MPORTANT NOTICE !!!!!
We updated our popular public access test!
Now it will work even better for different disabilities and ways of working with a service dog.
Our PAT also now includes the explanations of our public access standard and CGC Canine Good Citizen Test.
The Smart Service Dog service dog public access test (PAT) helps evaluate service dog team behavior in public, no-pets places. It’s most often used toward the end of a team’s initial 1–3 years of training to behave in no-pets places.
The PAT includes unacceptable behaviors, obedience behaviors, and behavior in different locations and situations.
2022 PSDP Public Access Test
The 2022 update to our PAT combines the kind of explanations in our previous public access standard. with the practical evaluations of our 2017 PAT. The revised guidelines and activities are designed to work better for a diversity of disabilities and effective ways of using a service dog.
The PAT is based on the community standards within our organization.
The standards should not be construed either as a suggestion to over-specify new laws or as guidance for understanding current laws. As a result of these standards, SSD encourages more responsible handling of service dogs within the service dog community.
How do I take the PAT—and why should I?
The Smart Dog K9 Behaviour and Training Centre administers our Public access program, though it is administered by experienced trainers/service dog handlers.
Any PAT evaluation is only as valuable as the ability and accuracy of the tester. We advise that when teams take the PAT, they have a third person record the test on video.
This can provide useful feedback for future training. Further, in case a team ever has to go to court, a video record is an independent way of showing that the team accomplished what the tester indicates they did.
We recommend keeping training logs to personally track training and just in case you ever find yourself in court with a service dog related issue. The PAT is a part of this self-check and record-keeping. The PAT test must be done yearly by the dogs and handlers, this is not optional in our program.
This re-testing can give you the confidence you’re maintaining your training—and one community member found it to be extremely helpful in winning her case with a shopping centre and fitness gym.
Should you have any queries or need further information feel free to email us at grant@smartservicedog.co.za or mobile 0812704672
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