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National Service Animal Registry

Vetted directory · Editorial only

Trainers we’d send a friend to.

We’ve been the trusted authority on service-animal registration since 1995. After thirty years working alongside handlers, clinicians, and the training community, we’ve learned which organizations consistently get it right and which ones to steer past.

Every organization on this directory is here because they meet our editorial bar — ADI accreditation, IAADP recognition, CCPDT- or KPA-certified lead trainers, or 10+ years of clean track record. No pay-to-list. No referral fees. If we list them, we’d send our own family to them.

13 listings11 states covered3 national / cross-state programs

Cross-state programs (anywhere in the US)

These organizations place trained dogs nationally or maintain certification directories searchable by state.

By state

States with at least one vetted listing show a count. Empty states still link through — the per-state page tells you what to do when there’s no listed organization (most often: try a neighboring state, look up CCPDT/KPA-certified independent trainers, or contact us for a recommendation).

Make it official

Training the dog is the work — the credentials make it real

Once your dog is task-trained, a registration kit gives you the ID card, certificate, and gear that housing providers, airlines, and businesses expect to see. Psychiatric handlers can add the therapist-signed PSD letter. Compare the kits and the letter side by side and pick your fit.

Compare kits & the PSD letterNot sure which you need? Take the 60-second quiz

Where to next

Or self-train (the ADA permits it)

Foundation curriculum, public-access test, and six task-category playbooks.

Sideways

Service-dog overview

Who qualifies, what tasks count, ADA public-access rights.

Up one level

State law overlays

Federal baseline + state-by-state rules tracked across all 50 states.

Why trust us

Meet the clinicians

Real, state-licensed mental-health professionals — not a pdf mill.