 | Assistance Dog Group
Mailing list for trainers, including puppy raisers, service dog users, self raisers, instructors and training school staff. |
 | Assistance Dog Training
Advice is given on whether to use an established program or to undertake owner-training. |
 | Assistance Dogs of America, Inc.
A non-profit organization that trains dogs ( often from rescue shelters ) for placement with disabled handlers. Contains PDF files of requirements. |
 | Berkeley DogEars: Do It Yourself
Instructions for teaching a dog to respond to sounds such as an alarm clock and smoke detector. |
 | Disabled Americans Have Rights Too: Links
Directory of sites about training service dogs. |
 | Guide and Service Dog Training
Forum for puppy raisers, owner trainers, handlers, and school trainers to discuss issues, methods and problems. |
 | International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
A non-profit organisation presents several specific exercises. |
 | OC-Assist-Dogs Group
An unmoderated list discussing clicker training for assistance dogs. |
 | Owner-Trained Assistance Dogs
Discussion forum for disabled people training an assistance dog. Handlers working with program dogs are also welcome to participate. |
 | Search and Rescue Dog Training
Describes the requirements in obedience, agility, tracking and retrieving. |
 | Service Dogs: Training Your Own
Providing detailed information, suggested reading and first-person advice. |
 | Top Dog
A non-profit organization teaching those with physical disabilities to train their own dogs as certified service dogs. Program overview, newsletter, and online ordering of training manuals and videos. Tucson, Arizona. |
