Therapy and Facility Dogs
You’re looking to volunteer with your dog and bring joy to people in hospitals, schools, or nursing homes. OR, you work at a school, rehabilitation center, or office setting and think your dog could help with your practices… Either way, we’ve got you covered with our therapy and facility dog programs!
With our easy to follow, custom therapy dog and facility dog packages, you will learn how to:
Socialize your puppy properly to get a head start on therapy or facility dog training
Teach your dog how to calmly greet strangers
Learn how to keep your dog focused around distractions and in new environments
Teach tasks to help your clients in your work setting (facility dogs)
Be proud of the work you and your dog can do together!
Centre Stage Dog Training tailors our programs to fit the unique needs of your profession, ensuring that both therapy and facility dogs are trained to provide comfort, emotional relief, and task-specific assistance. Whether you’re looking to enhance the therapeutic experience in your practice or bring comfort to individuals in high-stress environments, our therapy and facility dog training programs are designed to help you and your dog make a meaningful impact.
Training Options
Consultation
In person: $160.00 plus tax, virtual: $145.00 plus tax
Virtual or in-person goal-setting and evaluation session
Develop a custom training plan for you and your dog
Receive resources to move you into the next phase of your training goals, whether this is finding a prospect or starting training for your goals
Private Coaching Packages
Pricing varies based on number of sessions and in-person vs. virtual; options for 4, 6, and 10 sessions at a time
Virtual or in-person private sessions
Session overviews and video library access
Resources to help with socialization, focus, training in public, and/or task training for facility work
Access to a trainer for all your questions between sessions
Video review and feedback of your training
Pricing varies based on number of weeks; options for 2, 3, and 4 weeks of training
Three day training sessions a week where a trainer teaches your dog the skills outlined in your consult
One transfer session per week to learn the skills your dog is working on
Session overviews and video library access of your dog
Access to Q & A with your trainer outside of sessions to answer your questions!
‘Done-for-you’ Packages
Frequently Asked Questions
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Virtual training offers many benefits including: you and your dog being comfortable, being effective as it is your true everyday scenario you will be training in, hands on practice in the moment, and continuous support through video feedback!
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A therapy dog has been trained by an individual, typically their owner, to provide comfort to people in volunteer settings such as nursing homes, schools, or hospitals. Facility dogs have been specially trained to work with their handler and clients in a facility, such as PT offices, schools, etc., through trained tasks.
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Therapy and facility dogs do not have public access rights like service dogs. They are permitted to go to their volunteer or work settings, but nowhere else.
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It takes a stable, willing, confident, social dog to engage in these jobs! Centre Stage Dog Training will provide an evaluation as part of your consultation to determine if your dog is a prospect to begin or continue training for becoming a therapy or facility dog. To get started, schedule a consultation!
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The first step is scheduling a consultation! From here we will discuss your needs and goals in detail. If you have a dog you are interested in training, we will evaluate them for therapy and facility dog potential. If not, we will develop a plan to help you find the right partner.