How much training do service dogs have to go through?
“Therapy Dogs are different from Service Dogs. Therapy Dogs take training and go through a physical test set up for them by the Team Evaluator. There have to be 5 to 7 people in different situations testing them for noise, buzzers, loud and clumsy petting. They have to go through their obedience lessons in a noisy crowd and stay where you tell them to while wheel chairs and walkers whisk around them close to their tails. They are graded every two years and can progress in their registration in different levels of work. They have to be very well behaved and very clean at all times. They also have to be evaluated by a veterinarian and pass a physical as well.
