Helping Your Service Dog Generalize Behaviors

Your dog knows the cue at home, then seems to forget it everywhere else. Learn how to carry a familiar skill into new places, one manageable change at a time.

Bev Thompson
Published August 20, 2014

Considering a Service Dog When You Have Allergies

Allergies are an important part of deciding whether a service-dog partnership is suitable for you.

Curtis Carr
Published July 30, 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: Practicing Waiting and Disengaging

Waiting for a cue or disengaging from an accessible distraction can be useful.

Kea Grace
Published February 12, 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

Service-Dog Public Access: A Quick Guide

For ADA public access, a service dog must be individually trained for disability-related work or tasks. Comfort alone does not meet that definition.

Kea Grace
Published September 5, 2013