A multi-part guide to training anaphylactic alert dogs — from choosing the right breed to scent detection and real-world practice.
Here's how to keep yourself from "Lumping" or asking too much of your dog while training delivery to your hand or lap.
While scientists do not yet understand the exact trigger* (see below) that dogs recognize to know a seizure is coming, they do know that the foundation of response...
Alzheimer’s Alert dogs are dogs that are trained to help the caregiver but also provide emotional support and companionship to the person suffering from Alzheimer’s....
The actual training process to teach a diabetic alert dog how to do an alert is a straight forward process.
If you have access to the person with the diabetes, it...
The fastest growing sector of service dogs is the use for treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Anxiety. Many non-profit organizations will train and...
While most people categorize the type of service dog by the tasks it does for the handler, all service dogs can be taught to do tasks for several different disabilities...
A recent trend is for owner trainers to train their own Anxiety Alert Dogs. I have seen several issues appear in the training process that has to do with the environment...