POTS Alert Dog Training

NEXT ONLINE CLASS SCHEDULED We will be teaching our next online medical alert dog class October 29th 2024! How To Prepare Your Service Dog For Being In A Shooting I used to say that with all my years as a service dog trainer and user I have had EVERY experience you could have with a service dog. Turns out I was wrong. On Cinco De Mayo in 2023 I was in a shooting at a street festival I went to in St. Louis. If it was not [...]

IMPRINTED MEDICAL ALERT DOG LABRADOODLES Our next litter of imprinted labradoodles is scheduled to go home in February of 2023! Airplane Travel in 2022 is a Verified Nightmare Arlines literally canceled THOUSANDS of flights over Memorial Day Weekend 2022.  With airlines canceling even more on a daily basis, how can you make sure your trip with your service dog is as successful as possible with this new world of consistent flight irregularities?  Good question, here are some tips and tricks we recommend our students follow when traveling [...]

GET ONE OF OUR IMPRINTED PUPPIES Our puppies are prepared for training for service work with superior genetics and exposure to environmental stimuli during their first 8 weeks that helps them succeed in their careers. I Was Trapped! I Thought I Broke My Leg And My Hand! A couple of months ago I fell while letting the dogs outside to go potty.  We're not talking an "Im embarrassed to talk about" it type fall.  We are talking, landing so hard I thought I broke my leg and [...]

ONE WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER We will be teaching our 8 week online medical alert dog class starting October 25th 2018. Register ASAP. Should You EVER Work With An Inexperienced Medical Alert Dog Trainer? Berkley from Hotlanta (Atlanta) Georgia has our question of the week.  Berkley has POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, and wants to train her own medical alert service dog for dysautonomia.  She wants to know if if its ever a good idea to work with a trainer who has no experience with medical alert [...]

ONLINE MEDICAL ALERT DOG CLASS No more traveling to class. Enroll in our in person online training classes to learn how to teach your dog to alert to diabetes, POTS, narcolepsy, migraines, seizures and A-fib. What Breed Of Dog Should I Get To Alert Me To My Medical Condition. Cooper from Memphis Tennessee has our question of the week.  Cooper has dysautonomia.  He wants to train his own medical alert service dog to alert to his passing out episodes and wants to know what type or breed [...]

OUR LAST IN PERSON CLASS We will be teaching our LAST in person medical alert dog class over July 4th Weekend. Registration must be completed by June 2nd! Don't Make The Mistake I Made While Training My Own Puppy For Medical Alert Work Byron from Indiana has our question of the week.  Byron has narcolepsy and wants to train his own dog.  He may be interested in one of our imprinted puppy litters so he can start with the best dog possible to ensure his success [...]

WE ARE COMING BACK TO SEATTLE We will be teaching our medical alert dog class in Seattle April 5th-8th 2018 in Seattle. Registration must be completed by March 8th! Can My Child Take Their Medical Alert Dog To School With Them? Amelia from Cincinnati Ohio has our question of the week.  Amelia's daughter had POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, a form of dysautonomia.  She wants to train her own medical alert service dog for dysautonomia and wants to know if she does, will her dog legally be able [...]

WE ARE COMING BACK TO SEATTLE We will be teaching our medical alert dog class in Seattle April 5th-8th 2018 in Seattle. Registration must be completed by March 1st! What Tasks Can A POTS / Dysautonomia Alert Dog Do For Me? Howard from Wichita Kansas has our question of the week.  Howard has POTS, a form of Dysautonomia, and has heard that dogs can alert to POTS episodes.   Howard was wondering if they can be trained to alert to his Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and what [...]

[custom_frame_center shadow="on"][/custom_frame_center] Why can obedience classes cause your dog to be a less reliable alerter? Anya from Oregon has our question of the week. Anya has question EVERYONE who trains their own POTS Alert Dog or Medical Alert Dog has, should you obedience train your dog prior to taking medical alert dog classes. This is an important question because the order in which you train can have a significant effect on whether your dog will easily learn medical alert dog training or struggle, become frustrated and/or fail in being able to learn the difficult concepts that are instrumental in training a [...]