Types of Service dogs

**cassiesmom** · 02-21-2007, 06:10 PM

LOL! The little kids used to try to give the pup a piece of their doughnut - they wanted to share, and the pup was right at about their height. She finally had to tell the kids it was better for them to not share, to help puppy learn. I am not sure if she will do it again because giving him back was hard.

**NicoleLJ** · 02-21-2007, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by cassiesmom

LOL! The little kids used to try to give the pup a piece of their doughnut - they wanted to share, and the pup was right at about their height. She finally had to tell the kids it was better for them to not share, to help puppy learn. I am not sure if she will do it again because giving him back was hard.

I could never imagine after raising and training Sheena and tehn giving her up. That would have been very difficult.
Nicole

**NicoleLJ** · 02-21-2007, 06:18 PM

Here are some of my favorite pictures of Sheena when I first got her. She is wearing her Service Dog in Training Bandana and is only about 8 or 9 weeks old.

Nicole

**Freedom** · 02-21-2007, 06:38 PM

For anyone interested in service dogs for diabetes and / or seizures, here is a site for a group which trains them:

http://www.heavenscentpaws.com/

I'm sure there are many other such groups. I heard about this one because Dad is diabetic, and we watch dlife most weeks on TV. (For anyone with diabetes, it is on CNBC on Sunday at 7 PM) The program did a segment on the woman and her family who started this organization. As I recall, she has 3 children with type 1 diabetes, and she couldn't keep up with everyone's low blood sugar levels. Somehow a dog they had started alerting her! And she took it from there.

This must be SO helpful to parents whose children could have a serious situation develop during the night while everyone is asleep. The dog is trained to respond and get the adults UP! (among other things)

**NicoleLJ** · 02-21-2007, 06:41 PM

WOW waht a wonderful link. Thanks so much for adding it here. That is just the type of links and info I want in this thread so people can learn about all the different types of Service Dogs. Agian thanks so much for adding it.
Nicole