We offer on-demand courses on service dog training for trainers and others interested in service dogs online. We also offer a Service Dog Coach Certification program for experienced trainers.
On-Demand Courses
Service Dog Fundamentals
Whether you are a professional dog trainer, career changer, owner-trainer or a healthcare professional, if you are interested in service dogs this course is a great starting point. You will learn about service dog laws, the service dog training process and understand how learning theory is applied to service dog training. This on-demand course covers the important basics anyone considering working with service dogs needs to know.
Tuition – $145 USD
Getting Started in Public Access
Training a service dog to work in public access is the most challenging aspect of service dog work. Explore ways to introduce service dogs in training to public access work systematically and set them up for success. You will learn about behavioral characteristics service dogs need, foundational training, how to assess and respond to stress, confidence building strategies and much more.
Tuition – $185 USD
PTSD Service Dog Tasks
Get an in depth look at four important tasks for PTSD Service Dogs: anxiety alerts, nightmare interruption, making space and deep pressure therapy. In this on-demand course, you will review the training process for these tasks in detail as well as learn about challenges and caveats to consider when training these tasks.
Tuition – $185 USD
The Retrieve: The Essential Service Dog Task
It’s not just the retrieve itself that is important for service work, but its components: take, carry, hold, and give are foundation skills for many critical service dog tasks. You’ll learn how to train a dog to retrieve items of various shapes, sizes and materials as well as advanced behaviors like retrieving items on counters, retrieving bottles without knocking them over and transferring items from one person to another. This on-demand course also covers strategies to address challenges encountered when training this necessary task.
Tuition – $145 USD
Mobility Service Dog Tasks
You will get in-depth instruction on the training process for the most commonly needed mobility tasks including: balance and brace, opening doors, turning lights on, helping with dressing and undressing, pulling zippers and more. Learn how to train service dogs to perform these complex mobility tasks efficiently and effectively. Additionally, you will receive critical guidance on determining when it is–and is not–safe and appropriate to train tasks for handlers and their dogs.
Tuition – $185 USD
Alert and Response Tasks
Delve into alert and response task training. You will examine the process for training hearing alerts, scent alerts, getting help from a caregiver, retrieving medication and more. The tasks explored in this course are commonly needed for service dogs helping people who are deaf or hard of hearing, people with diabetes, and people with epilepsy. This detailed course includes training recipes, troubleshooting strategies and a discussion of the research on scent alert training.
Tuition – $185 USD
Understanding POTS: A Guide for Service Dog Trainers
POTS is on the rise, and individuals with this complex condition are increasingly seeking help from trained service dogs. In this mini-course, you’ll learn how POTS affects individuals, strategies to adapt training, the ways service dogs can assist, and key challenges in training alert tasks for POTS.
Tuition –
- Mini-Course: $75 USD
- POTS & Task Training Bundle: $395 USD
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