Although many rescue dogs have behavioral or health issues that make them unsuitable as a service dog prospect a few do have the potential to
make excellent service dogs.
They are great loungers and love to find a good sofa or cushion to rest their large heads on, but their gentle and empathetic ways also
make them excellent service dogs.
They make excellent service dogs and are often trained as bomb or drug sniffing dogs.
But their calm, gentle and loyal dispositions
make them excellent service dogs for people with all sorts of unique abilities and needs.
While there are many types of dogs that would
make excellent service dogs, Prison Pet Partnership is primarily interested in Golden Retrievers and Labradors between the ages of 8 months and 1.5 years old.
These traits
make it an excellent service dog breed.
Much like Creme and Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers also have calm, gentle and loving demeanors that
make them excellent service dog breeds.
Their exuberant friendliness makes them lousy watch dogs, but Goldens are often at the top of their obedience classes, and their intelligence
makes them excellent service dogs.
That same dog may
make an excellent Service Dog in another area, or as a Therapy Dog.
Not exact matches
Over the years, Golden Retrievers have been bred to
make excellent companions to owners as retrievers in hunting expeditions, as
service dogs for people with sight or physical disabilities, or as sniffer
dogs working with the narcotics or search and rescue divisions in police departments.
Unlike professionally trained
service animals who act as guide
dogs or detect seizures, therapy
dogs are volunteers whose friendly personalities and
excellent manners
make them suitable to comfort and emotionally support humans in need of furry companionship.
However, their hypoallergenic coats
make them
excellent options for people with allergies that might prevent them from having another kind of
service dog.
Rottweilers have a complicated reputation of sometimes being viewed as vicious fighting
dogs, but they also
make excellent police
dogs,
service dogs, and therapy
dogs.
They
make excellent guide
dogs,
service dogs and therapy
dogs.
We have always enjoyed
excellent service and have been
made to feel like our
dogs are part of Dr. Pearson's family.