Welcome to
Buckeye Service Dogs!

Do you want to:

• Select and train a dog to meet your own medical, psychiatric, or mobility needs?
• Know whether the dog you are working with is an appropriate service dog candidate?
• Begin training service dogs to help others?
• Improve your service dog selection skills?
• Determine whether a dog someone wants to sell you as a service dog is a good match for the job?
• Avoid the wasted time, money, and heartbreak associated with acquiring a poorly selected dog?

Unicorns Wanted! A Practical Guide to Service Dog Selection will provide the vital information you need.

The most common reason service dog teams fail is the wrong dog was chosen from the outset. This happens because searching for an appropriate dog is a bit like looking for a unicorn. Dogs with the right set of unique characteristics are difficult to find!

Selecting the right animal to train as a mobility, psychiatric, or medical alert dog is critical. Sadly, people who want to train their own dogs (and even professional trainers) often start with the wrong animal. These efforts are doomed before they even begin.

This book distills the author's three decades of experience in selecting dogs into an easy-to-read, detailed, and logical format you won't find anywhere else. Unicorn Wanted! will teach you which breeds work best, what kind of temperament the dog should have, and many other detailed and practical tips for selecting a great service dog.