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As an assistance dog trainer and someone who relies on an assistance dog myself, there are some things I wish more people understood. When people picture an assistance dog, they usually imagine the finished product. A calm dog lying quietly in a café, walking confidently through a supermarket or accompanying their handler on a day out. What they don’t see are the years it took to build that partnership. They don’t see the thousands of hours of training. They don’t see the set