Greetings All,
I have a service dog that I am attempting to train myself. He passed therapy dog evaluation so obviously knows basic obedience. I don't think he is sufficiently consistent with all behaviors all the time to do medical service yet. He's also incredibly friendly and I'm not sure that the two activities (medical service=focused on me exclusively and therapy=open to all interactions from others) aren't mutually exclusive. :msniwonder:
I'm still figuring out which disability-related things to teach. I'm hoping to find a forum for this topic. There's a good service dog academy near me, but they are expensive even for owner-trained dogs.
I have a service dog that I am attempting to train myself. He passed therapy dog evaluation so obviously knows basic obedience. I don't think he is sufficiently consistent with all behaviors all the time to do medical service yet. He's also incredibly friendly and I'm not sure that the two activities (medical service=focused on me exclusively and therapy=open to all interactions from others) aren't mutually exclusive. :msniwonder:
I'm still figuring out which disability-related things to teach. I'm hoping to find a forum for this topic. There's a good service dog academy near me, but they are expensive even for owner-trained dogs.
