Well my Koda is a therapy dog. I haven't had him tested but he keeps track of my bi-polar and will "tell" on me to my husband. He is by my side almost all the time. I say his name should have been Visa, because he is everywhere I want to be....lol If I am depressed he runs to being by my side to going to my husband and whining, and scratching until he pays attention. He goes wherever he can with me, and I work in an Assisted Living place and he goes in sometimes and is used for therapy for them. I am not sure but you can actually have a tester come in and test them and give them a certificate. I was reading about it online somewhere. Or the other option is to contact a real training facility and have him sent away and professionally trained for a few months. Then they come and bring you in and you stay for about a month and learn how to work together. All I can tell you is that I have NEVER had a dog like Koda. I didn't want to love him. He has a wonderful rescue story, but he just wound up loving me until I got it....lol
