Day One of Scouts journey to a be a full Service dog.....

January 1, 2015-

I am Scout and this blog will be story on how I handle my training and what I am put through and what is required of me to become a full pledged service dog for my human companion, Pam!

 

Yesterday, my friend Pam (that is her)......

went down and registered me with the local offices to get my service dog tags. Here in NY there are no fees for service dog licensees and all. There are a lot of things about being a service dog, let me tell you a few things:

 

Regarding Accessibility: "No person shall be denied admittance to and/or the equal use of and enjoyment of any public facility solely because said person is a person with a disability and is accompanied by a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog."

Interference "Any person or legal entity, public or private, violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a violation."

 

 

Licenses/Fees no fee for any license issued for any guide dog, hearing dog, service dog Identification dog must be harnessed

 

 

Trainers "Persons qualified to train dogs to aid and guide persons with a disability, while engaged in such training activities, shall have the same rights and privileges set forth for persons with a disability in this article."

 

 

Summary New York law requires that a specially trained Assistance Dog be allowed to accompany a blind, deaf, or disabled person or trainer to all public accommodations and common carriers. Extra charges cannot be made due to the presence of the dog, but if the dog causes damage to the premises, the dog user is liable.

 

Here is a little taste of my first day of training:

 

 

Here we started to work on sitting on command, we want to be SURE we have it down pat!......And staying and coming when called.....we want to be sure we are safe ourselves and that we will not interfere with anyone around us. Also heeling when we walk, or in our case (being that we run a lot) Pam wants me to walk side by side when working. This is going to take a lot of practice for me BUT I know I can do it.....I just have to listen to what Skyler tells me because if anyone can teach me Skyler can......Oh and Pam!

 

Skyler is always watching my every move and teaching me right from wrong, she is so smart!

 

 

Check out tomorrow's blog to see what is next in our training!