Author Information
Julie Nye has been involved in various service dog efforts since
1989 as a volunteer, apprentice, trainer, instructor, or board
member. She has individually trained more than 90 successful
working service dogs for clients with a variety of disabilities,
including Paraplegia, Quadriplegia, Spina Bifida, Multiple
Sclerosis, Parkinsons, amputation, substantial burns, brain injury,
and Autism, as well as having been involved in the training
processes of many more. Her work in recent years to establish
broader, more flexible capacity for training and placing service
dogs with autistic children has drawn national attention.
Julie's undergraduate degree in publishing and her graduate work
in education have proven complimentary to dog training, resulting
in the authorship of almost all the training manuals now in use by
the Dogs for Autism program of South Carolina. She is the author
or ghost author of seven books, two of which won past
placements in the CS Lewis literary contests and led to her
recognition in 1991 in “Outstanding Young Women of America.”
Her most recent title, Practical Partners: A Service Dog Research
Guide, was released in June 2005 from Fieldstone Hill Press.
Julie is a native of Hessel, Michigan, and has lived in or near
Greenville, South Carolina, since 1981. Her life-long fascination
with dogs began as a child and the working farm dogs owned by
various family members. Julie owns the Saluda Ridge kennel near
Greenville, South Carolina, where she is working to expand a
breeding program to produce a specific type of German Shepherd
Dog appropriate for the Assistive Search Alert service work
described in Practical Partners. She is a member of the Dogs for
Autism board of directors, and volunteers as an instructor for the
program’s apprentice trainers.
At her small farm home, Julie enjoys the company of several
horses and goats, a colony of rescued feral cats, five German
Shepherds, and one rescued Sheltie.
1989 as a volunteer, apprentice, trainer, instructor, or board
member. She has individually trained more than 90 successful
working service dogs for clients with a variety of disabilities,
including Paraplegia, Quadriplegia, Spina Bifida, Multiple
Sclerosis, Parkinsons, amputation, substantial burns, brain injury,
and Autism, as well as having been involved in the training
processes of many more. Her work in recent years to establish
broader, more flexible capacity for training and placing service
dogs with autistic children has drawn national attention.
Julie's undergraduate degree in publishing and her graduate work
in education have proven complimentary to dog training, resulting
in the authorship of almost all the training manuals now in use by
the Dogs for Autism program of South Carolina. She is the author
or ghost author of seven books, two of which won past
placements in the CS Lewis literary contests and led to her
recognition in 1991 in “Outstanding Young Women of America.”
Her most recent title, Practical Partners: A Service Dog Research
Guide, was released in June 2005 from Fieldstone Hill Press.
Julie is a native of Hessel, Michigan, and has lived in or near
Greenville, South Carolina, since 1981. Her life-long fascination
with dogs began as a child and the working farm dogs owned by
various family members. Julie owns the Saluda Ridge kennel near
Greenville, South Carolina, where she is working to expand a
breeding program to produce a specific type of German Shepherd
Dog appropriate for the Assistive Search Alert service work
described in Practical Partners. She is a member of the Dogs for
Autism board of directors, and volunteers as an instructor for the
program’s apprentice trainers.
At her small farm home, Julie enjoys the company of several
horses and goats, a colony of rescued feral cats, five German
Shepherds, and one rescued Sheltie.
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