Guide Dogs
Blind Dog Trainers, Dog-guides Group, Finnish Guide Dog School: Basic Training, Golden Leaders Group, Guide Dog Trainer FAQ, Leader-Dogs-L, Phoenix Guide Dog Raisers, Inc.
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 Partne
A non-profit organisation presents several specific exercises.
OC-Assist-Dogs Group
An unmoderated list discussing clicker training for assistance dogs.
OTADogs4U Group
Mailing list for people with disabilities wishing to train their own dogs to become service dogs. Also for anyone interested in helping to train such 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 Dog Education System
Training curriculum includes guidelines for trainers, recommended characteristics and the minimum skills required by service dogs. Free PDF downloads.
Service Dog Training
Assisting people with disabilities, or their families, in training. Program details, costs, credentials and FAQ.
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.
Training and Use of Canines in Medical Rehabilitat
Proposed standards for minimum training requirements and desirable characteristics of the dog.
Training Tips in Animal Facilitated Treatment
Suggestions for adapting standard techniques, as well as games that can be played by dog and patient.
Walking Cane-9s Group
Forum for owners of service dogs to discuss training methods and problems as well as exercise and fitness for dog and owner.
Worldwide Welcome Waggin'
International puppy raisers group. Includes directories of organizations that use puppy raisers and assistance dog mailing lists.