Our Services
Lake Erie Assistance Dogs provides the following opportunities and services:
- Meetings to discuss training, access issues, dog health and other topics of interest to members
- Training opportunities throughout Northeastern Ohio to enhance our member teams’ relationships and improve public access abilities.
- Social events to provide support and alleviate the isolation that assistance dog handlers may feel due to lack of understanding and appreciation for place their assistance dogs play in their lives.
- Video taping of Public Access Testing and trained tasks for our members.
- Education and advocacy programs promoting assistance dog teams in our community.
Membership
A Partner Membership in Lake Erie Assistance Dogs is open to any individual with a disability partnered with an assistance dog that has been individually trained to perform tasks for the benefit of that person. Additionally, any individual involved with assistance dog training or raising and training an assistance dog in training is eligible for membership.
A Friend Membership is open to any individual with an interest in supporting assistance dog partnerships who is not partnered with an assistance dog or assistance dog in training.
How to Join
Call or email Lake Erie Assistance Dogs and tell us you would like
to join our club. We will send you a membership application, include you
on our list and notify you of upcoming events and meetings.
Interested in joining but not sure if LEAD is right for you? Contact
us to arrange to attend a club meeting to check us out.
Membership Fees
Partner Membership - $35.00/year
(Includes one Public Access testing & task taping)
Friend Membership - $25.00/year
Who Can Attend LEAD meetings?
- Individuals with current Partner or Friend memberships
- Individuals partnered with assistance dogs or assistance dogs in training who are considering membership in LEAD
- Individuals interested in a Friend membership
Acceptable Behavior
- All assistance dogs and dogs in training must be clean and well groomed.
- All assistance dogs and dogs in training must exhibit appropriate public access behavior.
- Inappropriate sniffing or soliciting of attention of dogs or people & the team will be excused from the meeting.
- All assistance dogs and dogs in training must be on leash and under physical control of their partners at all times.
- Any dog exhibiting barking, growling, lunging, putting up hackles, and snapping: the assistance dog team will be asked to leave.
- All assistance dogs must be handled with respect and be trained using humane training methods.
- Pets are not permitted to attend any LEAD function.
Lake Erie Assistance Dogs is making plans for the following activities:
- Visits to airports
- Visits to local fire stations
- Trips to area malls
- Educational opportunities at shows and fairs
- Public speaking opportunities regarding access issues, tasks demonstrations