Top 5 Tips for Welcoming a New Dog Into Your Home
<span class="excerpt_part">...new dog, it might be <strong>best</strong> to make sure <strong>you</strong> picked <strong>the</strong> right one. Every person has a specific type of breed that <strong>the</strong>y love, but first, take in…
Choosing The Best Pet Insurance For Your Working Dog
<span class="excerpt_part">...course, <strong>you</strong> do need to take other factors into consideration as well when making <strong>you</strong>r choice, but when it <strong>com</strong>es to cost, <strong>you</strong> can <strong>com</strong>p<strong>are</strong> different <strong>price</strong>s and deals…
Get a free copy of the children’s book about the making of a Service Dog, "A Job for Arabella"
<span class="excerpt_part">...and a Canines <strong>for The</strong>rapy Team Assessor, Certified R.E.A.D.® instructor (Reading Education Assistance Dogs is a program of Intermountain <strong>The</strong>rapy Animals). [/box_light] [divider] Get a <strong>free</strong> copy of “A…
Help Friends and Family Understand: It’s PTSD Awareness Day
<span class="excerpt_part">...of traumatic events often cite <strong>the</strong> feeling of “walking around in a movie,” or feeling <strong>com</strong>pletely detached from <strong>the</strong> life around <strong>the</strong>m. “My Service Dog has given me <strong>free</strong>dom…
In Case of Emergency: Service Dog Edition
<span class="excerpt_part">...in <strong>you</strong>r <strong>com</strong>munity, and ask that <strong>the</strong>y “tag” <strong>you</strong>r address as having a Service Dog on site. ICE: Remain Calm and Be Prepared to <strong>Com</strong>municate Stay calm. It’s far…
10 Summer Safety Tips for Service and Working Dogs
<span class="excerpt_part">...paws Pavement, asphalt, metal, and other surfaces can cause <strong>you</strong>r dogs paws to burn. Make sure <strong>you test the</strong> surface with <strong>the</strong> 5 second rule. Before <strong>you</strong> walk on…
10 Service Dog Commandments
<span class="excerpt_part">...all teams <strong>for the</strong> benefit of <strong>the</strong> entire Service Dog <strong>com</strong>munity. We call <strong>the</strong>se <strong>the</strong> “Service Dog <strong>Com</strong>mandments.” Some of <strong>the</strong> Service Dog <strong>Com</strong>mandments <strong>are com</strong>mon courtesy, a couple…
What Should a Service Dog Act Like? A Quick Guide to Service Dog Behavior
<span class="excerpt_part">...of training necessary to work calmly and reliably. Fake Service Dogs create a lot of <strong>com</strong>plications <strong>for real</strong> Service Dog teams. Namely, <strong>the</strong>y create suspicion and access issues <strong>for</strong>…
Why Natural Behaviors Aren’t Trained Service Dog Tasks
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>Com</strong>munity as Whole How untrained or under-trained dogs affect <strong>the</strong> Service Dog <strong>com</strong>munity is far more <strong>com</strong>plex than most people think. <strong>For exam</strong>ple, dogs which <strong>are</strong>n’t able to perform…
Top 5 Service Dog Breeds
<span class="excerpt_part">With proper training, any breed has <strong>the</strong> potential to become a successful Service Dog. Depending on <strong>you</strong>r disability and needs <strong>you</strong> may need a larger breed <strong>(for exam</strong>ple, balance…