First Five Skills You Should Teach a Service Dog in Training
<span class="excerpt_part">...several nationally-recognized Service Dog trainers to focus on the skills necessary to enjoy your Service Dog in Training’s <strong>com</strong>pany, <strong>com</strong>municate easily with him and begin additional, vital socialization and…
International Assistance Dog Week 2013
<span class="excerpt_part">...This year, the theme is “Seeing, Hearing, Sensing, Supporting: There’s a Dog <strong>For</strong> That!” Established by Marcie Davis, the author of Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guide<strong>book,</strong> International…
A Comprehensive Guide to Psychiatric Service Dog Tasks
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>com</strong>mand. Cues can be verbal, nonverbal, or environmental. Verbal cues include spoken <strong>com</strong>mands like “Go Get Help” or <strong>“Search</strong> the House.” Nonverbal cues are usually hand signals. Some are…
A Comprehensive Guide to Psychiatric Service Dog Tasks
<span class="excerpt_part">...disabled individuals often gain peace of mind, independence, and increased confidence. Since they <strong>com</strong>monly work in public, Service Dogs must be <strong>free</strong> of temperament flaws, focused, unobtrusive, and well-trained.…
Ten Ways to be a Better Service Dog Team in 2016
<span class="excerpt_part">...thinking. Get creative! The possibilities <strong>for</strong> bonding are as endless and as varied as the person/dog <strong>com</strong>bination. The general rules are simple: keep it safe, stress <strong>free</strong>, and silly……
How to create a plan for your animals if you become unable to care for them
<span class="excerpt_part">...Dog in Training. However, when he suddenly died, his dogs were listed on Craig’s List, <strong>free</strong> to a good home, due to a situation beyond our control. Luckily, they…
Study: number of people living with paralysis equal the populations of Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. combined
<span class="excerpt_part">...study. Today, this study represents one of the largest population based samples of any disability ever conducted. <strong>Download</strong> the <strong>com</strong>plete 28 page report from the Christopher & Dana Reeve…
The United States Service Dog Registry is on Superman’s Resource List
<span class="excerpt_part">...people living with a spinal cord injury, mobility impairment and paralysis by providing <strong>com</strong>prehensive information, resources and referral services. You can <strong>download</strong> a copy of the PDF from christopherreeve.org…
The Difference Between Service Dogs, Therapy Dogs, Emotional Support Animals and More
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>com</strong>e in two flavors: dogs who provide extensive animal-assisted therapy and dogs who live (or work extensively) on-site to provide <strong>com</strong>fort to residents, patients, or visitors. Facility Dogs who…
3 Dog Training Games for Service Dog Puppies
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>practice</strong>. Even better, they fit into anyone’s schedule! Dog Training Games: Proximity Proximity dog training games build value to being around you, the handler and trainer. These games create…