This Program supports the Partners in Life Program. The Institute carefully breeds, selects, trains and matches people to dogs in a program designed to create a "magic" partnership between the dogs and their handlers. The dogs are used to "speak to the bears", as cued by their handlers, by barking and chasing bears away from places that will put them in conflict with people. Currently this is the only team of dogs doing this kind of work in the world.

Interested agencies should contact WRBI for information about program descriptions and training schedules.