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September 4, 2024—Community standards and legal standards intersect in unexpected ways. In "Prospect vs. SDIT vs. SD: Which one is my dog?", the Morrises team up to help you figure out what stage to consider your dog to be at for what purpose.

August 19, 2024—Registration is now open for our 2025 peer convention! Join us for this unparalleled learning and community-building experience in Long Beach, California, May 3rd–5th.

June 2, 2024—Pictures are now posted from our 2024 peer convention! Stroll through the four-day experience with activity descriptions and beautiful visuals.

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May 27–29, 2024—The service dog flying form is being updated (with new instructions!). See our advocacy page so you can get the low-down and submit a comment with us before the May 29th deadline!

April 9, 2024—There are so many things to train, so what’s the right service dog training order? Dr. Veronica Morris helps you figure out how to think about this common conundrum in "My future service dog: what should I train first, and next?".

March 31, 2024—A new interview is out with PSDP's Veronica & Brad Morris about housing laws for assistance animals on the "Carolina Real Estate Insider" podcast (45 minutes). It's a great way to learn the laws if you prefer video over the text on our housing page!

March 25, 2024—Our beloved long-term Vice President Elaine Malkin is retiring from PSDP, but not from her friendship with us. Our freshest face on the board, Katie Jesseph, has been voted into Elaine's office. Karin Strickland will be joining us as an Assistant to the Board. Read more about Elaine's contributions to PSDP and the service dog community in the "Valued past leadership" section toward the end of our Board members page.

March 11, 2024—We are very excited to announce that Katie Jesseph is now a member of our board of directors! Katie brings exceptional dog trainer insights, an endearingly affable personality, and compassionate wisdom to our board; we are lucky to have her.

February 27, 2024—Do you believe the flying laws should discriminate against service dog users based on their disability type? We don't! Another organization submitted a petition that's trying to do just that. See our advocacy page for how you can show solidarity against this!

January 12, 2024—See our 2023 community photos, with alt text!

June 8, 2023—"Is owner-training or a program service dog right for me?" Veronica makes it a lot easier for each person to figure out what makes sense for their life in this new, question-based article.

June 1, 2023—We have a new service dog meetup system to help all types of service dog users build friendships and community. Sign up today!

Pictures & Video

Pictures from the 2017 PSDP Convention are on the initial two pages linked below. They’re divided into pictures (1) from Saturday and (2) from Sunday and Monday. The videos are embedded and linked underneath. Enjoy!

Saturday Pictures

Sunday & Monday Pictures

Videos

Videos are both embedded, so you can watch them on the page, and linked in the title above the video, in case your device has a compatibility issue with the Youtube embedding.

Japanese Chin service dogs dancing to fiddle music