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Service & Facility Dogs

Spence Canine Academy offers multiple options for Service Dogs to ensure that a Service Dog is an attainable option for individuals with disabilities. We also offer Facility Dogs and Therapy Dogs for individuals or professionals looking to use a working dog to assist the community or in their profession.

Program
Dogs

Spence K9 Program Dogs are fully trained service dogs that come from our breeding program of health and temperament tested Labrador Retrievers.

Started 
Dogs

Our started dogs are a great option for those working with a limited budget or anyone wanting to do task training on their own. Started dogs can come from our breeding program or sourced from another breeder. 

Owner Assisted Training

We offer owner assisted training to those needing a service dog that are local to the Greensboro triad area of NC that want guidance with training for a dog they already have.

Types of Service Dogs we Train

  • Psychiatric Assistance

    • PTSD, Anxiety, ADHD, etc.

  • Autism Assistance

    • behavior interruption, deep pressure therapy (DPT), trailing.

  • Mobility Assistance

  • Medical Response*

    • seizure, POTS, etc.

  • Hearing Alert

  • Diabetic Alert

  • Additional types of service dogs may be available upon request.

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*Medical Response dogs are not the same as Medical Alert dogs. Medical Alert dogs are trained on a case-by-case basis.

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Types of Therapy/Facility Dogs

  • Psychiatric​

    • Psychiatrists, therapists, counselors, dentists, etc.

  • Crisis response

    • first responders​

  • Rehabilitative

    • physical therapists, occupational therapists, etc.​

  • Canine Assisted Education

    • general and/or special education​

  • Therapy Dog​​

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