History
ICAN was founded in this year.
What is 2002?
Facility dogs may be placed in these common three institutional settings.
What are schools, courtrooms, medical facilities? (other answers include nursing homes, adult day programs.)
This term describes a dog trained to perform tasks to mitigate a person’s disability.
What is a service dog?
Volunteers who open their homes for 4-8 weeks to our newest recruits.
Who are Litter Hosts?
This staff member founded ICAN at IU in 2017?
Who is Julie Mathias?
The first three ICAN dogs to enter a DOC prison in 2002.
Who are Bud, Nora, and Casey?
A facility dog only has this when on the job.
What is Public Access?
ICAN is the only organization in Indiana with this distinction.
What is Assistance Dogs International (ADI) accreditation?
The age at which a puppy enters formal training.
What is 16 weeks? (appx)
These two staff members have each owned 4 release dogs from ICAN.
Who are Moe Kiley, Breeding and Medical Manager, and Sandi Clark, Client Success Manager?
The name of the first correctional facility that housed ICAN dogs.
What is Rockville Correctional Facility?
*Prior to this, volunteers and dogs visited the Pendleton Juvenile Facility to work with at risk kids.
This term refers to a dog that provides comfort in settings like schools or hospitals, but is not trained for tasks.
What are therapy dogs?
A dog prescribed to provide emotional stability but not trained for tasks is called this.
What is an emotional support animal (ESA)?
This racecar driver once sponsored an entire litter.
Who is Tony Stewart?
This staff member and world traveler has visited 17 countries!
Who is Jillian Ashton, President.
*Many of these trips have been as a member of the ADI international board of directors, a member of the North American Council and as the Education Chair for ADI-NA.
One historical expansion happened in April 2022 when ICAN merged with this program to enhance their veteran service.
What is Our Turn to Serve?
The process in which a Facility client learns from the Incarcerated Individual how to work with their dog.
What is Team Training?
The training concept aiming to use the least stressful method possible is called this.
What is LIMA (Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive)?
ICAN belongs to this breeding cooperative to maintain genetic diversity across accredited organizations.
What is the ABC Breeding Cooperative?
This staff member enjoys writing in her free time and is drafting her first fantasy novel.
Who is Jordyn Didier, Data Administrator?
Before 2007, ICAN went by this name.
Who was the Indiana Canine Assistant and Adolescent Network (ICAAN)?
*In 2007, focus shifted from at-risk youth to adult correction.
In a courtroom, a facility dog may be used to do this when a witness becomes upset during testimony.
What is apply deep pressure or interrupt distress (nudge, redirect)?
This is a term that refers to using animals in educational or medical settings to help clients reach their goals.
What is Animal Assisted Intervention?
The gestation period of a dog.
What is 63 days?
This patriotic staff member and quite the firecracker is a triplet
Who is Hanna Sauce, ICAN Training Manager? She and her siblings share a birthday on July 4th.