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            What We Do

              

            Service Dog  and Therapy Dog Training.


            Leashes for Living is a unique program that teaches Veterans and Persons with disabilities to train their own service dog. Through positive training techniques, the student/handler learns how to communicate with their canine partner. By teaching their dog special skills and manners, the student is capable of achieving an enhanced lifestyle.


            We teach you to train your dog as a Therapy dog for visitations to hospitals, schools, and nursing homes. See how your dog's visit can bring a smile, improve a person's quality of life and leave a warm spot on their heart.


            Leashes for Living Assistance Dog School

            An Illinois Not for Profit & Federal 501(c)(3) Public Charity Organization.




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            Service Dogs can


            • Alert to Seizure, Diabetes, Hearing, PTSD and more
            • Brace and Balance
            • Open/Close doors
            • Retrieve fallen objects
            • Open the refrigerator
            • Push buttons
            • Turn lights on/off
            • Help you get dressed
            • Assist on shopping trips
            • Enhance your socialization

            And so much more!! We teach you how to train your service dog.

             


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            Dogs Love to Learn

             

            The skills your dog can learn from you through us is limited only by your imagination. Dogs love to learn and we love to teach! What a great combination! 


            Dogs speak to us everyday, we just need to listen. We teach you to listen to what your dog has to say. Through body language your dog tells you everything you need to know to make life with a canine the best!




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            Service Dog

            Service Dogs are animals that are individually trained to perform tasks for persons with disabilities such as alerting people that are deaf, pulling wheelchairs, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, turn on lights, open doors, get help, or perform specific tasks for individuals suffering from psychiatric disorders.  The dog is individually trained to help a person with disabilities to enhance their lives, improve their activities of daily living, and improve their independence.   Service dogs are working dogs and NOT Pets. Under the External link opens in new tab or windowAmericans with Disability Act businesses and organizations that serve the public must allow people with disabilities to bring their service animal into all areas of the facility where customers are normally allowed to go. Refusal to provide equal access is a federal civil rights violation and violators can be required to pay monetary damages & penalties.


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            Therapy Dog

            Therapy dogs are not service dogs and do not fall under the ADA Laws.  The dogs are trained to provide affection, entertainment and comfort to individuals in such places as VA & other hospitals, support and learning centers, retirement homes, hospices, or schools to provide assistance in reading programs, Therapy Dogs are also finding their way into courtrooms to provide comfort, as well as providing comfort to disasters victims.  The dogs must love being handled in a variety of ways & environments, overcome many sounds & erratic movements, handle a variety of smells & odors, be  comfortable around wheelchairs, cane, crutches, walkers and other adaptive equipment.  A visit from a Therapy Dog demonstrates a calmness, happiness, and overall emotional feeling of well-being in the patients they visit.  Therapy dogs have been known to lower high blood pressure and enhance recovery in patients they visit.  They play a vital role in the special needs community.


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            Learn More

            P.O. Box 126

            Mendota, IL 61342


            815-293-7415 - Main

            623-393-8481 - Office 

            Terri@leashesforliving.org


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            "Their method of teaching is gentle and loving. The dogs want to work and are proud to serve."


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