Service Dog Trainers Association™ compliant team

Service Dog Trainers Association™ compliant team

How to become an SDTA compliant team

The Service Dog Trainers Association™ uses the American Kennel Club© curriculum's and evaluations for the timeline of testing and training a Service Dog and its Public Access. we do require that the handler and dog complete the STAR Puppy course and evaluation (if the candidate is under one years old),  the  handler and Service Dog candidate must also complete a 6 week minimum group training course geared towards Service Dogs or public access and the Canine Good Citizen© evaluation, the handler and Service Dog candidate must complete a 6 week minimum group training course geared towards Service Dogs or public access and the Community Canine© evaluation, and finally must complete a 6 week minimum group training course geared towards Service Dogs or public access and the Canine Good Citizen Urban© evaluation; in order to be eligible for our Public Access Test. As a Service Dog trainer compliant with the Service Dog Trainers Association™; it is important that you understand this process,and agree to train and test by it. If you are not an American Kennel Club© Canine Good Citizen© elevator that is okay. Click here to find one near you.

Any team (NOT TRAINED BY COMMITTED CANINES DOG SERVICES, LLC)  wishing to enroll in our membership; must first complete the application process. Once the application process is complete the team must supply their SDTA counselor with copy of all required American Kennel Club© STAR Puppy©, Canine Good Citizen©, Community Canine©, and Urban Canine proof of evaluation ONLY, all teams not trained by Committed Canines Dog Services, LLC are not required to retake any training unless the so choose. If additional training is needed to complete the above mentioned evaluations; it must be conducted by an approved Service Dog trainer, or using ONLY modern and progressive dog training protocols such as those written in 'The least intrusive effective behavior intervention (LIEBI) algorithm and levels of intrusiveness table: a proposed best practices model. Version 5.0' and outlined in the Progressive Dog Trainers Manifesto . This means the use of physical molding, harsh corrections, fear, intimidation, electronic collars of any kind, pinch or prong collars, and currently slip leads or choke chains. For more policies please see our Service Dog 'Tools of the Trade' post.

NOTE from the American Kennel Club©; that all evaluations pertaining to the Canine Good Citizen© programs conducted on a Service Dog, and their handler, must accommodate the Service Dogs regular gear. There is a $250 non refundable application fee. See price list for options, and pricing near you.