Service dOG tRAINING

Service dog task training and public access training in the Portland area

Obedience Training

Service dogs are trained to a high level of responsiveness in all sorts of environments. We teach advanced obedience skills in the environments you'll need them most. Obedience skills are also the foundation to future tasks, for example, targeting is used to build many tasks.

public access training

Public access training is one of the key components to service dog training, once they have completed their training, they should be able to use their skills in any new environment with minimal support. During public access training service dogs learn to relax & even sleep in busy public places, take public transportation, ignore distractions like dogs and children, perform needed tasks, and more.

Public access training is the most difficult element of service dog training, and not every dog is suitable to be a public access trained service dog. Dogs who are not suited for public access may still perform tasks in the home or in pet friendly locations.

Task training

During task training, your dog learns how to perform necessary tasks to mitigate your disability. Tasks are trained behaviors that help an individual with a disability. Task training is what defines a service dog. These tasks are custom to the handler, and may be from one or more categories: mobility, medical response, & psychiatric.

Examples of Service Dog Tasks

Mobility Assistance

  • Foward momentum pull

  • Counterbalance

  • Item retrieval

  • Opening & closing doors or drawers

  • Helping pull clothes off

  • Pressing automatic door buttons

  • Pulling a manual wheelchair

  • Assisting with sitting or standing up

Medical Response

  • Retrieving medication

  • Retrieving water or food

  • Lead to chair or seat

  • Deep pressure therapy

  • Press button to call for help

Psychiatric

  • Behavior interruptions

  • Blocking

  • Finding an exit

  • Deep pressure therapy

More Examples Of Service Dog Tasks:

Service Dog Task List (& Work!) for Psychiatric Service Dogs

100+ Examples of Service Dog Tasks – Anything Pawsable

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