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Jezza_Belle  4 stars
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My daughter wants to get a dog to train as a service animal, to help her with getting up and picking up things for her, and retrieving her medication. We can't afford to buy one already trained, but she's willing to do the training.

I've seen a lot of different kinds of service dogs, was wondering what people think of as a breed to look for or one that generally fits these tasks better than others? Obviously it'll have to be a medium or bigger dog to help her with getting up.

just going to lock the god damn thread, since nobody is being helpful at all.

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ikkoikki  4 stars
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Does your daughter know the first thing about training dogs?

 

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Jezza_Belle  4 stars
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ikkoikki posted:

Does your daughter know the first thing about training dogs?



She is going to follow the training program that the 4H uses.

 

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Reapist  4 stars
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Jezza_Belle posted:

ikkoikki posted:

Does your daughter know the first thing about training dogs?



She is going to follow the training program that the 4H uses.



You should expect stupid questions from stupid people at ACF. God forbid he try to actually help.

 

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Caoilin  4 stars
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uh service dogs are raised from puppies and a lot of them don't even end up being capable of doing it with their temperament. so.. good luck!

 

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ikkoikki  4 stars
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I was trying to actually help. Training a dog is difficult, few people know what they're actually doing, and have the discipline or perseverance or know-how to do it correctly.

 

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ikkoikki posted:

I was trying to actually help. Training a dog is difficult, few people know what they're actually doing, and have the discipline or perseverance or know-how to do it correctly.



I guess I should have read between the lines then?

 

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Jezza_Belle  4 stars
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everyone starts somewhere, there are a lot of resources available for people trying to teach dogs certain tasks. 4H is who does most of the training for service animals in the volunteer sector in my area.

That's kinda the great thing about being a human, we can learn to do new things whenever we want to.

 

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Jezza_Belle  4 stars
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Shazami posted:

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yes, because obviously I haven't googled it and gotten A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANSWERS.

JACKASS

 

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