Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Service Dog Training Is Very Important

By Shanna McNeil


A lot of people are faced with many problems in their lifetime. These people may have to do things differently than other people. Sometimes, they will rely on an animal to take care of them or watch over them. Dogs are great for this because they can sense a lot of things that people are unable to. Service dog training teaches dogs to deal with these special situations.

Blind people may require the service dog to guide them through stores and many other places. Their dogs may bark to alert them or pull them in a certain way. The tasks that they can do for their owner makes them a special dog. Trainers can teach them to do a lot of different types of things.

There are trainers that specialize in teaching service dogs. They may teach them to lead the blind. They may also teach them to do things for the elderly or handicapped people. They can be taught to close doors, turn on the lights and many other things. Most importantly, these dogs are there to make sure that those people are safe.

Some dogs can sense problems with their owners before anyone else can. They may be able to do this because of a certain scent that they can smell. Another thing that is most likely noticed by the animal is how the person is acting. When a person is scared, a dog knows it.

If somebody that is being watched by a dog falls or collapses, the dog should know what they need to do for help. It might mean that they can press a button to alert other people. They will know what they have to do. Owners and trainers may be the only people that can tell them what to do though. This allows them to be able to protect their owner from danger.

Police dogs are other service animals that are important and trained in a special way. They do not use normal commands because only the police officers should be able to call them off when they are chasing someone. These dogs are taught by using different scents also. Each one will tell them to do something. This is because there are many things that they can sniff out.

Training is usually done before the dog is sent to the person that they are going to be living with. They will learn all kinds of different commands. For many things they do not have to be told. They will know what the routine is and will turn off lights when that needs to be done. They will get into a routine of the way things need to be done. This will make it much easier for the person that is being cared for.

Proper service dog training is important because the dogs have to follow a certain procedure. A dog that is being used for this should never even consider running away. If strangers approach, it may get aggressive with them but not bite them. They are not supposed to be petted and loved on while they are working. There are signs available for them to wear.




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