Five Things to Discuss With Your Service Dog Trainer

A good training partnership depends on clear communication and an individual plan.

Kea Grace
Published July 17, 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: 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: 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

Train a Service Dog to Retrieve: A Comfortable Hold and Release

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

How developing a task list for seizure disorder and PTSD provided me some measure of relief

This is Shawna’s personal account from the original publication period.

Shawna Mayo
Published September 27, 2011

Learning to Train Service Dogs

Learn to train service-dog teams: dog-training skills, handler preparation, and how Service Dog Standards supports the trainer and powers USSDR.

Anything Pawsable Staff
Published August 20, 2011