Customer Reviews
Teamwork II 
2007-01-07
Being very interested in training assistance dogs, this book plus the 1st book (Teamwork) form a great foundation for training, not only assistance dogs but all dogs. The methods used are gentle but also involve correction when a dog doesen't do as he's been shown. Being written by people who require assistance dogs, it is a very practical, down to earth and well written book which progresses from the very basics through to quite advanced training in easy to follow sequences. Invaluable if you are involved in any dog training particularly assistance dog training.
Very Helpful 2006-11-08
Great ideas for anyone who wants to train a service dog. Disabled or not, you will pick up lots of great tips. Sometimes a bit vague and disorganized in writing style, but still worth the money and time to read it. And for such a good cause!
Team Work 2 
2006-11-04
While I was visiting my local library the libraian happened to mention this book to me, noticing that my siezure alert dog is fairly young. He turned 2 at the end of May 2006 and is sometimes resistant to comands in public such as :"relax" or "down" which means lay down on the floor and wait quietly. So It ended up that I couldn't get the book from the library because it was more like a text book, I tried to get it from a local Barne's and Nobles but was told they couldn't guarantee delivery, so I turned to Amazon.com.
I recieved the book in about a week and have been working with it, and my dog. It has helped us overcome training snafus such as backing up under a restraunt table because it is "unnatural" for dogs to back in, and unusual for them to have the room to go in forward and turn around. "Tuck" your tail has also been a useful command helping me teach my dog to be safe in the car when closing the door, or at checkout lanes in the grocery store.
The book has also been helpful in educating the public including some medical professionals who had not been aware of "alternative therapies" such as the use of a service dog. This combined with the laws of the ADA found on the dept of justice website, helped me feel more confident in facing other's adversity towards my dog and me working as a team.
My dog has been instrumental in allowing me to do things without worrying i'm going to have a siezure, or fall out. The book Team work 2 has cemented things I already knew about training but offered other examples of how other teams overcame their training roadblocks.
It is fair to say you must most often start training your dog for these purposes at a young age to have the most positive effect on the outcome.
Excellent Service Dog Training Book & Precious Resource! 2006-03-04
Teamwork II is a great book for training your own service dog. In fact, this book and it's predecessor are the only ones I have found on this topic. Using today's progressive positive reinforcement (operant conditioning) techniques to train dogs, this book is a priceless resource for those that can't use typical training methods to train their dog and need their dog to do more than typical sit, stay, and down. For those of us that can't run backward to teach our dog to come and need a dog that can dependably complete more complex tasks, such as bringing the phone, helping to get dressed and undressed, or providing support and preventing a fall, this book is the answer!
This book is actually written using the real experiences of other people that have self-trained their own assistance dogs and provides their techniques and solutions to training the various behaviors. It is based completely on real-world experiences and exercises, which makes it not only very understandable and broken down well but also gives it the credibility of being tried and true solutions to problems encountered by those of us that have various physical disabilities.
Teamwork II can be used without reading Teamwork I and as a stand alone; however, it only covers the actual assistance behaviors. The groudwork and basic training needed before reaching this level is covered fully in the first volume. While it would be helpful if there were more books dedicated to this subject, of not only training service dogs but geared toward the self-training of service dogs, this book definitely meets and exceeds that need!
I would recommend this book as a must read to those that are disabled and self-training their own service dog as well as to those interested in training service dogs and/or already training them. I think this book also will give those people devoted to the training of service dogs invaluable insite into the needs of the people they are trying to help, as well as a good perspective of the wide range of disabilities and their limitations that the dogs will need to be responding to and helping to mitigate. With the ever expanding need for service dogs and the constant and growing gap of meeting that need, more and more people will be needing to train their own and are rising to that task, and this book is a necessary and vital tool for meeting that need.
good advice 2006-01-29
Good book for ideas for training a dog more then just the basics in obedience for a service dog.
Helpful 2007-11-25
This book was basic but helpful. There are things in this book that my dog will learn to help assist my mom.
Great Read! 2007-03-23
Teamwork II was easy to read. It presents options for each command, allowing anyone to train their own service dog.
Specifics on teaching assistance dogs tasks appropriate for help for wheelchair 2007-02-12
This info not available elsewhere as far as I know!
Barbara Graham, Cloverdale, CA
Teamwork I & II 2007-02-07
I've just started reading Teamwork I. I am very impressed. I believe that the writers cover many concerns regarding training your dog as a disabled person. The book calms and gives you confidence that you can train your dog and gives you precise steps on how to train your dog. I would assume that Teamwork II would follow suit.
Useful for people with mobility impairments 
2007-01-26
It is very breif, and lacks a lot of detail, which I would personally have found helpful. It would be useful for those with impaired mobility to find ways to achieve basic obedience and some other skills for their dogs. It is very poor in relation to public access skills and requirements.
