Inspired by Dogs & Nature
The activity of “teaching dogs to detect scent” is akin to the idea of “teaching a person to see colors.” Dogs don’t need to be taught to detect scent anymore than people need to be taught to see colors. However, if we want to… Continue Reading “More Scent Discrimination – Riff”
In my last post I showed Service-Dogs-In-Training, Riff and Rock, pressing a Recordable Dog Button which was programmed to speak to an Alexa device, to call for help. In this short video, you’ll see two additional possible devices that can be employed when training… Continue Reading “Devices for Service Dog Task: Call For Help”
In this video you see Riff and Rock learning to press a button which “speaks to an Alexa device. The Recordable Dog Buttons are becoming quite common for folks who choose to teach their dogs to “talk” to them. I employed the button to… Continue Reading “Service Dog Training Task: “Get Help!””
As we train Riff for his future partnership as a Service Dog, we are teaching him a number of different skills. One such task is to alert to a specific scent. This may be blood glucose highs and lows, or perhaps allergen alert. A… Continue Reading “Scent Discrimination Training – Riff”
Rock is a puppy from our April 2024 litter that we’ve retained for Service Dog training. He is Riff’s brother (I posted about Riff’s training in the previous post.) We breed this specific cross (St. Poodle x Old English Sheepdog) because we’ve found them… Continue Reading “Service Dog in Training “Rock””
Riff is a puppy from our April 2024 litter that we’ve retained for Service Dog training. We breed this specific cross (St. Poodle x Old English Sheepdog) because we’ve found them to be exceptional Service Dogs for both child handlers and adults with a… Continue Reading “Riff Service Dog In Training”