Types of Service dogs

[NicoleLJ]

Since as some of you know I have a Service dog I thought it would be interesting to list the types of Service dogs so people could become familiar with them.

Guide dogs ~ guide a blind person or visually impaired person.
Links of interested about Guide Dogs:
Guide Dog Tasks: http://www.iaadp.org/tasks.html
The Training of a Guide Dog: http://www.seeingeye.org/docs/TrainingBro.pdf

Hearing dogs ~ alert deaf or hearing impaired person to certain sounds.
Links of interested about Hearing Dogs:
Hearing Dog Tasks(Scroll down teh page some): http://www.iaadp.org/tasks.html
The Training of a Hearing Dog: http://www.hearingdogs.org.uk/how-we-train-dogs.php

Mobility SD’s ~ Helps a disabled person have a more independent life. Helps a person with balance or counter balance and also helps them move forward. helps pull the wheelchair, help you transfer for the wheelchair to other locations, helps with undressing, opens and closes doors, picks up items dropped, pays at cash registers and a whole lot more. There is no end to the many task they can be trained to help a disabled person with.
some other names for mobility service dogs.
Walker Dogs
Wheelchair Dogs
Helper Dogs
Assistance Dogs

Links of interested about Mobility Service Dogs:
Hearing Dog Tasks(Scroll down to teh bottom of page): http://www.iaadp.org/tasks.html
http://www.4pawsforability.org/mobilitydogs.htm

(This is what Sheena my Service Dog is)Psychiatric ~ are trained to assist persons living with psychiatric disabilities ; such as grounding them during a panic attach.
Links of interested about Hearing Dogs:
Psychaitric Service Dog Tasks: http://www.iaadp.org/psd_tasks.html
All you need to know about PSDs: http://www.psychdog.org/index.html

Medical Alert ~ Alerts person to a medical conditions before it happens: such as low or high blood sugar, seizures and many other types of medical conditions.
http://www.4pawsforability.org/seizuredogs.htm

Medical Response ~ response to a medical conditions, like getting help, calling 911 or helping the person up.

Also Autistic Support dogs. Here is a link to a trainign facility in Canada that specializes in these specail dogs: http://www.nsd.on.ca/index.htm


I am sure I am missing some but those are the basics. Hope you learn a lot and enjoy th elinks.

Nicole & Sheena

[DrKym]

Wonderful post, and as always well researched, with up to date info!

I love the pic of you 2!!!! not sure who is the prettiest though! You are both so darn cute!

[Marigold2]

What a sweet photo, you both look so happy.

[borzoimom]

Thanks for the documentation, and the photo is great!

[NicoleLJ]

Thanks all. That is one of my favorite pictures of us.

There are still many people out there with the mis information that there are only guide dogs for the blind. So many do not realize the vast ways that these dogs can be trained to assist disabled people. Hence why I thought it would be a good thread.
Nicole

[mike001]

My friend who works with the L.C.F. sent me a great link to a great site that answers just about anything someone would want to know about service dogs. matter of fact great info on just about every aspect of anything in a dog's life.

Welcome to www.germanshepherds.com

You have to google it, but well worth it I found. I think you can also get it by googling;

Our Community: P.S.D-Psychiatric Service Dog Information.

It's a GSD site, but it would apply to any dog. I think there are other breeds on there, haven't finished looking through it.

[Jadapit]

Very intresting stuff Nicole! I had no idea service dogs could be used for so many different things. You learn something new every day.

The picture of you is adorable. Your both beautiful.