Dear Friends:
Thank you for visiting our web site to learn more about Eagles' Wings Service
Dogs (EWSD). We hope you find this site educational and entertaining.
Eagles' Wings Service Dogs mission is to increase the independence and
improve the quality of life for individuals with various physical limitations
by providing homeless animals of the
Lycoming County S.P.C.A. who are trained for service.
Our support services ensure that our teams perform in a manner that
promotes the welfare of the recipient, dog, and public. Our goal is to
establish a lifetime bond between the recipient and the dog.
Our efforts will be focused on, but not limited to, an area within a 200-mile
radius of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
We at this time are only training dogs to assist with mobility and balance
work and therapy dogs who go into the nursing homes and schools. We at
times have home companion dogs available. These dogs have had extensive
training and in fact they have most of the skills needed for service work but
for various different reasons must be placed in private homes without public
access rights.
We are a small organization. Our dogs are brought from the shelter into
the trainer's home where they reside for approximately 12 months to 18 months.
Each dog that leaves us takes a little bit of our heart with them as you can see
by reading some of their stories.
The follow-up services provided by EWSD is extensive. Every effort is made to
support and monitor the health, success and welfare of the human-canine teams.
To learn more take a few minutes and visit our
FAQ
section.
To learn some of the
Benefits of service dogs and to
see if a
Service Dog is Right for You
please visit
these links. The other
sections of our site provide more details and interesting information on Eagles'
Wings Service Dogs.
Thanks for stopping by.
Sincerely,
Cindy Sortman
Founder/President
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