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I got all kind reactions from people some negative and positive . There will always be that feel dogs do not belong in grocery stores or restaurants . If people did not see Finlay and I walk into a restaurant most of the they did not even know my dog was there . He laid under the table if was big enough or I would find a table that had room for my dog to lay down and not be
in people ways. You should never feed your hearing dog while eating at home b/c you DO NOT want your dog to get into the habit of begging for food
at the table . The dog can't do that while eating out. Every service dogs
agencies has their own training program , I got my dog from NEADS and I had to stay there for a week to learn how to become a team with my dog. We went into stores and took walks and learned how get our dogs to pee and poop on demand . We got tested on this. One the last day of training we had to going into a grocery and pretend to go shopping and push shopping cart while walking our hearing dog . One of the woman dog took a poop in the store and she did not pass the test . We had to get our dog to poop and pee
before we went into the store. Finlay and I passed all of our tests . Then we went back home for a week to see how we got along on our own . After week was up we all went back to NEADS and told how we did and if we wanted to keep our dogs . As you know I kept my hearing dog. You'll run into people that want to pet your dog with asking if it's OK. I had this happen to me a lot .
You need to be very firm and say "NO" I was out with Finlay and he was in full uniform some guy walked by and tried to pet my dog on his head and I pushed the guy hand and said "NO!" The jerk got mad at me of all thing and I said to the guy " Do you like people petting you on you head while working?"
He said nothing and walked away . People should never try to pet a strange dog on it head no matter how welled trained it's.
Your service dog agency will have it own training program and I know the moment your see your hearing dog is going to love at first sight . It was with Finlay .
Thanks again Whatdidyousay! I'm told I'll travel to California for two weeks of "team training". The first few days will be spent matching a dog's temperament/abilities/personality to my own, and after that I'll work one-on-one with the dog assigned to me to get him/her specifically trained to my needs. Seems to me that "team training" will be a quite involved process (and rightfully so) - 6 days a week, full work days with homework and "tests" to boot!