I have socialized my dog from the very youngest age to the car. She LOVES the car. She’s been on every road trip and vacation I’ve ever taken since she came into my life. I love to travel with her and she loves new places. However, this summer a daunting road trip loomed before us-a… Continue reading Road Trip with a Service Dog: Hit the Road, Fido!
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Training a Service Dog to Retrieve
One of our clients has written about her experience training a service dog to retrieve, a deceptively simple looking behavior that is actually a very complex task to train. Katie Calahan is owner-training her service dog through our program using our online lessons. Katie and Daisy are very advanced, having completed all of the coursework… Continue reading Training a Service Dog to Retrieve
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?