Smart Pups Assistance Dogs for Special Needs Children Inc. Smart Pups was the first organisation in Australia to be certified and recognised by the Guide Hearing and Assistance Dog Act 2009: to train task-specific Assistance Dogs for children under 18 years of age. After five years of lobbying, the Founder of Smart Pups finally had the Act amended so that children could have a trained Assistance Dog with an alternative handler. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of children living with autism or seizure related syndromes by training our Assistance Dogs in task specific skills - providing safety, companionship, mobility and independence. Our vision is that every child in Australia living with autism, seizure, mobility and diabetes related syndromes will have access to the security and companionship of a Smart Pup Assistance Dog. Smart Pups Autism Assistance Dogs are specially trained to help children who have any disability falling within the Autism Spectrum. These dogs are trained to disrupt behaviour outside of the child's set behavourial pattern. In addition, Autism Assistance dogs can be trained to track the child should he or she wander away. Regardless of what advanced skills Autism Assistance Dogs might be trained to do, their primary purpose is to provide a best friend, confidant and playmate for a child who almost always has few friends. Smart Pups Seizure Alert Assistance Dogs are trained to respond when their child is having a seizure, by alerting a parent or guardian adult. This alert response can signal a seizure up to 10 minutes before the seizure actually occurs. This amazing ability can detect seizures well before any existing medical technology. Since 2011, Smart Pups have placed over 90 highly-trained Assistance Dogs with families right across Australia so we can now boast that Smart Pups is truly a national organisation. Although it costs around $28,000 to train each and every Smart Pup, the organisation does not receive any government funding, relying solely on contributions from the recipient family and the unselfish generosity of corporate and community support.
Smart Pups Assistance Dogs for Special Needs Children Inc. Smart Pups was the first organisation in Australia to be certified and recognised by the Guide Hearing and Assistance Dog Act 2009: to train task-specific Assistance Dogs for children under 18 years of age. After five years of lobbying, the Founder of Smart Pups finally had the Act amended so that children could have a trained Assistance Dog with an alternative handler. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of children living with autism or seizure related syndromes by training our Assistance Dogs in task specific skills - providing safety, companionship, mobility and independence. Our vision is that every child in Australia living with autism, seizure, mobility and diabetes related syndromes will have access to the security and companionship of a Smart Pup Assistance Dog. Smart Pups Autism Assistance Dogs are specially trained to help children who have any disability falling within the Autism Spectrum. These dogs are trained to disrupt behaviour outside of the child's set behavourial pattern. In addition, Autism Assistance dogs can be trained to track the child should he or she wander away. Regardless of what advanced skills Autism Assistance Dogs might be trained to do, their primary purpose is to provide a best friend, confidant and playmate for a child who almost always has few friends. Smart Pups Seizure Alert Assistance Dogs are trained to respond when their child is having a seizure, by alerting a parent or guardian adult. This alert response can signal a seizure up to 10 minutes before the seizure actually occurs. This amazing ability can detect seizures well before any existing medical technology. Since 2011, Smart Pups have placed over 90 highly-trained Assistance Dogs with families right across Australia so we can now boast that Smart Pups is truly a national organisation. Although it costs around $28,000 to train each and every Smart Pup, the organisation does not receive any government funding, relying solely on contributions from the recipient family and the unselfish generosity of corporate and community support.
Company Information
- Industry
- Individual & Family Services
- Company Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- unknown
- Employee Range
- 1-10
- Revenue Range
- Not available
Location
- Address
- PO Box 140 Queensland Pomona
- City
- Region
- Postal Code
- 4568
- Country
- Australia