The Complete Service Dog Development Program
Canine Foundations is proud to offer a full spectrum of Service Dog Training options, designed to meet the unique needs of each individual client and their dog. Whether you're starting from scratch or need help with specific skills, our services cover every step of the journey. From Public Access Proficiency Assessments to creating customized training programs tailored to your dog’s abilities, we ensure that all essential behaviors are mastered for real-world settings. Our certified Service Dog Coaches are experts in navigating the complexities of training, working closely with you to prepare your dog for success.
The Complete Service Dog Development Program is a structured, step-by-step training pathway designed to ethically and effectively guide your dog through the process of becoming a service dog. Our program focuses on setting a strong foundation, building real-world reliability, and preparing teams for successful public access work. We begin with essential skills such as basic obedience, socialization, and environmental exposure, then progress to task training, fluency, and generalization, ensuring your dog is ready for various real-world situations.
Each phase is customized to meet the unique needs of the handler-dog team, with an emphasis on clarity, consistency, and compassion. Whether working on foundational training or public access preparation, we offer a mix of in-home and virtual sessions, gradually exposing your dog to challenging environments. This approach ensures that progress is both meaningful and sustainable, setting up you and your dog for a successful future as a service team.
To determine which service is right for you, please contact us at (705) 835 – 3177, or by email at info@caninefoundations.com.
This phase is designed to nurture the critical skills, confidence, and emotional resilience that young dogs need to succeed as service animals.
This phase is designed to deepen your dog’s understanding of previously introduced cues, enhance self-regulation, and lay the groundwork for future public access training.
This phase is tailored to the individual needs of each handler and focuses on teaching, reinforcing, and generalizing disability-specific tasks.
Camp and Public Access Outings are both valuable tools that assist clients in achieving their service dog training goals more efficiently by providing focused, hands-on training of specific behaviors and cues.
This phase focuses on fine-tuning skills in novel, often distracting environments, where your dog will be expected to perform tasks reliably and calmly.
The Public Access Test & Proficiency Test are two ways to evaluate your team’s readiness for public access work, assessing the dog’s temperament and ability to remain calm and focused in various public environments.