Service-dog work is individual. These examples show possible trained assistance; they are not a universal task menu or proof that any dog can safely perform every…
Kea Grace
Published June 16, 2019
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
Targeting means voluntarily touching a chosen point. A nose target can help teach positioning or an appropriate button task, but it does not make every pushing or…
Kea Grace
Published August 23, 2018
Start a service dog retrieve with a safe object, a reward marker and small steps from targeting to voluntary mouth contact. Continue through AP’s series.
Kea Grace
Published September 7, 2015
