Veteran Service Dog Training - Bring Your Own Dog
Texas veterans—train a dog you own with expert guidance. Join our step-by-step Service Dog certification pathway.
Description
If you want to build skills with a dog you already own, our partnership training provides professional coaching aligned with Assistance Dogs International (ADI) principles and best practices. In our program, you and your dog progress from foundations to public-access readiness, with the thoughtful guidance of our Service Dog trainers and support staff.
This seminar is for: Texas Veterans —including PTSD, MST, TBI, and mobility challenges—who live within a 45-minute drive of our Cedar Park, Texas campus and want to train their own dog.
Dog prerequisites
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Age: 16 months to 4 years old
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AKC Canine Good Citizen (passed evaluation)
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Your dog must be suitable for service work (fitness/health and temperament screening required during application process)
In this seminar, we cover
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More about Dog Alliance and Assistance Dogs International
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An overview of the pathway from foundations to public-access skills
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What tasks a service dog can perform (e.g., interruption, retrieval, grounding, mobility support)
Costs vary by class/session as listed in the Course Catalogue. Additional fees apply at steps from application through certification
If you are a Veteran looking for a Program Trained Dog, please register for the Matched with a Trained Service Dog Seminar.
If you are a Civilian looking to train your own dog, please register for the Train Together Civilian Service Dog Seminar.
Assistance Dogs International Disclaimer
Completion of a course/internship does not signify that the person is a qualified service/assistance dog trainer by Assistance Dogs International and the course itself is not endorsed or approved by ADI. The purpose of our program is to guide you as you train your own dog to be your service dog. The Dog Alliance is a fully accredited member of Assistance Dogs International.