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Therapy dogs, training your dog to reach others, Kathy Diamond Davis

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non fiction

Therapy dogs

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Kathy Diamond Davis

training your dog to reach others

Benefits therapy dogs provide -- Orientation to reality -- Focal point for attention-deficit problems -- Morale -- Antidote to depression -- Cooperation -- Social stimulation -- Need for touch -- Socialize children to dogs -- Working with therapists -- Incentive -- Getting "out of yourself" -- Practicing physical skills -- Something to look forward to -- Emotional support to staff and family -- What kind of dog -- Training -- "Somebody's baby" -- Benefits to the dog -- Benefits to the handler -- Benefits to the community -- What if you don't have a dogPublicity -- Indoor dog -- Parasite control -- Veterinarian -- Is therapy dog work for you -- Visits as a group -- Help handlers get started -- Aggressive dogs -- Standards, uninterrupted service to facilities -- Insurance -- Working with facility staff -- Indoor or outdoor visits -- Education, entertainment or therapy -- Cooperation among groups -- Does this group make you proud -- Visits with one dog -- Greater responsibility -- Win approval of a group -- Working with the staff -- Quieter, less disruption to facility routine -- Stronger focusLimits -- Rooms versus meeting areas -- Making changes -- Approach -- Working with children -- First visits awkward -- Leash -- Conditioning the dog to handling -- Motivators: food, praise, petting and play -- Teaching the dog to remain still -- Picking the dog up -- Playing games with your dog -- Retrieving -- To tug or not to tug -- Inhibiting the bite -- Teasing -- Physical discipline -- Cuddle a day -- Basic control -- Finding help -- Basic principles -- Come -- Sit-stay -- Down-stay -- Heel -- Training collars -- Stand for petting -- GreetingSocial skills -- Be in control: never endanger the public -- Be in control: never endanger the dog -- All types of people and situations -- Learn to read people -- Courtesy in public -- Put people at ease -- Training in public -- Extra control work -- Signals -- Treats -- Greetings: shake hands, kiss -- Walking skills -- Positions in place -- Front, finish, move, back -- Language -- Does your therapy dog need a hobby -- Tricks -- Handler's job -- Attitude -- Be ready to say no -- Water -- What to wear -- Times of day -- LimitsAttention on dog, potential injuries -- Territorial range, positions -- Handler as interpreter -- Handler is responsible