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Hearing dogs are trained to alert their owners to common sounds like doorbells, oven timers, smoke alarms, telephones, babies' cries, or alarm clocks. Hearing dogs make physical contact with their masters, nudging or pawing them to get their attention. Most are trained to lead their handlers toward the source of a sound.

Everything you need to know about Hearing Ear dogs, who are trained to assist Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people. This book begins with a general discussion about service dogs and the laws related to them. It addresses selection criteria and training for dogs and their handlers, and discusses the training and testing standards and processes. The emphasis is on Hearing Ear dogs, which perform alert-related tasks to notify their handlers of things in their immediate environment they cannot hear. The book favors positive, reward-based training techniques and discourages negative reinforcement.

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