Service Dog Phase 4

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Continue your service dog training by building on previous cues and skills learned in prerequisite classes, introduce new behaviors, strengthen individual task training, and practice good manners in public.

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This class includes:

• Continuing the behaviors learned in previous classes

• Continued development of handler-specific task training 

• Reviewing service dog owners’ rights, general service dog etiquette, and the Americans With Disabilities Act as it pertains to service dogs

• Discussing the proper etiquette and safety while riding in vehicles

• A field trip to practice and generalize good manners cues and behaviors in public

• How to identify when your dog is stressed and strategies to help

 

Graduation requirements to enroll in Phase 5:

• Attend at least five out of six classes

• Identify two of your dog’s stress signals and one way to mitigate

• Heel and Side with major distractions

• Under with two or more people seated at table

• Distance Down from handler five feet away

• Down-Stay with major distractions while handler five feet away

• Go to Place unescorted from ten feet away

• Additional requirements will be determined according to handler-specific task training

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Service Dog 4 class meets for 60 minutes on Wednesday evenings each week at Peaceable Paws in Fairplay, MD. Enrollment is limited to 6 dogs per class. Prerequisite: Graduation from Service Dog Phase 3 class.

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Service Dog Phase 4 class will be offered in the summer 2020. Please check Peaceable Paws' website for the exact start date.