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    Category: Service dogs

    Category: Service dogs

    The Right Dog for the Job: Irah’s Path from Service Dog to Guide Dog

    Books / Dog information / Service dogs August 14, 2018 November 29, 2018

    “The Right Dog for the Job” follows Irah, a wonderful golden retriever who started out as a service dog in training and ended up as a Guide Dog for the Blind. I made many new friends, both canine and human, while working on this project.

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    Made for Each Other: Why Dogs and People Are Perfect Partners

    Made for Each Other: Why Dogs and People Are Perfect Partners
    Books / Dog information / Dog research / Dog Writer Dorothy / Kahuna Front Page / Service dogs January 23, 2018 August 8, 2019

    Learn how humans developed different kinds of dogs for different jobs, how dog and human brains and hormones work together to bond us, and how new helpful jobs for dogs have come about in recent years.

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    Do As I Do Dog Training

    Do As I Do Dog Training
    Dog research / Dog Writer Dorothy / Service dogs December 14, 2015 November 5, 2018

    “Do As I Do” dog training, developed by animal behavior scientist Claudia Fugazza (Shown above with one of her dogs), fascinated me when I visited the Family Dog Project in Budapest recently.  During this process, the dog learns to copy the moves of the trainer.  With the dog sitting in …

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    Dog Law Reporter: A Varied Dog Blog

    Dog Writer Dorothy / Service dogs September 17, 2015 September 17, 2015

    Some of the resources I list elsewhere on this blog may be unfamiliar even to serious dog folks, such as www.doglawreporter.blogspot.com.  I stumbled across this goldmine of reliable dog information while writing my book “Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond.”  Dog Law Reporter is by John …

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