Down! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs In my last post, I introduced you to obedience training and described how to teach your dog to sit using the Sit command. Today's blog post is going to be about teaching your dog to lay down using the Down command. Down and Sit can be taught and practiced at the same time. Once your dog understands Sit, Down naturally follows so both … [Read more...]
SIT!
Sit! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs Sit is a basic obedience command and the foundation for learning other commands. It's one of the easiest commands to teach your dog and thus normally the first command taught. Obedience training is important because it teaches your dog good manners and it can easily be incorporated into many games that you play with your dog. It can be … [Read more...]
HUDSON VALLEY PAWS FOR A CAUSE BRING JOY
Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause Bring Joy written by Cathy Radziemski You can’t open a newspaper or magazine, or watch a news clip or documentary, or peruse the dog books in a bookstore these days without seeing the story of a dog that is labeled a “Therapy Dog”. In The Hudson Valley in the summer of 2011, a small group of dedicated Therapy Dogs and their owners took on a … [Read more...]
CADET DESTRESS DAY MAY 5, 2013
Cadet Destress Day May 5, 2013 written by Susan Henson Today was cadet destress day. Some of you may remember an article in the 2012 Volume 7, Issue 1, of "Therapy Dogs Incorporated News Magazine," about a group of Dog Therapy teams that were visiting soldiers at West Point. We visited with soldiers who came back to the U.S. suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain … [Read more...]
