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personally used or found success with, or those from recognized persons
(authors, manufacturers) that we trust. However, clicking on them FROM HERE
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fundraising efforts. And, just as importantly, it provides you with what we
believe are the best and most innovative dog wares available. Just click on the
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 Service Dogs: Hearing Impaired
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Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook (2007)
Written by Marcie Davis and Melissa Bunnell, this an absolutely FABULOUS
addition to the service dog literature. The authors define it as an A to Z
resource book, and it certainly lives up to the promise. Honestly, we have not
seen another book like it and can say from all the questions that come our way,
that is is desperately needed. We are hoping that it does fill a void out there
for the many people who are interested in obtaining a service dog. It is truly a
must-read for … anyone considering a service dog; a person who has a service
dog; a person who is responsible for the care of a service dog; or, anyone who
wants to learn more about the service dog partnership.
Great resource listings included the following:
50+ Service Dog Commands; Important Questions to Ask a Potential
Service Dog Agency; Basic Service Dog Travel Tips; Planning for Separation; The
Veterinarian’s Service Dog Checklist; Safety Tips; Service Dog Emergency Kit;
Service Dog First Aid Kit; Important Questions about your Service Dog’s
Retirement; Strategies for An Impending Retirement; The Euthanasia Plan;
Questions to Ask When Considering Euthanasia / Process of Euthanasia; Creative
Healing (18 creative activities); and, Explaining Loss to Others.
Lend Me an Ear: The Temperament, Selection and Training of the Hearing Ear Dog
By Martha Hoffman. Temperament, selection and training of the Hearing Ear Dog. Only thing
currently available specifically on the subject. Part One: Hearing Dog Basics (What is a
hearing dog? The naturals: Reactivity and its impact on temperament, How reactivity
affects hearing dog potential); Part Two: Behind the Hearing Dog Temperament (Classifying
dogs by function, successful hearing dog, shelter dog behavior); Part Three: Testing
Potential Hearing Dogs (Temperament Testing concepts, Temperament tests for hearing dog
suitability, training basics, training sound alerting.) All training methods are positive:
author recommends Don't Shoot the Dog, Smart Trainers, Brilliant dogs, Good Owners, Great
Dogs, and the Teamwork books.
Partners
in Independence: A Success Story of Dogs and the Disabled
This book was written by Ed & Toni Eames
and revised in 2004. It is a wonderful book that gives a unique view of blind, deaf and
physically disabled persons and the remarkable dogs that make it possible for them to be
more involved in the world around them. Not only do these marvelous canine partners
provide greater independence, they improve the quality of life for their adoring human
companions. Partly autobiographical, partly
journalistic, it related the experiences of the authors as they take an advocacy role for
the needs and rights of the disabled, esp. those who use specially-trained dogs as eyes,
ears or assistants.
Clicker
Train your own Assistance Dog DVD/CD SET
This set was produced by Barbara Handelman in 2004. 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. Includes the following:
1) Ready Aim Touch: Basic Target Training and Advanced Applications (approx 45 min) How to
train nose targeting and foot targeting behaviors. Using targeting to work with light
switches, drawers and cabinet doors, and handicapped access doors. 2) You Want Me To Do
What?!? (approx. 45 min) Teaching position changes including: backing, turning in place,
moving under, around and behind. Helping with tasks of daily living such as taking off
socks and jackets, brace and fall prevention and recovery from falls. 3) A Tale of Two
Skills: The Marriage of Target and Retrieve: (approx 45 min) All phases of training the
basic retrieve PLUS: Demonstrations of Sue Ailsby’s “Two Grab Method;”
Proofing the “HOLD” with Debi Davis. Scent Discrimination using Kay
Laurence’s Methods. Using Scent Searching to find keys, phones and other personal
items. 4) Part 1: Of Dogs, Doors and Self Control (approx 25 min) Opening and closing
interior and exterior doors, loading and unloading from vans and cars; Teaching
self-control techniques. Line Farr’s method of training: “Wait at
Doorways”. Part 2: Preview of the DVD Series: Temperament Assessments With Dee
Ganley, CPDT, CABC/CDBC (approx 30 min) Evaluating temperament when selecting Assistance
Dog and Therapy Dog Candidates. Demonstrations and discussion of temperament assessments
with puppies and older dogs.
Legal Rights of Guide Dogs,
Hearing Dogs and Service Dogs, 8th Edition
By Michael Roche. New 8th Edition! A guide and reference to the legal rights, by state, of
people with disabilities who use assistance dogs, and for trainers of assistance dogs.
Lists state statutes and Federal regulations regarding assistance dogs.
Chelsea : The
Story of a Signal Dog (1992)
In this lively memoir, Paul
Ogden (Communicative Disorders/California State Univ. at Fresno; co-author, The Silent
Garden) eloquently explains what it's like for a deaf person to function in a hearing
world, and how Chelsea, a well-trained signal dog, adds dimension to his life. When Ogden
and his wife, Anne, who is also deaf, lose their first dog, Lox, they lost not just a
companion, but a connection to the hearing world. (They had taught Lox, among other
things, to indicate when someone was at the door or on the telephone.) So they set about
adopting a signal dog from Canine Companions for Independence. The dogs have been
previously taught to respond to over 80 signals, and when their new owners arrive, it is
they who need the training. Ogden spends half of a two-week training period literally
leashed to his new dog, a Belgian sheepdog named Chelsea, so they can bond together and
learn to read each other's signals (no wonder human graduates refer to the training as
boot camp).
A Place for
Grace
This book was written by Jean Davies
Okimoto, illustrated by Doug Keith, and published in 1996 by Sasquatch Books. Grace is a
little dog with big dreams. After discovering she's too small to become a seeing-eye dog,
she meets Charlie, a deaf man who believes she would make the ideal hearing-aid dog. Grace
provides a wonderful model for any child facing obstacles at school or at home. It also
helps children appreciate people with disabilities and gives readers the chance to learn
the American Sign Language alphabet.
Sound
Friendships: The Story of Willa and Her Hearing Dog (1992)
Published in 1992. Written by Elizabeth Yates. This book is the story of Willa Macy,
who lost her hearing when she was fourteen years old, and Honey, a golden retriever, who
helped her to discover a new world of independence and security. It is also a story about
Hearing Dogs, their background, training, special abilities, and the unique relationship
they develop with their owners in working to surmount the barriers of a physical handicap.
While writing Sound Friendships, Miss Yates observed the training and matching of dogs at
the NEADS facility in Massachusetts and interviewed both new and experienced Hearing Dog
owners. Her story of Willa is based on the experiences of two young women whom she met
through the NEADS program.
Hearing Dogs - Animals With Jobs (2004)
This book was written by
Judith
Janda Presnall. For Ages 9-12. Making physical contact with their paws or noses,
hearing dogs alert their deaf or hard-of-hearing masters to ordinary household noises.
These sounds include doorbells, alarm clocks, ringing telephones, buzzing oven timers,
blaring smoke alarms and even crying babies.
Luke and His
Hearing-Ear Dog, Herald (2004)
Written by Andrea Zoll for all ages.
When Luke, a nine-year-old boy who is deaf, gets a puppy named Herald, they
discover they can talk to each other. They have their challenges, especially
when Luke's father invites the neighborhood bully on a camping trip. But through
their adventures they learn about patience, friendship, love and trust.
Smoke Alarm Training for your
Dog
(2002)
By Anders Hallgren. A Swedish animal behaviorist introduces a new, revolutionary training
technique that could save your life! Any dog, small or large, can be taught to alarm its
family for smoke or fire in the home, whether they live in a house or an apartment. Simple
step-by-step program and illustrative pictures show how dog owners can have a smoke alarm
trained dog in just a few weeks. *This is the first thing of its kind available and should
be part of any dog owner's emergency kit.
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