Did you know that National Service Dog Month is celebrated in September? We celebrate to raise awareness of what service dogs are, what tasks they do for their handlers and how we should talk with service dog handler teams.
Service dogs can help people with a lot of different disabilities and allergies. They are very important to the people who need them. They also take a lot of work to train! To learn more about service dogs, check out the books below. Click here for more information and activities about service dog month.
Service Dog is a great introduction to the different types of service dogs and what they do. Learn all about the dogs, their jobs and how to be most respectful when you see them in public.
In I'm A Gluten-sniffing Service Dog, Chewie the poodle has a very important job to do. His handler is a girl with celiac disease, which is a severe allergy to the gluten found in many foods. Chewie is trained to smell gluten and warn his handler if he smells it in her food. But there are so many distractions: bugs, pizza and even his own tail! How can he ignore all this fun and do a good job to keep his handler safe?
In Rescue & Jessica, Rescue thought he was going to be a guide dog like the rest of his family. When he finds out he will be a different kind of service dog, he gets anxious. Will he be able to help Jessica in all the ways she needs him to?
In Harley the Hero, Harley is a school teacher’s service dog. But when a fire happens, Harley helps a child in the class as well as his handler.
Dogs are good helpers and friends to all their people. To Dogs, With Love gives thanks for dogs of all kinds, with a special focus on service dogs.
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