Prepare your hearts for it might just melt with this photo! In a desire to further allow and enable individuals with service dogs to live a normal and fulfilling daily life closely similar to most, Canadian trainers are now teaching service dogs to navigate and attend theater shows.
In the training, dogs are taught to navigate the theater, familiarize themselves with bathrooms, adjust to tight spaces, and acclimate with a crowd.
While on training, a photo of the dogs calmly watching the production of Billy Elliot was taken.
This photo is now doing its rounds online for it’s so adorable and unbelievably cute.
Well-behaved and calm, the cute dogs occupied seats in the theater. The photo showed how it’s truly possible for service dogs to be brought to theaters.
The dogs looked so adorable that people don’t even quickly recognize that they are actually in training.
The training allowed the adorable service dogs to be patient and calm amidst a range of various sensory stimuli like lights, noises, and movements. It targeted to teach how dogs need to remain calm and relaxed even when in crowded tight spaces.
The trainers noted how the more challenging aspect to develop involves teaching the dogs to not be excited when seeing other guests and attendees. Food stimuli are also particularly tricky to get calmly accustomed to.
Billy Elliot was chosen as the sample production for the training for it’s considered as one of the gentler and more relaxed performances. The production showcases softer lighting and bearable sounds ideal for babies, children, and individuals with autism spectrum.
Bringing the dogs during the show is also beneficial to the performers. Billy Eliot has numerous child performers and having the dogs train with them results to having the young performers accustomed to having animals as part of the audience.
As the training progresses, more and more training dogs will be enrolled to the program.
Truly, the wonders that come about when dogs and humans interact and work for the better is forever amazing, inspiring, and extremely heart-warming