| A Service Dog is much more than a dog with an Obedience School
certificate. Service Dogs undergo extensive training readying them to provide their companions with a helping hand
(or paw) in areas of their day to day life. This can include, but is certainly not limited to, the following: |
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Trained to alert their companions to important sounds such as door bells/knocking, car
horns, and even the tea kettle boiling over. |
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Trained to pull wheelchairs and help their companions get around. |
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Trained to stay in a non-residential place such as a business and behave properly
around strangers, they require little supervision. |
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These dogs are trained alert their owners to the presence of a nearby stranger. They
are a family alternative to a guard dog. |
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General training, or training in a specific task, such as retrieving dropped items or
opening doors. |
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Loving dogs, trained to be therapeutic companions to people who may have trouble caring
for a regular pet. They require less supervision and provide an ever present loving shoulder to lean on. |
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Anchor is a social therapy dog living with a stroke victim. |
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Bubba went through hearing dog training and is now a companion to Robert, a 6 year old child
who is partially deaf. |
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Misty is an alert dog and a companion. Her family wanted a dog gentle enough for a four
year old but loud enough to alert them any nearby strangers. |
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Facility dog Elly is an office dog at a boarding kennel and on her days off, she visits some local
nursing homes. |
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Good Boy Roy is a mobility dog that was trained to open doors and pull a wheel chair. |
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Guardian is a service dog that was trained to retrieve dropped items and pull a wheel chair. |
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Panda is a sweet show dog with lots of love to share. When she retired, she went through
therapy training. |
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Facility dog Jack has been a mascot to a local college dorm. |
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Tag is a social therapy dog trained to assist her special needs partner in their day-to-day
activities. |
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CastleRock's B-Bop-n Baby is a hearing and social therapy
dog. She will be continuing her training through correspondence classes for her new special needs partner. |
