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How to Manage a Wheelchair and a Service Dog
Service dogs can provide wheelchair users greater independence. From picking up dropped items to opening doors, the tasks these canines perform can be life changing. However, the logistics of...
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20 Pawsome Halloween Costume Ideas for Your Dog!
It’s that time of year again…Halloween! Check out the ideas below for a guaranteed costume contest win this year. We hope you will share your dog’s Halloween costume with us! 1. Dorothy and the...
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Please Don’t Say or do These Things to Service Dog Teams
When you have a Service Dog by your side 24 hours a day, you have to accept that you will never be invisible again. Everywhere you go, all eyes will be on you chances are someone will have something to...
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10 Service Dog Tasks for Handlers With Wheelchairs
Even though you may be aware that Service Dogs can help wheelchair users to be more independent, you may not know be fully aware of what they actually do to help their partners. Here are 10 tasks that...
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10 Things That Make a Dog Unsuitable For Service Dog Work
Everyone knows that Service Dogs are supposed to be calm, well trained dogs who work hard to help their human partners. However, too many people don’t know what makes a dog unsuitable for Service Dog...
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5 Questions to Ask Before Partnering With a Service Dog
Before partnering with a Service Dog, there are several important points to consider. While thousands of individuals with a disability benefit greatly from partnering with a Service Dog, it’s not the...
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Types of Service Dog Gear: Vests, Jackets and Harnesses
While federal law doesn’t mandate that Service Dogs wear any kind of gear or identification, most Service Dogs have some kind of vest, jacket or harness. Sometimes, the gear is for identification only...
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Two Dogs Test Positive For Lead Poisoning in Flint, MI
Two dogs have now tested positive for lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, where a water crisis is still raging full force. The discovery of these newest four-legged victims highlights a hidden danger...
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Evaluating Service Dog Candidates At the Shelter: 5 Traits to Look For
There are thousands of Service Dogs in the United States. Many of those Service Dogs graduated from programs or organizations, some were owner-trained, and still others trained and placed via other...
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Brace and Mobility Support Dogs: Everything You Need To Know
Brace and Mobility Support Dogs are a type of Service Dog trained to provide their disabled handler with assistance moving from place to place. This invaluable service is matched only by these dogs’...
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We Need Service Dog Pictures!
Are you interested in potentially having pictures of your partner appear in a published book about Service Dogs? One of our authors here at Anything Pawsable is wrapping up a book manuscript, and needs...
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10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Service Dogs
They guide, listen, balance, lead and love. They provide friendship and independence, freedom and peace of mind. They live to serve their handler to the fullest extent of their capability, be it...
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Why Natural Behaviors Aren’t Trained Service Dog Tasks
When it comes to Service Dog tasks, there is a lot of confusion over what constitutes a real, specifically trained task and which are only perceived tasks, fueled by emotion and wishful thinking. From...
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10 Things Service Dog Handlers Want You to Know
Many people have a vague sense of awareness that Service Dogs “help” their person and that they’re allowed to be in public, but there’s a lot more to Service Dog handlers and teams than meets the eye....
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10 Things Service Dogs Want You to Know
If Service Dogs could speak, what would they share with you? Well, while that question is impossible to answer (at least at this time!), we’d like to think that we’ve hit the main points on the top...
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How Service Dogs Are Helping Farmers in Need
Service Dogs are now being trained to help farmers and farm family members with disabilities, thanks to P.H.A.R.M. Dog USA (Pets Helping Agriculture in Rural Missouri). Troy and Duke Jackie Allenbrand...
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10 Summer Safety Tips for Service and Working Dogs
Summer is in full swing! As you make your plans for the summer, don’t forget to keep your four-legged friend in mind with these essential safety tips. 1. Don’t leave you dog in a warm car under any...
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How to Choose the Best Type of Dog Food
Feeding a dog isn’t as simple as pouring a can of dog food into a bowl and leaving it for your pooch to eat at its leisure. Knowledgeable owners, handlers and trainers are often extremely passionate...
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The Hidden Complications of Fake Service Dogs
Rules exist for a reason and when it comes to Service Dogs and Service Dog law, too many people have come to view them more as “guidelines.” Whether it’s someone who wishes they could take their dog...
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Beating Bloat (GDV)- Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
Gastric dilation and volvulus syndrome (GDV), more commonly known as bloat, gastric torsion, or ‘twisted stomach’, is a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition that many breeds, especially...
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