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Custom Canines Service Dog Academy

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Custom Canines is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization of dedicated, volunteer professionals and individuals who create and support lasting partnerships between highly skilled service dogs and the community of mankind with diverse disabilities.

11/17/2024

Doors are open! Come stop by!

11/17/2024

Dogs have well-known reputations for being loyal and loving companions, which is one reason they're often called "man's best friend." But some dogs are desti...

11/16/2024

Tomorrow is the big day! Come support CCSDA at Elks Lodge 410 in Madison. Doors open at 11!

This is just a tiny sneak peak of the meat that will be available during the raffle!

11/14/2024

Asher is here to tell you that although he takes his job very seriously, he also gets plenty of time to just be a dog, too!

Here at Custom Canines, we recognize that the work we're asking our dogs to do is intense. It's important that service dogs have opportunities to decompress, whether that be through play, exploration, and more.

11/12/2024

6 more days until the big Support Our Veterans Event at Elks Lodge 410! As a reminder, the silent auction is live NOW through 4pm on Sunday, November 17th! Place your bids now! You do not need to be present at the event to win!

Check out a few of the items that are available!

To view event details, follow this link: https://givebutter.com/c/Elks-CCSDA-SupportOurVeterans

The silent auction can be accessed at that link by clicking on the "Auction" tab at the top of the webpage.

11/11/2024

To all who are serving or who have served, we salute you. Thank you for your courage, dedication, and sacrifice. There are no words to express our gratitude for your selflessness and bravery. We got your six. ❤🇺🇸

11/08/2024

Ready... Get Set... BID!

The online silent auction is now LIVE for the November 17th Support Our Veterans event!

If you haven't heard, Elks Lodge 410 is hosting a huge fundraiser for Custom Canines. The official event is on Sunday, November 17th. Doors open at 11am! There will be a meat raffle, TONS of raffle baskets, an opportunity to see the silent auction items in person, a wine and liquor pull, plenty of food and drinks, and service dogs available to mingle with! Come watch the Packers vs. Bears game, too! It starts at noon!

The silent auction is open for bidding from NOW until the end of the event (11/17 at 4pm)! You do not have to be present to win!

To access the silent auction, click on the "auction" tab at the top of this page: www.givebutter.com/c/Elks-CCSDA-SupportOurVeterans

11/06/2024

Webster made it to Oregon Correctional Facility for training, where he will spend the next 18-24 months growing up and learning to be a service dog. He is in great hands!

Shoutout to one of our wonderful midwest puppy raisers, Abby, for starting his training and getting him ready for today!

11/05/2024

Service Dog Violet is here to remind you to go vote if you haven't already!

11/04/2024

The Badger Honor Flight! sent their 5,000th veteran on a trip of a lifetime this Saturday during mission 57! We love sending the vets off and welcoming them home in the best way we know how to: with dogs!

11/02/2024

T-Minus 15 days until Elks Lodge 410's big fundraiser for Custom Canines! We are SO excited for this day! Doors Open at 11am!

🥩 Meat Raffle
🎁 Silent Auction
🍷 Wine, Spirits & More!
🏈 Packers Vs. Bears
🐾 Service Dogs, available to mingle!
🍔 Great food

10/31/2024

Some of our service dogs on the west coast crossed over the "bark" side and joined in on the Halloween fun!

10/31/2024

Happy HOWL-O-WEEN! 🎃🦴

Let's see your costumes!

10/30/2024

Service Pup-kin Mia thrives during the fall season! Her puppy raiser's family hosts a wonderful fall festival at their orchard every year. Unsurprisingly, Mia is the most popular employee!

10/29/2024

"Trick or treat! Smell my feet—I mean paws!" -Johnny, Service Puppy

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2310 Mustang Way
Madison, WI
53718

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 2pm

Telephone

+18448888850

Website

http://www.customcanines.org/

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Help us fund our new roof!

Unfortunately, we couldn’t wait another day for a new roof at our training facility. If you are able to help us pay for this expense, please consider donating and sharing! The new roof is costing our nonprofit $65,000. You can give here: https://givebutter.com/CCSDAroof

Keta Demonstrates Behavior Interruption Task for Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! This month is extremely important to us as an organization. Custom Canines specializes in raising, training, and placing service dogs for military veterans and first responders with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other disabilities. Because every individual’s needs are different, all of our dogs assist their handlers in different ways. Here are some of the tasks that our service dogs are commonly trained to perform to assist our recipients with their PTSD: -Behavior Alert and Interruption -Positionwork (using the position of your dog to extend your personal space) -Nightmare Interruption -Medication Retrieval -Deep Pressure Therapy -and more! Service Puppy Keta is here to demonstrate how she’s learning to alert her future handler to anxious behaviors. Keta is using a nudge alert to tell her puppy raiser that it’s time to use coping mechanisms to prevent them from spiraling.

April All-Phase Training Class

Our puppy raisers were hard at work yesterday during our monthly all-phase training class! We ventured into the backyard to work on performing skills in a distracting environment, and added some extra difficultly with toys all over!

Veteran Steve Meets His Match, "Fetch"

Introducing our second placement of the month! Veteran Steve from Kansas City was matched with Fetch! Steve and Fetch are a wonderful working team. Fetch was raised by Lucy, Brandon, and Della! You all did a phenomenal job loving Fetch, exposing her to the world, and training her. We cannot thank you enough for your time and dedication. You raised and trained an amazing service dog. We also would like to thank American Warrior Initiative and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation for sponsoring this team! We couldn't do this without your support. Congratulations, Steve and Fetch!

Happy Valentine's Day from some of our Heroes in Training! We wish you love, joy, and puppy kisses!

Service Puppy Johnny Learns to Open Doors

Service Puppy Johnny has been working hard on his "tug" cue to open doors! Shoutout to Johnny and his puppy raiser for working so hard! #servicedog #ServiceDogs #ServiceDogsSaveLives #heroesintraining #servicedogsforveterans #Puppies #HelpOurHeroes #Volunteer

Sisters Belle and Keta sing us the song of their people!! #servicewithasmile #servicedogssavelives #heroesforheroes #veteransupport #singing #bestfriendgoals

CCSDA

Custom Canines Service Dog Academy, enhancing and saving lives!

‘Tis the season of giving!! Donate anything you can give to help our organization meet the needs of veterans and first responders through training and placing service dogs at no cost to them! Thank you for considering! https://giveb.co/m/RzDOKE

A few of our Heros in Training had the opportunity to work on socialization skills and body awareness tonight! Service dogs have to be confident walking across all surfaces. Our puppy raisers work hard to build that confidence when they're young!