About Us
Personalized Approach
As You Wish Assistance Dogs is an organization committed to enhancing the lives of individuals with disabilities by helping them train their own service dogs.
Excellence and Professionalism
The head trainer of As You Wish, Tasha Magnan, is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, dedicated to the most scientific and effective training methods in the field. Tasha is committed to continuing education. She attends certification courses, conferences and workshops to keep the knowledge of her craft up-to-date and further her skills as a trainer.
Scientific and Effective
As You Wish Assistance Dogs uses the principles of animal learning theory. These principles create solid, reliable behaviors and a relationship based on mutual trust and respect. As You Wish uses positive reinforcement (adding something the animal will work for, such as a treat) and negative punishment (removing something the animal will work for, such as removing your attention if a dog jumps on you). Using these methods creates reliable behaviors that are preformed with an eager, as you wish!