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Our Program Mission
Please allow us to introduce ourselves.  We would like to tell you a little more about our program mission and how we plan to change the lives of people with disabilities in our surrounding communities.
 
We are a small business located in Houston, Texas. Though we are currently not a non-profit organization, our goal is to provide service dogs to individuals with disabilities at a relatively low cost. This is only possible with the help of individuals in the community that donate their time and other resources in assisting to the care and training of these very special dogs.
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Types of Service Dogs
Other than the more common Guide Dog for the Blind
Assistance/Service Dogs - is individually trained to assist a person with one or more disabilities. They may provide such services as guide work, mobility assistance, retrieval of items, alerting, signaling, open doors, pull a wheelchair, activate switches, backpacking, provide stabilization, tasks related to emotional support and psychiatric disabilities, and many other tasks.

Hearing Dog - is trained to work with an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing. These dogs respond to everyday sounds and noises as well as emergency alerts. 

Assistance Dog for persons with Brain Disorder, previously referred to as Psychiatric Service Dogs - is trained for public access skills and to assist a person with brain disorders, including emotional support by empowering their disabled partners by increasing their safety, mobility, and independence. Some dogs may provide safety and stabilization for a person both through alerting, calming as well as assisting through a crisis as well a afterwards.

Seizure Alert Dog - is trained in area of alert and assisting its human partner who experiences seizures. It may help with stabilization, responses and backpacking as well as other tasks.

Balance/Mobility Dog - is trained to assist a person with their disability that interferes with their ability to walk or stand for extended periods of time.

Specialty Dog - sometimes referred to as a specialty dog, a dog trained to work for more than one disability within one person or may work for more than one individual with a disability, such as if more than one person in a family has disabilities.
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Service Animal Access Information
Meet Different Kinds of Assistance Dogs At Work

Psychiatric Service Dogs

More About Service Dogs

Prescription Protocols for Psychiatric Service Animals

Service Dog Etiquette

ADA Business Brief

About Service Dogs and Training Standards

Doris Day Animal League -- Housing issues related to service dogs and emotional support animals
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