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Traveling with a Service Dog: Airline Travel – Seattle Dog Training Classes
Support for videos such as this one comes from our pet dog training program. When you choose to train with the Service Dog Academy, you are helping fund our low cost programs for people with disabilities. Mary McNeight, CPDT-KA, is committed to continuing her education as a certified dog trainer and travels often – attending [...]
Support Disabled While Training Your Pet Puppy With Us
Pet puppy and adult seattle dog training, socialization, manners, obedience and tricks classes in West Seattle, Beacon Hill and White Center. When you take one of our seattle dog training classes you are helping to support people with disabilities. We offer Puget Sound’s premier pet puppy, adult dog and service dog training. Here is a video on how to travel with your service dog that your seattle dog training classes help support.
Diabetic Alert Program Featured On Komo News and At American Diabetes Association Camp
Our hero Ian Sterling from Komo News Radio A trip to The Museum of Flight to check out the B-17 Bomber, Aluminum Overcast, turned fruitful for Mary McNeight, CPDT-KA, CCS, BGS and for KOMO Newsradio. The local news was at the museum, covering the unveiling of the bomber for its limited engagement at the museum. [...]
Staff Member Enrolls in Basic Obedience, Loves It!
Operations Manager Carrie Rubens‘ Dog Rondo As The Service Dog Academy’s operations manager, I spent a good amount of time helping Mary prepare for her classes, stuffing Kongs, getting future students enrolled in the classes, and championing her successful positive reinforcement dog training program. At the end of the day, as staff member at a [...]
Featured Presenter at Seattle Diabetes Expo
Mary McNeight, CPDT-KA, CCS presented to a full house at the breakout stage at the American Diabetes Association’s 2011 Expo on April 30th. The presentation went over her groundbreaking train your own Diabetic Alert Dog classes that serve Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics and hypoglycemia students in Seattle, Everett, Tacoma and Bellevue.
We Have Been Nationally Recognized!
The West Seattle Service Dog Academy has been recognized by the Association for Pet Dog Trainers for its participation in the APDT’s Train Your Dog Month contest thanks to trainer Mary McNeight’s positive reinforcement methods. Additionally, the award-winning training studio was also featured in a recent Examiner.com article for McNeight’s diabetic alert dog classes, puppy, and adult dog obedience training.
Diabetic Alert Dog Training Class Starting April 7th
The Service Dog Academy to Hold Puget Sounds First Diabetic Alert Dog Training Class A Diabetic Alert Dog Training Student Posing in front of our award from the Association of Pet Dog Trainers Contest for Train Your Dog Month West Seattle, March 7, 2011—The Service Dog Academy, located in West Seattle, will be teaching the [...]
Final Positive Reinforcement Dog Training Flashmob Video
The first ever Positive Dog Training FLASH MOB! Flash Mob: A group of people who appear from out of nowhere, to perform predetermined actions, designed to amuse and confuse surrounding people. The group performs these actions for a short amount of time before quickly dispersing. Flash mobs are often organized through email and/or newsgroup postings. [...]
Seattle Positively Trained Dog Flash Mob
Join us for the first ever Positive Dog Training FLASH MOB! Organized by Service Dog Academy in association with Sidekick Dog Training & Puget Sound Positive Training to promote APDT’s Train Your Dog Month. FLASH MOB DETAILS Date: Sunday January 16th, 2011 Time: 3:00 pm (please arrive at least 15 minutes early) Location: Westlake Park, [...]
We Have A New Studio – Adult Dog & Puppy Training
Just in time for Christmas puppy season – A brand new state of the art dog training studio and tons of class times to choose from to fit in your busy schedule! Support people with disabilities while training your PET dog. Personal in home appointments are also available.




