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Service dog education for dog trainers
There is no way around it: From training expenses to veterinary bills, acquiring and caring for a service dog can be expensive. According to the National Council on Disability, people with …
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Hearing dogs need to be able to alert to a wide range of different sounds including doorbells, fire alarms, traffic sounds and the sound of another person speaking to their handler, just to name a …
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Preparing service dogs for public access is an exciting and important aspect of service dog training. Just as with other types of training, it is important to plan public access training sessions …
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Carefully selected and well-trained service dogs make public access work look easy and even boring. The majority of the time service dogs are in public, they are waiting quietly and patiently by their …
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Deep pressure therapy (DPT) is a service dog task that, while seemingly simple, can be important for many service dog handlers. DPT involves the dog leaning on or lying down on the handler. The warmth …
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Whether you are working with owner-trainers as part of your pet dog training business or running a nonprofit, an important aspect of training service dogs is the business itself. Like all business …
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