Sound Buttons are used to teach a dog how hard to "touch" a human in order to impinge and make the human aware of the alert. And for the Hearing Assistance Dog, to teach different household sounds to alert to.
Marker Spots are used in training a dog where to alert to, whether it's the target human or another human such as an adult if the target human is a child.
There is a section on fitness in the book and program. Resistance bands are needed to build strength and persistence.
Turning on and off the lights is a great task for those needing household assistance.
A target stick is used to teach a dog "where" to alert and to familiarize a dog with all parts of a human that can be alerted on.
Turning on and off the lights is a great task for those needing household assistance.
Included is a 9 inch yoga ball. There are many games in the program that require a ball of this size for balance, for learning to push things, for problem solving and creativity training.
This book will guide your through all the games we play at Access To Service to create a Mobility and Assistance Dog.
Teaching retrieve is easiest with a toy in the very beginning. A frisbee fits that need.
A tug toy can be used for many games and it is a great toy for using as the reinforcer instead of food. For mobility and assistance, you can tie it to a door and teach your dog to open the door.
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Training Your Mobility and Assistance Service Dog combines all the games and exercises for training your dog, how to get a persistant alert and how to Troubleshoot when things don't go the way you think they should be going. You also get all the games and exercises for evaluating a dog for it's potential as a service dog. For Assistance tasking there are games for turning lights on and off, how to open and close doors and much more.
Just the Kit includes resistance bands for training strength, 9 inch ball for learning to push and strenthening balance, a target stick, 1 Toggle Light Switch, 1 Push Light Switch, PostIt Notes for learning to open and close doors, tug toy for learning to pull doors open and 3 spot markers.