Service Dog Training in Metro Detroit

​We work with people and dogs to form helping partnerships and enhance quality of life at both ends of the leash

Clever Canine Dog Training provides custom training for service dog teams based on individual needs. Our trainers have experience working with children, adults, and families training their own dogs to create successful dog/handler teams. We specialize in a personalized approach that focuses on how your partnership with your service dog will help you overcome the challenges you face in your home and in public. We teach the behaviors that are necessary for dogs working in public settings, and to train the specific tasks you need from the canine partner in your life.
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Service dogs increase freedom and independence by providing assistance in everyday life. Service dogs can improve the lives of people with a wide range of disabilities, whether physical, neurological, or psychiatric. We train service dogs to mitigate symptoms of many disabilities such as: autism, anxiety disorders, depression, diabetes, epilepsy, hearing impairment, multiple sclerosis (MS), narcolepsy, post-traumatic stress (PTS or PTSD), severe allergies, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injuries (TBI). We also often customize tasks for a specific client’s needs.

Call

(248)618-3258

for more information or to schedule your free evaluation.

The following are examples of the most common disability skills we teach:

Alert:

• To people approaching
• As a response to your name or someone trying to get your attention
• For specific sounds, such as alarms, ring tones, sirens, or vehicles backing up
• For specific smells, such as smoke or gas
• Go seek help from someone else when you are having a medical emergency
• Press a medical alert button for designated emergency contact
• Wake-up alerts

Calm:

• Apply or receive deep pressure therapeutically
• Cuddle on cue
• Interrupt repetitive movements or compulsive behaviors
• Lead to uncrowded area or place to sit down
• Respond to an anxiety or panic attack
• Interrupt nightmares or night terrors

​Detect:

• Allergens, such as specific foods or triggering odors
• Low blood sugar levels
• The presence or absence of people in a designated area or location
• Change in cortisol levels

Retrieve

• Get personal items and bring to you, such as keys or cell phones
• Carry items for you
• Deliver payment to store clerk or receive and carry merchandise for you
• Open and close doors, cabinets, drawers or appliances to bring you something from inside
  
• Bring medication to you at a designated time

Support

• Act as a positional buffer – behind, in front, looking the opposite way, or circling
• Turn on and off lights, including turning on the light for you before you enter a room
• Open and hold doors
• Provide bracing for you to stand up or steady yourself
• Tug or hold clothing, socks and shoes to assist with dressing and undressing
• Pull to assist manual wheelchair propulsion
• Target away from walking out into a street or other dangerous areas
• Offer a signal that allows you to politely excuse yourself from the company of others

Frequently asked Questions

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Clever Canine Dog Training provides service dog training in Oakland County Michigan and the entire Metro Detroit region.  We currently have dog training clients from all over Metro Detroit, Oakland County, Macomb County, Genesee County including the cities and towns of Waterford, Clarkston, Auburn Hills, Holly, Fenton, Grand Blanc, Flint, Lake Orion, Oxford, Rochester, Macomb, Sterling Heights, Troy, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Berkley, Southfield, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Dearborn, Canton, Plymouth, Novi, Commerce, Milford, Brighton, and Howell. We can help you have a great dog too!