I know dogs are used as therapy dogs for adults and children for a variety of purposes: seizure alert dogs; hearing ear dogs —
sound alert dogs; guide dogs for the blind; help with a variety of disabilities; and even help with certain phobias, such as agoraphobia.
Not exact matches
Waiting for Perkus Tooth's door buzzer to
sound and finding my way inside, I felt my interior map expand to allow for the reality of this place, the corridor floor's lumpy checkerboard mosaic, the cloying citrus of the superintendent's disinfectant oil, the bank of dented brass mailboxes, and the keening of a
dog from behind an upstairs door,
alerted to the buzzer and my scuffling bootheels.
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.
Hearing
dogs are trained to recognize a wide range of
sounds necessary for daily life and
alert their hearing - impaired or deaf partners accordingly.
Mrs. Elva Janke's
dog had died and she wondered if another
dog could be trained to
alert her to
sounds in her home, just as her first
dog had done naturally.
A service
dog can work only at home for tasks that are done at home, such as waking a person from night terrors or when they go into a diabetic low or
alerting them to a
sound when they take their hearing aids out.
There are the more commonly recognized guide
dogs that assist the blind or visually impaired, as well as
dogs that assist the deaf or hard of hearing by
alerting their owners of alarms and other important
sounds.
Assistance
dogs include guide or leader
dogs that guide individuals who are legally blind; hearing
dogs that
alert individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to specific
sounds; and service
dogs for individuals with disabilities other than blindness or deafness, which are trained to perform a variety of physical tasks, including, but not limited to, pulling a wheelchair, lending balance support, picking up dropped objects, or providing assistance in a medical crisis.
These little
dogs are absolutely awesome in
alerting their handlers to a wide variety of
sounds and bringing them to the source!
Barking is a
dog's way of communicating with other
dogs or to
sound the
alert for possible danger.
Hearing
dogs offer a valuable service by
alerting their owners to important
sounds, including ringing telephones, crying babies, doorbells or buzzing smoke alarms.
A Service
Dog is «any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.&raq
Dog is «any guide
dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.&raq
dog, signal
dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.&raq
dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision,
alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or
sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.»
Sounds like your
dog could be
alert barking.
Hearing assistance
dogs must demonstrate
sound awareness skills by being able to
alert the client to at least three different
sounds and leading the client to the source of the
sound.
Hearing assistance
dogs tend to be smaller, and higher energy — always on
alert for
sounds.
Hearing
dogs assist by
alerting their partners to household
sounds, such as doorbells, alarm clocks, smoke alarms, a crying baby and more.
Hearing
Dogs Hearing
Dogs assist deaf or hearing impaired individuals by
alerting them to a variety of household
sounds such as a door knock or doorbell, alarm clock, oven buzzer, telephone, baby cry, name call or smoke alarm.
These
sounds cue the
dog to
alert its guardian by barking.
Hearing
Dogs primarily
alert and orient clients to common
sounds.
Service animals are primarily
dogs, but Cobey is aware of other pets working in this capacity, including a service cat trained to
alert the owner to
sounds she can't hear, miniature horses, goats, and even a parrot that helped a woman with a panic disorder by pushing a phone toward her so she could call for help.
It is the responsibility of the guide
dog user to stay
alert and listen out for the movement of the traffic or discern other
sounds in the environment to evaluate a move forward.
They are
alert little watchdogs and will
sound the alarm when there is an incoming biker, jogger, car, truck, cat,
dog, rabbit or bird.
Many hearing
dogs aren't trained for outdoor
sounds such as car horns or sirens wailing, but they may
alert the deaf person by turning in the direction of the
sound.
Hearing
dogs are responsible for
alerting the deaf individual to many household
sounds that are part of everyday life.
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.
Hearing
dogs assist people who are deaf or have hearing impairments by
alerting them to important
sounds like the doorbell or fire alarms.
Hearing
dogs alert their partners, who are deaf and hard of hearing, to important
sounds.
If she gets up, the crackling
sound will
alert you to your
dog's need to go out
There are also hearing
dogs, trained to assist deaf people and to
alert them to
sounds such as smoke alarms, doorbells, and crying babies; mobility assist
dogs, which pull wheelchairs and provide help to the physically impaired; and walker
dogs, which help provide balance when walking to individuals suffering from movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and spasms.
27 year old Darren Metzgar was asleep when he was
alerted by the
sound of his sheep and
dogs on the farm making noise, Metzgar went outside to check when he was shot to his left leg.
Likewise, the intelligent audio
alert system listens for
sounds and knows the difference between a
dog bark and a human voice, and will send different
alerts accordingly.
4) Hearing
Dogs They
alert their deaf handler to
sounds that include, but are not limited to, knocks, doorbells, alarms, cars, phones, or their name.