Depending on the breed of your dog, you may find grooming to be a daily chore, or something you need to do less often, like trimming their nails once a month. Whether you do this yourself at home or take your dog to a professional groomer, it’s important that you make dog grooming a positive… Continue reading Make Dog Grooming a Positive Experience
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Intentional Puppy Socialization System Begins with Breeder
ELLAS Animals INC offers an online Puppy Basics course that covers topics like puppy socialization, potty training, crate training, and bite inhibition. Our course is designed to set an owner/trainer and their new puppy up for success to train as a service dog team. We recommend that the owner/trainer completes the course before bringing the… Continue reading Intentional Puppy Socialization System Begins with Breeder
Motion Sickness in Dogs
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC Motion sickness in dogs, just like in people, is quite common. Also just like in people, motion sickness tends to be more common in puppies (or children) than in adults. So the good news is that most dogs will outgrow their motion sickness… Continue reading Motion Sickness in Dogs
Documenting Owner-Training of a Service Dog
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC Documenting owner-training of a service dog serves two equally important purposes. First, it may at some point become necessary to prove that your dog meets the legal requirements to be a service dog and, as an owner/trainer, you will have to provide this… Continue reading Documenting Owner-Training of a Service Dog
Adolescent Fear Periods in Dogs
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC I train dogs but, more importantly, I teach people how to train dogs through ELLAS Animals INC. I specialize in service dogs, but I work with people who are training therapy dogs, ESAs, and pets, too. Part of my job is to figure… Continue reading Adolescent Fear Periods in Dogs
What does it take to train a service dog?
by Zan Raynor, certified dog training and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC The temperament of the trainer, rather than the dog The temperament to train a service dog may not lie completely where you expect. We see plenty of statistics about how high a percentage of dogs that begin service dog training are then “washed”… Continue reading What does it take to train a service dog?
Having a service dog at college
by Sofia Porter Bacon, guest writer Hello, my name is Sofia and my service dog’s name is Ronan. He is a year and a half old Aussiedoodle. We have been living on our college campus for a year now. There are a lot of challenges in having a service dog at college but there are… Continue reading Having a service dog at college
Selecting a Service Dog Candidate
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC Game of Chance There are a lot of factors to take into consideration when selecting a service dog candidate. There’s no mathematical formula that calculates the statistics and guarantees a successful service dog. It’s definitely a game of chance. However, it’s not like… Continue reading Selecting a Service Dog Candidate