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
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
A s a way to say “thank you” to everyone who’s helped support our goals of furthering training and behavioral standards for Service Dog teams in America this year…
Anything Pawsable Staff
Published December 10, 2013
A portable mat can give a puppy a familiar place to rest. Teach it in a quiet setting before expecting the skill during travel or in public.
Kea Grace
Published October 8, 2013
This is AP’s September 11, 2013 remembrance. Broad descriptions of national feelings and personal recovery are the writer’s reflections, not experiences shared by…
Kea Grace
Published September 11, 2013
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
Teach a service dog to pick up safe objects, deliver them to an accessible location and gradually work with new items. Part Three of AP’s retrieve series.
Kea Grace
Published August 20, 2013
Under ADA rules for covered public settings, a service dog is individually trained in work or tasks directly related to a person's disability.
Kea Grace
Published August 14, 2013
Build a comfortable hold and release with rewards, short steps and a delivery point that suits you. Part Two of AP’s service dog retrieve series.
Kea Grace
Published August 9, 2013
I nternational Assistance Dog Week (IADW) occurs every year beginning on the first Sunday in August, and International Assistance Dog Week 2013 started August 4th…
Kea Grace
Published August 5, 2013
