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Adopting
A "Retired" Service Dog
When deciding to add a new adult dog to the
family, have you considered purchasing one that is actually
retired? What is a “retired” dog? Simply put, most people never
consider finding a companion that used to be of service to
other people, such as a guide dog.
If
you look up the reports provided by the International Association
of Assistance Dog Partners, you'll find that there are approximately
8,000 to 9,000 dogs in the United States alone that are “employed.”
These animals are out there providing service to our fellow
human beings by guiding blind people, helping the deaf, and
offering assistance to other disabled men and women.
However, not all dogs who are bred and raised in order to
provide some sort of service is actually out there working.
And other dogs have indeed been of use to people during their
life but obviously cannot continue working forever. To help
these animals find homes, there are guide dog organizations
who provide adoption programs as part of their services.
These
animals are definitely in high demand. Most of them
are completely trained and offer stable companionship from
the day they are brought home. The reason for this is because
most of these working type dogs spent months and even years
going through intensive obedient classes and learning training
protocols. This type of training is so extensive that most
everyday citizens could not afford to have their pets undergo
such training from professionals.
Consider this, it takes a very special and intelligent dog
just to get excepted into a program which will train them for
a career as a service dog. They must be well adjusted, in good
health, and show all the signs necessary to make them good
students of whatever particular job the trainers will be preparing
them for.
Just these attributes alone, before being trained to work,
would make a wonderful pet. Now imagine six months up to two
years of additional heavy-duty obedience training and career
protocol programs. The result is a dog that anybody would be
extremely grateful to have as a house pet.
So before you decide to go to a shelter or any of the usual
places to buy or adopt a dog, consider checking out local facilities
that specialize in providing dogs that are ex-service oriented,
or those canines that for some reason or another did not completely
make it through the training. Either way, you are guaranteed
to enjoy a high class, first rate quality pet.
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