The Assistance Dog Foundation’s approach combines standard-aligned requirements with audit-grade, technology-supported documentation to reduce bias and increase transparency. The certification process ...

Trained service dogs cost between $10,000 and $30,000 on average but can go as high as $50,000. Before getting a service dog, consider the associated costs, such as training, food, trips to the vet ...

Experts share what assistance dogs do, the types of disabilities they support, and the role of reputable organizations in finding the right animal.

Since 1 in 5 Americans live with a mental health diagnosis, there is an uptick of people who have a psychiatric service dog (PSD). To qualify for the service, individuals must be legally disabled ...

Big Dog Ranch Rescue is breaking ground on a facility that will allow the Rescue to expand its veteran service dog training program and board dogs for free if their owner is deployed in the military.

Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility ...

Air Force Veteran Henry J. Ham II share his experience with his service dog, Trip, which was provided to him for free thanks ...

It takes intense effort to teach service dogs the skills they need to help people with disabilities or alert them to ...

Training a service dog doesn’t just change the life of another veteran; it may help heal the trainer, too. A new study finds that volunteering with dogs could slow biological aging in female veterans ...

U.S. Army veteran Ben Keen, who served two tours of duty in Iraq, and his service dog, Bolt, attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Pennsylvania campus of Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs in ...

Service dogs can change the lives of those who need them, but they can cost more than $10,000. They are specifically trained to help individuals living with physical, psychiatric, intellectual or ...