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Assistance/Service/Guide Dogs
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SMOKE ALARM TRAINING FOR YOUR DOG
by Anders Hallgren; $9.31
Simple step-by-step program and illustrative pictures show how dog owners can have a smoke alarm trained dog in just a few weeks.
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TEAMWORK: A DOG TRAINING MANUAL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley; Paperback; 1997; $12.75
Teaches people with physical disabilities to train their dogs in basic obedience as a foundation for service dog training! Easy to read and follow with the emphasis on positive attitude, praise and food reward, explains equipment for the novice handler and makes it very clear that people with disabilities CAN train their own dogs to be better behaved friends and companions. Explores canine behavior and behavior problems, including recognizing, preventing and correcting them. **Suggestions for adapting training methods for those in wheelchairs, on crutches, etc. This great new book meets a long-standing need!! Highly recommended! 143 pages
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TEAMWORK II: DOG TRAINING MANUAL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SERVICE EXERCISES)
Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley; Paperback; 1998; $12.75
This second book in the series provides examples of how certain service exercises were taught by people with various disabilities. They are intended to give general ideas, stimulate your own creative processes and illustrate some of the difficulties you may encounter. Training a service dog is hard work, but should still be fun for both handler and dog, and this book will help you keep your sense of humor and your perspective!
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TEAMWORK II: DOG TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SERVICE EXERCISES) VIDEO
by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley $25.00
Demonstrates how to teach a dog service exercises such as retrieving dropped objects, pulling a wheelchair, etc. to assist a person with a disability. |
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TEAMWORK II: DOG TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SERVICE EXERCISES) DVD
by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley $25.00
Demonstrates how to teach a dog service exercises such as retrieving dropped objects, pulling a wheelchair, etc. to assist a person with a disability. |
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TEAMWORK FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES VIDEO
by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley $25.00
This video will show you how to teach your dog basic obedience commands, offering various techniques and methods that will work for people who are ambulatory, people who use canes, crutches, or walkers, people in manual wheelchairs and people who use power chairs. Also available as a DVD, #DTB764.
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TEAMWORK FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DVD
by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley $25.00
*Won the Dog Writer's Association of America's Award, Best CD/DVD of 2003! This DVD will show you how to teach your dog basic obedience commands, offering various techniques and methods that will work for people who are ambulatory, people who use canes, crutches, or walkers, people in manual wheelchairs and people who use power chairs. |
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Lend Me An Ear: Temperament, Selection And Training Of The Hearing Ear Dog
Martha Hoffman ; Paperback; 1999; $15.37
Temperament, selection and training of the Hearing Ear Dog. Only thing currently available specifically on the subject. Part One: Hearing Dog Basics (What is a hearing dog? The naturals: Reactivity and its impact on temperament, How reactivity affects hearing dog potential); Part Two: Behind the Hearing Dog Temperament (Classifying dogs by function, successful hearing dog, shelter dog behavior); Part Three: Testing Potential Hearing Dogs (Temperament Testing concepts, Temperament tests for hearing dog suitability, training basics, training sound alerting.) All training methods are positive: author recommends Don't Shoot the Dog, Smart Trainers, Brilliant dogs, Good Owners, Great Dogs, and the Teamwork books.
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Legal Rights Of Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs & Service Dogs 8th Ed.
Michael Roche ; Paperback; $6.00
A New 8th Edition! For individuals with disabilities partnered with Assistance Dogs and the trainers of Assistance Dogs. State-by-state laws.
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Helping Hounds: Assistance Dogs
Alison Hornsby ; Paperback; 2000; $19.95
Examines exactly what is involved in training a Guide dog, Hearing dog, Dog for the Disabled, and Therapy Dog, from puppyhood right through to adulthood. Heart-warming case histories are also featured, where owners talk about their personal experiences of sharing life with an assistance dog, describing the wonderful ways in which their canine helpers have improved their lives.
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LOOKING OUT FOR SARAH
by Glenna Lang $15.95
As we get to know Perry, a black Labrador guide dog, we learn about the ways a guide dog helps a blind person and their deeply affectionate, symbiotic partnership. |
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PARTNERS IN INDEPENDENCE: A SUCCESS STORY OF DOGS AND THE DISABLED
by Ed & Toni Eames
Provides an unique view of blind, deaf and physically disabled persons and the remarkable dogs that make it possible them to more fully participate in the world around them.
Ships the next business day.
Price: $19.95 |
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BOW WOW ! FUN AND FUNCTIONAL DOG TRICKS
Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman; Video Tape; 1996; $24.95
A collection of fun and functional dog tricks. Some are suitable for assistance dog training, meeting a long-time demand!! Well-done and enjoyable, training techniques are based on positive reinforcement, and the video comes with a clicker. Tricks include, take a bow, play dead, ring a bell (when you need to go out), open and close doors, wave, chase your tail, and retrieve your leash, are just some of the tricks included. Endorsed by Karen Pryor. 34 minutes.
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Chelsea : The Story of a Signal Dog
Paul Ogden; Hard Cover; 1992; $25.00
Paul Ogden, a deaf college professor, and his wife Anne, who is hard of hearing, discovered their 'ears' in Chelsea, a beautiful, gentle Belgian sheepdog. Instead of herding sheep, like her ancestors, Chelsea works as a signal dog, helping the Ogdens live as normally as possible. She 'tells' them if someone is at the door or on the phone, and wakes them when the alarm has gone off. She even reacts to the sound of strange voices and unusual noises. 0316633755 |
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Helping Paws: Service Dogs
(Cover-to-Cover Informational Books: Unsung Heroes)
Jane Duden; Paperback; 1998; Ages 9-12 $12.21 <on sale>
Explains what a service dog does and how it is trained and introduces some Helping Paws dogs and their people.
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BOW WOW, TAKE 2
Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman; Video Tape; 1997; $24.95
More fun and practical tricks taught with clickers! Many tricks are useful for service dog training, including turning on/off TV or lights, carrying and retrieving all sorts of things, throwing away garbage. Dogs of all ages and breeds - including mixed breeds - demonstrate. Retrieve training will be especially helpful for "non-retriever" types! 38 minutes.
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My Buddy
Osofsky; paperback; 1992; $6.95
Buddy is the best dog a boy could have. He and his master are always together. They play ball and go for walks, and take good care of each other. Nothing can separate them. They're a team, because Buddy is a Golden Retriever service dog; his young master has muscular dystrophy. Beautifully illustrated, entertaining and informative. Ages 5 to 10 years.
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Trained Retrieve Part I "Hold" & Part II "Fetch"
Jim and Phyllis Dobbs; Video Tapes; $38.95
These Tapes although produced for Hunting Dogs, Provide the information to do a reliable forced retrieve with an assistance dog.
Develop a reliable retrieve in the field using proven methods perfected by Jim and Phyllis Dobbs. Now training can be easy for you and your dog. These videos don't just look at already-trained dogs, but present dogs of a variety of temperaments at different stages of learning to give you a complete picture of the training process. They feature many training tips and handling techniques to help make training go smoothly for you and your dog. Part I, "Hold," teaches you how to gain control of the dog's mouth through his understanding of the "Hold" command. Part I includes holding birds calmly; carrying game birds, large and small, without chewing or dropping; releasing the bird promptly on command; and reinforcing "Hold" with the electronic collar. Part II, "Fetch," covers introducing the "Fetch" command; reinforcing "Fetch" with the electronic collar; teaching a quick pick-up and prompt return; delivering to hand; beginning the "Back" command; entering water on command; and solving common problems, such as nipping back at the bird after delivery
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Leader Dogs For The Blind
Margaret Gibbs ; 1982; $12.95
About people who are sightless, the dogs that lead them and Leader Dogs for the Blind, the largest training school for guide dogs in the world. Contents: History, Leader dogs today, the training staff, choosing the potential guide dog, breeding and puppy programs, puppy tests, foster families, beginning dog-beginning trainer, basic training, putting it all together, ready for placement, working with a dog-thoughts from the blind who are now working with a canine companion. **Does contain some specific training processes, but certainly not a complete course!
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Venture's Story: Life and Times of a Guide Dog
Diana Dawne; 1997; Paperback; $19.95
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Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog (Hello Reader! Level 4)
Eva Moore, Don Bolognese; Paperback; $3.59
True account of the training and early work experiences of the German shepherd which became the first seeing eye dog in America.
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Follow My Leader
James B. Garfield, Robert Greiner; Paperback; $3.99
After Jimmy is blinded in an accident with a firecracker, he has to relearn all the things he used to know. With the help of a determined therapist, he learns to read Braille and to use a cane. Then he's given the chance to have a guide dog. Learning to work with Leader is not easy, but Jimmy tries harder than he ever has before.
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The Guide Dog Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries, No 53)
Gertrude Chandler Warner, et al; Paperback; $4.49
At the Greenfield Guide Dog School, Jason, the school's instructor, shows the children how he trains dogs to lead the blind. The Aldens watch as Anna, a new student, learns to use her guide dog Ginger. Strange things soon start happening at the school, and when Ginger is stolen from the kennel, the Boxcar Children are on the case.
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Rugby & Rosie
Nan Parson Rossiter; Hardcover; $11.99
Rugby, the family's beloved Labrador retriever, finds himself unhappy with the new house guest, Rosie, a puppy brought home to be trained as a guide dog, but they soon become the closest of friends, until she has to leave to do the important work for which she is trained.
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The Trouble With Tuck
Theodore Taylor; Hardcover; $12.76
Winner of the California Young Readers Medal in 1984, this is the poignant, triumphant story of a thirteen-year-old girl who trains her blind dog to trust and follow a seeing-eye companion dog. |
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