socializing and training a toy poodle to to be service dog

Question
HI labman ,
I have a what i'm guessing is a 3 yrs old newly neutered male toy poodle .
That was rescue out of 79 MO ( i'm  not totally sure what that means others than he was in a small kennel all of his life ) as I was told  ,from auction ?,or bad breeder .

he  was terrified in my home and still of being outdoors,( he is getting comfortable in the house but outdoors is very hard for him)  but does not walk around unless I have him get up and come with me.
I'm going slowly with him.
I guessing he was always in a small kennel  his feet were very bad the vet said it was from standing in a wire flooring.

he had been fed but I think only once a day and mixed with water.

it is the only way I can get him to drink water .
he drinks plenty of it and out of a water bottle cap LOL
poor thing I cant figure out how to get him to drink water by him self  with out food in it .
I would like him to walk with me,when it cools down enough for us to walk.
he is leash training and is doing okay with that, even a little outside, when it's quiet , its scary for him and he stay close to me even doing his business some times while we are out. yeah !
I have great hope for him he seems smart and sweet.
I have brought him to the vet, he has a bad under bite . he is healthy now.
he has some giardia. worms, bad ears which is under control now.

I have even bought a couple of different kennel watering bottle which he shows no interest .
he holds on me like a baby  while being held pressing himself very close to me and hanging on.


I have had him for a little over a month now and he is almost pad trained as it is too hot here to bring him outside durning the day.

he has just started using his voice as in protection, alarm type thing.  which is okay and will stop when told too.
he is bonding well with me and a few others a little  bit.

I live alone and I'm ill with COPD stage 4 that  is last stage  but transplant is an option.
I had another poodle Henry who became a service  dog for me. a rescued guy but he had been with a loving person at one time.
his passing was rough on me.

I would like to train my new Rhett to be my service dog.


I'm working with my doctor on a huge project for COPD people as seems we have been left out on many things that other people with illness have . we do not have much advocacy and many programs to help us to help us with this disease .
there will plenty of money and volunteers I have been told not to worry about that.
but  the service dog program is not the main focus  of what we will be doing but I would love to see this one work like it has for me , oh even just for the company.
with illness come loneliness being shut in and be indigent due to not being able to work.
I would like to try to get implemented before I end up not being around to do it LOL
one thing I would like to get started is a program for service dogs for us. a  big one ...
poodle as smart, have hair so they not too bad for people with breathing problems  it would be great for those who can handle them and the care of a poodle, the help would include checking on the dogs for proper care  and grooming ....
I know what joy and comfort my  service dog was for me  he helped me to be more independent.

he  woke me when my breathing was not right and when I had some congestive heart failure he warned me each time right before the pain would start.

I'm excited about this, I would to see training for rescue  and service for us ,when we go in to respiratory failure or breathing problems , such as turning up oxygen tanks, bring inhaler, or meds ,pressing a life line button for us . all we can do when this happens is try to breath so help would be good
a service dog is a good reason to want to get up in the morning in fact you have and walk durning the day, which exercise is so important to us ,its all we have plus a few meds then transplant which is at the end stage . with a toy poodle COPD people would also be able to carry and lift with out hindering our breathing too much.
 so what i'm asking you is how would I do this?
my dog  Henry just pick up on my lungs and heart,
I think part of it was the noise from my bad breathing woke him up and he just wanted to sleep so I was interrupting his rest  and he woke me , he did the same for snoring LOL
but the heart thing was amazing and my family members and aids saw this happen too as I was never left alone durning that time .he had a service dog tag in Ca

even if the dogs were trained to do even just the helping with oxygen,meds and life line that would be great but I feel like you could train a dog to wake you up as they as so close at night and it is pretty loud when it happens.
what  do you think about this ?

 How do I get my dog to drink water with out food. I also think he has been yanked by the neck chokes like the treakia is damage .
I have to wait another month before my inx will kick in for previous conditions so I look farther in to that.
thank you taking the time to read this and your thoughts on these matters.
          Sincerely Suzan

Answer
I would much rather spend my time reading a long question than writing an inappropriate answer because I wasn't given information I needed.  

Have you talked to the vet about the possible damage to the trachea?  If the vet can do nothing, you might continue to make a water dish available to him, and maybe he will discover he can drink from it.  They make water bubblers for pets.  Perhaps that was what he drank from before and would use another one.  

Go to www.iaadp.org  Contact some of the non dog guide schools.  It is possible somebody is already training dogs for COPD.  It also sounds like the training needed would be similar to the seizure response dogs.  A trainer experienced with that could work with you to teach the dog to meet your needs.  

I am not sure I am as much help as I wish could be.  Perhaps I have at least pointed you towards more help.  

I have come to know people with service dogs.  All they want is a dog to allow them to live as near normal life as they can.  I know 70% of the visually impaired are unemployed or under employed.  It is a shame they are denied a chance to be productive members of society.  I am sure other impairments are terrible too.  We really need to be doing more to help.  

I was thrilled last weekend working in a booth promoting dog guides.  I also had information available for some other programs.  The others and I were able to direct many people towards the help they needed to be independent.