Assistance Dogs, Service & Hearing

Fidos for Freedom trains two types of Assistance Dogs:
 

• Service Dogs are trained to aid individuals who are mobility impaired to achieve their desire to be independent by performing tasks that are physically demanding. These dogs can assist with tasks such as retrieving out of reach objects, opening doors, assisting in chair-to-chair or floor-to chair transfer, pulling a wheelchair a short distance, assisting with dressing and helping a person stand who has fallen.

• Hearing Dogs are trained to reliably alert people who are deaf or hard of hearing to all of the significant sounds in their environment such as telephone, smoke detector or fire alarm, alarm clock, microwave oven, someone calling your name, items that have dropped on floor, baby's cry, doorbell and knock.