Re: Re: seizure dogs question?-Carol

November 23, 2004

I know you are getting a lot of info on this and I do know that Sydney is only 3

yrs old and has a seizure alert dog, pretty sure it was free and it is their dog

to keep forever. I think there are probably lots of different organizations out

there with their own criteria, etc. Hope the best for you!

Jenn heppner1@...> wrote:

I got our application online and was in email contact with them to be sure I had

all my 'bases' covered before I sent the application in (if you forget some info

in the application it takes longer to process so I wanted to be sure I had it

all down)

There are MANY different organizations and I did a search online to find one in

Canada. I emailed many different ones, and couldnt find a whole bunch that would

train a dog for my son who has seizures.

Every organization will have different requirements. For ours, we needed our

neuro to fill out a form stating what type of disability our son had and the

severity etc (as I am sure most of them will require) The one we applied to will

not place a dog with a child younger than 8 - not a problem for us as it will

take at least a year to get the dog placed and my son will be 8 in May.

From what I understood from the research I did was that there are different

kinds of organizations - one where the dogs are 'free' and you apply and get put

on a waiting list which can be quite long. When you do get the dog, it does

remain the organizations dog and they may recall the dog if certain requirements

are not met (these are different for each organization as well) The second is

where you help to fundraise for the cost of the dog (however, even after doing

this, the dog is not yours and still may be recalled from what I understand) and

third is to obtain a dog on your own and have it privately trained - which would

be the most expensive option however, at the end of the process, the dog is

yours.

Hope I have answered some of your questions. If you still have questions feel

free to email me privately and I can provide you with a list of sites I have

researched, some are organizations that train the dogs and some are just general

interest sites (what the dogs are trained for, different items available like

vests/harnesses, and some human rights sites (altho I am not sure they will

pertain to you there as laws vary)

Jenn

Re: seizure dogs question?

Where do you get the application? I just found out that there is a

place in our town that trains them or is going to start training

them.

How do you get aproved and what are the requirments?

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