If you are not satisfied with your PSD training program within 14 days, we will refund your payments*
This course bundle helps guide puppy parents through puppyhood and train them to become a qualified service dog!
Essential Tasks Included in the Course:
- Understand Your Puppy’s Behavior;
- Form A Strong Bond with Your Dog;
- Retrieve Based Tasks;
- Alert to Specific Sounds;
- Deposit Based Tasks;
- Obedience and Public Access Manners;
- Pawing Based Tasks;
- Other Kinds of Assistance in Crisis
Find the complete learning plan in the Syllabus below.
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Are you looking to train your own puppy to become a service dog? If you have answered yes, our Bundle will provide you with valuable tips on how to train your puppy to become a service dog, as successful early training and bonding will make later service dog training much simpler.
The Intensive Service Dog Training Course and the Service Puppy Training Program are a combo for owners who are adopting a puppy in order to train them to become a service dog.
Our courses are developed by the SDTSI team of trusted, experienced behavioral experts, including certified trainers and board-certified veterinary behaviorists. The programs will help you build a solid foundation and gain a better understanding of your dog as an individual, his/her body language, strengths, weaknesses, as well as of your own needs. You and your paw friend will be able to spend valuable time together and strengthen your bond. Having the feeling that you are the only one who is in control of your own life can not be compared with anything else!
The ISD course is spread over 8 distinct modules, covering everything you need to learn about training a service dog for a wide range of impairments and being a service dog handler. The Service Puppy Training Program is divided into 5 modules, designed to prepare your service dog puppy for both basic obedience and advanced tasks.
If you want us to be a part of your training journey, you can participate in our training program by following three easy steps: Enroll, Study, and Get Certified. There are no long waiting lists or periods to sweat out!
Sign up and get started today; you'll be amazed at what you and your dog can achieve!
Individuals who suffer from mental illnesses such as PTSD, Panic Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Abuse, etc., who are in the process of training their own pet dog to become a service dog to deal with their psychiatric disabilities, or who are planning to adopt or pick out a dog and train them to become a psychiatric service dog in the near future.
We generally recommend psychiatric service dogs be owner-trained with professional guidance from our tutor trainer, because psychiatric service dogs need to establish a particular bond with the user to most effectively mitigate disabling symptoms. Being in contact with the dog makes it possible for the dog to learn to recognize (and then respond to) departures from an individual’s baseline emotional or physiological state.
Psychiatric Service Dog is a dog of any breed or size, trained specifically to do work or tasks to assist with a person’s mental health disability, and prepared to behave in public. PSDs are trained to assist in medical crises and provide treatment and security to their owners, including managing anxiety and panic attacks and preventing their handlers from reacting unfavorably in stressful situations.
To qualify for a service dog, an individual must have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Psychiatric Service Dogs (PSDs) are specially trained dogs that help people with psychiatric or mental health problems.
PSDs can be trained to do a variety of work and tasks to suit the individual needs of the disabled partner. Tasks are intentionally requested by the handler, such as turning on the lights or doing a non-aggressive room sweep. Work is not intentionally requested by the handler, but is available when the dog is cued by the environment or changes in the person's body. One example of work includes alerting to an oncoming panic attack so the handler can take medication or exit the situation. Another work example includes hallucination discernment, where the PSD is trained to non-aggressively react to cues in the environment so the handler can know when what they see is real or a hallucination. Sometimes the line between work and tasks isn't clear, but what's important is the person gets needed help. Some dogs can be trained to guide the handler to a safe location on command (guiding can require independent reactions to the outside world), which can help a person who sometimes becomes cognitively impaired and has difficulty navigating. The types of assistance are as varied as the people who need them!
You can get a PSD from the programs that specialize in training PSD dogs and have the specific requirements they have for applicants, which can be expensive and the waiting lists for a perfect match can be as long as years.
You can also train your own PSD. If you already have a dog that you want to train to become a service animal, it makes sense financially and in terms of time that you train your own service dog with the help of specific instructions.
Properly training your dog to be a service dog takes about six months to a year, but with the help of SDTSI and our professional trainer tutor, you can usually do it in less time. PSD dogs are trained both privately with the handler he will assist and publicly to ensure he is comfortable and obedient around people.
Yes, if the local law requires pet dogs to be licensed and registered, then psychiatric service dogs must be as well. Local law requiring vaccinations for pets also applies to service animals.
Generally, service animals must be allowed to accompany their handlers in all areas that members of the public may go. A handler is entitled to bring their service animal into these areas even if it won’t perform its service during the visit. Service animals may be excluded from certain areas of an otherwise public-serving facility. To learn more, please go to Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA.
◉ Airlines are permitted to deny transport to a service dog if it:
⊛ Violates safety requirements - e.g., too large or heavy to be accommodated in the cabin;
⊛ Poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others;
⊛ Causes a significant disruption in the cabin or at airport gate areas; or
⊛ Violates health requirements - e.g., prohibited from entering a U.S. territory or foreign country.
◉ Airlines may also deny transport to a service dog if the airline requires completed DOT service animal forms and the service animal user does not provide the airline with these forms.
◉ Service Dog Age Requirements: different airlines have different age restrictions, but generally, animals under 6 months of age may not travel as a service animal.
receive a very well-behaved service dog and a Certificate issued by Service Dog Training School International: Service Dog Certificate. To view a sample of the award, please click here. A digital copy of the certificate will be delivered to your email inbox within 24 hours.
Your dog partner will be Certified as a Service Dog with all the training records by ServiceDog Training School International.
What Does It Mean To Be Certified?
It means your dog has been trained to perform the work or task as a service dog.
The primary purpose of certification is to ensure that your dog is fully trained as a service dog and its handler understands how to lead its Assistance Dog/Service Dog through everyday situations, such as going to a shop, a park, a hospital, a care home or any other public places.
Session 1
- Things to Consider When Before Getting a Puppy
Session 2
- Understand Your Puppy
- Body Language Dictionary
- Dog Psychology
- Social Behavior
- Dog Senses
Session 3
- Puppy Cares and Nutrition
- Top Dangerous Food for Dogs
- DIY Dog Food From SDTSI Certified Pet Food Nutrition Specialist
Session 4
- Potty Training
Session 5
- First 5 Steps to Train Your Service Dog Puppy
- Build Puppy Confidence and Further Training Examples
Session 6
- Starting a Schedule for Your Puppy
- 5 Puppy Daily Routine Elements to Consider
- Example Puppy Daily Schedule Chart
- Dealing with Behavioral Issues
Conclusion
1 - Introduction
2 - Service Dog History
3 - Types of Service Dogs and What They Do
4 - Things Handlers Should Know
5 - Abilities and Limitations of Your Service Dog
6 - Canine Communication - Interpreting Dog Body Language
7 - Puppy Testing
8 - Basics for All Service Dogs
9 - How a Dog Learns
10 - Encouraging Your Dog
11 - Equipment for Training
12 - The Basic Vocabulary and Core Words for Service Dogs
13 - First Five Things to Teach
14 - Eye Contact Training
15 - Focus Training
16 - Barking, Speak Up and Be Quiet Training
17 - Finding and Retrieving Tricks
18 - Opening and Closing
19 - Paw-push Targeting
20- Allergen Detection
21 - Standing Up and Pushing a Cart
22 - Extended Training - Adding Drama with Clever Tricks
23 - Public Access Test
24 - Aircraft Training
All study materials
⊛ 13 lessons
⊛ 20 videos
⊛ 13 exams
⊛ 9hrs 54m time to complete
⊛ Certificate upon completion
Study and Training Guide
Full Tutor and Admin support
The course fee includes the printable service dog certificate. The digital copy will be sent within 24 hours upon successful course completion.
No Breed, Size or Weight Restriction
Trained to perform work or task
Behave in public and under control of handler
Animal must be up to date with all vaccinations