Thank you so much for your interest in a Canine Assistants dog!

IMPORTANT: Please read this entire page before submitting a preliminary application. Preliminary applications that don’t meet the requirements will not be considered. Thank you!

We review all preliminary applications and send invitations to the full application to those we feel we can best help in a timely manner. All responses are sent via email on or just before the last day of each quarter (March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31). If you have not received a response to your preliminary application by the end of the quarter, please check your spam inbox. If the response is not in your spam, call us at (770) 664-7178, or email to info@canineassistants.org.

As you begin this process, please understand that we can only meet a very small percentage of the need for service dogs. This has bothered us for years, so as a way to ultimately help more people, we are offering something new In addition to the dogs we can place each year, we are working hard to help others start (or restructure) their service dog schools. This program is called Handle With Care: At-Home Education for Future Service Dogs. Please consider whether or not this expedited program could work for you.

Please remember we do NOT place:

Emotional Support Dogs

Autism Service Dogs

Psychiatric Service Dogs

Guide Dogs

Signal (Hearing) Dogs

Canine Assistants Preliminary Application

There are NO right or wrong answers. Trying to guess what will make us happy might actually hurt your chances! Just answer as honestly as you can so we can get to know you.

For child applicants who are able to answer the questions on the preliminary application, a separate preliminary application must be submitted with the child’s answers to the questions in addition to the guardian’s application. Each parental figure living with the applicant must also complete their own preliminary application(s). Each parent living with an adult child applicant must submit their own separate preliminary applications. For those completing this form for a younger child or anyone needing help, we ask that you do your best not to let your own thoughts or feelings influence the answers. Preliminary applications for child/adult child applicants submitted without additional required preliminary applications will not be considered.


Ready to complete the Canine Assistants preliminary application? Start below:

Service Dog Pre-Application

  • Name of the person who needs a service dog.
  • Any parental figures who live with the applicant must be listed here. Remember that each parental figure living in the home must submit their own preliminary application.
  • If applicant (of any age) lives with parent(s) or guardian(s), the parent(s) or guardian(s) must submit their own preliminary application with the applicants name at the top of the preliminary application.
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