training protection work for servce dogs

[ASDogGeek]

IS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


need to vent I am so angry and frustrated. this guy trains service dogs for kids and adults with all sorts of disabilities one specifically being autism. am I the only one who thinks this will end up hurting SDs n the long run? I can imagine t now

autistic kid is at the store with has mom and an old man r someone with a tic disorder or something walks by the kid and has the "wrong posture," or a tic and the dog freaks out because it is thought protection work d interrupted this as a threat..

am i the only one who this really upsets and frustrates???????????????

what can do?

[ILGHAUS]

“The crime deterrent effects of an animal's presence” do not qualify that animal as a service animal and “an animal individually trained to provide aggressive protection, such as an attack dog, is not appropriately considered a service animal.”


This part ... “an animal individually trained to provide aggressive protection, such as an attack dog, is not appropriately considered a service animal.”

[ASDogGeek]

Originally Posted by ILGHAUS

“The crime deterrent effects of an animal's presence” do not qualify that animal as a service animal and “an animal individually trained to provide aggressive protection, such as an attack dog, is not appropriately considered a service animal.”


This part ... “an animal individually trained to provide aggressive protection, such as an attack dog, is not appropriately considered a service animal.”

so it is illegal?

please come on facebook chat if you can

[ASDogGeek]

so a dog who is train to be a servce dogg ie task to midigate a disability and protection work is not legaly a service dog?

[ILGHAUS]

Can't get into Facebook via this computer ... have to wait till tomorrow.

Meantime.

“an animal individually trained to provide aggressive protection, such as an attack dog, is not appropriately considered a service animal.”

The protection refered to by the Dept. of Justice is that such as a dog trained to keep its handler from wondering into traffic such as when coming out of a seizure and confused. Protection is never meant as to snarl, growl, show teeth, or try to bite someone.

If someone is selling trained attack dogs via their website I would suggest calling the ADA Hotline and ask for guidance on how to report this. By doing so you do not have to become involved where this person knows who reported him.

If you are not comfortable doing this send me a PM and I'll do it for you. I think you may also have my email addy. If not remind me via PM and I'll make sure you have my contact info.

U.S. Department of Justice ADA Infoline

Monday through Friday from 9:30 AM until 5:30 PM (eastern time) except on Thursday when the hours are 12:30 PM until 5:30 PM.

Spanish language service is also available.

For general ADA information, answers to specific technical questions, free ADA materials, or information about filing a complaint, call:
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1-800-514-0383 (TTY)

[ASDogGeek]

Originally Posted by ILGHAUS

Can't get into Facebook via this computer ... have to wait till tomorrow.

Meantime.

“an animal individually trained to provide aggressive protection, such as an attack dog, is not appropriately considered a service animal.”

The protection refered to by the Dept. of Justice is that such as a dog trained to keep its handler from wondering into traffic such as when coming out of a seizure and confused. Protection is never meant as to snarl, growl, show teeth, or try to bite someone.

If someone is selling trained attack dogs via their website I would suggest calling the ADA Hotline and ask for guidance on how to report this. By doing so you do not have to become involved where this person knows who reported him.

If you are not comfortable doing this send me a PM and I'll do it for you. I think you may also have my email addy. If not remind me via PM and I'll make sure you have my contact info.

U.S. Department of Justice ADA Infoline

Monday through Friday from 9:30 AM until 5:30 PM (eastern time) except on Thursday when the hours are 12:30 PM until 5:30 PM.

Spanish language service is also available.

For general ADA information, answers to specific technical questions, free ADA materials, or information about filing a complaint, call:
1-800-514-0301 (voice)
1-800-514-0383 (TTY)

thank you! I sent you a message on here with a link to the thing that inspired this

[Hillary_Plog]

One of the tasks for which a service dog is trained to assist an individual with can not be "for protection". For example, if I am a military veteran suffering from PTSD and have social anxeity and fear around strangers, I can not have a service dog trained to "protect me" from said strangers as a task for him to perform.

ASDogGeek, I guess I don't understand. Is this "trainer" that you are referring to training Autism Support Dogs as personal protection dogs (PPD) for children receiving service/comanion dogs?

I train my own service dogs, have fully trained 2 and am in the middle of training my 3rd. The tasks that they perform are retrieval, opening/closing doors, lights, pulling wheelchair, holding items/carrying items for long distances. I also participate in the sport of schutzhund, but do not consider that participation as having anything to do with the tasks that my dogs assist with. EVERY dog I have ever owned/trained has been of impeccable soundess in mind and has been in every public setting possible and has never once indicated anything other than complete acceptance of people (including, but not limited to, elderly, severely developmentally disabled, infants, school age children, different races, police, emergency medical professionals, etc).

On the other hand, I would never train a dog for a client, either through my organization I work for or privately, to do either personal protection or schutzhund nor would I instruct anybody how to go about doing so.

[ILGHAUS]

Hillary, I'm sending you via PM the link to this guy's website. I haven't had time to really get into it but it looks like he knows how to word everything to prey on the fears of people and still stay within the law.

Looks like he is located in CA and says his organization is a 501(c)(3). This just goes to show that even 501s need to be checked out and "buyer beware".

Statements like this can be concerning: " ... remain controlled,passive,and behaviorally stable,by the handler,but ready,in case further intervention is needed."

He also says he supplies these dogs to children.

[Hillary_Plog]

Thanks...if the situation is as it sounds, and I will wait to read for myself if it is so, it could be quite reckless and/or dangerous.

[codmaster]

Originally Posted by Hillary_Plog

One of the tasks for which a service dog is trained to assist an individual with can not be "for protection". For example, if I am a military veteran suffering from PTSD and have social anxeity and fear around strangers, I can not have a service dog trained to "protect me" from said strangers as a task for him to perform.

ASDogGeek, I guess I don't understand. Is this "trainer" that you are referring to training Autism Support Dogs as personal protection dogs (PPD) for children receiving service/comanion dogs?

I train my own service dogs, have fully trained 2 and am in the middle of training my 3rd. The tasks that they perform are retrieval, opening/closing doors, lights, pulling wheelchair, holding items/carrying items for long distances. I also participate in the sport of schutzhund, but do not consider that participation as having anything to do with the tasks that my dogs assist with. EVERY dog I have ever owned/trained has been of impeccable soundess in mind and has been in every public setting possible and has never once indicated anything other than complete acceptance of people (including, but not limited to, elderly, severely developmentally disabled, infants, school age children, different races, police, emergency medical professionals, etc).

On the other hand, I would never train a dog for a client, either through my organization I work for or privately, to do either personal protection or schutzhund nor would I instruct anybody how to go about doing so.

So, are your service dogs trained in ScH?