SERVICE DOG TRAINING
Service Dog Training
Service Dogs give you the ability to increase freedom and independence by providing assistance and performing various tasks in everyday life. Service Dogs improve the lives of people with a wide range of disabilities, whether physical, neurological, or psychiatric. Service Dog Evaluations determines if your puppy or dog will be a good candidate.
Pawz-itive Dog Training provides custom Service Dog Training and Certifications based on the individual needs of the dog’s handler. We have extensive experience working with dogs and a wide array of handlers who have mild to very challenging disabilities. We have trained with children, teens, adults, and families who have the willingness to invest their time to create successful dog/handler teams
Our Certified Service Dogs, who are thoroughly trained, tested, and proofed have the ability to access anywhere in Public and are able to travel at no cost. We prepare our Service Dog’s to fly airlines comfortably and confidently. Your trainer, Kate, has a personalized approach that focuses on how a strong partnership with your Service Dog will help you overcome the obstacles you will face tasking at home and in public.
All Service Dogs must be trained in the following before becoming certified and at all times under ADA compliance:
Potty Trained
Confident
Task Trained
Public Access Trained
All graduates will receive a Certificate of Completion, AKC Title, PDT’s Endorsement, a Physical and Digital Copy Identification Card.
Community Partner SPOTLIGHT
On average, clients meet Kate bi-weekly for training sessions and then book occasionally refresher sessions or sign up for Bootcamps for maintenance and learning new tasks.
Dogs that have bitten a human being before will not be allowed to enroll in our program. We reserve the right to accept and decline dog’s based on temperament and owner’s who are not the right fit for our programs.
*Training Sessions are two to three hours long and are $145.00 – $195.00 per session
Jillian Skalky, CPDT is located outside of Fort Lauderdale and specializes in Food Allergen Alert like Gluten, Nut and Shellfish Detection, Dairy Detection, Medical Alert, Migraine Alert, Autism Support.
The following are examples of the most common disability skills and tasks we teach:
Alert
To people approaching
As a response to your name or someone trying to get your attention
For specific sounds, such as alarms, ring tones, sirens, or vehicles backing up
Go seek help from someone else when you are having a medical emergency
Press a medical alert button for designated
emergency contact
Wake-up alerts
Retrieve
Get personal items and bring them to you, such as keys or cell phones
Open and close doors, cabinets, and drawers
Bring medication to you at a designated time
Support
Act as a positional buffer – behind, in front, looking the opposite way, or circling
Turn on and off lights, including turning on the light for you before you enter a room
Open and hold doors
Provide bracing for you to stand up or steady yourself
Interruption
Intervention of unwanted behaviors
Deep pressure therapy for anxiety & stress relief
Interruption dissociation behaviors
Provide tactile support for focus/grounding or interrupt sensory overload
