Animal Science 398D - P- Service Dog Training

This class is designed to provide students with an understanding of canine communication, health, handling and development and hands-on experience in training psychiatric, medical assist/alert, and mobility assistance service dogs.

Students interested in enrolling to foster a service dog in training must complete an application on the Diggity Dogs Service Dogs website at https://indogswetrust.org/foster. Students must attend classes at the Diggity Dogs Training Center in Greenfield, MA, complete weekly training logs, submit video homework weekly and participate in monthly individual classroom assessments with the dog in their care. (Students must have/secure their own transportation or carpool with another student.) Interested students are encouraged to attend an in person orientation at Diggity Dogs Training Center, which are held twice each semester on Sundays at 2pm on the first and last week of classes. (Specific dates are posted each semester and can be found on the aforementioned Foster Application website page). Any students with additional questions can contact Diggity Dogs Service Dogs via email at: apply2foster@indogswetrust.org.