Medical Alert Dog Handler & Instructor
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You will achieve recognition as a skilled Medical Alert Dog Trainer, and this programme will empower you to train dogs to alert to seizures, diabetic episodes, and PTSD episodes, and to teach others to do the same.
Few skills in the dog world are as life-changing as a reliable medical alert. For the right person, this is more than a career: it is the chance to give people greater independence, safety and peace of mind, through the extraordinary power of a dog’s nose.
Without recognised credentials, this specialist work is almost impossible to offer with confidence. This programme will give you the credibility, structure and professional standing that clients, families and referrers need to trust you.
Over three intensive weeks of face-to-face teaching, plus online support, you will learn how scent alert training really works: the essential odour protocols, shaping a clear and reliable alert, and building the calm, dependable partnerships that medical alert work demands.
You will train using force-free, science-based methods throughout. This is skilled, ethical work, taught by a team that understands both the science of canine olfaction and the responsibility that comes with it.
Three intensive weeks of direct learning, then continuous support: ongoing advice, webinars, resources and an exclusive practitioner community. You will leave with proven techniques, professional tools, and a full training framework of your own to use.
The Medical Alert programme.
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Monday 22nd - Friday 26th Feb. 2027
Week One Foundations. The science of canine olfaction and medical alert, building the essential odour CER and sample collection, and the first steps of teaching a clear, reliable alert behaviour.
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Monday 14th - Friday 18th June 2027
Week Two: Building Reliability. Working with target scents, shaping and proofing the alert, generalising to real-world settings, and managing distraction, duration and consistency.
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Monday 27th Sept. - Friday 1st Oct. 2027
Week Three: Become the Instructor. Move from doing the work to teaching it: session design, coaching handlers and families, safeguarding, ethics, risk assessment and progression planning, ready to offer this as a professional service.
Your investment
£2,999 + VAT.
That is £3,598.80 in total, or from just £10 a day over 12 months.
Save 10% when paying in full.
One investment in three intensive weeks that gives you genuine training knowledge, understanding and a skill that clients will search for.
Exciting news! Our course is currently undergoing a formal assessment and review process with an educational assessment agency. This is an important step in the course's development and reflects our commitment to maintaining high standards of quality and assessment.
You get a rare, in-demand specialism: very few trainers can offer reliable medical alert work, so you stand almost alone in your area.
You get real, hands-on training: three weeks learning directly with Dr Robert Hewings and an excellent team, so you leave knowing exactly what to do.
You get support for life: resources, webinars, expert advice and a friendly community, long after the course ends.
You get to make a genuine difference: help people gain greater independence, safety, and confidence through their dog.
You get to spread the cost: from less than £10 a day over 12 months.
You get £300 off: save over £300 when you pay in full.
Best offer: save 10% when you pay in full; that is over £300 off. Prefer to spread it? Our easy payment scheme lets you pay from £10 a day over up to 12 months. The more deposit you pay, the less the monthly repayments
Easy Payment Scheme
This is your route into one of the most meaningful specialisms in the dog world. Master medical alert scent training and become the specialist your community needs. From just £10 a day, with flexible plans up to 12 months, world-class training is within reach.
Here is how our partnership works: we provide expert instruction, knowledge, and skills, plus ongoing support throughout your journey. You bring the passion, commitment and dedication to practice. Together, we build something exceptional.
Ready to offer a skill that genuinely changes lives? Let us make it happen.
Our Training Location
Location: Statfold Barn Railway. Ashby Rd, Tamworth B79 0BU.
The postcode/SatNav may take you away from Statfold Barn Railway. We also have ‘What Three Words’ that can help: holds.soup.code for the front entrance and hails.games.reason for the classroom entrance, where there is plenty of parking outside.
Timings: 09:00 – 16:00: Tea, Coffee and ‘Posh Biscuits’ provided.
Accommodation: Our training venue offers camping, caravan and motorhome hook-up with large exercise areas for your dog. This accommodation is available at an additional cost, via our venue managers, info@statfold.com
The booking secures a place for yourself and one dog. However, some people choose to bring two dogs, which must be rotated within your allocated ‘training/search slot’.
The first day of all our courses is predominantly classroom-based theory lessons; we'll provide plenty of breaks for you to exercise your dogs, and all our parking is within a private, safe, and secure area.
Full joining instructions will be sent upon booking.