How to turn your pet dog into a Detector Dog: Scent 1 Learning to Sniff

Today’s therapy-dog handlers recognize the need to be teammates with their dogs. Teaming with one’s dog involves unobtrusively providing physical and emotional support as well as respectful guidance in what to do. Being a teammate requires attention to our own behavior, not just our dog’s. This DVD reminds all handlers that being conscious of what we do with our dogs helps them do their best work, and also can increase the effectiveness of our visits. Teaming with Your Therapy Dog teaches the STEPs of Teamwork and how those STEPs fit with the Therapy Dog’s Bill of Rights. These general principles free handlers to apply them in their own way to their therapy dog’s individual personality and work, and to everyday life at home. Intended Audience: This DVD is for everyone who owns an animal (not just a dog!), whether a therapy dog or pet. The DVD gives examples from therapy-dog work applicable to beginning through advanced handlers.