Who Are HeartDogs Foster-Trainers?
: Assistance dog training is skilled work. HeartDogs explains why women in rural India – with no formal background – are exactly the right people for it.
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Assistance Dogs
An assistance dog works alongside a person with a disability. It learns specific tasks. It performs them reliably, every day. Some dogs guide people with low vision. Others alert before a seizure or interrupt distressing behaviour in an autistic person. This category covers what assistance dogs do, how trainers prepare them, the types that exist, and why India has almost no working ecosystem for them yet. If you want information on assistance dogs in India, start here.
Can assistance dog programmes work at scale in India?
India has tens of millions of people who could benefit from assistance dogs. HeartDogs looks at whether a credible, scalable programme is actually possible here.
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What’s the difference between a well-behaved pet and a trained assistance dog?
A friendly dog at home is not the same as a trained assistance dog. HeartDogs explains what actually separates the two – and why it matters in India.
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Are assistance and therapy dogs hygienic enough for home and hospitals?
Dogs in hospitals sounds unusual in India. HeartDogs looks at what the evidence says about hygiene, infection risk and how responsible programmes manage it.
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Why Train Indies as Assistance Dogs? Why Not Labradors or Golden Retrievers?
Labradors dominate assistance dog programmes globally. HeartDogs explains why Indies, India’s native landrace dogs, are a better fit for assistance work in India.
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Can Indian Families Afford an Assistance Dog? And Who Pays for It?
Importing a trained assistance dog can cost tens of lakhs. HeartDogs explains why, and how a different model could make assistance dogs accessible in India.
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Why do we need assistance dogs in India? Why not human caregivers instead?
Assistance dogs and human caregivers solve different problems. HeartDogs explains why trained dogs complement, not compete with, human care in India.
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How Many People in India Live With a Disability? The Real Numbers
Official figures and independent estimates differ widely. HeartDogs looks at what the data actually says about disability in India and what it means for assistance dogs.
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Disability rights in India – The RPWD Act Explained
India’s Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act sets out real protections – but few people know what it covers. HeartDogs breaks it down, including what it means for assistance dogs.
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What Are Invisible Disabilities? And How Assistance Dogs Can Help
Many disabilities have no visible signs, yet are just as limiting. HeartDogs explains invisible disabilities in the Indian context and how assistance dogs help.
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