How Task Training at Home Can Give You the Wrong Idea About Service Dog Potential

Podcast: The Dog Who Asked for More: Understanding Life With Your Dog Beyond Dog Training and Behavior · Emily “Em” Breslin | Dog Trainer & Canine Nutritionist

Opublikowano: 2026-09-21

Your dog can learn the tasks perfectly at home and still not be capable of doing the job of a service dog. I wanted Fitz to be a service dog badly enough to train him myself. He learned real tasks, including retrieval, deep pressure therapy, and migraine alerts. At home, he was good at them. Then we went out in public, and the dog I hoped he could become collided with the dog actually standing in front of me. Because learning the tasks is only one part of what a service dog has to be able to...