Service Dog In Training - Blog Posts
Service Dog Handlers, how do you respond when a child (or intrusive stranger) asks what service your dog provides?
I completely agree with not messing with your dog when they're eating, BUT I still do it sometimes to make sure she won't snap or become defensive. If she gets something that could hurt her one day, I need to make sure I can take it away without the fear of her hurting me or anyone else.
I respect my dog's space and make sure she is comfortable, but I also need to know that she is safe.
service dogs cost 10-30k. its genuinely disgusting to act like its ablest to “fake” having a service dog when 90% its a homeless person trying to exist in public/someone low income. fucking gross
I don't think Service Dogs have to be trained by a professional trainer who you have to pay thousands to. I am currently owner training my own dog. The only reason I said that 'just because someone is disabled doesn't mean they have the right to fake a service dog' is because my dog was almost attacked by an untrained dog a wheelchair user had in a store. Not only is it illegal to have an aggressive service dog where I live, but it's very dangerous.
I'm not sure if I understand that second part, but no matter what the income is, a dog can still be trained. I don't think it's exactly 'ableist', but just inconsiderate towards real handlers who have put in the hundreds of hours of training to have public access rights, no matter what their status is.
She craves the Cheerios
Circe will commit war crimes for Cheerios
Circe will commit war crimes for Cheerios
So I'm training a service dog, who is named after the Circe Saga, and I'm trying to use unique words and phrases as commands.
I'm looking for EPIC inspired commands for barking on command, laying her front half on my lap when I'm on a chair, retrieving items, and anything else you can think of.
Full speed ahead - walk forward
Come inside - go through a doorway
Away we go - get out of the car
Circe, go to your palace - go to her dog bed
To the guy who approached my dog and I at night and asked to pet her and then understood that her running away with a toy in her mouth did not mean that she wanted to play with you, Thank you.
Question for Service Dog handlers: How does your dog tell you they need to use the bathroom when you're inside for a long time? And how were they taught?
You don't know shame until you are almost crying in Millennium Park because of your body not being able to keep up with the people you are with.
I fucking hate my body.
Good morning
I still feel like a dream
I can't seem to hold things very well and am constantly dropping things.
This is scary.
I don't feel real.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I need help.
I feel like everything is a dream and I can't comprehend what people are saying to me.
My SDIT has helped to ground me, but I still feel extremely dizzy.
I am hallucinating a small, wiggly man
I can't walk in a straight line and an so thirsty.
Am going to bed.
I don't feel real.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I need help.
I feel like everything is a dream and I can't comprehend what people are saying to me.
My SDIT has helped to ground me, but I still feel extremely dizzy.
I am hallucinating a small, wiggly man
I can't walk in a straight line and an so thirsty.
Am going to bed.
A snapshot of one morning, on a relaxed day with mild weather. Now imagine this when it's crowded or when it's raining or snowing.
Video description below
Video description: POV from the lap of a wheelchair user. Very shaky. OP is going downhill on a fall day. Lots of trees and fallen leaves around. There are construction trucks to the left in the very beginning. Every now and then, you can see a German Shepherd on the left. Second obstacle shows a food robot crossing the sidewalk to drive in front of OP, but it stops suddenly and OP crashes into it. OP continues down the hill until she reaches another food robot, which is obstacle 3. This robot sits in the middle of the sidewalk while OP navigates around it. Then OP comes to a concrete ramp with iron railings, which is obstacle 3.5. It is very steep. After the ramp, OP goes to cross the street, where a black SUV blows through the crosswalk. Obstacle 4 is a ramp with red brick. OP struggles to move up and pauses at one point before continuing again to obstacle 5, where there is a big concrete building and manual doors. The German Shepherd service dog goes up to push the accessibility button multiple times to no avail. A student comes and opens the door, OP enters through two sets of doors into a hallway. Clip change to obstacle 6, OP is wheeling down a hallway and approaches a white elevator with out of order signs.
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