Service dog/Therapy dog (how much, shots, shelters, canines)

[Prinny]

You cannot train an Alzheimers service Dog, here is the link. The training is extensive. You attend classes w/ the dog, but 5 months of training is before you ever even get the dog.

OKADA | ALZHEIMER GUIDE DOG

[Katie1]

If you really want help with training a dog to assit you join my SHOW DOG group & I will help you. OR If you want this public start a new thread. OR more Pvt DM me...I am most always here!

They are FULL of Sh** ANY Mutt can be trained to do that!

[Prinny]

This was a thread on Service/Therapy dogs. I see you don't get what I am telling you. Some dogs cannot be trained by the the way you describe. I sent you the link. An Alzheimers Dog has to be trained in a controlled setting away from the patient for 5 months before the patient even meets the animal and then they attend obedience classes to familiarise each other. They cannot even be registered and licensed or registered as service dogs unless they get this training and you propose you/I could possibly train a dog to be a Alheimers service dog? I think I'm done chatting w/ you!

[Katie1]

Well since I trained a CAT to do what is on the web site & a friend trained her dog...but thats ok if you are refusing help!

[zoran]

Katie1 you are dead wrong when you say Prinny can train her own "Azheimer's SD." This isn't just a well behaved pet that someone chooses to bring along for company, these dogs need the experienced training of a qualified trainer who works with Alzheimer patients.
I can't begin to count the people who boast that they trained their own service dogs for everything and anything in the psd department. This sickens me and I'm glad those dogs are not accepted for the most part. They are the ones causing us difficulties. Psychiatric disorders are not helped by SD, these dogs are comfort dogs and always will be.
Alzeihmer's is a real disability in itsef, the doctors can run tests and know when a person is starting this disease. A dog in this case is needed but must be properly trained by competent people who know what they are dealing with. No owner can train these dogs by themselves.
Alzeimer's is sometimes referred to an invisible disorder in the first stages, but unlike other hidden disabilities this is a disease of the brain itself, not a mental illness. It doesn't get better, only worse.
I think Prinny is on the right track in wanting to get a properly trained dog.

[Prinny]

Originally Posted by zoran

Katie1 you are dead wrong when you say Prinny can train her own "Azheimer's SD." This isn't just a well behaved pet that someone chooses to bring along for company, these dogs need the experienced training of a qualified trainer who works with Alzheimer patients.
I can't begin to count the people who boast that they trained their own service dogs for everything and anything in the psd department. This sickens me and I'm glad those dogs are not accepted for the most part. They are the ones causing us difficulties. Psychiatric disorders are not helped by SD, these dogs are comfort dogs and always will be.
Alzeihmer's is a real disability in itsef, the doctors can run tests and know when a person is starting this disease. A dog in this case is needed but must be properly trained by competent people who know what they are dealing with. No owner can train these dogs by themselves.
Alzeimer's is sometimes referred to an invisible disorder in the first stages, but unlike other hidden disabilities this is a disease of the brain itself, not a mental illness. It doesn't get better, only worse.
I think Prinny is on the right track in wanting to get a properly trained dog.

Thank you so much! I tried and tried so hard to explain that a Alzheiners service dog cannot be registered as a service dog unless it is trained by the organization that trains them specifically. She absolutely wouldn't listen to me. The dog in itself needs intense specialized training for 5 months in a setting away from myself and my husband before I'd even get to meet the dog and then would become my husbands master as a look out for me as the disease progresses. I so appreciate you understanding. Bless your soul!

[Katie1]

Since YOU decided that I dont have the skills [with out even knowing me..or asking] then so be it. I only OFFERED to help....So quit talking about what you dont know!
How many dogs have you trained? How many horses?

[zoran]

Well since you are asking, I have been a dog trainer for decades and have trained too many horses to count, plus the fact that I once rode in trillium circuits. Training a SD for an Alzeihmer's patient is totally out of this category and if you knew anything about Alzeihmers you wouldn't be foolish enough to be comparing the two, as if this were just a horse or dog you were training. BIG difference. Try attending a few Alzeihmers clinics and come back with some knowledge instead of an attitude.

Prinny, stick to your convictions and do what you know is right. There will always be people who will try to sell you unwanted advice, ignore them. Alzheimers is not something you want to experiment with unless you have professional help and I commend you for seeking it.

[Prinny]

Thanks Zoran! You seem to know quite a lot about the kind of care that is required for this disease. I so apprecite your kindness. Thanks so very much for the kindness, knowledge and undesrtanding!

[Katie1]

The very 1st dog I trained Before anyone heard of Service DDogs except for the Blind & Deaf. Was a spitz x For my uncle that had alzh Any way the dog was trained to make him stop wondering to the road & bark till some one came to get my uncle back to the house. Once my uncle tried to get into my aunts car [his sister dog had not met yet]
Cotten stopped him & bark til I came. I could go on but I wont.

I worked in Nursing home around Alzh patients & went thru lots of training myself about their care. Thanks again for putting me down.