Task Training

There are many different kinds of service dog tasks that involve alerting. Service dogs working with people with PTSD are often trained to alert to

Dog trainers are often asked to train service dogs to help a person balance when walking or getting up from a fall. The person may hold a harness the

Service dogs need to pull to perform tasks like opening a door, opening a drawer, pulling a zipper and helping their owner take off a jacket. Pulling

Many service dog handlers need their dogs to perform tasks that involve retrieving, such as picking up dropped items, retrieving medications or

An anxiety alert is a commonly needed task for service dogs trained to help people with PTSD, other mental illnesses and conditions that cause

The retrieve is an important task for most service dogs, and the uses for this behavior go far beyond picking up dropped objects. The components of