Serving children with silent disabilities
Over 30 Families served by our dogs
Alert Dog Training Academy
Alert Dog Training Academy
Alert Dog Training Academy
We help you
- Select a pup from our special breeders
- Develop your dog's obedience and condition recognition skills
- Customize your dog's alerting signals for your child
A Two Year Process
Alert Dog Training Academy
Alert Dog Training Academy
Training and Health
- Our Club, Foothills Kiwanis, provides the dog
- Dog food and basic vet services are included
- Health insurance is provided
- Your child grows up with the dog, insuring the "all important" bonding required for reliable service
Train your own dog
Alert Dog Training Academy
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- Each family receives their puppy when it is about 8 weeks old
- Family, child and pup/dog attend bi-monthly (approx.) classes to learn to train the pup to be a successful Alert Dog
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Our success reflects over 15 years of service dog training experience, plus over 10 more as part of the Kiwanis Club of the Foothills efforts.
Every child's situation is unique in many respects, so we limit the size of each Academy group to a maximum of six families to insure that we meet the special needs of each family.
Contact us
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Support our Efforts
Have questions? Go to the contact us page.
We are accepting applications to enter the program and get a pup.
Volunteers, recruiters and donations accepted as well. On the open market a trained service dog can cost $20 to $30,000. Our recipients get them free. We are a 501(c)(3) organization.
Kiwanis Club of the Foothills, Foundation
3526 W. 125th Cir
Broomfield, CO 80020
Support our Efforts
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Support our Efforts
You can help!
We are grateful for our sponsors who provide veterinary services and dog food. "You get what you pay for", and our dogs are expensive! We must give our priorities to our training activities. Therefor, we rely heavily on sponsorships to fund the purchase and health care of pups.
About our Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis Club of the Foothills
We have been active in the Boulder/Louisville/Lafayette/Broomfield area serving the children of the community since 1969.
Learn more about our club here → foothillskiwanis.org
Our Projects
Funding and expense payment for all of our charitable activities, such as the Service and Alert Dog program, are through our 501(c)(3) Foundation: Kiwanis Club of the Foothills, Boulder, Foundation.
Our programs & support include
- Builders Clubs, Key Clubs, Circle K – Developing principled service leadership in youth from Middle School, to High School to College level students.
- Scholarships to local graduating high school seniors who have proven a commitment to community service
- Salvation Army — Bell Ringing, Lunches served to local seniors, coordination to jointly develop community service opportunities
- Kiwanis International Children's Fund
- Sweet Dream in a Bag
- Girls' Softball
- Colorado Feeding Kids
About Kiwanis
Our club is a part of Kiwanis International
K-International is a worldwide organization of nearly 600,000 members devoted primarily to serving the Children of the World. We are serving communities and children in over 80 countries.
Our local club
Our mission is consistent with Kiwanis International, with special emphasis to youth welfare and youth leadership development in service to community