Service Dog Training Guide & Planner | Mobility Assistance Dog | Owner-Trainer Task Log + Fillable Soundness Gate | Vet-Sourced PDF

Service dog training guide + planner for a mobility assistance dog — vet-sourced, force-free owner-trainer tasks (retrieve, doors, safe brace), with a fillable soundness gate and training log.

A program-trained mobility dog can cost $15,000 to $40,000 or more, with multi-year waitlists — and the rest of the digital shelf is a general task book that treats mobility as one paragraph. This is the honest owner-trainer alternative: a mobility-specific, step-by-step task curriculum written for a real person, welded to the one thing the other guides skip — the dog's own physical safety.

Inside the guide (54 pages):
• The object and reach tasks, numbered and force-free — retrieve dropped and named items, carry a bag or basket, open and close doors and drawers with a tug strap, press accessible buttons and light switches, and go get help
• The body-support tasks, done safely — forward momentum, counterbalance, and a stand-stay brace, taught only for a dog that has passed the soundness gate and worked through a properly fitted mobility harness
• The soundness truth, straight — why the dog's own body is the biggest constraint: growth plates, OFA and PennHIP joint screening, and a weight-ratio floor that gates every weight-bearing task, so you never ask a young or undersized dog to brace
• The welfare rule that makes bracing safe — support goes through a fitted harness, never a bare hand on the dog
• Your rights in plain words — the two questions a business may ask, why no registry or certification is required, air-travel and housing rules, and word-for-word scripts for when you're challenged
• Candidate selection, foundation obedience, socialization and the harness, conditioning, troubleshooting, retirement, and a 12-month roadmap with the maturity gate built in

Inside the fillable planner (14 pages):
• A Soundness & Readiness gate and a Weight-Ratio & Harness-Fit worksheet — decide, in writing, whether your dog should ever bear weight
• A Dog Conditioning & body-check log, an object-task tracker and a gated body-support tracker, a task session log, a 12-month roadmap, a public-access practice sheet, and working-dog health records

Sourced to the ADA, the U.S. Department of Transportation, IAADP, Assistance Dogs International, OFA and PennHIP, and mobility-dog resource groups — honest about the limits, force-free throughout. A mobility assistance dog extends your reach and independence; it does not bear your weight, catch a fall, or replace your cane, walker, wheelchair, or your care team's plan.

Delivered as a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF, ready to use on any device or to print. The planner's fields fill on your phone, tablet, or computer in a free PDF app like Adobe Acrobat Reader, or print and write.

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AT A GLANCE
Topic: Owner-training a mobility assistance service dog + fillable soundness gate & training planner
Product Type: Printable + fillable service-dog training guide & planner (digital download)
Format: PDF (US Letter + A4)
Compatibility: Any PDF app or print — phone, tablet, computer
Intended User: Owner-trainers of a mobility assistance dog; people with a physical/mobility disability who need reach, retrieval, carrying, doors/switches, or light steadying; families of a young handler (adult handler)
Author/Publisher: New Dog Co
Edition/Year: First edition, 2026
License: Personal use; single household; not for resale
Page Count: 54-page guide + 14-page planner
Language: English
Content Coverage: What a mobility dog can and can't do · the soundness truth · candidate selection · foundation obedience · socialization & the harness · the object/body-support task split · the task router · retrieve · carry · doors · buttons · get-help · the mobility harness · momentum & counterbalance · the stand-stay brace · conditioning · the soundness gate · fall & transfer safety · equipment & team · public access + the ADA · air travel & housing · challenge scripts · living-with · progressive conditions · retirement · honest-limits page · toolkit · 12-month roadmap · fillable planner
Included Items: Owner-trainer guide + 14-page fillable training planner
Condition: New digital file
Illustrations: Step-by-step task photos + the router, harness & roadmap diagrams
Instruction Style: First-person, force-free, vet-sourced, honest, non-directive
Dimensions: 8.5×11 in (US Letter) + 210×297 mm (A4)
Duration: A 12-month-plus program; planner reusable
Digital Features: Fillable fields; type-on-any-device; instant download

Not medical or legal advice — always follow your own physiatrist, physical or occupational therapist, and your veterinarian. A mobility assistance dog extends your reach; it does not bear your weight or replace your equipment.