Certified Service Dog Trainers WANTED

As we build our community of Handler’s Mobility Service Dog Teams

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Dog trainers are a vital part of our foundation, providing the skills needed for a balanced living for a mobility-disabled handler.

  • We need Service Dog Trainers to work with disabled Handlers and their new Service Dogs, designing and teaching tasks unique to the Handler’s needs and creating a powerful union that will ensure functional independence. As you know, training a Service Dog is not something that a timeline can be given for, each dog and each handler is unique, and the Service Dog Trainer trains for their needs and abilities. It is a process.

  • A Service Dog Trainer assists the SD Team to work together as a team. The SD Trainer possesses skills to listen to and observe both the human and the dog, custom tailoring the specific needs of the disabled handler.

  • The basics must be firmly in place before tasking can begin. Tasks that Mobility Service Dogs can do are brace for stability, open/close doors, pull wheelchairs push buttons, take items from the shelf, carry items upon request, give items to others, soft retrieval, medical alerting, drag wheelchair/walker/cane back to the partner, assist with house/yard work, assist in removing clothing, retrieve indicated items, alert for help, turn fixtures on/off.

  • Each dog learns all the basics and the Service Dog Trainer with the Handler training together with a dog that will be personalized to the handler’s needs.

MobilityDog expects its Trainers to do the following:

  • Be available for questions and suggestions on the Puppy Raisers Facebook Group.

  • Meet with future Mobility-disabled Handlers to experience their expectations for their Service Dog.

  • Be a certified Service Dog Trainer. Being an accredited Service Dog Trainer required three years of Service Dog training mentorship with three letters detailing the experience working with this trainer.

  • PAT + T Certification MobilityDog will pay 50% of fees for the certifications International Association of Canine Professionals PAT+ Tasking is one we hold in high esteem. https://www.canineprofessionals.com/public-access-test-about

  • Work one-on-one with the Mobility Team to fine-tune the dog’s training. Be available during the first six months for daily meetups, gradually reducing and stepping back.

  • Lead our once-a-month Education Forum in ZOOM online and in the classroom.

  • Take part in an open-hour weekly training class as a mentee advancing the high standards of what a MobilityDog Service Dog must know and the level they are expected to train to.

  • Instruct the MobilityDog’s Puppy Raisers and their SDiT to successfully provide all phases of Service Dog training, including but not limited to AKC S.T.A.R., Canine Good Citizen, Canine Good Citizen Urban, Public Access Test plus tasking, Taking Care of a Service Dog, Basic Tasking, Manners, individual, Service Dog harness/tools and wellness of a service dog in regards to diet, exercise, downtime, and playtime.

  • An understanding of what Service Dog 24/7 under DOJ, ADA, DOT, ACA, FAA, TSA, and State/County/City Laws means as well as an understanding of individual rights

Dog Trainer Application-

Please send us your basic contact information, the application you are requesting, and ten words to share your reason for requesting the application. SUBMIT request online or email: info@mobilitydog.org. Thank you.