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Understanding Strategies for Matching Service Dogs to Military Veterans With PTSD

Open Access
|May 2024

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Canine Good Citizen Test Items.

Test 1: Accepting a Friendly Stranger
Test 2: Sitting Politely for Petting
Test 3: Appearance and Grooming
Test 4: Out for a Walk (Walking on a loose lead)
Test 5: Walking Through a Crowd
Test 6: Sit and Down on Command Staying in Place
Test 7: Coming When Called
Test 8: Reaction to Another Dog
Test 9: Reaction and Distraction
Test 10: Supervised Separation

[i] Note: American Kennel Club, Canine Good Citizen Test Items, retrieved from. https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn-origin-etr.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/06120546/cgc-test-items.pdf.

Table 2

Assistance Dogs International Assistance Dog Public Access Certification Test.

1.Controlled Unload of Vehicle
2.Approaching the Building
3.Controlled Entry Through a Door-Way
4.Heeling Through the Building
5.Six Foot Recall on Lead
6.Sits on Command
7.Downs on Command
8.Noise Distraction
9.Restaurant
10.Off-Lead
11.Dog Taken by Another Person
12.Controlled Exit
13.Controlled Load Into Vehicle
14.Team Leadership

[i] Note: Assistance Dogs International. (2014, May). Assistance dog public access certification test. https://www.k9events.com/public-access/ADI.PublicAccessTest.updated.MAY14F-2.pdf.

Language: English
Page range: 187 - 198
Submitted on: Oct 3, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 9, 2024
Published on: May 10, 2024
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2024 James Whitworth, Chris Stewart, published by Virginia Tech Publishing
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.