Fire Team K-9’s Inc. is a non profit corporation that trains and provides Service Dogs to military veterans, firefighters, EMTs, and police officers. FTK-9 Facility Dogs are a division of FTK9 Inc.

Facility Dogs are higly trained working dogs with the skills to help more than one person. FTK9 Facility Dogs are trained in Operational Stress Intervention tasks, preventing and mitigrating operational injuries before and during operational engagments. 

Facility Dogs are Matched with specially trained Primary Handler and work in professional settings like homefront support programs, mental health settings, medical settings or rehabilitation programs. Facility Dogs provide goal-directed interventions which promote improvement in physical, social, emotional, and cognitive abilities. 

Like Service Dogs, Facility dogs are trained with specific tasks for their work. Unlike Service Dogs that serve one person, professionally trained Facility Dogs work with a Handler to serve multiple people, on location. 

Facility Dogs may be skilled at physical mobility tasks, anxiety and sorrow interruption, cognitive development skills, Play Assisted Therapy, physical rehabilitation tasks, and much more. 

Our Facility Dogs begin with the same high training standard that our Service Dogs receive before focusing on skills tailored for the work they will do. 

In Canada there are currently very few laws governing the training, certification, labeling, or public sale of vests and identification patches for Service Dogs and Facility Dogs. Fire Team K-9’s supports Canada’s current federal initiative to create training and certification standards for Service Dog and Facility Dogs. FTK-9’s Facility Dog Program is designed to meet or exceed existing Canadian Facility Dog training programs, and our Facility Dogs trained to the advanced level skills required for Animal Assisted Play Therapy, scent-based stress responses, physical rehabilitation skills and advanced social skills.

Our Handlers and our Facility Dogs pass extensive evaluations by trained Instructors to ensure vulnerable clients receive safe and effective services. 

Our dogs are Fostered in family environments, trained alongside our Handlers, Instructors and Service Dog candidates, and they are handled by certified Handlers and Instructors in public. All our pups are cared for by our Veterinary partners and receive regular health checks and vaccinations.