If you answer "yes" to any of these questions," Practical Partners was
written for YOU! Drawing on more than a decade of experience in the field,
author Julie Nye will walk you through the many steps and considerations
necessary to give you a clear and accurate picture of service dog potential and
process . Read about:

considerations for clients
basics on breed selection
temperament screening
discerning possible tasks
implications of training methods
certification: what it is and isn't
contract checklist
legal issues
service dogs and children
facility-resident therapy dogs
Assistive Search Alert dogs for autism

Practical Partners provides a superb foundation for
exploring--and maximizing--the world of assistance dogs. This
book will lead you to a better understanding of the people, the
potential, the problems . . . and the answers!

What do different people with different disabilities have
              in common...or not?
                                What about their dogs?
                                                 What about their trainers?

"Practical Partners is about how to plan a merger
between the world of working dogs and the
nature of individual disabilities."
--from Chapter One

FROM A READER:

"Never before, anywhere, on or off the web,
have I found anything that helped with so
many specifics. How to do better with
training, to understand the issues, and how
to protect everyone's interests, practically
and legally. This is the best book I've
bought in years."
                           --Marcy Dennison
                 Kansas City, MO