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Monday 8:30am - 5pm Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm Thursday 8:30am - 5pm Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Service Dogs, Inc.

Saving Dogs. Changing Lives. Since 1988.

Since 1988, we've changed how Service Dogs are trained - we use shelter dogs instead of breeding, we train with love and respect instead of force, and we provide the dogs completely free of charge to our clients.

08/15/2024

The Way Brothers did such a great job on their recent public outing to Home Depot and Tractor Supply! Greenhouse jungles, scary skeletons, and many more new encounters for Steinway and Broadway! One step closer to Service Dog life 🐕‍🦺 🌟

08/13/2024

Public outings allow our Service Dogs to practice their tasks, focus, and patience in a range of different environments. 🐕‍🦺 🏆🌟

08/06/2024

Three reasons our dogs love training:

🐾 Dogs LOVE the stimulation of learning
🐾 Dogs enjoy working closely and bonding with humans
🐾 Dogs thrive learning in a positive, loving, force-free environment

08/02/2024

On July 24th, Tonya and Herman started their newest adventure. They flew from Dallas to New Orleans for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

Competing among 526 disabled Veterans, Tonya participated in bowling, boccia, and power soccer.

“Herman was a total superstar,” Tonya told us. “Despite the chaos of the events, he stayed focused at all times. He picked up items from the cup holder, keys, wallet, and countless water bottles on the first request.”

She added, “Compliments on Herman flowed freely, from the airlines to other participants and officials.”

Tonya and Herman even co-led the Texas delegation during the opening ceremonies. Tonya took home the silver medal in bowling! We think they both deserve the Gold for representing Veterans and SDI!

07/31/2024

All our Service Dogs are in Phase Two, where we focus on building behaviors and tasks in a wide variety of locations and public outings 🐕‍🦺 Check out some of the things they’ve been up to! 🌟

07/27/2024

Mission Impossible? Not for Agent Disco! 🕺

07/25/2024

One day, Camaro’s Hearing Dog training could save a life! 🐕‍🦺 🦻 🔔

07/21/2024

SERVICE DOGS GO PUBLIC!!! 🐕‍🦺

All dogs absolutely soaring through their Phase 2 training! Big focus on public work in more complex spaces to prepare for life as a working Service Dog. Check us out:

1) Disco does Home Depot 🏡
2) Vogue checking out grills 🥓
3) Riff enjoying Jupiter Tree Market 🌳
4) Elvis browsing power tools 🔨
5) Lyric loving Tractor Supply 🚜
6) Disco’s discography at Goodwill 💿
7) Abba acing City Hall 🏛️
😎 Steinway cruising Home Depot 🏠

07/18/2024

Training our Hearing Dogs to alert their handlers to sounds, such as timers, doorbells, fire alarms, people calling their name, and so much more! 🐕‍🦺 🔔 🦻

07/15/2024

Brown Distributing Co. generously donated the printing of these beautiful new banners for our campus in Dripping Springs, Texas. We are grateful for their support. Learn more about Brown Distributing at https://browndistributing.com

07/14/2024

Very Important Pupdate from my Service Dog training! 🙌 🏆

07/10/2024

Have Hearing Dog, will travel!
From SDI Grad Brianna Wood:

Haviland and I took the kids to Alaska! I wouldn’t have made this trip without her! She is a rockstar!

07/03/2024

Love you, Sumi-Service K9

07/02/2024

Splashy, splashy!

06/30/2024

Something’s different about Tony. Can you spot him? 👀

06/23/2024

“I bet he could help you walk in a straight line.” 🧡 🐕‍🦺

06/18/2024

Don’t be shocked when your history book mentions me 🐕‍🦺 ✨

06/18/2024

Happy Birthday to everyone's favorite magician, chimney sweep and hearthrob, Ray Anderson.

06/14/2024

👀 Keep an eye out for our billboards across Texas, generously donated by Lamar Advertising Company. Share a picture 📸 if you spot one!

06/11/2024

“I can’t think of a more important job.” 🐕‍🦺 🧡

06/06/2024

Always touched by our Courthouse Facility Dog Sumi-Service K9 bringing love to our youngest survivors.

06/05/2024

Crooked face?

Maybe. But this gem progressed to Training Level 2 SIX weeks ahead of time. She also was first and only in her class to go INSIDE a building on her initial public outing.

ABBA is the moment!

05/29/2024

Foster Fun! A thank you note (and homemade cookies!) from the children in Riff and Banjo’s weekend foster family. 🧡

Here’s Riff trying out a few chords on the piano, Banjo overseeing the creation of end-of-school-year gifts for the girls’ classmates 🎁, and Steinway with his namesake in his weekend foster home. 🎹

Visit https://www.servicedogs.org/foster to learn about fostering one of our Service Dogs on weekends! 🐕‍🦺

05/28/2024

Excited to break ground on our new kennel building today! Construction donated by C C Carlton Industries, Ltd.

We will use the Carlton Kennel to house newly adopted shelter dogs until we confirm they are healthy and can live with our other dogs in training. Best of all, the Carlton Kennel Building increases our capacity by 25%. So our clients can get their Service Dogs sooner!

05/22/2024

A great visit from our friends at Camp Mabry, home of our Annual Mighty Texas Dog Walk & Expo.

05/21/2024

🚨 BREAKING NEWS!!🚨

Our class of ‘24 are racing through their assessments with flying colors, and several dogs have already moved into Phase Two of their training early!

A big round of apaws for:

🎭 BROADWAY: Joining his brother Steinway in Phase 2 two weeks early.
✨ VOGUE: Strutting forward three weeks early
🎙 ELVIS: Rocking into Phase 2 three weeks early
👏 ENCORE: Advancing four weeks early

And a new record…

🎤 ABBA: Our dancing queen is entering Phase 2 SIX WEEKS EARLY!! 🥳

Congratulations to all our incredible dogs and trainers, and a huge shout out to our donors who make it all possible! 🧡

05/19/2024

Crate training Olympics at SDI! Who’s your winner? 🏆

05/07/2024

Introducing our biggest SDI class ever! How many did you count?✨ 🐕‍🦺

Address

4925 Bell Springs Road
Dripping Springs, TX
78620

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Website

https://www.servicedogs.org/

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Public outings allow our Service Dogs to practice their tasks, focus, and patience in a range of different environments. 🐕‍🦺 🏆🌟

Three reasons our dogs love training: 🐾 Dogs LOVE the stimulation of learning 🐾 Dogs enjoy working closely and bonding with humans 🐾 Dogs thrive learning in a positive, loving, force-free environment

Bam and Solo: The Ultimate Team 🐕‍🦺 . #servicedog #shelterdog

Mission Impossible? Not for Agent Disco! 🕺

One day, Camaro’s Hearing Dog training could save a life! 🐕‍🦺 🦻 🔔

Saving Dogs and Changing Lives🧡 🐕‍🦺 . #servicedogs #rescuedogs #shelterdogs #adoptdontshop

Training our Hearing Dogs to alert their handlers to sounds, such as timers, doorbells, fire alarms, people calling their name, and so much more! 🐕‍🦺 🔔 🦻

Choosing Shelter Dogs since 1988 🧡 #servicedogs #shelterdogs

Very Important Pupdate from my Service Dog training! 🙌 🏆

We believe in Second Chances 🧡 🐕‍🦺 . #servicedog #shelterdog #rescuedog

Splashy, splashy!

Something’s different about Tony. Can you spot him? 👀 #servicedogs #shelterdogs

“I bet he could help you walk in a straight line.” 🧡 🐕‍🦺 #servicedog

Don’t be shocked when your history book mentions me 🐕‍🦺 ✨

It’s time for the Place Training Olympics at SDI! Who gets your vote? 🏆 #dogtraining #servicedogs #shelterdogs

“I can’t think of a more important job.” 🐕‍🦺 🧡

Service Dog Herman turned everything around for Tonya 🧡 🐕‍🦺 #serviedog #veteran

Crate training Olympics at SDI! Who’s your winner? 🏆 #dogtraining #servicedogs #shelterdogs

Encore and his friends are looking for weekend Foster Families for some R&R! Could you foster a Service Dog-In-Training? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIU6m9elS8TWuZ8pN1bNbiCmpfECiVoDS__XBPFW7Q4ZMn2Q/viewform

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Our Story

Our Programs Service Dogs, Inc. builds better lives for Texans overcoming challenges through partnerships with custom trained Assistance Dogs, provided free-of-charge. We serve veterans and other adults residing in Texas and custom train each dog for the individual client’s needs. Client training includes a 5-day Team Training Class at our training facility followed by 13 weekly sessions in their home, workplace and community. Clients receive follow up for the lifetime of the Hearing or Service Dog. Trainers Academy – Professional dog trainers can learn how to train Hearing and Service Dogs, shelter dog evaluation and public work in a 5-day workshop followed by opportunities for audits. Limited class size guarantees lots of attention from instructors. Over 50% hands on training sessions with our advanced program dogs.