Training Hearing Alerts, Scent Alerts & Response Tasks
Examine the process for training hearing alerts, scent alerts, getting help from a caregiver, retrieving medication and more. The tasks explored in this course are commonly needed for service dogs helping people who are deaf or hard of hearing, people with diabetes, and people with epilepsy. This detailed course includes training demonstrations, troubleshooting strategies, and a review of the research on scent alert training.
“The Alert and Response Service Dog course is a great resource for trainers who coach their service dog clients. As with all of Veronica’s courses, there is a consistent format, notes, videos, and additional resources that reflects her expertise. I highly recommend this course, and other courses that Veronica offers, to trainers working in the service dog training industry.”
Who this Course is For
This course is for professional trainers, owners training their own dogs, and program volunteers interested in service dog work. You should have a solid foundation in clicker or marker training. Some of the tasks in this course build upon component behaviors from a service dog retrieve.
“Loved the course! Thank you so much! Everything is so well organized and laid out it is a pleasure. You are such a great teacher! “
What You Will Learn
You will take an in-depth look at the training process for teaching alert and response tasks. Video presentations include demonstrations of training techniques, troubleshooting, and strategies to generalize skills.
This Course Covers
- Selecting and training an alert behavior
- Research review on scent based alerts for epilepsy and diabetes
- Training how-to for hearing alerts
- One way alert – training a dog to alert to a sound
- Two way alert – training a dog to alert to a sound and lead handler to the sound source
- Scent-based medical alert (diabetic alert, seizure alert)
- Training how to for a scent-based medical alert
- Choosing and maintaining samples
- Avoiding cross-contamination
- Introducing the alert and pairing with the target odor
- Generalizing to real world contexts
- Training how to for a scent-based medical alert
- Training response tasks
- retrieving medication
- retrieving an emergency phone
- getting help from a caregiver
- lying down next to the handler in response to fall/seizure
“Objective and enlightening! The wealth of knowledge gained is invaluable.”
How You Will Learn
You will watch video presentations, training demonstrations and read course materials. This course also includes links and supporting materials. While this course can be completed in a few afternoons, you will have access to it for 3 months (90 days). Handouts are provided in PDF so you can download them for your personal use.
The Details
- Tuition: $185
- Course length: Includes approximately 5 hours of content. You’ll have 3 months (90 days) of access to complete the course and review the material.
- CEUs: CPDT-KA & CBCC-KA – 4, KPA – 4, IAABC – 3.5, PPGA – 4
“This was an excellent course and I learned so much!”
Magster Dog Training