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Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others Paperback – September 1, 2002

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Share the love and companionship of an animal with others by becoming a therapy dog team. Everything you need to know to select, socialize and train your dog for this important and rewarding work. Includes information about safety, liability and professionalism.

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Among the many inexplicable omissions in this inadequate book is a definition of the term ``therapy dog,'' which ordinarily describes a dog that, along with its owner or handler, has been trained to work safely with people who have special needs, such as the developmentally or physically disabled. Because therapy dog programs have proven so successful, Davis, who has performed such work with her own dogs, encourages readers to enroll themselves and their pets. General guidelines for visits, primarily to nursing homes, and useful pointers for dealing with staff and residents are supplied, but, lacking broad experience, Davis is not always convincing. Her discussion of training is scanty, covering basic obedience commands instead of teaching the reader how to acclimate a dog to the unusual and unpredictable circumstances it typically will encounter on the job, from the challenge of working with semi-ambulatory patients to others who are emotionally disturbed. In this sense, the author fails to give the potential usefulness of therapy dogs its due, and does not reckon directly with the occupational hazards involved. Davis advises seeking out an experienced trainer, but, curiously, fails to name any of the national organizations (such as the Delta Society of Renton, Wash.) that register trainers and handlers as well as provide a wealth of training resources--nor does she mention the nationwide testing now common for the dogs. Photos not seen by PW.

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People often volunteer their dogs to help the elderly, ill, or disabled, but few books cover such "animal-assisted activities." While not the definitive manual on training one's dog, this book, first published in 1982 and based on the author's personal experience, gives a good overview. The new edition includes a definition of therapy dog, a list of the major therapy dog organizations, an annotated bibliography of useful dog behavior and training books and web sites, and an index. Small public libraries that can afford only one book on the subject should purchase Mary R. Burch's Volunteering with Your Pet. Burch's book covers animals besides dogs and goes into more detail about the AKC Canine Good Citizen Test, the basic certification on which most therapy dog registries base their programs. Larger public libraries should have both.
Karen Fischer, Carleton Coll. Lib., Northfield, MN
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing; 2 edition (September 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1929242050
ISBN-13: 978-1929242054
Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 6 x 8.8 inches
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Not a training manual

ByPretty Grannyon May 27, 2013

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The book is more of a personal journal, than a step by step how to do this book. Ms. Davis presents some things that were thought provoking. I have therapy dogs and I think some dogs were just born for the work. Others can be trained to be careful and gentle but to them it is a job they can do, not what they would do on their own. A quiet, calm serenity, and joy of giving can be seen in very young pups if one knows what to look for. Ms Davis teach us how to observe and cultivate therapy dog behaviors. The book is worth a good read on a rainy afternoon, but not as a text book one goes back to over and over.

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Good general overview, but I was looking for more.

ByRCLon June 11, 2012

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This is a great book for someone who has no background or information at all about what therapy dogs do. I was looking for more instructional rather than informational.

It provides a very comprehensive overview of therapy dogs tasks, how to your foot in the door of the therapy community and what to expect when u are there.

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Not a keeper

ByTLon January 25, 2016

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Not well organized and not a lot of valuble info. I've read many dog and horse training books that were better. Illustrations not helpful.

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Sad where the author didn't mean to be.

Bybookwormon January 7, 2016

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This was an unfortunate purchase. This book is, by now, a bit dated, and as a result, it was sad in places where I'm sure the author didn't intend to be. Today, just like no one advocates hitting children as a way to 'teach' them, no good dog trainer will be talking about harsh or coercive corrections. This book makes mention of pushing your dog into a sit. (A good dog trainer will lure them into it with a treat above their head, and their bottom will automatically drop from where their eyes and head are following. There are trainers who can do this with shelter dogs they've never met before, you can see it on youtube.) She also talks about jerking on a leash, which might get a larger dog's attention but isn't the best plan for the neck of a smaller or sensitive dog. If your purpose is to teach a dog to be gentle with the sick, there's a bit of disconnect there. To be fair, the author says you shouldn't be using these harsh tactics often. But people don't use these methods today because they work against your larger goals of getting your dog to enjoy training, trust you and want to do what you want.

A good trainer will know how to spot what motivates your dog and then show you how to use that to get him/her to understand how to get what both of you want. A good book on the subject should discuss the different motivations a dog might have (toys? praise? treats?) and then how to break down the tasks or commands into steps that someone else could follow to bring their dog along to the full thing. That's not here. I wish someone else had mentioned these things. This book is really too old to be of much use for its stated purpose.

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ByKelly Hallockon December 24, 2012

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I was looking for a book that would say how to teach your dog the commands needed to be a certified therapy dog and after skimming the book, it did not look hopeful and when the first chapter basically said, if your dog isn't hungry, food treats don't work for training, I stopped reading because they seem clueless. Even if the dog isn't hungry, the right treat (such as "training treats" which my dog LOVES), will motivate them. My girl tends to just eat in the evening but any time of day, and food is a great motivator, as well as love and praise but when they make statements like that, they just seemed ignorant and when it didn't look like it was going to actually give me ideas on how to train her, I put it down. Maybe should be titled, "Thoughts on Training Your Dog to be a Therapy Dog" would be appropriate - but this is definitely not a useful book on how to train your dog if that is what you are looking for.

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A Parody of Ridiculous Writing about the Mundane. Therapy Dog Training is very key... but surely you will learn nothing here.

ByRobinowitzon February 28, 2016

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This is an AMATEUR book. Truly. Written in the style of an 11th grade "what I did on my summer vacation" story. There are no sources - not outside references. More troubling is that it has inconsistent advice with now understood positive reinforcement techniques. "Slap the dog on the chin if it will not hold a dumbbell?!?. I am a therapist. And will be training a serious psychotherapy therapy dog - this book is the least helpful of the six or seven I've read to date. I don't, CAN'T understand the more positive reviews. The book contains really very little information. It's all obvious - even to the un-initiated. Wash and comb your dog... prior to visiting a service locale. Here's a quote from page 208: "Scratching doesn't look good, and it's not good for your dog's skin. This is not behavior you should allow your dog to do in public, nor is mounting another dog or person." Really? I'd have never known - so imagine 212 pages of this drivel. Some books need to be written, some writers should not write. Yes and Yes.

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Very outdated

ByDena Pouloson November 6, 2013

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Very outdated images and the book doesnt necessarily tell you HOW to train your dog. Lots of information about therapy dogs in general but not a lot of "do this" "do that"

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Great beginners book

BySandpiperon August 22, 2016

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My dog is in training to become a therapy dog. This book describes many things I never thought of, great reading!

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