Sentences with phrase «alert dogs serve»

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Barking also serves as a canine alarm to alert the dog's family of anything unusual — a sound, trespassing squirrel or your wearing a hat.

It is poised, but when the occasion demands, eager and alert; both fit and willing to serve in its capacity as companion, watchdog, blind leader, herding dog, or guardian, whichever the circumstances may demand.

Delilah serves as his therapy dog, alerting the family to upcoming seizures, comforting Zach and helping him overcome his social anxiety and tendency not to speak.

The dogs can serve as watch dogs since they are always on the alert, but are usually more interested in barking than biting.

When humans were first working with dogs and keep them as companions, they served the purpose of helping us to hunt and alerting us to and / or protecting us from danger.

She was not only a seizure alert dog but also served a hearing impaired relative when the California wildfire evacuations were ordered.

«Though [emotional support] is their main function, these dogs can also pull double duty; serving as seizure alert dogs, TBI [traumatic brain injury] dogs, and provide mobility needs,» Fournier adds.

Each year, Canine Assistants places between 75 and 100 dogs — free of charge — that serve as therapy dogs, diabetic alert dogs and epilepsy service dogs.1 From mobility difficulties to medical concerns, including epilepsy, diabetes and cancer, each dog is matched with a recipient for a lifetime of companionship and love.

A second member of the group pointed out that dogs live in a sea of human verbal sounds and the dog's name serves to alert the dog to the fact that the next set of sounds coming from the handler's mouth is directed at them, rather than being part of a conversation that you might be having with another human being.

These are vocal dogs that serve well as alert dogs.