Helping Good Dogs Become Great Service Companions.
Let Us Help You Get Your Dog Ready With Our Individualized Service Dog Training.
Train Your Dog for Public Access Success.
Based in Brooklyn, we prepare dogs to meet the highest behavioral standards required by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Our training ensures your dog can remain calm, well-behaved, and under control in any public or travel environment.
What We Provide
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Public Behavior Training
This is our core training to prevent your pup from biting, barking, jumping, or lunging. As well as to help support them to be calm in airports, cafes, elevators, and planes.
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Service Support Training
You will learn how to teach your dog step by step to help you deal with your daily life challenges, and be able to train your dog specific tasks to support better managing your disability.
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Handler Control Education
Get ADA and DOT ready with additional training for you on how to best control and handle your service animal in public spaces like airplanes and more.
FAQs
What is considered a service animal?
Under the ADA, a service animal is defined as a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. The task(s) performed by the dog must be directly related to the person’s disability.
What does “do work or perform tasks” mean?
IThe dog must be trained to take a specific action when needed to assist the person with a disability. For example, a person with diabetes may have a dog that is trained to alert him when his blood sugar reaches high or low levels. A person with depression may have a dog that is trained to remind her to take her medication. Or, a person who has epilepsy may have a dog that is trained to detect the onset of a seizure and then help the person remain safe during the seizure.
What does under control mean? Do service animals have to be on a leash? Do they have to be quiet and not bark?
The ADA requires that service animals be under the control of the handler at all times. In most instances, the handler will be the individual with a disability or a third party who accompanies the individual with a disability. The service animal must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered while in public places unless these devices interfere with the service animal’s work or the person’s disability prevents use of these devices. Under control also means that a service animal should not be allowed to bark repeatedly in a lecture hall, theater, library, or other quiet place. However, if a dog barks just once, or barks because someone has provoked it, this would not mean that the dog is out of control.
Note completion of our training program does not guarantee an airline will accept your dog—only that the dog meets the behavior standards required by law.
Does the ADA require that service animals be certified as service animals?
No. Covered entities may not require documentation, such as proof that the animal has been certified, trained, or licensed as a service animal, as a condition for entry. There are individuals and organizations that sell service animal certification or registration documents online. These documents do not convey any rights under the ADA and the Department of Justice does not recognize them as proof that the dog is a service animal.
We do not sell service animal certifications or registration numbers. Our training services are rooted in ethical standards and federal guidelines.
What questions can a covered entity’s be ask to determine if a dog is a service animal?
In situations where it is not obvious that the dog is a service animal, staff may ask only two specific questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability? and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform? Staff are not allowed to request any documentation for the dog, require that the dog demonstrate its task, or inquire about the nature of the person’s disability. This personal information is protected by the ADA.
