Sentences with phrase «as great therapy dogs»

Yes, they can; I know of several dogs who were originally terrified of strangers and ended up as great therapy dogs.

Not exact matches

An interesting twist: The dogs in the experiment that had received training as service / therapy dogs showed greater caudate activation for the scent of a familiar human compared with the other dogs.

The puppy, who will weigh over 100 pounds when full - grown, is in training as a therapy dog and is a great incentive for children to read.

Today the breed continues to excel in the field but they are also great at obedience, agility, rally, tracking, search and rescue, flyball, as therapy dogs, or just about anything you care to train them to do.

I truly believe that the standard schnauzer because of their size (most therapy dogs in our unit have been very large such as Great Danes, Labrador Retrievers and Bernese Mountain Dogs) will be less likely to intimidate those children who might be a bit wary of one of the larger bredogs in our unit have been very large such as Great Danes, Labrador Retrievers and Bernese Mountain Dogs) will be less likely to intimidate those children who might be a bit wary of one of the larger breDogs) will be less likely to intimidate those children who might be a bit wary of one of the larger breeds.

These characteristics contribute to their excellent performance in obedience and agility competition and makes them great as hunting dogs, guide dogs, therapy dogs, and for search and rescue work.

Our puppies are bred for wonderful dispositions and temperaments to provide great companionship and use as family pets, therapy dogs, seeing eye dogs and of course, hunting companions.

Today, many service dog organizations around the world breed and train labradoodles as guide dogs and therapy pets, but the dogs have also gained great popularity as family pets.

The remarkably gentle Great Danes also work as therapy dogs.

Our puppies are bred for wonderful dispositions and temperaments to provide great companionship and use as family pets, service dogs, therapy dogs, conformation and hunting companions.

Borador's Bamboo was a great dog, especially at my school, where he became the resident therapy dog - mostly therapy for me, as those were the years of desegregation and times were tough in a big urban school district.

Mild - mannered breeds like the Labradoodle make great therapy dogs, but that is not all they are good for — they can also be trained as guide dogs.

The CGC award is a great next step to continue training after Foundations, as well as a prerequisite for many therapy dog groups.

Dogs are heroes in so many ways whether as a search and rescue dog, therapy dog, agility champion or as the world's greatest companion.

The Great Pyrenees is proving itself very versatile, gaining fame as therapy dogs, rescue dogs, and many activities with its human companions.

Their wonderful personality makes them great care and comfort dogs and they are often used within hospitals as therapy dogs, particularly for children.

I've had two of the latter and they were wonderful family pets and made great therapy dogs as they loved people and were sensitive to their moods.

This is why they are; great family pets, ideal for hunting, used as therapy dogs, exceptional service dogs such as drug detection and aiding the blind... the Labrador is a breed that offers us, humankind, the opportunity to better our own lives.

Today these energetic pooches do great in search and rescue, and as therapy dogs.

This makes him a great candidate for competitive sports such as agility, flyball, and obedience, and they make great therapy dogs.

# 7 They make great service dogs Being trained as a service or therapy dog is no longer limited to just purebreds.

This is great for therapy dog training - as DT has medical equipment, stability balls, and all that a dog will encounter in the real world.

Boxers can be trained as therapy dogs due to their great ability to interact with people.

DogTime refers to this breed as the «Velcro Vizsla» because they are such a dedicated companion, a trait that may make them a great therapy dog or running partner.

Many of our english & french bulldogs do acting, modeling & therapy work themselves:) They make great therapy dogs as they LOVE meeting people and they make everyone smile:) However this is just a beloved hobby that we have a passion for.

Kat, my own thinking is it's not so much where you got the dog, as what his / her early socialization was (with a few notable exceptions, most dogs with little appropriate early human contact will not be stable enough to be therapy dogs, though they might make great pets).

They are not only known as great hunting companions and accomplished Field Trial and Hunt Test Competitors, but have done well in the show ring, obedience and agility trials, Search and Rescue (SAR), bomb and drug detection, sledding, and as human patient therapy dogs.

This could also be a great time to look into getting your dog certified as a Canine Good Citizen or therapy dog to help others.

In addition, due to their high intelligence, trainability, and great looks, this breed has become a popular choice for use as therapy dogs, athletic competition, herding trials, drug sniffing, service dogs as well as search and rescue.

Those for whom this great expense is not assumable should know that some medical therapies are available, though they are by no means as reliable as the pacemaker approach and dogs may suffer significant side effects from their use.