Leashes for Living Assistance Dog School

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Leashes for Living Assistance Dog School

Our unique program teaches: 1) Veterans & Persons with Disabilities to train a service dog 2) Ther
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Once the team is established training begins, goals are set, and the team works towards various achievement levels which include, but are not limited to:
AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy
AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
Public Access Test
Our 7 Levels of Obedience and Manners
Advancing to:
Special Skill Awards for the Service Dog Teams
Special Trick Training for the Therapy Dog Teams

After graduation, using the

knowledge and techniques taught in the program will enable the person with disabilities to continue training the service dog to perform new tasks as the person's needs change. Therapy dog graduates will be able to learn new tricks to help with their therapy work.

11/11/2024

10/15/2024

Layla gets her new school service dog vest ❤️🐾🐕‍🦺. She is now 7 months old

10/06/2024

Lil slip slide 😂 but Ollie shows he can get the job done 🥳🐾❤️

10/06/2024

This is just tooooo cute ❤️❤️❤️

09/26/2024

My babies nose to nose - ❤️🐾🐕‍🦺

09/22/2024

Happy 8th birthday Suzie Q and have many more sweetie pie

09/21/2024

Congratulations to team Sara/Claire and team Jeni/Ollie they have passed the Public Access Test and racing 🐎forward to graduation day. ❤️🐾🐕‍🦺🦮 great job teams - so proud of you 🥳

09/21/2024

Blast from the past – Chancie carrying Sue’s medical bag❤️such a wonderful little fella

09/18/2024

LD’s lil stick master. That lil fella is so darn cute 🥰 his name is Charlie and he finds and retrieves everything he can see & get ahold on 🥰🥰- when I was there he brought in a huge bird from outside 😱

09/16/2024

Happy 2nd Birthday Ollie 🥳

09/10/2024

Sara and Diane took Clare on a fantastic prehistoric adventure in Ottawa.

08/19/2024

LD’s service dog in training Sky (GSD) having a precious moment with Loki (Dobie) her bestest of friends ❤️❤️

08/02/2024

Quarter Mania on Tuesday was a blast. It was great to meet the Lee County K9 group. The kids collecting the quarters did a fantastic job. The vendors were fabulous - a great array of items to select from. The auctioneers did a great job with all the wonderful items being auctioned. Sloane hit the jackpot in winning the most banana bread and cookies. So glad Abby/Heidi, Jeni/Ollie, Tami, and Katie could join us this year. Thank you Karl/Layla & Clare for all your help putting this together. Greatly appreciated ❤️🐕‍🦺🐾. Look forward to seeing everyone again 🐕‍🦺🐾🐕‍🦺

Address

P. O. Box 126
Mendota, IL
61342

Telephone

+6236871706

Website

http://www.LeashesForLiving.com/

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Videos

Lil slip slide 😂 but Ollie shows he can get the job done 🥳🐾❤️

This is just tooooo cute ❤️❤️❤️

Jeni & Ollie

Jeni and Ollie’s first day back to work since Jen’s accident in December. Ollie’s distance stays are fantastic, is ability to ignore the distractions are great and staying in a down while being walked over is phenomenal. Super duper team 🐾❤️🐾❤️

Ollie in Las Vegas 2024

Ollie with his bird friend in Las Vegas

Ollie and his bird friend in Las Vegas

Karl sent Buddy to make a special deliver of his Happy Valentines Day Card to Clare - tooooo cute - awesome GSD delivery - 🐾❤️🐾❤️

Hello everyone 😊

This is hilarious 😂😂😂😂Abby telling Heidi to go hide. How adorable is this 🥰🥰🥰

Sara and Claire went up & down the Elks steps, the Post Office steps and here she is going up n down the old Public Library steps and did fantastic 🐾❤️🥳

The weather turned upside down on us with heat but Nina/Kawie pushed thru it and passed the CGC. Congratulations team so proud of you. Here is a video of one of their exercises (perfectly performed) that’s in the next level of testing - the Public Access Test(PAT). Team is on a roll and heading for that bright light. Go team. ❤️🐕‍🦺🐾

CJ/Bella out n about with Jared and Phoebe/I at Culver’s in Rochelle. (Finally getting warm outside). Grabbing a bite before we head over to Walmart to go shopping. Kept asking Phoebe to go further into Bella’s space under the table- even had Phoebe’s butt bump Bella’s butt & she didn’t care. They are so excited, their Graduation is on May 20th - only one more class to go. 🎉🎉🎉. Great job today. - so proud 🥰

Fun today at CherryVale Mall. Ran around a furniture store, Barnes & Nobles, rested at the food court, went up n down the elevator, went up n down the stairs & then posed for this video ❤️🐾 finished the day by looking at puppies in FurBabies from the hallway & walked thru Tilted arcade. Phoebe/I had great fun with CJ/Bella.

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Our Story

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

The learned tasks are based on the veteran’s needs, thereby giving them greater independence not only in their home but in the community.

Once the team is established training begins, goals are set, and the team works toward various achievement levels which include, but are not limited to: AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Public Access Test Our 7 Levels of Obedience and Manners Advancing to: Special Skill Awards for the Service Dog Teams Special Trick Training for the Therapy Dog Teams After graduation, using the knowledge and techniques taught in the program will enable the person with disabilities to continue training the service dog to perform new tasks as the person's needs change. Therapy dog graduates will be able to learn new tricks to help with their therapy work.