[nagdu] Local business asks service dog to leave

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Ah.  I did not know that!  So the post-seizure behaviors would require
specific training.  There is a program around here that trains medical alert
dogs, and I meet dogs in training every now and then.  I know it takes a
couple of years, starting in puppyhood, for the socialization in proper
public behavior.  Now I have an idea about some of the tasks the dogs are
being trained to perform!  Interesting stuff.

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Katrin Andberg
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:48 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Local business asks service dog to leave

Dogs who naturally alert to conditions are not service animals.  A natural
alert is not trained.  What can turn that natural alerter into a service
animal is actual training in response behaviors and tasks to assist the
disabled handler when a condition is alerted to.  For seizure alert dogs I
believe the current thought % is 20-30% of dogs can naturally alert to a
seizure in their handler, these dogs are not by default service animals.  I
have a friend who has a seizure alert and response dog and she will say a
thousand times over what benefits her more is having the dog trained in
response behaviors such as clearing an airway, guiding her safely around
objects and drop offs when she is postictal, and other such behaviors.
While it is nice to know a seizure is coming, what is generally more
important is staying safe after.

 

Katrin 

 

Katrin Andberg

 <mailto:katrin at maplewooddog.com> katrin at maplewooddog.com 

 

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