Eardogie wrote:
[color=#8040BF]I think this would be very good to learn about but for us that are deaf, the video has very little meaning. I would like to know why these dogs are trained for people with this illness. i would think most people would require assistance from someone to go about daily living. unless these dogs are provided for those less affected by this disease.
i have had several relatives and friends with this illness that it finally taken full control of them. can someone out there shed some light on this particular type of training. thanks
Hi Eardogie,
Sorry it has taken me this long to get back to you. For some reason I didn't get a notice and missed your post. Again sorry.
Unfortunately some videos don't have close caption and I am not too good when it comes to typing skills to actually write word from word. I do appreciate you bringing this video to my attention and I will try to write to this organization about them having close caption within their videos.
Now with that said, there isn't a lot of information about such service dogs training but from what I have found out is that these dogs need to be self motivators. As they are not usually giving cues words such as sit, stay. These dogs are trained off the basis of Hearing Dogs. They work with the concept of sounds most important sound would be the feet hitting the floor. The dog then goes to their partner to see if they are indeed moving around and if so then they immediately rush to the caretaker of the patient and get them up or whatever and take them to their partner (ie patient).
From the little bet of research I found is that they don't just work for one partner but these dogs works with two. The main partner would be the patient and the secondary would be the caretaker. If the patient happens to leave the premises the service dog goes with them and tries to my understanding lead them back to their home like a guide. If they cannot communicate with their partner then they stay with the person and they also have in their collars a gps. So the caretaker could track them.
So from some of the limited research these dogs which needs to be self motivators. They have to have the skills of a hearing dog, a guide dog, an Autism dog along with search / rescue per say.
Hope this gives you some idea about these types of service dogs.
Also welcome to our forum. I'm sure you will enjoy it here.
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