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Assistance Dogs

Service • Hearing

 
 
Circle Tail trains service dogs for people living with physical disabilities or diabetes, and hearing dogs for people with hearing impairments. Circle Tail provides these dogs and the training at no cost to the individual. It costs approximately $30,000 to fully train and partner a service/hearing dog, which includes follow-ups throughout the life of the team.

Veteran Testimonials

“As a global war on terror veteran, having Crozer has had a huge impact on my life. From assisting with picking up items that I drop and can’t pick up due to my back injury to alerting me to people coming up from behind, Crozer has played a huge part in assisting me getting off a lot of my medications and providing a better quality of life.” – Jeffrey K

“Landen is my service dog. Since going through the training w/ Landen he has been a blessing. I am a 100 percent disabled. I needed Landen to help retrieve items for me. Not only me, Landen loves going to the VA homes & hospital. Meets /greets the veterans, if they drop something or need something brought to them he complies.” – Mel S

“I have to thank Circle Tail for their assistance dog program, it’s priceless.  They have a very professional structured process and care deeply for the dogs, it shows in the way the dogs pride themselves in their work.  As I knew dogs are smart, I had no idea the training the human needed to enhance the dogs skills; the partnership needed for the best assistance support.  Circle Tail trainers were very patient with me as I learned the human skills and respected my disability, I’m very humbled with their compassion and leadership.  What an awesome program for people with disabilities and for the service dog’s lifelong commitment.”

Service Dogs

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Service Dogs

Mobility Assistance Service Dogs: help people retrieve items, open and close doors, turn switches or alarms off, or get help in an emergency.

Seizure Response Service Dogs: assist people during or after a seizure, with tasks like getting help in an emergency, activating a life-alert system, retrieving medication, or providing focus and comfort. Note that these dogs are not trained to predict and alert to a seizure.

Diabetes Alert Service Dogs: alert their person to low blood sugar levels. Diabetes Alert Service Dogs improve the health, safety, and well-being of people with type 1 diabetes who have difficulty controlling their blood sugar, by detecting rapidly falling blood sugar levels using their keen sense of smell. They are also trained to alert the person in some way, and may be trained to retrieve a cell phone, juice, or medicine.

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Hearing Dogs

Hearing Dogs assist individuals with hearing impairments by alerting them to a variety of household sounds such as a door knock or doorbell, alarm clock, oven buzzer, telephone, baby cry, name call or smoke alarm. Dogs are trained to make physical contact and lead their partner to the source of the sound.

In-Home Service Dogs 

An In-Home Service Dog is a dog that is trained in specific service dog skills such that they can perform the skills in the home for a person with a disability.

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