Family owned and operated Over 15 years of experience
From medical alert to mobility support, we train life-changing companions who bring confidence, safety, and hope to every step.
Certified trainers Positive reinforcement Lifetime support
Owned and run by the family, from our Palm City training center.
Fifteen-plus years of training dogs for real medical need.
Positive reinforcement and behavioral science, every session.
From our local community to families across the country.
Your trainers stay reachable after the dog comes home.
Who we are
Service Dog Experts is a family owned and operated training center with over 15 years of experience placing highly trained service dogs with the people who need them.
Our certified trainers work with positive reinforcement and behavioral science, so a dog learns to do life-changing work while staying steady, willing, and happy in it. What began with our local community now reaches families nationwide.
Laura Devito holds a Master of Science in Education and is a certified educator in both New York and Florida. She is also a Certified Infant-Toddler Developmental Specialist, with extensive experience developing individualized educational programs, lesson plans, and developmental strategies tailored to the unique needs of children and families.
Drawing upon her educational background and expertise in child development, Laura played an instrumental role in helping her husband establish and grow their family-owned service dog business. She helped develop individualized lesson plans, treatment plans, and training strategies designed to address each client's specific developmental, emotional, behavioral, and functional needs. Her experience working closely with individuals and families has strengthened her ability to listen, understand complex needs, develop practical solutions, and build meaningful, lasting relationships.
Over 200 service dogs placed across the United States and abroad
Because Every Life Deserves a Helping PAW
Our programs
Every dog is trained for the tasks that make a real day safer. Below is the work each program is built around, and who it is built for.
Trained to scent-detect blood sugar highs and lows before they become dangerous, then act on what they find.
Individually matched to the child and to the family around them, so the dog fits the whole household and not just the calendar.
Education and child development on staff. Laura Devito, a full-time member of our team and an owner, holds a Master of Science in Education and is a Certified Infant-Toddler Developmental Specialist. More about Laura.
Some dogs detect a pre-seizure scent or behavior change and can alert before a seizure happens. All of them are trained for what comes next.
Grounding, interrupting, and steadying, so a crowded room, a hard night, or a panic response stops running the day.
Steady, physical help with the parts of a day that take the most out of you, from the first step to the stairs at the end of it.
Available now
Every placement begins with a temperament and suitability evaluation and a conversation about what your days actually look like.
Photography is representative. These are not photographs of Douglas, Tanner, Mattie, or Miley.
Looking for something these four cannot cover? Call 855-885-6262 and we will talk about training a dog to your needs.
How it works
The same path for every family, whether you are down the road in Palm City or across the country.
Every package begins with an evaluation. A dog has to be right for this work, and the match has to be right for you.
We match the dog to the person and the household individually, taking in the condition, the daily routine, and the family around it.
Full obedience and public-access training, plus task-specific training for the condition the dog is being placed for. Positive reinforcement and behavioral science throughout.
You are taught how to work with your dog, and how the ADA and your state's rules protect that partnership. Vaccination and health certification are included.
Ongoing progress reports, follow-up, and lifetime support from Service Dog Experts trainers. The relationship does not end at pickup.
Investment and financing
A trained service dog is a serious investment. Here is what it costs, what is included, and how families pay for it.
Service Dog Training Range
$18,000 to $25,000
$200 per session minimum of 5 sessions
For the dog you already have. Same trainers, same positive reinforcement approach.
Service Dog Experts also offers therapy and animal-assisted program dogs, along with a merchandise store.
Nationwide reach
Our training center is in Palm City, Florida. What started with our local community now serves families across the country.
Request a match
Send us the shape of your situation and a certified trainer will follow up. If it is easier to talk it through, call us.
