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Diabetic Alert 201 – 8 week




Student Testimonial “If it had not been for Malla’s training… I reallly don’t think I would be here today.”

FYI: This class is appropriate for those who also want to learn migraine alerting and seizure alerting with their dogs.

Register for this class today! Spots are limited and are expected to fill up within the week.

Watch our feedback video and see what some of our students are saying on this webpage!

  • “[Mary] makes the class fun… So, I travel close to 70 miles to come to class for you…One way”
  • “Citka is a free thinker… Mary has created a monster! he has alerted to several times to me being low”
  • “I was a little bit skeptical of this, all positive training, and I have been extremely impressed with it. it’s been an experience… and I have had nothing that wasn’t success”
  • “I’m so impressed with what only 7 classes has done for me and Daisy!”
  • “Lily is alerting me regularly and has begun to do so on the bus, at bus stops and other out door locations… I just don’t collapse in stores or on the street anymore because she catches my lows earlier than I usually do and when I am distracted!”

We are exited to announce the introduction of the continuation of Pacific Northwest’s First Train Your Own Diabetic Alert Dog Program. See our feature story on the West Seattle Blog and The Examiner! This class is the second 8 week session to our program in which students will learn to train their dogs to:

  • alert to low blood sugars in an ever increasing distracting environment
  • alert to high blood sugars in the home environment
  • if incapacitated, call 911 on a dog phone
  • retrieve the phone
  • alert while you are driving in the car
  • open the front door to your home for rescue personnel (if physically capable due to size)

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Frank, a Diabetic Alert Dog In Training learning to recognize the low blood sugar scent.

Class requirements:

  • Your must be willing to commit AT LEAST 20 MINUTES A DAY to training your dog. If you cannot commit to AT LEAST 20 MINUTES A DAY please do not register for this class, you will not succeed.
  • Your must have already taken our 8 week Diabetic Alert Dog 101 training class
  • Your dog must be dog and human friendly. Dogs that exhibit signs of true aggression will be asked to leave the class and not given a refund.
  • Your dog must have basic obedience commands. This class will not teach you how to get your dog to sit, down and walk nicely on a leash. If your dog does not have these basic skills please enroll in one of our classes
  • UPDATE: Dogs as young as 4 months old can take this class as long as they are enrolled or have already taken our pet puppy class!
  • Your dog must be in general good health. A dog’s health can dramatically affect its ability to do nose work.
  • Your dog must not be Brachycephalic. Its is unknown whether Brachycephalic dogs can do diabetic alerting so we cannot recommend them as Diabetic Alert Dogs. To find out if your dog is Brachycephalic please check the wikipedia page here.


“When you are low, the first thing to go is cognitive function. Thats why here at the Service Dog Academy, we strive to create THINKING service dogs, dogs that dont just do what their told but ANTICIPATE and PROBLEM SOLVE.” – Mary McNeight, Service Dog Academy Head Trainer

Class details are as follows:

  • 8 weeks
  • meets once a week on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 pm starting September 11th
  • meet for 1 hour of instructional time
  • meet at our new dog training studio in beautiful West Seattle!
  • will have no more than 5 students (and dogs) per session to ensure more individualized instruction
  • all dog training to be done using only methods approved by the AHA
  • costs only $650! We think this is an amazing value compared to the tens of thousands of dollars one can spend on a trained diabetic alert dog! Spots are limited! Register today using the button below.
Class Day Start Date Class Dates Class Time Register Here Spots Left
Sunday 1/15/2012 1/15/12-3/18/12 (skip 1/29) 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
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Before enrolling in this class, please make sure you understand the class terms.

CityStream TV Program on the Seattle Channel

 


In this interview City Stream reporter Roxeanne Vainuku talks with Mary McNeight and one of Service Dog Academy’s clients Jacqueline Glass about the training of her dog Peanut, a diabetic alert dog in training.

 

 

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The Service Dog Academy is a PET and service dog training school located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, WA. We train your dog using a combination of both private in home training sessions as well as obedience classes for both adult and puppy dogs. We use humane and positive training methods to quickly address your dogs behavioral problems (including anxiety, aggression, potty training, biting, jumping, stealing, separation anxiety and barking). When you train your pet dog with us 100% of the profits go towards supporting the low cost service dog training program. Training with the Service Dog Academy is a great way to "pay it forward" while getting something in return. We are pleased to announce that in July we will start serving the Beacon Hill area with adult obedience dog training classes.