Working Dog Training Programs

We understand the profound impact a highly trained service dog can have on the life of an individual with disabilities. That's why we're dedicated to providing exceptional service dogs, raised and trained with the utmost care, to offer support, independence, and companionship.

Our comprehensive program begins with puppies from excellent breeders, carefully selected for their temperament and potential. These future service dogs are then raised and meticulously trained by us for approximately two years. This extensive training period ensures each dog develops the specialized skills and calm demeanor necessary to excel in their vital roles. When their training is complete, we hand-deliver your fully trained service dog, ready to integrate seamlessly into your life.

We provide highly skilled service dogs to individuals facing a range of challenges, including:

• Autism and Down Syndrome: Help with calming high anxiety, self harming stems, elopement, and security.
• Epilepsy: Providing alerts before seizures and assistance during and after episodes.
• PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression (Other Psychiatric Disabilities): Offering deep pressure therapy, interruption of harmful behaviors, and a calming presence.
• Mobility and Stability Impairments: Assisting with balance, retrieving items, opening doors, and providing physical support.
• Hearing Loss or Deafness: Alerting individuals to important sounds like alarms, doorbells, or their name.
• Allergies: Detecting specific allergens in the environment to help prevent reactions.
• Diabetes: Alerting individuals to dangerous changes in blood sugar levels.

A fully trained service dog represents a significant investment, typically ranging from $30,000 to $50,000. We understand this can be a substantial financial commitment, and we're here to help. We offer support with fundraising or customizable payment plans to make acquiring a service dog more accessible.

Our commitment to you and your service dog extends far beyond delivery. We provide lifetime assistance and advocacyto ensure a successful partnership. This includes ongoing support for you, as well as education for your family, friends, and businesses you frequent to foster understanding and acceptance of your service dog.

In an unpredictable world, the desire for personal safety and peace of mind is paramount. Our Personal Protection Dog Program offers an unparalleled level of security, providing you with a loyal companion expertly trained to deter threats and defend you and your loved ones if the situation demands it.

A personal protection dog from our program is not merely a "guard dog" that barks at the mailman. These are highly intelligent, meticulously trained canines that integrate seamlessly into your family, displaying impeccable obedience and a stable temperament in everyday life. Their protective instincts are honed and refined through extensive training, ensuring they act only when necessary and always under your command.

Our program emphasizes controlled aggression and impeccable obedience. Every personal protection dog begins with an intensive foundation in advanced obedience, ensuring they are responsive to your commands in any situation. This is crucial for safety and for building a strong, trusting relationship between you and your dog. They learn to:

• Distinguish between normal and threatening situations: Your dog will be social, calm, and well-behaved in public, ignoring non-threats and focusing on genuine danger.
• Respond to specific verbal commands and gestures: They are trained to engage and disengage on your cue, ensuring their actions are always precise and controlled.
• Maintain composure under pressure: Through environmental desensitization, they are prepared to remain focused and effective in various environments, even under stressful conditions.
• Defend effectively and release on command: This ensures they can neutralize a threat and then de-escalate the situation safely when instructed.

• 24/7 Personal Security: Your dog is a constant, vigilant presence, ready to act if you or your family are threatened, whether at home, during walks, or while traveling.
• Deterrence: The mere presence of a well-trained protection dog can be a significant deterrent to potential intruders or attackers, often preventing a situation from escalating.
• Increased Confidence and Peace of Mind: Knowing you have a dedicated protector by your side can greatly reduce anxiety and increase your sense of security in various environments.
• Family Integration: Our dogs are raised and trained to be loving, social companions within your household. They are excellent with family members and invited guests, becoming a cherished part of your daily life.
• Situational Awareness: Your dog is trained to be acutely aware of their surroundings, alerting you to potential dangers before they become a direct threat.

Developing a personal protection dog is a specialized, multi-stage process that typically takes approximately two years. We select puppies from exceptional working lines, focusing on traits like strong nerves, confidence, intelligence, and a balanced temperament. Their training includes:

1. Solid Obedience Foundation: Mastering basic and advanced obedience commands off-leash in various environments.
2. Developing Drives and Controlled Aggression: Channeling natural prey and defense drives into controlled, effective protection behaviors.
3. Threat Recognition and Scenario Training: Exposing dogs to controlled threat scenarios using professional decoys to teach them appropriate responses.
4. Handler Integration Training: When your dog is ready, we provide comprehensive training for you and your family, ensuring you understand how to handle and work with your protection dog effectively.

We hand-deliver our fully trained personal protection dogs, ensuring a smooth transition into their new home. Our commitment extends to lifetime assistance and advocacy, providing ongoing support as you and your dog build a secure and inseparable bond

When every second counts, a highly trained Search and Rescue K9 team can be the critical difference in locating missing individuals. Our SAR K9 program is dedicated to training exceptional canine partners and their handlers to respond effectively and efficiently in a wide range of emergency situations, bringing hope and skill to those in desperate need.

SAR K9s possess an unparalleled combination of instinct, intelligence, and physical capability, making them invaluable assets in search operations. Their superior senses, particularly their sense of smell, allow them to cover vast areas more quickly and thoroughly than human teams alone. Our SAR K9s are trained to:

• Locate Human Scent: Detect and follow the scent of missing persons, whether airborne or ground-based.
• Navigate Challenging Terrain: Work effectively in diverse and often difficult environments, including dense woods, collapsed structures, urban areas, and mountainous regions.
• Maintain Focus Under Pressure: Perform reliably in high-stress, rapidly changing, and potentially distracting situations.
• Communicate Findings Clearly: Alert their handlers to the presence of human scent or a missing person with a distinct and reliable indication.

We train K9s for various critical SAR applications, ensuring they are prepared for the unique demands of each scenario:

• Wilderness Search (Area Search):
  
  • Purpose: Locating missing individuals in large, open, or rugged natural environments.
  • Application: Searching forests, mountains, parks, and other remote areas for lost hikers, hunters, or individuals who have wandered off. K9s work off-leash, sweeping large zones to pick up human scent.
• Trailing/Tracking:
  
  • Purpose: Following the specific ground scent of a particular individual from their last known point.
  • Application: Locating suspects, escaped persons, or lost individuals who are known to have been in a specific location, often used by law enforcement or in cases where a scent article is available.
• Human Remains Detection (HRD/Cadaver):
  
  • Purpose: Locating the scent of human remains, whether recent or aged, on land or in water.
  • Application: Assisting law enforcement in criminal investigations, disaster recovery efforts, and cold cases. HRD K9s are trained to discriminate human remains scent from animal remains or other biological odors.
• Disaster Search (Live Find Urban Search & Rescue - USAR):
  
  • Purpose: Locating live survivors trapped in collapsed structures resulting from earthquakes, explosions, or other disasters.
  • Application: Working on unstable rubble piles, these K9s are trained to pinpoint the exact location of trapped individuals, guiding rescue teams to their precise position.
• Water Search:
  
  • Purpose: Locating human scent coming from underwater, often indicating a drowning victim.
  • Application: Used from boats or along shorelines, these K9s can pinpoint areas of interest for dive teams.
• Avalanche Search:
  
  • Purpose: Rapidly locating individuals buried under snow after an avalanche.
  • Application: Specialized training for working in extreme cold, high altitudes, and unstable snow conditions.

Our SAR K9s undergo an extensive and demanding training program, typically taking 18-24 months, beginning with puppies selected for exceptional drive, courage, endurance, and scenting ability. Key components of their training include:

1. Advanced Obedience and Handler Control: Ensuring the dog is highly responsive and safe in complex operational environments.
2. Scent Discrimination and Drive Building: Developing a strong, persistent drive to locate human scent in all its forms.
3. Environmental Acclimation: Exposing dogs to a vast array of terrains, weather conditions, distractions, and situations they may encounter in real searches.
4. Problem Solving and Independent Work: Training dogs to work independently and creatively to solve search problems.
5. Clear Indication and Communication: Developing a reliable and understandable signal to the handler when human scent or a subject is located.
6. Team Integration: Comprehensive training for the handler, focusing on reading their dog, navigation, search strategy, and working effectively with other SAR personnel.

We are committed to producing highly effective and reliable SAR K9 teams, ready to contribute to critical search efforts. We also provide lifetime assistance and advocacy, offering ongoing support to ensure the continued success and well-being of our SAR K9 teams throughout their invaluable service.