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ASDOG is a registered charity that was established in March of 1997 with the sole purpose
of procuring and training Assistance Dogs for persons with physical disabilities.
The founding members of ASDOG were persons with physical disabilities who had either owned
or been involved with assistance dogs for many years, both in Australia and overseas.
The enormous personal benefits derived from their trained assistance dogs, with their combined professional experience, provided the vision that inspired ASDOG to allow other persons with physical disabilities to benefit from their own properly trained assistance dogs.
Before 1997, there were no other organisations in Australia that could provide trained assistance dogs to persons with physical disabilities. Those who were interested in working with an assistance dog had to train or have their own dogs trained by people who did not always understand the unique requirements of an individual living with a disability.
Initially our sister organisation is Texas Hearing and Service Dogs (THSD), a well established and highly respected organisation that only uses motivational techniques for dog training. THSD has been invaluable in assisting us set up our training program and infrastructure. Our first Director of Training, Karin Bridge worked with Texas Hearing and Service Dogs in the United States to learn about training Assistance dogs.
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