Bergin College of Canine Studies

09/07/2026

We don’t just own them in our hearts - we honor them, because our souls are forever sculpted by their devotion and love to bring out the best in us as humans.

Through dogs, we connect with virtues that we may long for in our own kind – unconditional love, unbiased judgement and loyalty through all the darkness.

They heal us, gives us courage and allow us to give love back.
In the process they make us better- and happier.

The Legacy of Dogs.
Help Continue to build their legacy with us.

Help Dogs Help People.
Bergin College of Canine Studies

Learn more about us at :

www.berginu.edu

09/06/2026

I know how quiet it gets when everything changes overnight.
When you’re sitting in an empty room, trying to piece together a life that looks nothing like the one you planned.

When you’re dealing with a body and a mind that feels completely foreign now, marooned in your own heart of darkness.

Everyone tells you to “look inward” to find yourself. But when you’re walking through hell, looking inward just feels like staring at a lost wreckage.

51 years ago, Dr. Bonnie Bergin figured out something beautiful: you don’t heal by looking just inward. You heal by looking down.
Down into the eyes of a dog who couldn’t care less about your setbacks, your doubts, or your scars.

A dog doesn’t care about your past; they only mirror your integrity right now. When you step into the forge at Bergin to train a Service Dog, that dog becomes your Anchor. They need your patience. They need your calm. They need your Love.

And in forcing yourself to stand completely for them, a quiet miracle happens.

As you teach them how to guide someone through a crashing world, they slowly guide you back to your own soul.

But the real magic happens next. Once you find your footing, you realize your pain wasn’t for nothing. It gave you depth to look down on others who are still drowning in the dark – not to judge them, but to reach down, pull them up, and give them hope.
To give them Purpose to live Life again.

You train a dog to save a stranger. The dog saves you. And together, you give a broken world a reason to look up.

You survived the storm.
Look down.
Now, take the leash.
Your call is waiting.

Bergin College of Canine Studies.

Learn more about us at:

www.berginu.edu

Earn a degree from the only college dedicated to canine studies!

09/05/2026

Meet Nyx—the first of the three little hearts still waiting for home.
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Yesterday, we introduced Nyx, Bumble Bee, and Iron: three beloved siblings who were saved, nurtured, and given a beautiful beginning at Bergin’s Puppy Paradise.

Today, meet Nyx.

Nyx is bright, brave, and wonderfully curious—the kind of puppy who meets the world with alert eyes, a playful spirit, and a heart ready to trust. She loves water, chew toys, happy play, and discovering whatever is waiting just around the corner.

She has already learned what safety feels like: full bowls, gentle hands, kind voices, and people who believe her life matters.

Now Nyx is waiting to learn something even more beautiful:

What it feels like to be someone’s dog.

Not every dog becomes a Service Dog.
But every dog can become someone’s Heart Dog.

Nyx may be the puppy who greets you with joy at the door, turns an ordinary walk into an adventure, and curls up nearby at the end of the day—quietly reminding you that the best kind of love often arrives on four paws.

Could you be Nyx’s person?

Call or text Carrollyn to meet Nyx today:
📞 (541) 671-7590
[email protected]
www.berginu.edu

Please share. Nyx’s forever family may be one loving connection away. 🐾

09/05/2026

Seven puppies and their mama are home.
Tonight, three are still waiting.
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Nyx, Bumble Bee, and Iron were rescued from a future no puppy should face.

At Bergin’s Puppy Paradise—our early-development center where puppies are whelped, nourished, nurtured, and gently introduced to a world of sights, sounds, play, and learning—they were given a beautiful beginning.

They learned full bowls, gentle hands, toys, other dogs, other animals, and the safety of being loved.

Their mama, Tabby, is home.
Six siblings are home.

Now, Nyx, Bumble Bee, and Iron are waiting for the moment someone looks into their eyes and says:

“You’re coming home with us.”

Not every dog becomes a Service Dog.
But every dog can become someone’s Heart Dog.


Call or text Carrollyn today to meet them: (541) 671-7590
📧 [email protected]

Please share. Their family may be one share away. 🐾

09/03/2026

The puppy he was. The partner he became.

Trendy’s story did not begin with a vest. It began with potential—and with the people who saw, nurtured, and developed that potential with care, skill, and purpose.

Today, Trendy is a Facility Dog. He brings calm, connection, and reassurance to the people he serves.

For 35 years, Bergin College has prepared people to do this meaningful work: helping dogs become extraordinary partners for people. Join our immersive, seven-week, on-campus Service Dog Training Seminar and learn the skill, judgment, and compassion behind life-changing Human–Canine partnerships.

Fall 2026 Service Dog Training Seminar
October 5–November 20, 2026
Canyonville, Oregon

Come for the certificate. Leave with the foundation for the work you were meant to do.

7-week, on-campus Service Dog Training Seminar

Learn more and apply now at :

https://www.berginu.edu/certificate-programs.html

For all inquiries please contact Connie at [email protected]

(707)971-3236

09/01/2026

This Is What Purpose Looks Like.
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These are Service Dogs in training. Imagine learning beside them—and helping bring out the skill, confidence, and steadiness that can one day transform peoples' lives and communities.
Join Bergin this October in Canyonville, Oregon for the 7-week, on-campus Service Dog Training Seminar—Certificate Program.
For 35 years, Bergin has helped people turn a calling to work with dogs into a Career with Purpose.
Come for the certificate. Leave with the foundation for the work you were meant to do.
Oct. 5–Nov. 20 | Canyonville, Oregon
Explore the seminar:
https://www.berginu.edu/certificate-programs.html
Questions? Contact Connie at :
[email protected] | 707-971-3236 S

09/01/2026

Maybe you have felt it for a long time.
That being with dogs is not just something you love.
It is part of who you are.

At Bergin College of Canine Studies, you can turn that feeling into a life of purpose.

In Canyonville, Oregon, you will learn in a place shaped by trees, open space, wagging tails, and people who understand the quiet power of a dog choosing to trust you. Here, learning is hands-on. It is early mornings, patient repetition, small breakthroughs, muddy paws, shared laughter, and the moment you realize that a dog is beginning to understand you, too.

You will study the human–canine partnership not as an idea, but as something living—a bond that can help a person regain independence, feel safe in the world, return to community, or simply believe in tomorrow again.

And you will become part of a legacy that reaches far beyond this campus.

Every dog nurtured here, every student prepared here, and every partnership formed here carries something forward—into families, workplaces, veteran communities, schools, and the lives of people who need hope to show up beside them.

Bergin is more than a place to learn about dogs.
It is a place to learn what love, skill, patience, and partnership can make possible.

Bergin teaches your heart to lead.
Canyonville is where purpose takes root.
Learn more. Begin the work that changes lives.

www.berginu.edu

08/24/2026

A Service Dog gives more than help.
They give someone their life back.
For a veteran finding their way home, a child discovering confidence, a person with a disability moving through the world with greater independence, or an older adult staying connected to community—a trained service dog changes what everyday life can be.
For 35 years, Bergin has prepared people to make those partnerships possible.
Join our immersive, seven-week, on-campus Service Dog Training Seminar Certificate Program in Canyonville, Oregon. Learn beside dogs and experienced instructors at the college founded by Dr. Bonita Bergin, pioneer of the modern Service Dog movement.
Build the skill, judgment, and compassion for a career that helps dogs change lives.
Come for the certificate. Leave ready to give someone more of their life back.
Oct. 5–Nov. 20, 2026 | Canyonville, Oregon
Explore: www.berginu.edu/certificate-programs.html
Questions? [email protected] | (707) 971-3236
Applications are open. Apply now.

Earn a degree from the only college dedicated to canine studies!

08/24/2026

You were meant for more than a job.
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You have always known dogs belong in your life.
Now make them your life’s work.

At Bergin College’s Service Dog Training Seminar, you will build the knowledge, discipline, and real-world perspective behind professional Service Dog development—work that can help create greater independence and possibility for people with disabilities.

Founded by Dr. Bonnie Bergin, Pioneer of the Service Dog movement, Bergin College of Canine Studies is where purpose becomes practice.

Fall 2026 Cohort
Oct. 5–Nov. 20, 2026
Canyonville, Oregon

Applications are open.
Take the first step toward work that changes lives.

You Were Meant for More Than a Job.

Fall 2026 Service Dog Training Seminar | Certificate Program

Questions? Contact Connie at [email protected]
| 707-971-3236

Apply Now

www.berginu.edu/certificate-programs.html

Earn a degree from the only college dedicated to canine studies!

08/19/2026

This Is What Purpose Looks Like.
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These are Service Dogs in training. Imagine learning beside them—and helping bring out the skill, confidence, and steadiness that can one day transform peoples' lives and communities.

Join Bergin this October in Canyonville, Oregon for the 7-week, on-campus Service Dog Training Seminar—Certificate Program.

For 35 years, Bergin has helped people turn a calling to work with dogs into a Career with Purpose.

Come for the certificate. Leave with the foundation for the work you were meant to do.

Oct. 5–Nov. 20 | Canyonville, Oregon
Explore the seminar:
https://www.berginu.edu/certificate-programs.html

Questions? Contact Connie at :
[email protected] | 707-971-3236

Bergin College Earn a degree from the only accredited college dedicated to assistance dogs and canine studies. We are Accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools and place service dogs with Veterans and people with physical