#SafetyAlert #ServiceDogTraining #DisabilityAwareness
Hey everyone, I need some advice! 🐾
So, here’s the deal – my coworker at the dog training facility is taking on service dog clients when she really shouldn’t be. 😠 I know that training a service dog for specific tasks like seizure, cardiac, diabetic alerts, etc. is serious business and if done incorrectly, it could have fatal consequences. 😱
I’ve been stealing clients from her because I truly believe she’s putting lives at risk with her lack of knowledge and care. But I need help figuring out a better solution to this. Here are a few things I’ve been considering:
– Talking to her directly about the potential dangers
– Bringing up my concerns to the boss
– Offering to mentor her on proper service dog training techniques
What do you all think? How can we address this situation in a way that ensures the safety of the clients and their service dogs? 🤔 Let’s brainstorm some ideas together! 🧠 #DogTraining #SafetyFirst
You can feel confident in ignoring that noncompete agreement. They were banned in April of this year.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes
I’m not a dog trainer (professionally – I have my own dogs, have trained and competed a dog through Open level obedience, training my current teen puppy in Schutzhund, so not unfamiliar with dog training in a general sense), but there aren’t requirements or certifications to train and hand off a certified service dog?
I’m painfully aware the level of training and specialization that requires, I’m honestly a bit surprised that any old dog trainer can claim the dog is a service animal – I am completely unfamiliar with the processes involved (not a side of the world of dogs I’ve gotten into), but do the dogs have to pass any kind of formal tests to be certified?
Sounds like a money grab – I do know service dogs can be worth some $$$.
Is it possible to set up a competing business? If the big bosses do not care about service dogs and the people these dogs help, it’s time to kick them to the curb.
Your responsibility here is to alert the public regarding the inadequate training of these service animals. I would contact local non-profits that service these communities to warn them.
If the VA covers the dog as a medical device, trainers should have the corresponding ethics.
If you work with vets I would bring it up with someone.
I feel like this would be a good cause to get OP their own business that’s capable and able to work with VA payments.
Barks & Heck
Can you go to a higher-higher-up or report her to someone else?
can you notify the certifying agency? Would they be able to do anything?