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Assistance Animals Training Resources
- Contains a range of articles, organizations and related websites offering
information and resources for training and development of therapy and
assistance animals.
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Assistance Dog Group - Mailing list
for trainers, including puppy raisers, service dog users, self raisers,
instructors and training school staff.
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Assistance Dogs of America, Inc. -
A non-profit organization that trains dogs ( often from rescue shelters )
for placement with disabled handlers. Contains PDF files of requirements.
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Berkeley DogEars: Do It Yourself -
Instructions for teaching a dog to respond to sounds such as an alarm clock
and smoke detector.
- Canix,
European Canine Institute - Offers custom training
of service dogs for physically disabled adults, guardian dogs for disabled
children, hearing dogs for the hearing impaired and therapy dogs that visit
chronically ill adults and children in hospitals and institutions. The dogs
can be trained in Danish, English, German and Spanish.
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Disability Aid Dogs - Australian not for profit
group that trains dogs for the disabled, from service dogs to therapy and
companion dogs, also dogs for the emotionally and mentally handicapped.
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Disabled Americans Have Rights Too: Links
- Directory of sites about training service dogs.
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Dog AID (Assistance in Disability)
- UK nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities to
train their own pet dogs as Assistance Dogs.
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Guide and Service Dog Training
- Forum for puppy raisers, owner trainers, handlers, and school
trainers to discuss issues, methods and problems.
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International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
- A non-profit organization presents several specific exercises.
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OC-Assist-Dogs Group - An
unmoderated list discussing clicker training for assistance dogs.
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Owner-Trained Assistance Dogs - Discussion
forum for disabled people training an assistance dog. Handlers
working with program dogs are also welcome to participate.
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Paws With a Cause - Trains
hearing dogs and service dogs for people with disabilities, provides
lifetime support, and promotes awareness through education. Calendar
of events, donation form and wish list, and job opportunities.
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Search and Rescue Dog Training
- Describes the requirements in obedience, agility, tracking and
retrieving.
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Service Dogs: Training Your Own -
Providing detailed information, suggested reading and first-person
advice.
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Top Dog - A non-profit
organization teaching those with physical disabilities to train
their own dogs as certified service dogs. Program overview,
newsletter, and online ordering of training manuals and videos.
Tucson, Arizona.
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Walking Cane-9s Group -
Forum for owners of service dogs to discuss training methods and
problems as well as exercise and fitness for dog and owner.
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Worldwide Welcome Waggin' - International
puppy raisers group. Includes directories of organizations that use
puppy raisers and assistance dog mailing lists.
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