{"id":22110,"date":"2023-11-24T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/?p=22110"},"modified":"2023-11-25T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T23:11:40","slug":"the-ultimate-list-service-dog-schools-with-adoption-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/the-ultimate-list-service-dog-schools-with-adoption-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate List: Service Dog Schools With Adoption Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hopefully, you already read our article about how to adopt a retired service dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If not, then take a look at our first article in this series: How Can I Adopt A Retired Service Dog Or Failed Guide Dog?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can you guide me to an organization in the Central NY area that have dogs that can be adopted that just did not make the cut at a Companion training program? Don\u2019t they go up for adoption? But where? Thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–ST<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Lots of blood, sweat, and tears went into the creation of this list.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our ultimate list of service dog schools with adoption programs.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We originally posted this article back in 2016 and we are currently making updates now in late 2023 adding new links to adoption programs as well as updating the old ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing we noticed as we were updating our list of service dog schools with adoption programs is the adoption fee has increased significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years ago the adoption fees were generally in the $500 – $1,000 range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s list has many programs with adoption fees above $3K and the highest fee we encountered was from Little Angeles Service Dogs at over $8K to adopt one of their career change dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUICK RECOMMENDATION:<\/strong> Before you adopt a puppy or even think about adopting read a good book like Puppies for Dummies<\/a>. This will give you a solid foundation on how to raise, train, and socialize a puppy. Career change service dogs have a solid foundation in obedience, house manners, and socialization, but you’ll have to maintain this excellence by continuing with your adopted pup’s training.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I scoured many websites to find the exact adoption pages of each service dog organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This allows you to just click directly on the link and voila…you’re at either the career change\/retired service dog adoption page, the actual adoption form, or a page with more information on the organization’s adoption program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ultimate List Of Service Dog Schools With Adoption Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So without further adieu. \u00a0Here’s our\u00a0ultimate list of service\u00a0dog organizations and their career change\/retired service dog adoption page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska<\/h2>\n\n\n\n