STORY: Medical Episode with Friends Over // Off-Duty Service Dog Alert & Response

How do service dogs behave at home? Do service dogs alert when they are off duty? What does that look like in a real situation? It's STORY TIME! This is the story of how Service Dog Buddy alerted and responded to a medical episode I had while he was off-duty and we had friends over distracting him.

I wanted to tell the story of an off-duty service dog alert, but I also REALLY wanted to highlight that off-duty service dog behavior can be SO different from their on-duty behavior! As with many things, the reality of having a service dog is different from a lot of people's expectations. There is a lot of service dog advice out there, and there are so many service dog rules, but I think that it's also important to talk about expectations. How a service dog behaves at home/off-duty is just a fraction of that.

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In this video I wanted to talk about the truth about service dogs, and being a service dog handler. When a service dog is at home, a log of the time, they behave just like a pet! How you treat your off duty service dog is a key part of training, but service dog behavior at home just isn't discussed as often as the on duty component. It's part of the training, and part of a service dog handler's reality, but there also aren't laws to guide us! At home service dogs need to know how to alert and respond off duty, and so a service dogs behavior around friends (and their rules) can differ from a normal dog's. That said... they're still the same in MOST ways. Remember, a dog is a dog is a dog!

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