Service dog teams often reach out, during or after their formal training is over, because the handler and the dog both crave learning new skills and training together as a team. ELLAS Animals INC recommends many different types of further training like agility, search and rescue, dock diving, detection, and additional task/work training. One of… Continue reading Teaching a Dog to Use Buttons to Talk
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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
Training a service dog from a wheelchair
People with disabilities, whether physical or psychological, are accustomed to work arounds in every aspect of life – adaptations or modifications that empower us to accomplish our goals despite whatever limitations we may experience. ELLAS Animals INC specializes in teaching people with disabilities how to train their own service dogs, and this necessitates a fluid approach, adapting service… Continue reading Training a service dog from a wheelchair
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
Adapting service dog training to a trainer’s disability
Adapting service dog training People with disabilities, whether physical or psychological, are accustomed to work arounds in every aspect of life – adaptations or modifications that empower us to accomplish our goals despite whatever limitations we may experience. ELLAS Animals INC specializes in teaching people with disabilities how to train their own service dogs, and… Continue reading Adapting service dog training to a trainer’s disability
Training a Service Dog at a Pool
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC Opportunities for training a service dog at a pool One of the biggest challenges of training a service dog is finding opportunities for exposure to the surroundings or situations that you want to train for. For example, it can be hard to train… Continue reading Training a Service Dog at a Pool
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
My Favorite Equipment for Dog Training
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC While training our Service Dogs in Training at home, outside, and in Public Access, I have developed a few favorite pieces of equipment for dog training. For the most part, they’re the same pieces of equipment one needs for Foundational Obedience and Tasks… Continue reading My Favorite Equipment for Dog Training
Patience and Repetition in Public Access Training at EPCOT
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC If you’re following along, you know we often train Public Access at theme parks and this week we spent a day at EPCOT. We’re at that stage with our two Service Dogs in Training that is all about patience and repetition in Public… Continue reading Patience and Repetition in Public Access Training at EPCOT
Training Service Dogs at Universal Studios
by Zan Raynor, certified dog trainer and CEO of ELLAS Animals INC Service Dogs in Training We’re settling into a routine, trying to fit in a big-outing Public Access training with our Service Dogs in Training every week or two. We try to fit in small-outing Public Access training almost every day, which might be… Continue reading Training Service Dogs at Universal Studios