sauve
April Sauve shares personal stories addressing the challenges of living with a service dog, offering support and valuable insights to fellow handlers.
Success Stories
Highlighting the transformative journeys of handlers, these stories illustrate the profound impact that service dog partnerships can have on lives.
Expert Advice & Training Insights
Raising a Service Dog Puppy: Letting Puppies Be Puppies
As a service dog trainer, one of the biggest questions I get when people bring home their new puppy is: What is the step-by-step training plan?
They want to know what their puppy should be able to do by 3 months, 4 months, 5 months, and beyond. The expectation is high from day one there’s this underlying belief that a service dog puppy must sit, stay, walk politely on a leash, wear a vest, and behave perfectly right away.
Is a Service Dog right for you?
Service Dogs are specifically trained to match their handlers needs, whether it be for a medical, physical, and/or emotional. It is a two-year training program guided by a Certified Service Dog Trainer, who will work with the dog and the handler.
How to choose a service dog trainer that is right for you and your dog
It is important to understand that before you start training a dog to be a service dog, you need to have your doctor or nurse practitioner on board and willing to support you with a letter of recommendation and be willing to fill all documents necessary to get your dog certified to be a service dog.