In-Person & Virtual
Service Dog Training
Our owner-trainer service dog program offers personalized coaching to help you train your dog to meet your unique needs. From basic obedience to advanced service tasks, we provide step-by-step guidance to set you and your dog up for success. With a focus on ethical, fear-free techniques, we prioritize your dog’s well-being and joy throughout the training journey.
Service dogs learn a minimum of 3 tasks to help mitigate your disability:
retrieving objects, picking up objects, turning on lights, closing/opening doors, sound alerts, deep pressure therapy, and anxiety alert.
Service areas:
Virtual (In-Home Only Service Dogs)
In-Person: Laval, Deux-Montagnes & St-Eustache
What is a service dog?
Service dogs are trained to help 1 person with their disabilities. This dog's training is personalized to their unique needs.
In-Home Only Service Dogs: are task trained but do not have public access. This can be because there is no need for it or the dog is unfit for public work. In-Home Only service dogs can provide an individual with much needed support and increased independence around their home.
Service Dogs with Public Access: along with task training, these dogs have received special training to be in "no dogs allowed" public spaces such as workplaces, restaurants, public transportation, stores, and housing. You are allowed to have your service dog without discrimination or fees to access these spaces.
Dogs must wear a visual marker stating they are a service dog as well may need proof of certification like a card.
The dogs in our program are an individual's personal dog, we cannot guarantee success from an initial evaluation. Dogs will receive regular evaluations during our training to ensure their suitability as a service dog and for public access work.
✖︎ Therapy dogs and emotional support dogs are not service dogs.
Service Dogs we train:
Hearing Dogs
Mobility Dogs
Anxiety Alert & PTSD
Seeing Dogs
Emotional Support Dogs
Certified Service Dog Trainer
Dog's Requirements
1-4 years of age to start training
Recent veterinary exam with clean bill of health
Confident, friendly and social
Non-reactive and non-aggressive with people and animals
Service Dog Application Requirements
General requirements for the person receiving the dog:
Must be 18 years or older
Diagnosed disability related to mobility or hearing.
Be willing and able to commit to the 12-18 month training process
Commit to using ethical, force-free training techniques
Don't have your dog yet?
Start with a pre-adoption consultation
How it works
Step 1:
Application
Fill out our application form and fill out your dog's behaviour history.
Step 2:
Initial Assessment and Evaluation
A first general behaviour evaluation will be done to determine your dog's suitability. Discuss training goals, tasks and accommodations for your success!
Step 3:
Training
Training a service dog takes about 12-18 months of weekly sessions. We practice manners, skills and socialization. We train a minimum of 3 tasks such as retrieve, alerts, deep pressure therapy, opening/closing doors...etc. For dog's suitable for public access, out and about training is done to ensure good manners and skills.
We regularly assess and reevaluate your dog during the training process to ensure they continue to be a good fit for service dog work.
Step 4:
Maintenance Follow up
Teams who complete our training program have monthly then yearly follow ups to maintain dog and handler's skills, as well to reassess tasks should your disability change.
Yearly reassessments include renewing the team's service dog card with Dog Inspired.
Virtual Initial Assessment
$110(+tx)
(1) 60 minute consultation to assess needs and dog's behaviour.
FOR IN-HOME ONLY SERVICE DOGS
In-Person Initial Assessment + Evaluation
$195(+tx)
(1) 90 minute consultation to assess needs and evaluate your dog's behaviour.
For both in-home only and public access service dogs.
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