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...]
A MILITARY DOG HANDLING TEAM
A Military Dog Handling Team This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Adam Belward, who was a military dog handler in the Air Force. Adam’s dad trained dogs in the Air Force during the Vietnam era. He enlisted, went to basic training and then to technical school to be a security forces officer (Air Force police officer). One day during training, the class was asked … [Read more...]
FACILITY DOGS
Facility Dogs Therapy dogs, service dogs, psychiatric service dogs, assistance dogs, seeing eye dogs, emotional assistance dogs, emotional support animals (ESAs), comfort animals, facility dogs - all those titles - ever wonder what they mean? We're going to explain the differences. In previous blogs we talked about therapy dogs, service dogs and emotional assistance dogs. … [Read more...]
SERVICE DOGS
Service Dogs Therapy dogs, service dogs, psychiatric service dogs, assistance dogs, seeing eye dogs, emotional assistance dogs, emotional assistance animals, comfort animals, facility dogs - all those titles - ever wonder what they mean? We're going to explain the differences. The other day we talked about therapy dogs. Today we're going to talk about service … [Read more...]
