OnQ Siberians

                                              

       

Quality Siberian Huskies, trained as Seizure Alert and Assistance jobs.
Home
About OnQ Siberians & OnQ & Able Dog Training
How We Came To Be:

I have been raising and training Siberian huskies since age 13, but have had dogs my whole life. I also run my dogs recreationally, on a dogsled. in 2003-2004, I was the live in handler in, for 2x Beargrease champion and Iditarod musher cliff Wang.

the first assistance dog that I placed, was at age 15 with a visually impaired man. both diabetes and epilepsy, run in my family, and I have seen animals react to both, but it seemed so hard to train for, more like instinct. some dogs would let you know, but not be persuaded to help. some dogs would growl, and not let you near their owner.

while living with a friend (Tammy) I found out that my dog (althea) that would not only let you know remarkably before Tammy would go into her seizure. as months went by, althea learned that when she told us the seizure was coming, we would make Tammy lay down..... we then noticed that althea would lie very near her during her seizures. althea would do things, like tuck her face against Tammy's neck during the seizure. althea would then lick her face after the seizure had passed, and lay on her, so that she could not get up right away.

one day I returned home from work, and Tammy told me that althea had helped through a seizure while her husband Kris was at the store. she said that she had not only started telling her that she was going to have a seizure, but got her to lie down.

it became so routine after that for althea to help Tammy, everyone else just stayed near by.

when I moved out later, I always brought althea to stay with Tammy when she was going to be alone, or having a bad week. she likes to have her visit, even if she has not had a seizure for a while.

I began leaving two dogs with Tammy for company, as her son matt loves dogs. it was more than I could have hoped for. after a month of visiting Tammy on weekends, Adia too began to sense the seizures. Adia mimicked altheas actions, and could then be trusted to help Tammy alone.

in June of 2003, Adia had a litter. naturally, Tammy wanted to watch a puppy when she had althea over. sometimes she wanted althea, Adia, and a puppy. we switched the puppies every time, so that no one got jealous. there were 7 puppies, 5 of which became excellent at the routine. we wanted badly to give Tammy one of the pups, before I went to Montana, but her living arrangement would not allow.

two of the puppies from this litter went two different men, as an emotional support animals, and later when I returned from Montana, one went to a visually impaired man.

a year ago, I began working with dogs for the hearing impaired. I placed my first hearing dog in November, after only working with the dog for 5 months

we can train your dog specifically for you. there are no cookie-cutter assistance dogs. we look forward to helping you in your unique situation.


   Please Write, With Any Questions: OnQSiberians@yahoo.com