Guided Self-Training

Guided self-training is a monthly program for those with a dog ready to begin training - the program is designed to help keep you and your pup's progress on track and provide step by step instructions. You will use our self-training materials, but also have an MD Dogs trainer on call for the month. Your trainer will be very involved, providing you with training plans, frequent Zoom call check-ins, and training video reviews anytime.

You can start and stop your guided self-training at any point - try it for a month and then if you feel that you are prepared to train for a few months on your own, then go for it! You can pick it back up anytime. Guided self-training can also begin even before you bring your dog home, or you can save it for when you are getting into the details of scent training. It's up to you and what would benefit you the most. 

$450/month. Start as early as today!

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Success Stories

​"Libby makes things easy to understand and FUN! She is a joy to watch and she is so encouraging."
-LEXIE, T2D

​"Before I found M.D. Dogs, I was lost. My dog was alerting ok, but was struggling in public and was lacking confidence in herself and in her alerting. After I read the M.D. Dogs workbook and watched the videos it was a life changer for me and my dog. Watching Libby train Franklyn on Instagram made me see was real Diabetic Alert Dog training looked like. My faith in having a solid working Diabetic Alert Dog was restored. A long while later and now my dog not only rocks movement alerts, but is also trained to low blood sugar alerts with a bringsel (which is something I had never thought of using for an alert!) and is a dog that I trust to alert me in just about every situation. I've gotten so many compliments on her behavior when I'm in public, and at many JDRF events she's always the most well behaved Diabetic Alert Dog there. she's such a happier dog now and I'm a safer diabetic because of M.D. Dogs. Thank you Libby and M.D. Dogs!"
- KELSEY, T1D

​"Libby is very knowledgeable and professional as well as an excellent trainer. After attending her MD Dogs Diabetic Alert Dog seminar I am excited to be able to help other owner/trainers who need support while training their DAD."
- JAN, Trainer

​"I had researched scent training methods for over a year, before my pup came into my life. I felt discouraged at first and I honestly thought that I couldn't train my own diabetic alert dog, until I found M.D. Dogs! Libby's workbook is user-friendly and she's always so nice and helpful if you need further assistance. Thanks to M.D. Dogs, my DAD Tógó, is often alerting 15-30 min. before I'm low, giving me more time to treat. My endocrinologist is seeing major improvements since Tógó started alerting with more accuracy and the times I have needed Glucagon, has greatly diminished! M.D. dogs has definitely changed our lives and gave me the confidence to train Tógó! I'm incredibly grateful to Libby and her training methods"
- SOLEY, T1D

M.D. Dogs Inc is solely funded through  grants and donations from people like you. Any donation truly makes a difference and enables us to create resources and programs to provide Diabetic Alert Dogs to those in need.