Hero
Service
Dogs
Jennifer Boothroyd
For Laurel
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Boothroyd, Jennifer, 1972 author.
Title: Hero service dogs / Jennifer Boothroyd.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 2017. | Series: Lightning bolt books : hero dogs |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016012836 (print) | LCCN 2016027067 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512425413
(lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512431100 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512428025 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Service dogsJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC HV1569.6 .B66 2017 (print) | LCC HV1569.6 (ebook) | DDC 362.4/048dc23
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Manufactured in the United States of America
1-41309-23253-5/18/2016
T able of Contents
History of
Service Dogs
Guide D o gs
Why is this dog in a grocery
store? It is a service dog!
Service dogs are working dogs
trained to help their owners.
Guide dogs
help people
who are blind
or who cant
see well.
These dogs
lead people
around.
Guide dogs make sure
their owners dont fall
or walk into something.
Guide dogs wear a
special harness. The
dogs owner holds on to
the harness when walking.
When an owner
says steady, he
or she wants the
dog to slow down.
Guide dogs listen for
commands from their owners.
They learn commands such as
left, right, and forward .
A guide dog will
stop at curbs
and steps. This
warns the owner
that something
is in the way.
Guide dogs
make sure cars
are stopped
before crossing
the street.
Guide dogs sometimes need
to disobey their owners. A
guide dog will not follow
a command that leads its
owner into danger.
A guide dog wont let its
owner be hit by a car.
Assistance Dogs
Someone who cant move easily
might have an assistance dog.
Assistance dogs help people who
have trouble with some tasks.
Assistance dogs
can help their
owners open doors.
Assistance dogs can be asked
to reach things for their
owners. Some assistance dogs
help their owners move around.
Labrador retrievers and German
shepherds make good assistance dogs.
Assistance dogs can be
trained to flip a light switch.
They can also learn how to
open automatic doors.
Many people with assistance
dogs are in wheelchairs.
Assistance dogs are trained
to stay safe and calm around
wheelchairs.
A big part of an assistance
dogs job is to wait for
commands. Assistance dogs are
trained to wait out of the way
until their owners ask for help.
A service dog is
always ready, even
when it is resting.
Service dogs have an important
job. They are always there to
keep their owners safe!
Service dogs often
wear vests when
they are working.
Never pet a service
dog without the
owners permission.
Hearing D o gs
Hearing dogs help people
who are deaf or who have
trouble hearing. These
dogs are trained to listen
for important sounds.
This hearing dog
heard the alarm clock!
Many types of dogs
can be trained to work
as hearing dogs.
Some dogs are adopted
from animal shelters and
trained to be hearing dogs.
When a hearing dog hears
something important,
it will get its owners
attention. Then it leads
the owner to the sound.
This dog tells its owner
when the oven timer rings.
Hearing dogs might lie down
or nudge their owners if
they hear a fire alarm.
It might not be safe to move
toward a sounding fire alarm.