Fish and Fischer Canine Training specializes in psychiatric service dog training, helping your dog learn the tasks that support your mental health, so you can navigate the world with more confidence.
Tyler is the lead trainer and founder of Fish and Fischer Canine Training, based in San Diego, California. His approach is grounded in positive reinforcement, patience, and a deep understanding of how dogs can be trained to meaningfully support their handlers' mental health.
With coursework in canine behavior and psychiatric service dog protocols, Tyler works closely with each handler to build a training plan tailored to their specific needs.
Every dog's training is tailored to their handler's specific psychiatric support needs. Here are the core tasks we teach.
Your dog learns to lay across your chest or lap to provide calming pressure, helping to regulate your nervous system during moments of distress.
Pawing and nudging behaviors trained to interrupt spiraling thoughts, bringing you back to the present moment.
Gentle, repetitive licking trained as a grounding behavior during episodes of anxiety or dissociation.
Initiating play to redirect attention and support emotional regulation when flight responses or fear begin to build.
We work with you and your dog from the first session through ongoing reinforcement.
Your dog starts with hands-on, in-person training at our San Diego facility. One month of focused work to build the core task behaviors.
We transition to remote sessions and daily handler-led exercises, so your dog's training becomes part of your routine and responsive to your specific patterns.
Your dog is assessed against ADI-modeled standards for public access, including high-stimulation environments like airports and aircraft cabins.
Izzy and other dogs trained through our program are assessed for calm, reliable behavior in airports and aircraft cabins. We provide documentation confirming your dog's completed psychiatric service dog training for airline travel.
Call or text Tyler to discuss your dog, your needs, and how we can build a training plan together.
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