Susquehanna Service Dogs

Susquehanna Service Dogs (SSD) raises, trains, and places service dogs with children and adults with disabilities to assist them to become more independent. Since 1993, SSD has placed over 260 service dogs in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states. Each dog is individually trained based on the person’s unique needs. The dogs can be trained to open doors, pick up and retrieve objects, respond to a seizure, alert to a variety of sounds, support a person to balance, and more. Susquehanna Service Dogs is a program of Keystone Human Services and is fully accredited by Assistance Dogs International. SSD is a nonprofit totally dependent on philanthropic support from individuals, businesses, and organizations. For more information about SSD, visit www.keystonehumanservices.org/ssd.

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Health & Healthcare

The Impact of a Service Dog
From the moment John found out SSD Slate was going to be his partner, all our lives have changed in more positive ways than anyone can imagine.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How a Service Dog Buys Socks
Did you know service dogs can make purchases? SSD Colorado, one of Susquehanna Service Dogs’ service dogs in training, is practicing how to make purchases at Foot Locker in Capital City Mall in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Susquehanna Service Dogs: A Grassroots Effort that Took Seed and Blossomed
“Each person who volunteers their time in any capacity,” Pam Foreman, director of Susquehanna Service Dogs, says, “each person partnered with an SSD dog, each employee and each person who provides a monetary or in-kind donation of any amount makes this program what it is.” Harrisburg Magazine provides a "behind the scenes" look at Susquehanna Service Dogs and how little puppies become working service dogs.

Health & Healthcare

Not All Dogs Become Service Dogs
Not all dogs who start their training in Susquehanna Service Dogs' program become service dogs. Forty to fifty percent of the dogs end up in a different career, but that doesn't mean they don't change lives.

Social Impact & Volunteering

SSD’s Astronaut Puppies Launch Their Service Dog Journey
One small step for a puppy, one giant leap for independence! Susquehanna Service Dogs' Astronaut puppies have launched their journey to becoming service dogs. These seven puppies are with their puppy raisers, learning how to change the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Service Dog Supports Cedar Crest Middle School Student to Shine Onstage
For the first time at Cedar Crest Middle School, a service dog accompanied a student actor onstage. Guest blogger Gwen Wenger talks about her daughter Emma's experience in the school play and how service dog SSD Kindle helped make it possible.

Health & Healthcare

Team Training: When Everything Comes Together
Susquehanna Service Dogs (SSD) placed four service dogs with their new partners. These new service dog teams are the culmination of several years of training and countless hours by SSD's volunteers and staff.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Vote for Your Favorite Susquehanna Service Dogs' Calendar Photo
Vote for your favorite Susquehanna Service Dogs photo for the 2016 calendar.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Puppy Sitters: Shaping Future Service Dogs

Social Impact & Volunteering

Puppy Raisers: We Have Gone to the Dogs!

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