Service Dog Training Books and DVDs
LEND ME AN EAR: TEMPERAMENT, SELECTION AND TRAINING OF THE HEARING EAR DOG by Martha Hoffman
"An exciting new book on a fascinating subject! Includes Hearing Dog Basics, Behind the Hearing Dog Temperament, Testing Potential Hearing Dogs, and Training Basics."
TEAMWORK: A DOG TRAINING MANUAL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley
"Teaches people with physical disabilities to train their dogs in basic obedience as a foundation for service dog training!"
TEAMWORK II: DOG TRAINING MANUAL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SERVICE EXERCISES) by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley
"Provides examples of how certain service exercises were taught by people with various disabilities. Intended to give general ideas, stimulate your own creative processes and illustrate some of the difficulties you may encounter."
TEAMWORK FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DVD by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley
"*Won the Dog Writer's Association of America's Award, Best CD/DVD of 2003! This DVD will show you how to teach your dog basic obedience commands, offering various techniques and methods that will work for people who are ambulatory, people who use canes, crutches, or walkers, people in manual wheelchairs and people who use power chairs."
TEAMWORK II: DOG TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SERVICE EXERCISES) DVD by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley
"Demonstrates how to teach a dog service exercises such as retrieving dropped objects, pulling a wheelchair, etc. to assist a person with a disability."
CLICKER TRAIN YOUR OWN ASSISTANCE DOG DVD/CD SET by Barbara Handelman
"These DVDs empower people with disabilities to train their own dogs basic skills like targeting as well as more advanced skills such as retrieving, scent discrimination, and assisting with tasks of daily living. Clear instructions on the training of various skills are relevant to animal assisted therapy handlers as well as assistance dog handlers. The series is invaluable for people with disabilities seeking to train their pet dog or an assistance dog, and is equally important for the professional pet dog trainer who would like to more effectively work with clients with disabilities."
