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April Live Q&A Replay (Patreon)

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2025-04-08 18:26:57
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Topics:

  • whining at a friends house

  • when to career change (wash) a service dog

  • training supervised separation

  • leaving puppy alone

  • can a service dog be a therapy dog?

  • daily routine for Denver as a pup and now

  • small dogs in hospitals

  • training two dogs of similar age at the same time

  • can a more fearful dog become more confident?

  • whining in a car kennel

  • dealing with the public

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9 week old puppy's morning routine

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Smokey Blue

I train and certify therapy dog teams, so wanted to add my two cents on the question about "duel purposing" a dog as both a therapy dog and service dog at the same time. The organization I work for does NOT allow service dogs to be therapy dogs. Our main reason is that we don't want the dog to feel conflicted about what they're supposed to be doing. This is especially true for medical alert dogs, who need to always have their attention on their handler. Service dogs need to (more or less) ignore everyone but their handler. Therapy dogs need to be engaged with and paying attention to everyone that wants their attention AND their handler. Trying to do both at once can be very conflicting and frustrating for the dog. We also only certify teams if we can tell the dog is enjoying the work. That's a huge consideration for us. So a lot of our teams love their work and it IS for the dog as well as the people. Hope this helps!

DOGGY•U
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This is great information, and definitely shows my limited knowledge of therapy dog work. I've prepped two dogs for therapy tests and both have just been "meh" on the work, while the owner was REALLY into it, so it definitely colored my opinion. Thank you for this deeper dive from a more knowledgeable perspective!

Cristal and Petrie

Hearing about how you rescued Jake really resonated (and well done for doing so well with him!). Almost 20 years ago now I rescued a Springer mix who was very similar. Even though she was older (about 7 or 8 yo at the time), and I was inexperienced, it took awhile but eventually she did a 180 and was a totally different dog. I never did trust her around children but she was laser focused on me and everything I said to her, and trusted me to guide her through pretty much anything. So I definitely agree that some timid/anxious dogs can come around and be confident dogs in the end. It was also interesting hearing more about how you separate your dogs (both physically and in age!) and it really makes sense. I am applying to be a temporary border volunteer for guide dogs in training (for a blind/low vision org) and their guidelines are that you can have another dog that is 2+ yo. With Petrie coming up on 2, I’m starting to think about how I would handle both Petrie and a guide pup in the house at the same time and give them both what they each need. I wonder if you at some point could talk about anything you would do to prep a current dog for an arrival of a SDiT.