Our Services

Our Mission

Service Dogs of Florida is a not-for-profit organization that offers dignity, hope, and independence by providing highly trained & skilled service dogs and technology to individuals with disabilities while serving the community by advancing public education of disabilities, the ADA and service dogs through advocacy, education, research and service.

Service Dogs of Florida, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with no paid employees that relies only on donations from individuals, corporations and foundation grants to do our work. Monetary donations are always appreciated and tax deductible! We do not receive any Federal, State or Government funding. We operate entirely off donations from the public.

What We
Offer

Service Dogs

Service Dogs of Florida is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing service dogs to disabled individuals in Florida at no cost. We are committed to providing long-term assistance to those in need by pairing qualified handlers with specially-trained dogs. It can take up to 2 years for us to properly pair a handler with a service dog. Our organization is based on the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy the companionship and support of a service dog.

Emotional Support Animal and therapy dog training

Emotional support animals are not service dogs but provide companionship to those with disabilities all the same. We provide obedience classes to individuals with emotional support dogs.

Private classes

We provde private training classes as well throughout Florida. Please reach out for more information.

Support for Owner -Trainers

Our unique owner-training program provides handlers with the power to train their own dogs, providing them a dog much sooner than the 2 year wait time. At this time all costs are paid for by the handler. We are dedicated to helping those with disabilities gain greater independence.

Canine Good Citizen

We are proud to offer a variety of services, such as providing testing for AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy, Canine Good Citizen, AKC Community Canine and AKC Urban CGC.

Group classes

We offer group classes for pet parents done locally in the Orlando area. Our classes provide a balanced method of training, finding the best tools and experience for each pet and owner.

We provide disabled Florida Residents service dogs for:

Mobility – Pick up items, pull wheelchair, open & close doors, assist in balance.
Hearing – Alerts handler to specific sounds and take handler to them.
PTSD – Assist in keeping a person grounded and trained to alert when mental state changes.
Seizure Prediction – Train pets to be service dogs that already naturally detect handlers seizures and alert them before they occur. (very rare)
Seizure Response – Train a dog to respond to a seizure while it occurs by holding the handler down, getting help or barking to attract attention.
Medical Alert – Train dogs for invisible conditions and to alert the handler.
Diabetic Alert – Train dogs to detect high or low blood sugar levels and alert handler.
Emotional Support Animal (ESA) – Train basic obedience of pet dogs for therapeutic use in housing.
Therapy Dogs – We do not train therapy dogs for hospital use, refer to Therapy Dogs International. Many of our wash-outs, become therapy dogs.
No GUIDE Dogs – We do not train guide dogs for the blind, refer to South Eastern Guide Dogs
OWNER-TRAINER Assistance – Several disabled train their own service dogs and later need assistance. We are creating a program to offer support for individuals in this category. Classes, testing, guidance and trainer mentoring.