The initial stages of the program include repetitive obedience and socialization training. Then, the dog progresses into the final stage, where they demonstrate their obedience.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Canadian Service Dogs Had To Watch A Live Musical As Part Of Their Training, And Their Photo Goes Viral
The initial stages of the program include repetitive obedience and socialization training. Then, the dog progresses into the final stage, where they demonstrate their obedience.
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This is such a cute article. I love service animals and all the hard work they do. One of the best aspects of this article is that, while the dogs have to sit and stay quiet for two to three hours, it was a musical, thus the performance was comprised of live, distracting, people. I am so proud of all these such good puppers. One of my friends has a retired service or emotional support dog, Watson. He is the chillest dog ever. One of my favorite aspects of Watson, is he can tell when somebody needs him. He will leave a group of people petting him and showing him love to go over to someone who truly needs him in that moment. Just the other day, I had a really rough day and after a long crew call I got to hang with Watson for thirty minutes. He was being pet by five people across the room, but I came in and started to do homework, and Watson came over to me and just layed down next to me. I then laid down next to him and just snuggled for thirty minutes until his mom came to pick him up. Watson could tell that I had a rough day and he was there for me. Service and emotional support dogs work so hard for their jobs and it doesn’t go unnoticed.
This is a very interesting step in the process of dog training I have never heard of nor would have thought about, yet it does seem like an important part in the process. It is probably unique that this training group sets up a test as such where the dogs must be in a live performance with other patrons around. It makes sense that if this dog belonged to someone who did go out to a theatre, they would need to be able to do exactly as this scenario asks of them, sitting quietly and with their handler through the performance. Usually when I hear about dog training tests, it usually revolves around how well they respond to their handlers needs or if they can perform in an obedient state as well as a state of active command, like pursuit for police dogs. A test like this not only measures the dog’s obedience but also their ability to handle varying and common situations they might be thrust into. This is very unlike the abilities a police dog would need to possess but make perfect sense for a service dog to someone with a disability.
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