We Now Offer Assistance/Service Dog Training
Kris Snider is now a Service Dog Coach
Do you need professional training for your dog to become a service dog? Whether you're seeking direct training or assistance with your self-trained service dog we are here to help. Our experienced trainer, Kris, is dedicated to providing the support and guidance you need to navigate this important role.
Let us partner with you on this rewarding journey!
Different Types of Service Dogs
Service Dogs
Service Dogs that assist with daily tasks, along with improving physical and emotional independence. These dogs have passed a Public Access Test requiring stringent behaviors.
In-Home Working Dog
In-Home Working dogs do not have public access and assist solely within the home.
Facility Dog
Facility Dogs improve the morale of both clients, and staff members, within a specific facility and only have public access within the building they work in.
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Different Levels To A Public Access Trained Service Dog
We can break down a service dogs training into 3 categories:
Foundation Behaviors, Public Access Training, and Task Training.
Foundation Behaviors
House Training
Transportation
Socialization
Relaxing
Engagement
Leash Training
Building Drive
Appropriate Play
Impulse Control
Cooperative Care
Recall
Exposure
Proper Greetings
Public Access
Advanced Exposure
Loose Leash Walking
Leave It
Body Awareness
Position Changes
Advance Recall
Focus In Motion
Working Around Distractions
Intro to tasks
Task Training
Duration of Focus In Motion
Relaxing in advanced stimuli areas
Retrieval of Items
Alert Behaviors
Mobility Assistance
Deep Pressure Therapy
Chained Behaviors
CGC Prep
CGC Test
Public Access Test
Service Dogs/Assistance Dogs
What Is A Service Animal?
Under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability.
Did You Know?
When it is not obvious what service an animal provides, only limited inquiries are allowed.
Staff may ask two questions:
(1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform. Staff cannot ask about the person’s disability, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training documentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task.
A service animal must be under the control of its handler. Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless the individual’s disability prevents using these devices or these devices interfere with the service animal’s safe, effective performance of tasks. In that case, the individual must maintain control of the animal through voice, signal, or other effective controls.
This Chart Breaks Down The Difference Between an Emotional Support Animal, Service/Assistance Animal, and Therapy Dog
