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Originally Posted by moodycow
hi , i have never before heard of this, what exactly is the dog trained to do ? how does it help ? I know animals can be theraputic as i own three cats and they calm me and i ilove them unconditionally unlike any human !!.
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I just joined this forum so it won't let me post links yet. Check out the Wilderwood service dog website:
Www(dot)wilderwood(dot)org
At the top they have a 'Psych Service Dogs' tab. It has a lot of great information on how service dogs can help and what tasks they do.
I'm thinking since I've trained her to tap my foot/grab my leg that the next step would to train her to do this when I start breathing faster, pulling my hair, get nervous, talking fast.... I've never done this before so I guess I'll be figuring it out along the way.