The majority of guide
dog handlers still choose to attend class at a residential training facility to receive and train with their dogs.
Not exact matches
Even when
handlers train their own service
dogs, the process is
still costly.
Even if a service
dog does not learn to alert to a seizures, their
handler can
still benefit from the
dog as s / he can stay with the person and comfort them as they recover (by laying beside them), lick them as they re-orient, or go get help as the seizure is happening (or the other tasks listed above).
this brave
dog took a round to the eye but was
still able to attack the enemy giving his
handler time to escape.
Even when the
handler doesn't need assistance, a guide
dog on the job is trained to ignore distractions and keep
still.
I wasn't impressed to see a Belgian Malinois wearing a prong and shock collar just so he could sit
still in front of his
handler's
dog training booth.
This
dog had the Rottweiler down on the ground,
still attacking, and the
handler called his
dog off the other
dog and his
dog came away from the fight.
The few I've seen: the
dogs have the e-collars
still on, the
dogs are getting zapped during the videos and not doing the obedience off leash without corrections, the
dogs aren't doing the work more than a few feet from the
handlers, and the
dogs aren't doing anything nearly as difficult or precise as what an AKC
dog would do, off leash, in a basic obedience competition.
This generally means they should be leashed or harnessed (unless these get in the way of the
dog's duties, in which case the
dog must
still be under the
handler's control).
She was not reactive toward the other
dogs, either in the kennel or one her walk, but was «very
still,» which according to her
handler, was «hard to read.»
Breeders and show
handlers still sometimes give their
dogs both the injectable and the intra-nasal vaccine because kennel cough is such a problem on the show circuits.
The
dog must find only the person whose scent you have shown to the
dog; then, after finding the subject, the
dog must return to the
handler; and then, yet
still another task, the
dog must take the
handler to the lost person.
Once a
handler has recognized natural alerting behaviors in their
dog, there is
still work to be done before it can be considered a medical alert
dog.
You can find out more about them and the other
dogs who are
still living at the prison with their inmate
handlers by checking the Paws in Prison website.
You can
still meet
handlers who claim that yellow labradors are less trainable than blacks and others who believe that yellow
dogs have more brains than blacks.
While the stimulus played, the
dog was kept on a short lead to ensure it remained within camera visibility, while
still allowing the
dog to move around within 1 m of the
handler.
• Loose Leash Walking gives the
dog has a little more leeway in his position next to you but
still gives the
handler more control and is fine for most situations.
This class is designed purely for the enjoyment of
handler and
dog, while
still teaching practical agility skills.