Medi-Dogs Blog

Today marks exactly two years since our first official “shelter dog” was placed as a service dog. While many of our graduated teams had been from rehome situations, Dex was our first shelter pull that made it to graduation. Happy Gotcha Day, Dex! Dex kickstarted a great program that has grown quite a bit since his time with us. We now run this program partnering with a few local shelters, and a larger service dog program that is piloting their first Shelter Dog to Service Do

Everyone is familiar with spotting “fake” service dogs in stores, airports, and other spaces that are not typically dog-friendly. These dogs are an issue not only for the general public trying to shop, travel, or go to the dentist, but are a safety concern for actual working service dogs in that same space. While this is a larger issue than one blog can address, we will discuss one specific aspect of the topic today: testing. In the United States, the governing laws for assis

Benny, our sweet Medical Alert Service Dog Prospect