Many applicants for assistance dogs suffer from combined disabilities, e.g. physical and visual impairment, physical impairment combined with seizure disorder, hearing and visual impairment, some even physical and visual impairment combined with hearing impairment, etc.

A dog that is being prepared for a person with a combined disability also undergoes combined training and passes the appropriate tests, exactly according to the type of disability of its future owner. For example, a dog for a person with a visual and physical disability undergoes double training and passes both the guide dog test and the assistance dog test, a dog for a person with a hearing and seizure disorder also undergoes double training and passes the signal dog test for the deaf and the signal dog test for people with seizure disorder, etc., always according to the combination and taking into account the prevailing type of disability.

It is also extremely important here that the assistance dog is prepared and trained exactly for its future owner or mistress.

Information about assistance dogs and how a dog can help compensate for your combined handicap can be found in the individual sections, sorted by type of handicap: assistance dogs for wheelchair users and the physically disabled – balance dogs  –  guide dogs for the visually impaired  –  signal dogs for people with hearing impairments  –  signal dogs for people with seizure disorders