Preparing your dog to confidently work in retail, restaurants, transportation and accommodation locations is a deliberate process. It requires a careful break down and gradual familiarization for your dog to work in places with high distraction and unpredictable situations. Find out how to know when your dog is ready for public access training and how to teach your dog what behavior is expected when interacting with common features and situations you will experience in real life together. Discover the easy way to teach your dog that his vest is a cue for work, how to keep you and your dog safe in public and when you should not do public access with your service dog. Explore what is in a public access training kit, how to deal with retailers and how to maintain your motivation to train for public access due to the extra time and energy it takes to be in public. Be safe and be prepared!
- to recognize early and respond appropriately to signs of stress in your dog when working in public places
- getting in and of of vehicles
- loose leash walking through crowds
- 3 different ways to approach doorways
- posts and poles
- gates and turn styles
- public bathrooms
- elevators/escalators
- restaurant behaviors
- public transit (busses, taxi, subways)
- emergency staff, equipment and vehicles (ambulance, firetruck etc)
- travelling
- dealing with other dogs and their people
- navigating crowds of people
Completion Certificate & Continuing Education Units
Once you have marked all parts of the Public Access – Formal Training program complete and completed the quiz (located at the end of Module 10) with an 80% or more passing score, your completion certificate will display on this page (the Public Access – Formal Training home page).
Dog trainers can present the certificate to their professional organization for 2.0 hours CEU consideration.