Is Your SDiT Ready For Public Access? Here’s How to Tell.
<span class="excerpt_part">...relaxed <strong>and</strong> focused on you no matter what’s going on around you. Does your SDiT have <strong>reliable</strong> obedience <strong>and</strong> manners? Your Service Dog in Training needs <strong>reliable</strong> obedience <strong>and</strong>…
5 Common Languages Used for Dog Training Commands
<span class="excerpt_part">Trainers <strong>and</strong> handlers use verbal <strong>com</strong>mands in dog training to <strong>com</strong>municate with their dogs. The dog learns to associate each <strong>com</strong>m<strong>and</strong> or cue with a specific behavior or skill.…
Service Dog FIDO Vest: Wearable Technology for Working Dogs
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>search and</strong> rescue teams in wilderness missions or other far-ranging scenarios <strong>and</strong> Service Dog teams with a medically unstable handler. <strong>For exam</strong>ple, if a <strong>search</strong> dog finds a person…
Train a Service Dog to Retrieve: Part Three
<span class="excerpt_part">...“disobeys” your <strong>com</strong>m<strong>and</strong> simply because he’s not <strong>com</strong>fortable with a new item. Move on once your dog <strong>com</strong>fortably takes the item when it’s presented. Begin using the “out” cue.…
How to Create a Disaster, Evacuation Plan for Service Dogs
<span class="excerpt_part">...in Sharpie. This will protect you if you’re unable to <strong>com</strong>municate, have been injured, or are unconscious. Preparing Your Service Dog <strong>For</strong> Evacuations When it <strong>com</strong>es to your Service…
In Case of Emergency: Service Dog Edition
<span class="excerpt_part">...in your <strong>com</strong>munity, <strong>and</strong> ask that they “tag” your address as having a Service Dog on site. ICE: Remain Calm <strong>and</strong> Be Prepared to <strong>Com</strong>municate Stay calm. It’s far…
Service Dog Standards Launches Powerful, Free Tools for Service Dog Trainers and Handlers
<span class="excerpt_part">...often <strong>com</strong>plicated process of owning <strong>and</strong> training a service dog. See this <strong>exam</strong>ple of a Service Dog Handler profile page on Service Dog Standards VIEW HANDLER PROFILE Based…
Service Dog Standards Offers Free Webpages for Trainers
<span class="excerpt_part">...has a supportive online <strong>com</strong>munity of nearly 20,000 service animal trainers, handlers <strong>and</strong> their families, friends <strong>and</strong> fans. Check out their website at <strong>www</strong>.servicedogstandards.org. Based on over a decade…
What are the Minimum Training Standards for Service and Assistance Dogs?
<span class="excerpt_part">...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 called. ?Your Dog’s…
USSDR Minimum Training Standards for Service Dogs
<span class="excerpt_part">...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 called. Your Dog’s Behavior Your…