Home Trained Certification
In Canada, a home-trained service dog is one trained by its handler to perform specific tasks. Certification provides legal recognition, ensuring your partner is welcomed in all public spaces across the provinces.
Home-Trained Service Dog Requirements
• Stable Behavior: The dog must demonstrate a calm, non-aggressive temperament in all environments, showing no signs of vocalizing, jumping, or lunging.
• Advanced Obedience: Mastery of core commands (sit, down, stay, come) with immediate responsiveness, even when faced with high-level distractions.
• Public Access Manners: The dog must remain under the handler's control at all times, walking professionally on a leash and ignoring food or strangers.
• Task Reliability: Successful performance of at least three specific tasks that directly mitigate the handler's documented disability with 90%+ success rate.
• Handler Responsibility: Demonstration of proper handler ethics, including maintaining the dog's hygiene, health, and respecting public business policies.
• Documentation: Maintenance of detailed training logs, ensuring the dog is fit for work.
The Certification Journey
01
Application
Submit your initial application including handler details and dog information for verification.
02
Evaluation
Complete the home-based training assessment.
03
Review
Our experts review your training logs and documentation according to Canadian standards.
04
Certification
Receive your official Provincial Service Dog Certificate and access all legal benefits.
