Special Kids and Rainmaker Ranch Labradoodles

Always on our mind is the value an Australian Labradoodle has to offer children with special needs. Whenever we have the chance, we place our dogs with these children and their families.

We at Rainmaker Ranch Labradoodles have worked with various canine therapy programs in our efforts to place our puppies with kids who need them the most. The bond these puppies can form with children with autism and specific behavioral concerns is well documented today; however it is much more than a scientific principle. The love shared between a child and his or her dog is irreplaceable, and almost magical. We have worked with the CARES KS program, and we are currently working with Dino Brownson of Canine Coaching and the Assistance Dogs of America, to train dogs of our program for individual children.

In each of these situations it is important that the beginning of a puppy’s life is specifically tailored to therapy work. This includes indoor living, neonatal stimulation, daily behavioral molding, socialization with people of all ages, adult dogs selected to guide a puppy’s behavior from whelp to 8 weeks of age and specific selection criteria.

In some situations an 8 week old puppy can go directly to a family to raise the puppy until placement within a therapy program such as CARES. In other situations it is necessary to further train a therapy puppy in daily living, provide house training, and basic obedience before it is placed with a child. We have also selected and placed our therapy dogs with kids and families who use the self training method titled Teamwork: A dog training manual for people with disabilities DVD and manual series.

All in all, here at Rainmaker Ranch we always strive to do our best when it comes to children with special needs, and we are proud to do what we do for these kids. If you have questions please email or call us.