Lend Me an Ear: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Dog

But it takes more than sharp ears to be a Hearing Dog. Mixed, companion-breed dogs from shelters and rescues have proven themselves to be more talented for this career than any existing dog breed. When a curious, people-loving busybody of a mutt with a natural interest in sounds is trained, and paired with the right human partner, wonderful things happen. Martha explains: The complex temperament of the perfect Hearing Dog, Testing methods to select shelter dogs for Hearing Dog potential, Dog-friendly training methods for teaching a dog to alert to sounds

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Lend Me an Ear: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Dog

But it takes more than sharp ears to be a Hearing Dog. Mixed, companion-breed dogs from shelters and rescues have proven themselves to be more talented for this career than any existing dog breed. When a curious, people-loving busybody of a mutt with a natural interest in sounds is trained, and paired with the right human partner, wonderful things happen. Martha explains: The complex temperament of the perfect Hearing Dog, Testing methods to select shelter dogs for Hearing Dog potential, Dog-friendly training methods for teaching a dog to alert to sounds

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Lend Me an Ear: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Dog

Lend Me an Ear: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Dog

by Martha Hoffman
Lend Me an Ear: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Dog

Lend Me an Ear: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Dog

by Martha Hoffman

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But it takes more than sharp ears to be a Hearing Dog. Mixed, companion-breed dogs from shelters and rescues have proven themselves to be more talented for this career than any existing dog breed. When a curious, people-loving busybody of a mutt with a natural interest in sounds is trained, and paired with the right human partner, wonderful things happen. Martha explains: The complex temperament of the perfect Hearing Dog, Testing methods to select shelter dogs for Hearing Dog potential, Dog-friendly training methods for teaching a dog to alert to sounds


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781617811210
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Publication date: 05/28/2013
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 5

Introduction 7

Part 1 Hearing Dog Basics

Chapter 1 What is a Hearing Dog? 13

Chapter 2 The Naturals: Reactivity and Its Impact on Temperament 23

Chapter 3 How Reactivity Affects Hearing Dog Potential 41

Part 2 Behind the Hearing Dog Temperament

Chapter 4 Classifying Dogs by Function 69

Chapter 5 Successful Hearing Dog 93

Chapter 6 Shelter Dog Behavior 97

Part 3 Testing Potential Hearing Dogs

Chapter 7 Temperament Testing Concepts Ill

Chapter 8 Temperament Tests for Hearing Dog Suitability 121

Chapter 9 Training Basics 159

Chapter 10 Training Sound Alerting 171

Bibliography 215

Appendix 219

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