Training Services | Assistance Dogs

Assistance Dogs for the Disabled

Most people think of assistance dogs as just a seeing eye dog however, assistance dogs are being utilized for so much more than that now. Assistance dogs are typically chosen and trained based on the needs of the person they will be assisting. These dogs must have a strong desire to please, the ability to handle stress, high trainability, and good physical structure and health because of the demands that will be placed on them.

Typical jobs that assistance dogs are asked to do might be alert someone who is hearing impaired the the phone is ringing or that someone is at the door. Some dogs have been utilized to remind someone to take their medication when a timer goes off. Often, assistance dogs are utilized to help manipulate objects for people who have mobility issues. These dogs might be trained on how to retrieve objects that are dropped, hand money to someone behind a counter, open and close doors, turn on and off lights, or help someone get dressed. An assistance dog might be trained to just help a child to stand by giving him a solid support to pull himself up and lean on.