Therapy, Emotional Support, and Comfort Dog Training

Any questions please call Susie at 770-754-9178

Sessions are held at our facility where we have the distractions and resources needed to use during training. 12900 Freemanville RD, Alpharetta 30004

Training preparation for therapy dogs

Dog therapy training $125 an hour or 3 sessions for $365

SO YOU WANT A THERAPY DOG? Comfort Dog? Need a Emotional Support Dog?

This program is designed to help you assess whether your dog has the potential for therapy work and will offer practical training for upcoming therapy teams to improve and solidify the skills necessary to pass dog therapy evaluations required for organizations such as Therapy Dogs International.  Services included in this program are the AKC Canine Good Citizen Test, a Mock Therapy Evaluation and Therapy Dog training classes.

We have developed a highly effective multiple-session training course for dogs that uses positive reinforcement and patient, reward-based methods. One of the many advantages to this approach is that gentle, loving dogs that may have a temporary problem with manners because they are nervous or excited at first are not summarily excluded from participating in our therapy dog services work. 

The curriculum for dog therapy and emotional support:

• Basic obedience sit, down, stay, walk on a loose lead, no jumping

• Very strong bond between you and your animal and vise versa

• Control in stressful environments

• How to teach coping skills for over excitability excessive barking, licking, and wiggliness mouthing, or pawing

• Exercises and desensitization to handling and stimulation

• Socialization exercises with other dogs and people

• Learning how to approach patients and how to position the dog in these situation

• Familiarization with hospital rules and regulations

• Mock training is hospital environments

• Teaching dogs how to work around wheel chairs, walkers and impaired individuals