Assistance Dog UK

Family Dog - Foundation Training for Assistance Dogs

Train your own dog as an owner trained assistance dog to support you, or a family member. Includes video based dog training tutorials basic to silver/gold level. Foundation training for you to progress toward a TDT UK Public Access Assessment.

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Course curriculum

1. Chapter 1: Introduction - how you can benefit from this course?
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2. Frequently Asked Questions
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3. Therapy Dogs and Assistance Dogs in the UK explained
4. Public Access Rights - Owner Trained Assistance Dogs.
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5. Public Access Test Criteria
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6. Other organisations who can help
1. Adopting a Dog.
2. Factors to take into consideration when adopting a dog
3. Understanding Modern Breeding & Artificial Selection
4. Planning for the arrival of a new puppy!
5. Puppy Biting and Chewing
6. Puppy Toilet Training
7. Crate Training - A safe place to sleep for your dog.
8. Preventing Separation Anxiety - Helping your dog to get used to being left alone.
1. Animal Welfare Acts
2. Code of Practice for Animal Welfare - for you to download
3. Controlling your Dog in Public Places
4. The Dangerous Dog Act UK - 1991
5. TDT UK and our response to requests to train dangerous breeds
6. Public Liability Insurance for Your Assistance Dog
1. The Importance of Training
2. Considering how your dog thinks and feels can affect your training
3. How your dog learns and the best way to teach him?
1. Listening and Being Present to Your Dog
2. Canine Assisted Therapy - dealing with stress and anxiety in your dog
3. A trigger stacking record for you and your dog
4. Canine Enrichment - Important for a 'Working Dog'
5. Final Note: Achieving a work life balance for your dog
1. Practical Tutorials - Introduction to Training Course for Puppy and Adult Dog
2. Week 1 - The Basics
3. Marking and reinforcing a new behaviour (Click & Treat)
4. Confidence Building Games
5. Collar Versus Harness
6. The Name Game
7. Meet & Greeting a New Dog
8. Week 2- Teach your dog to come back to you
9. Recall Games - Triangle Recall
10. Recall Games - Ping Pong Recall
11. Restrained Recall
12. Recall and Collar Touch
13. Week 3
14. Luring
15. Lure to Sit
16. Lure to down
17. Loose Lead Walking Games
18. Swap
19. Week 4
20. Examination of the dog - Handling and Inspection
21. Food Manners- How to deliver treats safely
22. Hand Touch
23. Lead Walking (Next Steps)
24. Stay
25. Week 5
26. Stop Jumping Up (Four Paws on the floor)
27. Stop Jumping up (The Sitting Game)
28. Wait
29. Down
30. Stand
31. Week 6
32. Stay- Adding distractions and duration
33. Wait at the door or gate.
34. Impulse Control Games - THINK!
35. Paw or Nose Target
36. Controlled Walk Amongst People and Dogs
1. Week 1- Calling your Dog back to you.
2. Recall with your dog being held gently
3. Recall from a Wait
4. Come away from a distraction
5. Recall from a distraction
6. Road Walking- Relaxed lead walking in the street .
7. Week 2 - Using a Settle Mat
8. Send to Mat or place.
9. Send your dog to a mat or bed- Adding distance
10. Send To Mat and Stay. Use as a settle mat in a cafe.
11. Send to mat from 10 paces
12. Week 3- Working off lead
13. Remove lead and wait for release cue
14. Walk off Lead
15. A Walk in the Park
16. Stop The Dog - Emergency Stop
17. Stay on lead for 2 minutes
18. Week 4-Food Refusal, Leave it
19. Leave it
20. Food refusal from hand or floor.
21. Leave it - Food manners passed someone who is eating.
22. Food refusal from a bowl - wait for cue
1. Special Tasks - How to train your dog to help you at home or outside.
2. Pulling something with his mouth.
3. Taking off socks or gloves
4. Take off my jacket
5. Opening a door or cupboard - SUPPORT
6. Closing a door or cupboard - SUPPORT
7. Fetching phone/lead/keys - SUPPORT
8. Door Confidence and Manners
9. Chin or head rest - COMFORT
10. Body Compression - COMFORT
11. Middle Position - COMFORT & SAFETY
12. Leaning in - COMFORT.
13. Paws Up - COMFORT & SUPPORT
14. And now for some fun! 'Go Around'
1. Arranging a Public Access Assessment with TDT UK
2. Public Access Assessment - Eligibility Quiz
3. Submit Your Eligibility Document - (1)
4. Submit your Eligibility Document (2)
5. Submit an Additional Eligibility Document (3) *optional*
1. 1. Public Access Checklist
2. 2. Public Access Assessment - Testing Criteria
3. And finally

About this course

£120.00
108 lessons
0 hours of video content

Family Dog - Foundation Training for Assistance Dogs

Course curriculum

Course Introduction

Chapter 2: Bringing home a new puppy or rehoming a dog

Chapter 3: Keeping you and your dog within the Law

As your dog matures into adulthood

Chapter 4: Learn to look out and care for your dog

Sarah's Video Box 1: Introduction to Training/Bronze level for Puppy and Older Dogs

Sarah's Video Box 2: Silver Level/Gold level

Chapter 5: Special Tasks - How to train your dog to help you at home.

Chapter 6: Eligibility & Arranging a TDT UK Public Access Assessment

Chapter 7

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