As a disabled handler fundraising for her service dog I have noticed throughout this journey a distinct contradiction in this entire process. Before I begin please allow me to establish that this post is not to start a debate about the cost of service dogs or the best method by which to obtain a service dog. This post is to
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Be honest, if you’ve work with a service dog sidekick for any length of time you’ve been there. It’s the moment no one wants to talk about. But in the spirit of awareness and good ol’fashion humor, one must break the silence. Yes friends….it’s service dog flatulence. There you are sitting in a serious environment. If you’re like me it’s
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PawsforMobility.org (PfM) is a budding nonprofit resource? PfM started as an individual fundraiser for me (Eve) obtain my service dog Molly. Throughout this process we have seen a gap in the nonprofit sector. There is gap in funding assistance for service dogs for people who want to use a private trainer to provide their service dog. This post isn’t about
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How Has Using a Service Dog Impacted Your Life? I don’t know about you, but I can’t write enough about the benefits of having a service dog in my life. Currently, I am still in the Prep Service Dog phase of my process in acquiring my permanent service dog named Molly. My prep-dog’s name is Zach and while he doesn’t
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Hello World! Meet Zach. Zach is my prep service dog. Since the term “”prep service dog”” is an unusual term, I usually try to explain to the public (when they ask) that Zach is my “”temporary”” service dog. The word “”temporary”” is a term that most people are familiar with. However, temporary still doesn’t fully define the function
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Independent Service Dog Trainers Independent trainers (sometimes called private trainers) are usually for profit trainers (or very small nonprofit trainers) who do not train large quantities of service dogs. These trainers usually only train 1 -3 dogs at time. Most independent trainers do not have a waiting list for their clients. Therefore, the only wait time is the time it
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Owner Trained Service Dogs This is a group of people who choose to acquire and train their own service dog. The initial advantage to this method is drastically reduce cost, even compared to non-profits, and there is not a waiting list. The waiting time will only be the amount of time it takes the person to train their dog for
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Non-Profit Organization These service dog providers are organizations with the non-profit tax exempt status that are usually equipped to train large quantities of dogs. They have the ability to seek funding from large corporate donors to keep their training program running. They do their absolute best to keep the cost of these animals as low as possible for the disabled
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So you’ve decided to look into the possibility of using a service dog to help navigate the limitations of your particular disability. If you’ve started you’re research you have certainly discovered the web of information about service dogs but you still aren’t sure which path to take toward getting your service dog. It is easy to get tangled in the
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