Service Dog Training Guide: A Step-by-Step Training Program for You and Your Dog

by Jennifer Hack

Master service dog training at home with this easy step-by-step guide

Service dogs are life-changing for people with a range of physical and mental disabilities. But getting one can be complicated and expensive. The Service Dog Training Guide offers you an easy, step-by-step program for you and your dog to follow at home.

Bone up on everything from basic exercises to essential service dog tasks that will guide you and your dog on the best training path. You'll also find an overview of different types of service and support dogs, breeds, and equipment for training. The step-by-step instructions will help you teach your dog everything from retrieving items to reminding someone to take medication.

The Service Dog Training Guide

Make a difference in someone's life with this practical approach to training your own service dog.

Genres: Nonfiction, Dogs, Self Help, Animals

166 pages, Paperback

Published June 16, 2020

Reviews

[Tammie Seymour · Rating 5 out of 5]

service Dog training guide by Jennifer Hack

It’s an excellent book to have in your library if your looking to train service dogs. I felt that it was well written, to the point, and works if you put the work in and follow the guidelines. It’s a little more advanced for the amount of areas covered for what I was looking for……great for someone looking to have a well rounded service dog in different service areas. Really well done and I appreciated the knowledge the author shared. Thank you

[Tabby · Rating 1 out of 5]

Written with an American centric POV it has information which is easy to transfer to other countries however much of it is based on outdated and scientifically disproven methods. The author encourages the use of 'soft' prong collars and discourages "over petting".

[Adriana Lebron · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book helped me understand better what a service dog is and the types of service dogs that exist. I’ve been training my own dog to become a psychiatric service dog for me. I’ve learned a few tasks from this book that I could add in my training. He’s come so far I just need to take him out more and socialize. Even though he will be my service dog I won’t take him everywhere, I’ll mostly take him to pet friendly stores and he will work at home. I would recommend this book for beginners. There’s good information inside.

[Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty bare bones and basic at times, but does include some guides to training tasks that can be pretty hard to find instructions for. Obviously the mobility tasks must be used with discretion, and none of this replaces working with a professional. But that said it's nice for those of us who don't have much access to an SD-specific trainer

[Mattie Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

First time training

This is a great book. I enjoy that it is stated this book should be used in tandem with using a trainer or someone who is qualified to teach these tasks. It was very helpful.

[Janice]

Easy to read and understand for a newbie like me

This a great introduction to the subject. It’s written in easy language, precise and clear. If you only have at most, light experience in dog training, this is a perfect place to start when looking to train a service dog.

[Kenna Barry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good book with a variety of concepts to follow. Considering training service dogs are genuinely complex processes; the book is written to make it seem easy. It’s not as easy as this book describes, not even close.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple reading, concise recommendations and easy to pick up for reference

[Joley Gutierrez]

I learned what I needed. It was very useful.

[Teri Griffis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great guide for training your service dog. Very informative and easy to read and understand. Great resource. Very helpful with my dog.

[Rene Reyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super helpful. Bought the ebook.

[Rae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not had but could be better

This book has had basics to teach dogs, with directions, but is not really enough. Is just basic, no grit.

[Hayden · Rating 2 out of 5]

Informative but VERY basic and felt insanely dry.

[Kaitlyn Whitten · Rating 4 out of 5]

4🌟

A pretty good basic overview of service dog training.

[Stephanie ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of resources! Ended up buying for my collection