Five Things to Discuss With Your Service Dog Trainer

A good training partnership depends on clear communication and an individual plan.

Kea Grace
Published July 17, 2014

10 Practical Principles for Service-Dog Teams

A service-dog partnership needs care, planning and realistic expectations.

Kea Grace
Published June 27, 2014

Service Dog Quest: Practicing Position Cues in New Contexts

A dog may know a cue in one setting and need practice when the surroundings or handler's position change.

Kea Grace
Published March 19, 2014

Service Dog Quest: Teaching Comfortable Check-Ins

A voluntary check-in can help you communicate in distracting places.

Kea Grace
Published January 29, 2014

Service Dog Quest: Understanding Distractions

This exercise revisits the learning focus of Week Three in AP's 2014 Service Dog Challenge.

Kea Grace
Published January 20, 2014

Service Dog Quest: Measuring Current Training

This exercise revisits Week Two of AP's 2014 challenge. Its purpose is to identify what the dog can comfortably do now and what needs more teaching.

Kea Grace
Published January 14, 2014

Service Dog Quest: Choosing Useful Goals

AP's Service Dog Quest began as a 2014 challenge series. Its goal-setting exercise can still help you choose manageable work for your team; it is not a current…

Kea Grace
Published January 6, 2014