Special requirements canistherapeutic dog during his training

The thesis is focused on the process of training of a dog, with subsequent completion of canistherapeutic exam, and deployment of the dog to his duties. Since the dawn of man, dogs helped man with various tasks. As the knowledge of dogs progressed, there were attempts to employ it for therapeutic purposes. Dogs began to take on their function as assistants to handicapped patients. With this function, the universal method of canistheraupetic training began to be implemented. The basis of this training is to expose the dog to situations, where its ability and willingness to cooperate with both the trainer and the client would become clear. 8 races were studied, 4 retrievers and 4 terriers. It was examined, how each race would be compatible with canistherapy training. Specifically the willingness to cooperate with the owner, the reaction to other dogs, other persons, and special situations. Based on the observation it was found, that terriers have encoded a strong trait of dominance in them, which has reflected on their response to the training. One of the interesting facts found is that otherwise peaceful races, such as retrievers, have shown aggression towards other dogs. This could have been caused by the fact, that these dogs do not have a traceable pedigree, and thus there were traits inherited, which would not be a part of a controlled pedigree