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A Complex Mobility Task: 📫🦮
Since moving into a house, Mandana has started to develop a habit of barking loudly when mail or packages are dropped off. Rather than punish her for this natural behavior I’m giving her the tools to deal with it in a more productive manner.
1. She rings the bell to let me know the mail was delivered.
2. She sits and waits for me to open the door and give her commands instead of bolting outside.
3. She brings the packages inside and stacks them in a pile.
4. She opens the packages for me only when I ask and only until I ask her to stop so as not to damage anything.
5. She helps me pick up items and throw trash away.
It’s a bit of extra work for me right now but she really enjoys it and it’s going to be very helpful when the training is complete.
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skye-mystardog · 5 months
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Sometimes you think assistance dogs being life changing means they literally save their handlers lives every five minutes. Today my daft pup successfully retrieved a box of pain meds via me pointing at them, a thing he’s never done before, and I just about exploded with joy. He wagged his tail, got his fish cube about it, accepted my happy cuddles, and has promptly gone back to sleep like this was not a major event.
I love him so much I think my heart might explode.
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cryptcatz · 5 months
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this is the peak of comfort. well-deserved after a long day of work!
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bam-reactive · 3 months
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Just a little reminder:
Service dogs, demo dogs, and dog trainers are not above the law
Leash, handling, and behavior laws and regulations apply to them too
I do not care how well trained the dog is
I do not care how well behaved the dog is
If there is a law, you too must follow it
The only time that service dogs are permitted off leash in on-leash areas is when the leash specifically makes their tasking impossible or dangerous
Personally, I use hands-free leashes, traffic handles, and flexi leashes to best suit our needs
For @fairytalepsuedonym
There are so many options; being completely off leash is not necessary unless the tasks or disabilities deem it so
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blue-theservicedog · 9 months
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Absolutely infuriating that Etsy drove away service dog gear makers because they can’t prove that the gear is going to an actual service dog, but are absolutely fine hosting service dog-style vests and patches as long as they’re for ESAs.
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red-k9-shop · 5 months
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Okay so super sloppy sketch but I'm trying to figure out the metal-free leash and collar thing and so far the best option I could come up with was using quick release buckle and having the leash and collar as a combo set
So something like these attached to both the collar and the leash:
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Biggest issues here are that they would not be able to have a swivel and that they can really only hold back 100 or so lbs of force
Now obviously if you're just using this for a working dog, the strength isn't that much of an issue but that's not really the only thing I'm shooting for.
I want my gear to be durable and practical for everyone
Another option would be fiddling with a couple styles of slip leads but again, no swivel
Slip lead would have the option to be very strong and durable but it's also limited in it's versatility
Any ideas/suggestions welcome
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man-i-dunno · 5 months
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I know I talk a lot about how I'm planning out for my new sd prospect and how excited I am to get another dog but nothing will ever compare to this dog
She's been with me through it all and I love her with all my being
But I know that she will not be here forever and I do need to start planning everything out sooner rather than later
I of course would want her to be with me forever but it's selfish and irresponsible to not acknowledge and plan for the fact that she won't
I also cannot and would never force her into the role of service work that she is just genuinely not cut out for
So to anyone going through a similar situation or will be soon: I'm proud of you
I'm proud of you if you can make that hard decision
I'm proud of you for knowing your dog's needs and putting them first
I'm proud of you for acknowledging and acting upon your own needs as well
It's hard
It's really fucking hard
But you knowing and fulfilling both of your needs...
You being able to let go and adjust...
That's something that proves just how strong you are
(And I am not talking about forgetting about your dog or experience. I'm talking about being able to adjust. I personally will never "let go" of Rossi. But I will always put her needs over my goals. I will always put my own well-being over a dream no longer possible. So instead I adjusted that dream to suit us both.)
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I'm deeply over people assuming that they can take their dogs in public just because they have a bare minimum of obedience training and they see fake service dogs in the wild.
Your dog being able to walk on a loose leash some of the time does not equal service dog training. Seeing other people break the law does not suddenly make it OK to break it yourself. Seeing stressed dogs in public doesn't make it OK to stress your dog out in public.
Yes, task trained service dogs often look like they are "doing nothing" except walking or lounging in a heel next to their handler. No, that does not mean they are the same as an average pet. My dog is not vested for clout. My dog is not with me because it's "fun" to take a whole animal with me everywhere. My dog (and other real service dogs) saves my life on the daily. She is trained to assess and react appropriately to stressful, loud, crowded public situations. On good spoon days, we will happily answer legitimate questions about how to go about researching and obtaining a service dog to assist with a disability. But do not get all huffy when we tell you that not every dog is destined to become a working dog, and indoor restaurants in the US are never pet friendly.
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44cowboycryptid44 · 3 months
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Service Dogblr, I need your help
Hello! I'm a high school senior moving into college next year, and I'm planning to get and owner train a service dog for mental and physical disabilities. Here's the thing: I'm worried about the timing. I'd get a lab puppy about 3 months old at the start of June, house train it and get it non-reactive to people, and get started with public access training when it's about 4 months old. I'm going to be moving into college dorms around August. My question is: does this seem like a feasible plan? Do I have enough time to get started in order to make the SDiT well behaved enough? They don't have to be fully trained to live in the dorms, just non disruptive/destructive and house trained. If this is enough time, does anybody have advice for me? Thank you so much in advance. If you don't have anything to add but could still reblog this to spread it more, I'd really appreciate it!
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tbh i’d love to hear more about service dogs but i don’t have a particular question in mind. could you start with the basics? what kinds of service dogs are out there and how are emotional support animals different (or if they’re not)? common breeds? i want to know so much but i don’t know where to begin!
So here's an article about what a service dog is in the US (though the airplane thing is out of date). The short version is (for the US):
Service dogs are trained to specifically mitigate one person's disability(ies), with one or more task or work behaviors and are allowed anywhere their handler is (with a few exceptions). There is also no documentation or equipment required to "prove" a service dog is legitimate though business employees can ask two questions to verify it's a legitimate service dog.
Emotional support animals (ESAs) can be any species, require a psychiatric disability, but don't require any training, and aren't given special access except for living situations. So they can't go to the grocery store. Housing (apartments, dorms, etc.) can request documentation of the disability and need for an ESA.
Therapy animals can technically be any species, are trained to help *other* people, and are only given special permissions (like going to a hospital) by each individual location, generally only at certain scheduled times, and only with their handler. Most therapy dog teams are certified through an organization and do their outings through that organization but this varies and there's nothing legally requiring documentation. But they still can't go to, say, a grocery store or restaurant.
The EVEN SHORTER version is:
Service Dog = one person, trained, can only be a dog or miniature horse, & given public access
ESA = any species, no training, no public access (only for housing), requires psychiatric disability
Therapy dog = any species, training, only allowed "public" access when given specific permission ahead of time by the business, helps *others* not handler
I'll get into common breeds, what service dogs can be trained for, and other things in another post because I don't want this to get too long lol.
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hashtag-xolo · 2 years
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Self Doubt and Learning to Listen To My Service Dog
I have always struggled with heavy Imposter Syndrome. It's extra heavy in training my own service dog because I have zero official credentials therefore I'm so very definitely a Fake and will Fail.
Today I finally got to resume training Tzapo on alerting to cortisol. I had run out of samples and was too spacy for the past couple weeks to remember to get more during a panic. But I finally got more so I went back to offering the positive sample to a base sample. I expected a couple missteps because it had been a second since we'd done this.
But he kept messing up. I was so confused after a couple minutes and he wasn't catching back on. And he kept trying to jump even when there was no sample present. Then I realized my chest was starting to hurt. I was having an anxiety attack out of nowhere. And I probably had started already having elevated cortisol levels when I made my "neutral" sample which means... It wasn't actually neutral. This is why he was doing so poorly... He was actually on point and probably so confused by this exercise.
I tested licking my arm and letting him sniff the spot. He would alert. He understood what he needed to do.
I was too anxious and untrusting of myself though to consider he was doing the right thing. Hopefully, I will learn from this. I went and lay down on the bed after this video and Tzapo immediately set to tasking. He's a good good boy.
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Pillow Dogs
Reblog with your dog using pillows like a person.
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skye-mystardog · 3 months
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This pup is an absolute lifesaver.
We’re going away for Christmas tomorrow-naturally we had to do pre travel essentials like picking up Skye’s food and my medication before we go. So that was today’s job.
Skye had been relatively consistently alerting, in an on and off sort of way, for a while. My HR was bouncing just over his alert range and then going back down. About 15mins from home-he refused to guide, would not walk forwards, and put me on the floor. I had a HR of 105 sat down while he was doing DPT. Never a good sign.
That close to home I decided to let it recover a bit and then get home as fast as I could. Skye did a perfect hands free heel (I couldn’t grip the leash properly) all the way home down a busy road in the dark. Sure enough I’d been inside about 10mins when Skye went ballistic. I was super dizzy, laid down, and I was out.
For me fainting is weird. It’s like the worst pre-syncope possible. I can hear, but I can’t open my eyes or move. Sometimes I’ll be able to respond to Skye but then I’ll lose it again. He did DPT the whole way through, and when he knew I was coming round he got up and came and licked my face to help me wake up.
I am so so lucky to have this dog. We haven’t trained for those long stretches of me being unresponsive for a while-especially not at home. But he aced it. I could feel him there, doing exactly what he was trained to do. And I’m so so glad his alerts meant I could avoid going unconscious in the street, in the dark. That would’ve been horrible.
My Stardog. He earns his name. 😊
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cryptcatz · 1 year
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me: sorry this is my service dog, he’s working so please don’t pet him
way too many people:
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bam-reactive · 2 months
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Hot take:
While yes, people shouldn't be trying to distract working dogs... you also shouldn't be teaching your dog to respond to words and noises commonly used to call or distract a dog
Using kissy noises and whistles to teach recall really isn't going to help you when those are the primary sounds people make to get a dog's attention
Same thing with putting value into common words and phrases that people say to dogs (treat, baby, puppy, high pitched voices, etc)
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blue-theservicedog · 1 year
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Sometimes as an owner-trainer it is INCREDIBLY tempting to take my dog into stores he’s not allowed in yet (my state doesn’t give SDITs full access rights) because it’s easier than going out to run errands and then coming home and then taking him out for training, and I know those stores don’t care because I’ve seen so many fakes and straight up pets inside and watched employees not only ignore them but even interact with them. No one would care! Clearly no one knows the law!
But I know, and I care, and I also know he’s not ready for those kinds of locations yet, so I’m good and I don’t take him with me to pick up my meds or whatever. But man, I want to.
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