This is the puppy training podcast episode number 18. What is a service dog?

This podcast is for those looking to train their own dog, whether as a family companion,

a service, or a therapy dog, and I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast, and I'm your host, Amy Jensen.

Hello, everyone. How is your weekend? I hope it was wonderful. I spent it with my family up

at Coulter Bay in the Jackson Hole area. It is beautiful country up there. We were fortunate

enough to see some bears this weekend. We saw some elk. It was just a good, relaxing weekend

in the mountains. I love being in the mountains. It's very simplistic.

It reminds me of just a very, you know, a humble lifestyle. You don't need a lot to survive.

And I love getting back to that kind of feeling where it's just easygoing and beautiful, beautiful country.

So I hope you enjoyed your weekend. This week, Boots and I are working

hard on loose-leash walking. We're also working on lengthening his stays as he's a service dog

and the company that I trained for, they have sits and downs as automatic stays. So we're working

on that with boots so that he doesn't just

pop right up out of his down. So I hope you guys are working on something great with your dogs this

week. I would love to hear what it is. If you want to email me at info at backstro

and bella.com, tell me what you're working on. If you have a question or you want help with a

training issue you're having, send that to that email as well. And I'll get back

to you. All right. So today I want to talk about different types of working dogs. I want to explain

what is a service dog because I am working with boots and this comes up a lot. I get asked this

quite frequently. What is the difference between a service dog or a therapy dog? What about an emotional support dog?

And then what's a companion dog?

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