10 Things to Understand Before Getting a Service Dog
<span class="excerpt_part">...program to train your dog, or <strong>for</strong> the right dog to <strong>com</strong>e to you so you can train your dog. You are literally <strong>com</strong>bing the planet <strong>for</strong> a near-perfect…
How to Sanitize Your Service Dog’s Gear
<span class="excerpt_part">Service Dogs working in public <strong>com</strong>e into contact with a wide variety of surfaces. Some <strong>exam</strong>ples include floors, the sides of counters <strong>and</strong> checkout stands, <strong>and</strong> the underside of…
Service Dog Books: “A Lowcountry Christmas,” by Mary Alice Monroe
<span class="excerpt_part">...spirit of the season until the miraculous gift of a service dog leads Taylor, his family, <strong>and</strong> their <strong>com</strong>munity on a healing journey to discover the true meaning of…
Training
<span class="excerpt_part">...Basic Obedience Your dog must obey basic verbal <strong>and</strong>/or h<strong>and</strong> signal obedience <strong>com</strong>mands such as Sit, Stay, <strong>Com</strong>e, Down <strong>and</strong> Heel. When off leash, your dog must <strong>com</strong>e when…
Landlord/HOA Rights Concerning Service Dogs
<span class="excerpt_part">The Fair Housing Act is the main law that helps provide guidance <strong>for</strong> landlords, home owner associations <strong>and</strong> tenants. However, they are not the only re<strong>source. For com</strong>plete information,…
Stationing, Dog Training, and Working Dogs
<span class="excerpt_part">...a trainer’s toolbox. In the dog training world, people <strong>com</strong>monly refer to stationing as “place training” or “mat work.” While currently <strong>com</strong>monplace in many trainers’ training, behavior, <strong>and</strong> environmental…
What is a Service Dog?
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>pass</strong>ing day, here’s a list of some of the more <strong>com</strong>mon types of Service Dogs: Visual Assistance Dogs <strong>(Com</strong>monly called “guide dogs,” “seeing eye dogs,” or “leader dogs,” but…
6 Unintended Consequences of Breed-Specific Legislation (BSL)
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>and</strong> in current times played an important role in their <strong>com</strong>munity. These dogs have acted as therapy dogs, assistance dogs, <strong>search and</strong> rescue dogs, police dogs, or drug detection…
Ultimate Guide to Keeping Your Service Dog Safe This Halloween
<span class="excerpt_part">...Dog safe <strong>and</strong> your night of frights as trouble<strong>-free</strong> as possible. Service Dog owners, trainers, users <strong>and</strong> handlers, make no bones about it! Halloween is here, <strong>and</strong> with it…
Is That Dog Aggressive Or Is it Play? Learning The Difference
<span class="excerpt_part">...Instructor at Tromplo<strong>.com For</strong> more information <strong>and</strong> professional online courses, visit Tromplo<strong>.com</strong> Learn more about voluntary, <strong>com</strong>munity-defined training <strong>and</strong> behavior standards <strong>for</strong> handlers <strong>and</strong> their Service Dogs at…