US doesn't have any (the dog must be task trained, well behaved, housebroken, and the handler must have a disability that the dog mitigates). I think we eventually WILL have some formal standards and testing in place, because fakers and poorly trained dogs/handlers are ruining it for everyone else.
I'm not sure what Canada has, either. Australia seems to be moving towards standardized certification, or at least parts of it are. I think the UK is program dogs only (not sure though).
Very, very true. You MUST look at the whole dog. Not just the whole dog's structure, but the WHOLE dog as in structure, health, temperament, etc.
I'm not sure what Canada has, either. Australia seems to be moving towards standardized certification, or at least parts of it are. I think the UK is program dogs only (not sure though).
Very, very true. You MUST look at the whole dog. Not just the whole dog's structure, but the WHOLE dog as in structure, health, temperament, etc.
I know very general, no specifics... dog must either be trained through a program (guide dogs of Canada, etc) or be trained at home with close supervision of a certified SD trainer. There are a bunch of testing the dog must go through, and at the end the dog must be tested and certified as a SD through whatever organization the trainer is from.
Though I'm fairly certain they're not all the best.... somebody I know is training her dog at home with a trainer (which I think is stupid for certain reasons in her case, but I digress) and this is the worst trained dog, let alone SD. I thought rosey was bad til I met that dog.