Introduction to Service Dog Training
Instructor: Becky McClintock, Training Director, Texas Hearing & Service Dogs (ret.)
Saturday and Sunday, October 18 & 19, 2008, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
THSD Training Center, 4925 Bell Springs Road Dripping Springs, TX 78620 (Map)
Learn the basics of training Assistance Dogs including:
- Different Service Dog behaviors
- How to train TUG, PUSH and RETRIEVE and how to apply these skills in building different assistance behaviors
- Customizing a Service Dog to a specific person
- How to work with the person and the dog together
- Introduction to screening potential Service Dogs for shelter adoption
- Only 20 working spots are available (person and dog). It is recommended that your dog be at least clicker savvy before attending this seminar.
This seminar is approved for 13 CPDT CEUs