Has anyone been involved in training service dogs?

Several years ago I attended a Christmas Eve service at church. If I'm not mistaken, the church was undergoing renovations, so the service was held in a gym. Sitting 2 or 3 bleacher-rows below me was a couple who had a Golden Retriever puppy wearing a vest that stated it was a service dog in training, or some similar wording.

I love the idea of helping to train a service dog, I just don't think I could give the dog back to the training institution, at least not easily. I give a lot of credit to those people who can train service dogs, and give them back!

Any thoughts?

Pam, Enslow staffer

Therapy Dog Heroes

Therapy Dog Heroes, written by Linda Bozzo, has been published.Would you like to pet my therapy dog? Tuxedo is a therapy dog that visits people who live in assisted-living centers. Petting and being around dogs makes some people feel better. Read about the history, training, what being on the job is like for a therapy dog, and what happens when the dog retires. Therapy dogs truly are heroes.


48 pages, full-color illustration, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3200-2
http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3121

Amazing Working Dogs with American Humane Series Each title in this series of elementary-level books looks at a different type of working dog. Covering the history of the work, the better breeds for that particular type of service, the dog’s training, what the dog does on the job, and what happens to the dogs when they retire.

Service Dog Heroes

Service Dog Heroes, written by Linda Bozzo, has been published.

"Sweater, get it!" Kazi is a service dog. He helps his owner around her house and while she is at work. Read about the history, training, what being on the job is like for a service dog, and what happens when the dog retires. Service dogs truly are heroes.

48 pages, full-color illustration, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3199-9

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3120

Amazing Working Dogs with American Humane Series
Each title in this series of elementary-level books looks at a different type of working dog. Covering the history of the work, the better breeds for that particular type of service, the dog’s training, what the dog does on the job, and what happens to the dogs when they retire.

Search and Rescue Dog Heroes

Search and Rescue Dog Heroes, written by Linda Bozzo, has been published.

"We need Radar's help." Radar is a search and rescue dog that helped rescue a lost teen boy. Search and rescue dogs use their noses to find people. Read about the history, training, what being on the job is like for a search and rescue dog, and what happens when the dog retires. Search and rescue dogs truly are heroes.

48 pages, full-color illustration, Enslow Publishers, Inc. ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3201-9

Amazing Working Dogs with American Humane Series Each title in this series of elementary-level books looks at a different type of working dog. Covering the history of the work, the better breeds for that particular type of service, the dog’s training, what the dog does on the job, and what happens to the dogs when they retire.

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3119

Police Dog Heroes

Police Dog Heroes, written by Linda Bozzo, has been published.

"Do you want to catch the bad guy?" Officer Shawn Meade asks his K-9 Lucky that question when they’re on duty. It takes a special dog to be a police dog. Read about the history, training, what being on the job is like for a K-9, and what happens when the dog retires. Police dogs truly are heroes.

48 pages, full-color illustration, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3197-5

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3118

Amazing Working Dogs with American Humane Series Each title in this series of elementary-level books looks at a different type of working dog. Covering the history of the work, the better breeds for that particular type of service, the dog’s training, what the dog does on the job, and what happens to the dogs when they retire.

Guide Dog Heroes

Guide Dog Heroes, written by Linda Bozzo, has been published.
"With a guide dog, you never feel like you are alone." Panzy is a guide dog. She helps her blind owner get from place to place. Read about the history, training, what being on the job is like for a guide dog, and what happens when the dog retires. Guide dogs truly are heroes.

48 pages, full-color illustration, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3198-2

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3117

Amazing Working Dogs with American Humane Series Each title in this series of elementary-level books looks at a different type of working dog. Covering the history of the work, the better breeds for that particular type of service, the dog’s training, what the dog does on the job, and what happens to the dogs when they retire.

Fire Dog Heroes

Fire Dog Heroes, written by Linda Bozzo, has been published.

"Go find!" That is the command given to Ashly. Ashly is a fire dog that works with the Dallas Fire Department. Fire dogs help investigators find the causes of some fires. Read about the history, training, what being on the job is like for a fire dog, and what happens when the dog retires. Fire dogs truly are heroes.

48 pages, full-color illustration, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3202-6

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3116

Amazing Working Dogs with American Humane Series
Each title in this series of elementary-level books looks at a different type of working dog. Covering the history of the work, the better breeds for that particular type of service, the dog’s training, what the dog does on the job, and what happens to the dogs when they retire.

Linda Bozzo's blog is mentioned in Diane Chen's Practically Paradise blog

Enslow author Linda Bozzo's blog was mentioned in the School Library Journal blog, Practically Paradise, which is written by Diane Chen.

Enslow author, Linda Bozzo's school visit!

Enslow author, Linda Bozzo, recently visited Knollwood Elementary School in Piscataway, New Jersey to present her program, “How a Book is Made” to third graders.

She talked about her life as a nonfiction author and then walked the students through the many steps a book takes before it is placed on the library shelf while touching on different careers in the publishing industry.

Linda shared interesting facts about her series, My First Pet Library from the American Humane Association. She told the students how her father took most of the photos for My First Horse at the equestrian center where her daughter rides horses and that she didn’t write the Spanish text in the bilingual version of the series.

Linda also introduced the student to her two new series that are coming out with Enslow in fall 2010. The first series is Amazing Working Dogs with American Humane. Through photos the students were able to meet each of the dogs featured in this dog hero series while Linda explained how she each met and interviewed each of the handlers. When questioned about how she met the police dog, she which quick to respond that she was not pulled over by the police officer, but instead met him when an injury occurred during softball game and the police were called. In speaking about the Imagining the Future series she talked about what it’s like to research history and what fun it was to imagine what the future might bring.

Linda is currently working on two new books that include jokes and riddles proving there are so many different types of writing that authors do. “Who ever thought I would be writing knock-knock jokes?” she laughed.

The students were anxious to ask questions at the end of the presentation including what her favorite dog breed is and when she started writing. “The students were good listeners and asked great questions making it a successful school visit,” Linda said.

Enslow's very own author, Linda Bozzo, talks writing and books at township school

Linda Bozzo, an author for Enslow Publishers, recently visited a local elementary school to speak about writing and publishing. This article explains it all!

Congratulation Linda on "Making the Paper" Article featured in CourierNews and Home News Tribune on Feb. 5, 2009