As an organisation, we are committed to providing long term support to the families who wish to remain with us. This is why, as long as the young person applied before their 26th birthday we will support the young person through their current dogs whole working life (usually around 8 to 10 years) AND train their successor dogs with us (when their previous dog retires) no matter how old they are at that stage.

So, for example, if you join the program at 25 years old with a 4 month old puppy, we will support your dog through training to, if possible qualification and their working life. We would aim for their dog to retire at around 10 years old when the young person is 35 years old. At 35 if the client then buys a new dog to train as an assistance dog they'll be eligible to train this new assistance dog with Pawsitive Squad. If their dog doesn't manage to complete training & qualify, we will still support training their replacement prospective assistance dog, no matter how old the client is at this point.