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Free and voluntary training and behavior standards and team management solutions for Service Dog Trainers and Handlers.
Cloud-based, voluntary standards
Voluntarily share your acceptance of Service Dog Standards anywhere, anytime - and only with those you choose.
Train on your own or with a trainer
Service Dog Standards helps create a level playing field for individual trainers, large training organizations and owner-trainers by helping handlers understand their responsibilities.
For housing, rental and lodging
Voluntarily share peace-of-mind with landlords, HOAs or lodging managers that you and your animal know how to behave well.
Create a secure training resume
Share important training details and documentation while still protecting your privacy and medical history.
Travel smarter with SDS
Voluntarily accepting Service Dog Standards on behalf of yourself and your animal can make traveling go smoother for everyone.
Pro Solutions for Service Dog Trainers
Make sure your human clients understand responsibilities of Service Dog ownership. Manage active teams, washouts and more.
Will simply accepting these standards make my dog a Service Dog?
No. Our purpose is to add clarity to the process of obtaining, training and working with a Service Dog. Accepting these standards is a way of voluntarily holding yourself and your dog to a higher standard which goes above and beyond the law. Under the law, the only requirement for a Service Dog is that they be specifically trained to perform tasks or work for a disabled individual who would otherwise have difficulty accomplishing on their own due to their disability. Emotional support or other behaviors that a dog does naturally, while they may be beneficial and even help mitigate a disability, should not be included when naming trained work or tasks.
Is there a Service Dog license, test, exam, evaluation, assessment, service dog certification, registration or government database?
No. There is no “formal” test for Service Dogs because the tasks Service Dogs can be trained to perform vary too widely. Furthermore, under the law it is illegal for anyone to ask for proof of training or certification. The law is written this way because otherwise disabled individuals who use Service Dogs would be stopped and forced to show paperwork everywhere they go.
What are my rights as a landlord or business owner?
If a person verbally claims their animal is a Service Animal, you must allow them to enter — however that does not mean it is a free-for-all. If a customer or tenant causes damage or is disruptive, the same logic and laws apply as if they had a wheelchair or no disability at all. Damage or disruptive behavior should be dealt with as if it was done by any adult or child. Every Service Dog handler is solely responsible for their actions. You may not blame any group of people as a whole for the actions of a few, whether by race, nationality, religion, ability or disability.
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