Service Dog – Physical or Neurological Disability

Types of “Direct-Service” Assistance Dogs
Service Dog – Physical or Neurological Disability [SD-PND] – [Level 4]
A pKTI Service Dog [SD-PND] is an Assistance Dog specially trained to enable individuals with disabilities to lead more independent lives by performing 3 or more tasks that the person otherwise could not do, or would have extreme difficulty doing for him/herself. The Private Placement Client (PPC) for these dogs are generally a wheelchair user as a result of a mobility limitation related disability, or have another type of physical or neurological disability.
A pKTI Service Dog [SD-PND] receives within a pKTI K-9 Training Program/Venue:
a MINIMUM of 600 hours of training against the pKTI Service Dog Command Set Matrix, over a period of at least 15 months,
a MINIMUM of 300 hours of General Obedience Training, over a period of at least 15 months,
a MINIMUM of 150 hours of “socialization” Training, over a period of at least 15 months, and,
a MINIMUM of 60 hours of “Client Specific Custom” Command Set Training during its final 3-months of training.
At the completion of these training requirements all pKTI Service Dogs [SD-PND] must pass the pKTI Service Dog Certification Test, the Private Placement Client / Private Placement Handler / Service Dog Transition Training Course, and the pKTI Public Access Evaluation Test. Once the pKTI Service Dog [SD-PND] has successfully completed these Tests and Courses, it is then designated as a “Certified” Service Dog [SD-PND]. [Note: A pKTI Service Dog [PND] has full “Public Access” as defined by the ADA.]
pKTI Service Dogs [SD-PND] are acquired from:
the paws4peopleTM Assistance Dog Breeding Program. A custom blood-line breeding program specifically developed to produce dogs with the personality, temperament, and disposition suitable for Assistance Dog work,
a specially chosen breeder (either via donation or purchase) whose blood-lines and pedigrees have been carefully researched to produce dogs with the required personality, temperament, disposition, and confirmation suitable for Assistance Dog work, or,
the pKTI Shelter/Rescue Program.
Upon successful completion of this testing and evaluation process the pKTI Service Dog [SD-PND] shall be eligible to wear the corresponding logo of the respective training program / facility where the dog completed its training