What the Eureka Effect Study Can Tell Us About Dogs

A study by Ragen T. S. McGowan and colleagues explored how dogs respond when their own actions provide access to a reward.

Kea Grace
Published December 11, 2014

Thanksgiving Food and Your Service Dog

Keep holiday meals and scraps out of reach. A food that is safe for a person is not necessarily suitable for a dog, and a busy gathering makes accidental ingestion…

Kea Grace
Published November 21, 2014

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

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: 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: 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