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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Re: Mastiff's being trained as therapy dog?
« on: May 31, 2006, 04:06:46 pm »
I'm looking into the therapy dog training as well. I've come across are the following three organizations that certify such dogs:
Therapy Dogs International
Delta Society
Therapy Dogs Inc.
The general guidelines seem to be:
1. One year old
2. AKC Canine Good Citizen is either required or a very good general training regime for the dogs with some added in work on dealing with distractions/wheeled vehicles/carts.
Delta has multiple levels of certification for different kinds of hospitals/homes.
Otherwise, call your local humane society or shelter. They can usually put you in touch with local groups who do therapy work.
Hope it helps!
Chris
Therapy Dogs International
Delta Society
Therapy Dogs Inc.
The general guidelines seem to be:
1. One year old
2. AKC Canine Good Citizen is either required or a very good general training regime for the dogs with some added in work on dealing with distractions/wheeled vehicles/carts.
Delta has multiple levels of certification for different kinds of hospitals/homes.
Otherwise, call your local humane society or shelter. They can usually put you in touch with local groups who do therapy work.
Hope it helps!
Chris