10 Surprising Autumn Service Dog Safety Tips

1. Intriguing autumn scents. Ahhh, the scents of autumn – cinnamon, spices, apples, candy corn, smoky fires, pumpkins and earthy leaves.

Kea Grace
Published September 23, 2019

10 Factors to Assess in a Service-Dog Candidate

Service work should suit the individual dog and handler. These factors guide assessment; they are not a legal list of automatic, lifelong disqualifications.

Kea Grace
Published July 12, 2019

Six Ways to Help Your Dog in Hot Weather

Adapt plans to your dog's health and the conditions. A cooling product does not make every outing safe.

Kea Grace
Published June 29, 2019

Why Service Dogs Need Space to Work

Talking to, touching, feeding or deliberately getting a working dog's attention can interrupt its task or distract its handler.

April Childers
Published June 22, 2019

Choosing a Service-Dog Candidate

Start with the assistance you need, the environments the dog will encounter and the care you can arrange. Selection reduces uncertainty but cannot eliminate it.

Olivia Williams
Published May 31, 2019

Five Questions to Consider Before Partnering With a Service Dog

These questions can help you compare a service dog with other assistance options.

Kea Grace
Published May 15, 2019

Trained Service-Dog Tasks and Natural Behavior

The ADA requires individually trained work or tasks related to a person's disability. Comfort from a dog's presence alone does not meet that definition.

Terry McCormack, CDT
Published May 10, 2019

Steps toward getting a successor dog and retiring your current service dog

This is one owner-trainer’s dated account. Its ages, timetable and experiences are personal, not a required retirement or transition schedule.

Lisa A Faulkner
Published March 4, 2019

Service Dog Air Travel: Updated 2018–2019 Guide

This article originally covered the 2018–2019 travel season. Its former airline-by-airline policies are superseded.

Kea Grace
Published December 21, 2018

Five Useful Service-Dog Skills

Build behavior around your team’s tasks and everyday environments, rather than assuming every dog must use the same position.

Kea Grace
Published April 2, 2018