Service Dog Training Programs
Georgia Dogs for Independence
Address: 6683 Bells Ferry Road, Suite H; Woodstock, GA 30189
Phone: (770) 926-0003
Fax: (770) 926-0003
Types of Animals Trained: Mobility, Seizure, Psychiatric
Services Provided: Multiple disabilities, Children (based on maturity of child).
Comments: Place dogs nationally.
The Gift of Sunshine, Inc.
Address: 1940 Stonesthrow Road; Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: (610) 554-8725
Website: www.thegiftofsunshine.org
Types of Animals Trained: Mobility, Other
Services Provided: Multiple disabilities, Own animal, Take donations, Test and Provide ID, Children (based on maturity of child).
Comments: Provide services nationally. Helped develop the Parkinson's Walker Dog program at Independence Dogs, Inc. where I was Master Trainer for 7 years. I continue to train Parkinson's Walker Dogs.
Great Plains Assistance Dogs Foundation
Assistance Dogs International-Full Member
Address: P.O. Box 513; Jud, ND 58454-0513
Phone: (701) 685-2242
Fax: (701) 685-2290
Website: www.greatplainsdogs.com
Types of Animals Trained: Hearing, Mobility, Seizure, Psychiatric
Services Provided: Multiple disabilities, Own animal, Train handler, Take donations, Test and Provide ID, Apprenticeship, Children (based on maturity of child).
Comments: Services available are individualized. Provide services nationally and in Canada. Cross-training.
Guide Dog Foundation For The Blind, Inc.
Address: 371 East Jericho Turnpike; Smithtown, NY 11787
Phone: (800) 548-4337
Fax: (516) 361-5192
Website: www.guidedog.org
Types of Animals Trained: Guide
Services Provided: Take donations, Children (14 yrs., based on maturity of child).
Comments: Provide services nationally and in Brazil, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Assistance Dogs International-Full Member
Address: P.O. Box 151200; San Rafael, CA 94915-1200
Phone: (415) 499-4000
Fax: (415) 499-4035
Website: www.guidedogs.com
Dogs Trained: Guide
Areas Served: North America
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Assistance Dogs International-Full Member
Address: Hillfields, Burghfield Commons, Reading; Berks, RG7 3YG
Country: United Kingdom
Phone: 00 44 1189 838 290
Fax: 00 44 1189 838 290
Dogs Trained: Guide
Area Served: All UK
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
Assistance Dogs International-Full Member
Address: 371 East Jericho Turnpike; Smithtown, NY 11787
Phone: (631) 930-9000
Fax: (631-361-5192
Dogs Trained: Guide
Areas Served: North America
Guiding Eyes For The Blind
Address: 611 Granite Springs Rd.; Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Phone: (914) 245-4024
TDD: (800) 421-1220
Fax: (914) 245-1609
Website: www.guiding-eyes.org
Types of Animals Trained: Guide
Services Provided: Children (16 yrs., based on maturity of child).
Comments: Provide services nationally and in Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South America, Switzerland.
Please Note: Working Like Dogs (WLD) does not endorse, approve or recommend these sources, and omissions do not in any way indicate bias on the part of WLD. This list is supplied solely as a resource for the reader to investigate and is not intended to be exhaustive nor all-inclusive. Agencies, organizations and suppliers change and form on a continual basis. Please use this list as a starting place for your own research. |
