Comments on: What Commands Do You Teach a Guide Dog?

By: Clarissa Jimenez

Clarissa Jimenez — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:50:16 +0000

I love dogs, so can you tell me what I do if my dog is always barking at everyone.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:43:41 +0000

When is the command “hup hup” used, and for what reason? I have received two different answers. One, to speed up. The other, to find curbs. Thank you in advance.

By: Colby

Colby — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:42:26 +0000

In reply to lori. This is very interesting. I just wrote a post about having two service dogs which is allowed in the United States. I'm going to have to do update the post to include what you've said about UK service animals not being eligible to qualify if another service animal is in the home. Thank you for sharing!

By: lori

lori — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 10:12:02 +0000

In reply to Meowlson. actually, in the UK, a service animal will not be eligible to be qualified if there is another service animal in the home. :)

By: Meowlson

Meowlson — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 01:00:19 +0000

In reply to Marla. In the US you can actually have two service dogs. This is for those people who have multiple disabilities. I am not sure about other countries, I would look at your local/national laws regarding service dogs first.

By: Marla

Marla — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:56:08 +0000

Can a dog be trained for both guide work and service work? For example, a person is completely blind with additional disabilities is it possible to train for this scenario and would your train for guide work first or service work first?

By: Colby

Colby — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:01:24 +0000

In reply to Amber.

When we train our Guide Dog puppies we only teach them to heel on the left side. However, training a mobility Service Dog is different. We teach them “Heel” = Left Side and “Side” = Right Side. Take a look at this list of Service Dog commands: https://puppyintraining.com/what-commands-do-you-teach-a-service-dog/

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 06:30:30 +0000

I’m weak on my right side and tend to fall towards my right, I also use a cane in my left hand. My SDiT will be used for bracing as well. All the commands state the dog should be on the owner’s left side. Would it be OK if I switch him to my right instead?

By: Colby

Colby — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 04:54:29 +0000

If your dog is solid with these 9 commands then they are doing well. The service dog commands are definitely more advanced and will help our puppies when they start learning specific task related commands.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 04:44:22 +0000

I like how you break this down. My girls can somewhat do these 9 but to train them to stand on the left … and then also go down on the left … will be a new challenge. They can do that we are facing each other. After we get these 9 down … we”ll look at the list of 30.