A 100% Perfect Service Dog Doesnt Exist
Posted on May 31, 2008
today i went to the assistant dog club of puget sounds yearly conference. although i had never been to one of their meetings and was not a member i was able to partake in the 8 hours of classes and discussions. what i found most intreguging was that some of the dogs there acted exactly like jasper does i.e. not a 100% perfect service dog. i give myself a very hard time whenever he does something a service dog isnt supposed to do (for example pay attention to other dogs rather than me). now that i know others have had the same experience with their rescues i dont feel so bad.
one of the best parts of the conference was the seminar on how to pick out a good service dog candidate from the humane society. the handout will be very useful when it comes time to start my non profit training service dogs for psychological disabilities. i am still debating on raising vs rescuing but after today i am leaning towards rescue due to the statistics presented at the conference.
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