Franchesca and Nissa Join the CPT Hands-On Service Dog Program
Meet Franchesca and Nissa, two recent clients of CPT’s Hands-On Service Dog Program. CPT’s Service Dog Program offers the benefits of flexible customization, where the dog learns behaviors and tasks optimally suited to each disabled client’s unique needs. Moreover, CPT can locate and evaluate a puppy or adult dog optimal for the program or train […]
Psychiatric Service Dog Hank
Hank is a 2-year old, male Rottweiler mix. After 4.5-months of intensive training he is now also a highly proficient psychiatric service dog. Hank services a teenage recipient in Tennessee, who suffers from severe schizophrenia that includes visual and auditory hallucinations. Hank mitigates the limitations and effects of her psychiatric disability by performing specialized behaviors […]
CPT and CCI
In addition, CPT has maintained a close to 15-year relationship with Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), the nation’s largest and most respected nonprofit service dog organization. CPT has operated CCI’s Atlanta Puppy Raiser Classes for more than 14 years. And via Dog Star Technologies, a company co-owned by CPT President Mark Spivak and Emory University neuroscience professor Gregory Berns, CPT participates in bi-coastal research that studies methodologies for improving the identification and training of service animals. CCI is a partner in two of Dog Star’s studies.
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