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We have started the field trips for our new training group. Five teams did an outstan…

We are so grateful to all those that donated to our non-profit this year. We raised j…

We are grateful to our heroes today. And there are so many men and woman who have ser…

Are you our next student? Time is running out to apply for our next Training Group! …

There are many special tasks that our service dogs learn to help their person. Recent…

We love it when our business neighbors reach out to IDEA Service Dogs. We recently re…

We would like to introduce the newest addition to the IDEA program! Meet Apex! He wil…

We thought you’d like a look at the latest puppy to join IDEA. He is a cutie and so s…

Gunner doing a sit stay before exiting the store

Gunner getting ready for his first field trip!

Our amazing volunteer making a skeleton dance as the dogs walk past

Sadie holding a down stay

Gunner meets Jack!

Teddy working on “watch me”

Sadie perfectly walking with a loose leash

Gracie showing off her new equipment

Sadie working with the Dino stuffy

Gracie working on a controlled entrance to a store

TG#8 Gracie with her big sister alumni TG#2 Sophie

All the pups and their people thank you for your support! We are well on the way to o…

What another great year! Thank you to all who donated to make IDEA Service Dogs a suc…

We are getting so close to our goal and we need your help to make it happen! Last yea…

We are so thankful for the generous people that have pledged early donations or sent …

We are in the final stretch! There are only a few hours left to donate but it’s not t…

Tomorrow is the big day! If you have ever wanted to help train service dogs… this i…

It’s not to late! There is still time to donate to IDEA Service Dogs on North Texas G…

It’s finally here!! Today is North Texas Giving Day! This year our goal is $7000. All…

These smiling faces belong to some of our current students. Every donation that is ma…

We have a HUGE announcement! First Financial Bank Texas’ Southlake location made a ma…

Happy Labrador- I mean Labor Day! We hope you all had a restful 3 days!

It is officially September 1st! That means North Texas Giving Day is right around the…

Wow! I can’t believe how close it is! Be on the lookout for some spectacular puppy up…

It is officially that time of year again! We are registered for North Texas Giving Da…

The United States marks its Independence Day on July 4, the day in 1776 when represen…

Our heartfelt thanks to the fire fighters of Keller Fire Station #1 that hosted our s…

There are differeing opinions about the origins of our Mother’s Day celebration. It i…

Harper showing she won’t get left behind

Aiko working hard to impress the class

Louie showing off his skills

Sophie demoing for the class

The Origins of St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick’s Day celebrates the Roman Catholic fea…

We had an amazing guest speaker come and talk to us recently! Beth with Power To The …

Remi calmly navigating traffic with his mom

Remi ignoring food temptations

Dexter and his mom shopping in a busy store

Dexter watching his mom in a sit stay

Dexter leaving dropped fries alone

Remi focusing on his handler

It is generally believed that in 1621, the Pilgrims invited Wampanoag Indians to a fe…

Hi supporters! We have raised just over $5,000 because of you on this North Texas Giv…

Well it has been quite a day! We raised a lot of money and I cannot wait to share the…

One of the graduates of training Group #4 shared her story with us and how IDEA chang…

Training a service dog takes lots of time and equipment. We provide our students with…

It’s puppy season again! We are currently screening potential students for this years…

HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND! Some interesting facts abut Labor Day from the U.S. Departm…

Over the weekend we sent one of our trainers to a conference put on by The Art and Sc…

Today is amazon prime day!! Take advantage of great deals and support IDEA Service Do…

Classes may have ended for the school term but our students are still hard at work! R…

Alumni Hunny wants to wish everyone a happy 4th of July! Share a picture of your pup …

Amazon prime day is coming soon! You can take advantage of special deals AND help sup…

Please pause to remember those who lost their lives defending our freedom on this Mem…

Congratulations to TG#5! They have completed their program with us, passed all of the…

Hunny found her mom hiding under a desk

Tucker is being sent to find his mom

Pikachu found his dad to alert him his mom needed help

Merry Christmas Eve! Today’s holiday highlight is Remi! He and his partner have been …

Happy holiday feature time! Today is all about Miss Hunny and her boy. At our last fi…

Christmas is only a few days away! Our holiday feature today is about the youngest me…

It’s Holiday Highlight time again! Today we would like you to meet Baloo and watch ho…

Today we have a special holiday highlight! Pika and his mom have been working hard on…

6 days left until Christmas! Today’s holiday feature goes to Dexter! He and his mom h…

Since there are 7 days left until Christmas we decided to share one special photo fea…

There are only a few shopping days left until Christmas!!! Help IDEA and our students…

A Service Dog in Training learns to go many places. It takes, hard work, dedication a…

Today is the much anticipated cyber Monday! Take advantage of some great deals while …

Tomorrow is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Make your purchases count f…

Wishing you all a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday.

Tomorrow, November 11, is Veterans Day, which is the anniversary of the signing of th…

Alumni Crockett liked his Thank You Card from North Texas Giving Day 🙂

NTGD 2017 may be over online, but generous donors are still sending us gifts. We are …

Good Morning dear friends! Thanks to your generosity we have received donations total…

Sophie has been trying to keep up her scorecard of donations today but she is a littl…

It’s been a great day for IDEA Service Dogs. The generosity of people who have showed…

Thank you dear friends Sherri, Greg & Kima VC, Dawn B, and Karen & Jeff E. fo…

Many thanks to Claire, Greg & Seth S, and Maria and Kent C for your generous dona…

North Texas Giving Day is off to an awesome start for our school. "Sophie" …

We are so greateful for your donations! Big thank you to John & Sandi W, Shane &a…

1/7th of the way and two and half days to go! (Click on the photo to see our progress…

Crockett is so excited about North Texas Giving Day he hopped up first thing this mor…

It is not to late! North Texas Giving Day is still open and going strong! Keep the do…

A big thank you to all who donated this year! North Texas Giving Day may have come to…

Baloo is running to his computer to donate to IDEA Service Dogs! How about you? It is…

Training Group #5 students are about to start back up for the new year! They will be …

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is …

From all of us at IDEA service dogs, we would like to give everyone who supported us …

Amazon Prime Day has officially started!!! Take advantage of some special deals and h…

Crockett is so excited about Amazon Prime Day he couldn’t keep from smiling! You can …

Pippa says "Pretty pretty please Mom can I have a new toy from Amazon?" You…

On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare independence from the Brit…

Crocket is getting ready for Amazon Prime day starting 9 pm on July 10th through 11th…

Cort practicing his Place cue. He is doing much better.

Cort checking in with me. He will always be a lap dog.

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Let us remember to thank those you have served, and feel blessed by our freedom this …

Happy National Puppy Day from all of us at IDEA! Share with us in the comments your s…

Happy St. Patrick’s day everyone! Idea wants to know how you and your pets celebrate …

Only a few hours left on the Amazon Smile deals! 5% of your purchase is donated to yo…

Recent IDEA graduate student Violet just heard about the amazing Amazon Smile deal to…

IDEA Graduate Crocket is enjoying his new present from his mom. What a cutie! Spoil …

A big thank you to Kroger for partnering with IDEA as one of their select Community R…

WOW! What an amazing opportunity!! If you want a simple and easy way to help IDEA and…

Received this updated photo of an alumni and her awesome service dog Clark. Aren’t th…

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you from IDEA, Hunny and her boy!

This is a sneak peek and three of the four service dogs that are graduating with thei…

Happy birthday to Training Group #5’s very own Cort!!! The progress both you and your…

Happy thanksgiving from everyone here at IDEA service dogs! Remember to keep your pet…

Service dogs have to leave food alone, no matter how good it smells so here our team …

Violet waiting for her next cue

Hunny checking in with mom

Tucker focusing on mom while doing a down stay

Everyone working on walking together

Part of successful service dog work is being calm around other dogs. Violet and Troop…

It’s that time of year again! "Fall back" with IDEA tonight when you chang…

When training service dogs it is very important to expose them to people in uniforms …

"Look into my eyes, time is running out…please donate $25 before it’s too late…

We are getting there! We are now at $4,410. By donating today through the North Tex…

We are halfway to our goal but there are ONLY 8 HOURS LEFT TO DONATE. We appreciate o…

Keep this going! We are at just over $3,000.00! Thank you Barbara and Jay W. for the …

#NTXGivingDay It’s time! It’s time to start making your donations! We hope that yo…

International Assistance Dog Week, August 7-13, 2016 Assistance dogs transform the l…

The Bennetts have been babysitting Violet while her house has some work done. Violet …

Post-soccer break. Cort had 3 long periods this morning. Update: he took a 45 minute…

Just wanted to let y’all know that Shari is out of surgery and doing well! Maureen &a…

Christopher, Betty and "Bella" were here today to have some lessons. Bella …

Okay – this is cuteness overload! Maureen got to temperament test three golden puppie…

Haley comes out to meet the service dogs after class. She was very social and it was …

You can link your Tom Thumb card to our organization and we’ll get 1% of your purchas…

Crockett and Sophie had a "dinner date" tonight (with their Moms.) They wer…

We made it home. Crockett checked in with me when things got a little choppy on the …

Welcome John and his Belgian Laekinois "Cort" to our school. They will be i…

This is for you Billie! Kya opened the refrigerator door today in class (and closed i…

AA training center graciously let us sit in in a 757 training with 30+ Flight Attenda…

Crockett in the Christmas lights near my sisters after visiting my husband in the hos…

Sophie made the deposit today for IDEA Service Dogs, thanks to the Fellowship of Fema…

The Fellowship of Female Officers, of the Fort Worth Police Department, made a very g…

Poppy is growing up! She is the pup that Maureen helped transport from Harvestime Ken…

A good Service Dog is not afraid of Santa 🙂

Celebrating a little about all the work and training I have been doing Crockett. We …

Please welcome "Trooper" and Lisa R to Training Group#4.

We are looking for a simple chair with no cross bracing to use as a training aid to t…

More "leave it" practice at work… Geez Mom, wasn’t going by the chocolate…

Claire and Maureen with Cosmo and Sophie braved the buses between DFW airport and the…

So excited to introduce "Poppy" the puppy we will be picking up from Harves…

Thank you Claire and Greg for sharing this awesome picture of Claire and Cosmo at ou…

Wesley and Gunner (TG#4) stayed over from their class and took part of the CGC evalua…

Crockett gets a ride at Grapefest 🙂

Kathryn and her service dog Outlaw are graduates from IDEA Service Dogs. They visited…

Thank you Tom F and Dan T. We are now at $4,000!!!!! less than 20 minutes to go. E…

Thank you Debbie H!! We are now at $3,775. We are on the home stretch!! We need yo…

Everyone has been so great!! We are almost there!! Just 2 1/2 hours left to donate!…

Thank you Wendy F and Lynn D. #NTXGivingDay is almost over. We have just over 3 hou…

We unintentially left off Mihaela and Anja’s picture when we posted about our gradua…

Thank you Jerrod and Nonie and Claire S!! We have now reached $3,100. Our goal is $…

Thank you Sheryl C and Marian A for your contribution!! We are now at $2,900. Most …

There are 2,108 small organizations registered for the #NTXGivingDay. We are #157 on…

Thank you so much Johnny & Laura C, Melissa H, Sharon & Wayne O, Susan R, Jil…

Thank you Dawn B!!! Come on everyone!! We are almost halfway to our goal with $2,05…

IDEA Service Dogs believes that many physically challenged people can achieve an impr…

Thank you David S and Karen and Stan I for your donations today!! We have now reache…

Thank you!! Greg & Sherri, Kristen D, Angela R, Bruce F, Karen B, and Kimberly B!…

We appreciate everyone that has contributed so far! We have now reached $775. We re…

Thank you Anne Marie and Judi B!! You too can contribute to North Texas Giving Day!…

Thank you Teresa S and Martha Ann A for your contributions today! YOU can help to. …

We want to thank Maria C for being our first contribution this morning! Thank you so…

One of our students, Shari, has another family dog (prior SD) that has health issues….

You are going to hear a lot from us in the next 8 days about North Texas Giving Day. …

TBT. Maureen and her first service dog "Mercy." Dressed up as hippies for a…

The new manuals (for TG#4) are printed! Every chapter has been revised to update them…

Sophie was a good girl while Mom went to the dentist.

Turk has been taking care of his Mom during summer break but we KNOW he is anxious to…

Practicing Down Stay at Kroger on early morning shopping trip this weekend.

Sophie, Maureen, Crockett and Shari visited our favorite bank yesterday – First Finan…

Sophie went to the doctor’s office with Mom, and was not happy that they made Mom hur…

It’s always a plus when your dog can be taught to like being on the grooming table.

TBT- Sweet Kya in April 2014 at his first vet appointment in Texas.

Today’s profile. Sweet Kya (formerly Buddy). He has taken off as a star for the schoo…

Kima is a gorgeous and sweet cream Golden Retriever, donated by Winter Moon Retriever…

Meet Sophie. She is Maureen’s service dog, and a 3 year old Golden Retriever. She pro…

Here is our new profile picture – Outlaw!

Maureen spoke at the Texas Association for Interior Design yesterday, about navigatin…

Cosmo goes in a tent at bass Pro! We had a great Field Trip! Photos will be posted so…

Sophie and Cosmo had a good field trip to Barnes & Noble and The Cheesecake Facto…

Outlaw with John and Kathryn, receiving his Public Access Test certificate of achieve…

Claire and Cosmo had a Field Trip today (in the pouring rain) to Costco with Maureen …

Jenny and Turk along with Shari and Crockett share an outing to Bass Pro. All went we…

Had a great class today. Couldn’t resist sharing this photo of Crockett, riding on th…

Outlaw shows us a perfect "leave it" of a plate of food placed on floor nea…

One of many things we covered about healthcare today. Sophie gets her teeth brushed, …

Happy Easter From Clark (courtesy of Marian!)

SD in training Crockett got to go to the American Airlines museum!

Sneak peek at photos from today’s Field Trip to Home Depot with Training Group#3/ Tur…

A sneak peek at photos from our field trip to Bass Pro today. Sophie liked the fish!

Kima is being a well behaved boy at the doctor’s office with his Dad and Mom. He is s…

I apologize for the poor photo quality, but am excited to say that Sophie is beginnin…

Have you heard about the "Great Facebook Purge" and that many of you may be…

This is the Bennett’s Grand dog "Ari." She is a recently rescued Greyhound…

Rowdy does a long leash recall (coming when called at 30 feet) right to his Dad Denni…

Katie and Sophie seem pretty relaxed after the Field Trip to the grocery store today!…

Thanks to all our wonderful FB friends we received some donations yesterday! For hel…

Welcome Crockett (and his Mom, Shari) to Training Group #3!

Welcome to new student, training group#3, disabled and decorated U.S. Marine Dennis a…

Sophie was a little "off" today in class. Mom and Dad think this may be due…

Yippee! Sophie passed the PAT!

A peek at yesterday’s class. The students practiced Retrieval Level 1 skills, and the…

Thank you to our awesome FB followers! We didn’t reach our 200 likes goal, but our p…

Good Afternoon to our wonderful FB friends. We are only 27 likes away from 200 follo…

A Service Dog can help you achieve an improved quality of life Training is done …

Well, Facebook is making some changes starting 1/1, which will limit the number of ou…

Okay here’s a better photo: A special young lady (who is just 10) painted this beauti…

Clark learns escalator at Nordstrom in mall, with his trainer-Mom and IDEA Board memb…

A sneak peek at the Field Trip photos to Keller Fire-Rescue Station #4. Many thanks t…

Sophie relaxing in the yard while not "at work."

Maureen and Mihaela visit Sea Life Aquarium with "Sophie" and "Anja.&q…

Sound asleep

Buddy did very well at the vet although he made the nurse work to get a pee sample.

Jerry has Sophie under foot for a while.

Sharon and her family have know Miss Billie for many, many years.

Good sit stay!

Kathryn tries out a stability harness with Outlaw.

Anja takes a break after class. She is doing so well and Mihaela is very dedicated to…

Maureen demonstrates exiting "car" safely with Sophie

karen (with Sophie) and Marian with Clark. Look at those well behaved dogs!

"Sophie" sits with great attention to board member Karen Carter Brookman

Angela helps Kathryn and "Outlaw" with leash work.

Sharing lessons

Touching noses, adjusting vests, class is about over. Great day!

"Clark" and "Outlaw" and their teams

Mihaela and "Anja" taking a break.

Discussing the harness considerations.

Marian and "Clark". We missed Sophia today!

New student John and "Outlaw" getting acquainted with volunteer Shari and &…

Clark watches Sophia play basketball! Thanks for sharing this, Marian!

Sophie was a busy service dog today. To two banks and then grocery store. What a good…

Waiting for others to arrive for Costco Filed Trip.

Look at sweet boy Kima, paying such good attention!

Great class today with our new students! Thanks for all your hard work and BIG thanks…

Meet 7 month old lab/golden mix "Kahlua" our newest member of Training Grou…

I am exhausted but just had to post one photos from today’s testing. Too cute!!

Look at this coat!

Abby and Sophie were groomed on Tuesday. What pretty girls! It is important to keep y…

Sophie on a good sit-stay at the grocery store today!

Abby had a beautiful grooming today and new haircut. Getting ready for the "mudd…

Abby had a wonderful time at Galveston! She loves the beach, the water, the running o…

Allergies bad, Benadryl good! (sleepy dog)

Abby sleeping on her Daddy’s pillow! We will spoil her all the remaining time that sh…

Long day for the dogs at the VA. We talked with a lot of folks and left a lot of lite…

Sophie and Truffles had a very long day at Grapefest friday but met loots of nice fol…

Well, the little "fence" we put by the pool steps doesn’t work. Sophie just…

The two of them raring to go see Karen at The Pet Mansion!

Sophie and Abby are off to the Pet Mansion in Roanoke today. It’s Sophie’s first &quo…

Abby is a real pro now at retrieving the bumper in the pool. Finds the steps every ti…

On Sunday, Sharon, Angela & Maureen temperament tested a litter of 11 golden ret…

Another pic from today.

Sophie had her first "puppy-proofing" in the pool today (teaching a dog whe…

We went to the Lone Star State Classic dog show in Dallas today. Saw many beautiful d…

Sophie is getting back to her playful self and can go out into public now. We’ll go o…

This sweet "young lady" Sophie is in her first "season." We hope …

Sophie just looked on. We really weren’t ready to pool-proof her yet.

Abby finally got the bumper!

Truffles helped Abby learn how to retrieve the bumper yesterday! Abby was pool-proofe…