Why we exist
Ontario has two excellent charitable providers of assistance dogs, and both give their dogs away at no cost. Both are also oversubscribed — one runs a multi-year wait, the other has closed applications entirely. Apply to them first. We will tell you how.
But “wait three years” is not an answer when the person who needs the dog needs it now. That gap is the reason we exist. We are not free, and we are not a replacement for those organisations. We are available.
The problem underneath
The harder problem is not training. It is that there is no standard. Nothing stops a website selling a laminated card and calling it certification, and there is no way for a family, a landlord, or an airline to tell the difference between that and real work.
So we published one. Every requirement, every hard-fail criterion, every assessment module — public, versioned, and free to read or train against, whether or not you ever work with us.
