Become a Service dog trainer

About the Service Dog Training Program

The FSDS strives to make service dog education and training accessible to interested parties in our community. At this time, due to an increasing number of requests for certified service dogs, we are seeking to recruit additional students. There is an immediate need for 6 more students at this time.

We recognize that in a troubled recession economy, individuals who desire job skills training may not have the financial resources to do so. To this end, we have created our program as a TUITION FREE work study program. Students raise a dog under professional guidance in lieu of tuition payments.

Program participants are taught everything from teaching basic and advanced obedience, to training advanced service dog skills. Additionally, students learn the basics of grooming, TTouch and canine safety, including canine CPR certification.

Once trained, the dogs are granted to community servants in need, creating a win-win situation that creatively couples the delivery of accessible quality training with the direct provision of services to local residents in need.

Please note that students must live in Arizona and raise a dog with us under professional guidance as a requirement of this program. The duration of this program is 18 months.

The Foundation for Service Dog Support, Inc. (FSDS) is accepting applications for the next class of our Service Dog Training Program. This program is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to train service dogs for individuals with disabilities, and/or facility dogs for community agencies that assist crime victims or otherwise traumatized individuals.  High school students are also eligible to apply. Click here to download the application packet.

Upon graduation from the program and upon their 18th birthday, students will be eligible to:

• Apply to become a Canine Safety Instructor for the FSDS
  
  
• Apply to become an Evaluator for the FSDS
  
  
• Qualify for further training to become a Senior Instructor for the FSDS

We are currently seeking community support for the Puppy Raising Partnership Program. We are in need of the following:

• Donated new items
  
  
• Individual and Corporate sponsors for dogs
  
  
• MONETARY donations

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For more information, please contact CJ Betancourt, MD by filling out the form below:

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