Regain Freedom and Confidence With a Skilled Partner
For individuals living with balance issues, muscle weakness, chronic pain, or mobility-limiting conditions, everyday tasks such as standing, walking on uneven terrain, retrieving dropped items, or opening doors can be challenging — even unsafe.
A properly trained mobility and stability service dog provides physical support, safety, and independence. These dogs don’t just assist — they help you reclaim freedom and confidence in your daily life.
At Canine Evolutions, Cynologist Bart de Gols and his team design neuroscience-informed, relationship-based training programs that produce dogs who are calm, reliable, and strong enough to help you move safely through the world.
What a Mobility & Stability Service Dog Can Do
Depending on your condition and lifestyle, your dog can be trained to:
Brace & Counterbalance: Provide a stable surface to lean on while standing, rising, or navigating uneven ground.
Retrieve & Carry Items: Pick up dropped keys, phones, or medical equipment and carry light bags.
Open & Close Doors: Use special handles or push plates to assist with access.
Assist With Transfers: Provide balance when moving from wheelchair to chair, bed to standing, or vehicle to ground.
Stair Navigation: Offer stability while ascending or descending steps.
Press Buttons or Activate Alarms: Push handicap door buttons or emergency systems.
Pull Wheelchairs or Light Carts: When medically safe and within the dog’s size and ability.
Training is fully customized to your body mechanics, mobility device, and daily environment.
Our Training Philosophy
Biomechanics & Safety First: We carefully evaluate your weight, height, gait, and medical recommendations to ensure tasks are safe for both dog and handler.
Neuroscience-Informed Confidence: Our training integrates primal stability instincts and cognitive problem-solving so dogs remain calm and reliable even when sudden movement or imbalance occurs.
Relationship-Based Reliability: We teach your dog to trust and respect you — creating a willing, cooperative partner rather than a reluctant helper.
Public Access Excellence: Dogs are trained to work quietly and safely in stores, offices, airports, and any public setting where you may need assistance.
Program Roadmap
Consultation & Mobility Evaluation — We assess your physical needs, medical recommendations, and lifestyle to build a safe, effective task plan.
Foundation Training — Engagement, calm focus, and proper leash/balance manners.
Mobility & Stability Tasks — Bracing, counterbalance, retrieval, door work, button activation, and more.
Real-World Proofing — Training in your everyday environments: stairs, ramps, curbs, grocery stores, vehicles.
Handler Transition & Education — We teach safe use of your dog’s assistance and how to maintain long-term reliability.
Most mobility service dog programs require 12–18 months, depending on complexity and the dog’s size and starting skill set.
Investment & Tax Information
Mobility and stability dog training is a life-enhancing investment. Programs at Canine Evolutions typically range from $30,000 to $60,000+, depending on your needs and the dog’s required size, conditioning, and task set. According to IRS Publication 502, mobility service dog costs are generally tax deductible when prescribed to assist with a diagnosed disability.
Why Choose Canine Evolutions
Biomechanical Expertise: We understand safe bracing and mobility support from both the human and canine perspective.
30+ Years of Training Experience: Bart de Gols is an internationally recognized cynologist with a deep scientific approach to service dog training.
Customized Solutions: No generic programs — every task plan is built around your body, your lifestyle, and your doctor’s recommendations.
Lifetime Support: Continued coaching, refreshers, and problem-solving as your needs change over time.
Take the First Step
You deserve safety and independence. A mobility & stability service dog can help you move through life with confidence, dignity, and freedom.
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