@1packatak
I know you are training service dogs (my dream job), however 99% of the stuff you are teaching should be taught to almost all pet dogs! Everything from attention, to body awareness to calmness to how you socialize would benefit so many, many dogs. Keep up the great work👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@robinmccauley1035
At least for me, "leave it" is both a signal to refocus on me after finding something interesting, but also a drop it if they pick something up I don't want them eating. Sometimes my dog is faster than I am, and I'd much rather have a cue than have to pry something dangerous out of their mouth. We teach an auto-leave it for while working, but I'm not as strict when my dog is off-duty, and I find having that cue gives him the freedom to explore more. The caveat with training a "leave it", as you touched on in your video, is that it can become a negative if overly used to recall off something exciting. So it's important to practice so that 9/10 times the decision is super easy for the dog (ie, practice leaving a piece of kibble and get a bit of hot dog). I don't use his name primarily because I don't want others repeating it while he's working and distracting him. Instead I use "focus" to mean look up at me, and "here" to mean return to me
@GuyBelievesInWorldPeace
We got our service puppy in training home just a few days ago, he is five months old, almost half year old, it took me a little bit of time to educate my family whom I live with, about not telling puppy off retrieving random items, as in the future we plan to train him to retrieve all sorts of help tools. We are preparing for like, urm, family to come over for a Friday dinner next week, and I’m already urm… the winding over the sorts of responses that most people do with puppies, like fake throwing balls or asking for a high five or a shake, we are really careful about what we are telling him off , we try to do it very sparingly because we ( trainer and I) observed puppies getting much more reluctant and blunt and defiant, when being constantly told to not do stuff they wanna do.
@KingsleysKorgis
We use the command of paw for placement on my foot as a heel position (she is a corgi which is a smaller/medium breed). She lets me know she is by my side at all times.
@defendingthestrawman7103
2:14 I do teach a "boop" as well, but I actually use paw for calling someone (for help). It is a less subtle sign, which is less easily missed. Doggos are taught to be gentle though. So this works for elderly and toddlers...
@debb6054
Very good video. 😊 I agree with all of these, and someone mentioned do not teach a puppy to speak 😀 Yes I learned that mistake!
@jk6919
I am training my son's dog the automatic sit. We've found that his current dog "grounds" my son in a space. She follows his lead, but her sit helps him "stay" in pace. We ran out to a craft store just before Christmas and because we were stopping off at a friend's house who has dogs, I didn't want to take her. I quickly remembered WHY he needs the dog when he started running back and forth down the aisle. That automatic site saves our shopping trips! But for her (and the new pup) the sit is part of the task.
@robinrutherfordcost4748
Ditto on the paw/shake for my Dobes. Just like horses wanting more, my Dobes will rake you. I never use treats for self rewarding behaviors - barking, going through doors - really the only two times. Learned about the auto sit from our referral for people who want service dogs. We just refer people to them automatically because you don't want to have to untrain something they already know. Great video!
@harmony1307
Yes I agree hadn't thought of some of them but agree with your thinking. I didn't teach paw even though my kids said they wanted to. We have a 'lift' command to lift paw now he's older but when he was young I felt it would be a disaster. I have also had someone ask for paw from him when working. I was very glad he didn't know it.
@Lyckander
Great video! I ended up teaching my SD “paw” when she was 2 or so. I did it so she could greet people - when I’d give the cue for people to greet her, when appropriate, a lot of people would just assume she knew “shake” and go in for the shake, even though she didn’t. I’m better at directing a greeting now, but an easy answer was to teach her “paw”. (“Shake” was already taken as a command for after baths.) Also, honestly, now that she’s older, I often just teach her random things just to keep her engaged. “Paw” was one of those. Now we’re working on opening doors.
@zzernathezebra
You mentioning autosit, reminded me of my girl (2 in april). She learned an Autosit as part of her puppy training, at trainers' recommendations. However, I bring her EVERYWHERE that she's allowed to go. So in stores she's almost her autosit is almost gone and instead she looks at me. It wasn't purposeful, but what she does changes depending on the situation. If I'll be there a while, she is to come in front of me and lay down. If I'll be there for a while and it's tight, than she goes in front of me and lays on my feet. Unless there is a bench there, then she goes under the bench. To minimize her chance of interfering with others. If it'll only be there for a few moments, than I don't care if she stands or sits nearby. So long as she doesn't bother other people. In stores, the only place that I really require her to still sit. Is at the register and that's not necessarily by my side. While that is idea, I also don't want her to move once she is sat down by the register.
@RiseandProcraftinate
I definitely regret teaching my girl shake at a young age. For me, it became problematic when trying to teach her the formal retrieve. When I held out my hand for her to give me the item, she would paw/scratch me. We have finally worked through this, but man, was that a frustrating experience. I don't regret teaching her leave it. For us, leave it isn't a reorientation back towards me. She just needs to look away from the item and leave it alone. So, it's really not the same as using her name.
@annlidslot8212
Hi, This is so fascinating. My DH and I are in negotiations over getting a standard poodle boy to train as a service dog for me. We've been doing that for 10 years, but I try to hold on to hope. A standard poodle because I have allergies, boy because I might need some physical strength occasionally. I don't have a clear picture about what tasks I want, except for a couple of things, but I suspect I'll know we'd work the more I can ask my dog to help out with. Pulling off socks and closing doors are not on my list though. I'm fairly confident that I can do the training myself after having put in the basic training of dobermans when I was young. For a dog to become a service one in my country we have to work with a licensed service dog trainer, or the dog won't get the licence exams too. The dogs will have to get through the exams every year to keep the licence, and they usually work until they are 8-10 years old. Thank you for the video. It has given me food for thought hen it comes to tasking. Now I only have to convince DH that we should buy a dog for me to train. Yours, Ann
@claremyers-wf7oi
Loving this I am looking to start training my own service dog in uk
@coor0kun
The why is ALWAYS more important than the what or how in training! It's refreshing seeing how you decide what foundational behaviors you train and how you implement them. So many people just forget to figure out why they want to train a behavior before deciding what / how to train (me included, sometimes 😅).
@UNbalancedDogTrainer
Loved this! A pet dog I worked with had learned to paw at people's legs and arms to get petted 🤦 Sometimes he broke skin because it had been accidentally reinforced by people so often. I recognized the value he had for being petted so that I used it to reinforce him for the behavior chain to getting his nails Dremeled.
@anyascelticcreations
Like button booped! I do train my sd variations most of these but tailored for our use. To my pup paw doesn't mean paw at something. It means that I'm going to pick up his paw so he should shift his weight off that paw for me. He's a big boy, so his cooperation is extremely useful. I do trim his nails while he stands. But that's because I need to be close to the nail to see it well. So I have him put each paw on a towel on my leg when I ask for that paw. But that wasn't something that I asked of him as a puppy. I just wanted calm acceptance for nail trims as a puppy. He started offering the correct paw nicely when he was ready to. But he's not allowed to paw at things at all. I don't do auto-sit either. I have with previous dogs. But this one is a mobility sd for me. My goal has been to hold onto his harness as I walk when he's grown. (He's not full weight, but he's nearly full height now.) Sitting puts the handle at the wrong height for me to hold. Plus, like you said, it's difficult for him to sit on slippery floors. So he can stand or he can lay down or even sit if he wants. But regardless of position I want where I ask him to be. Usually he looks to me for permission to lay down and I tell him that he can. I'll have him sit or stand or lay down when I ask him to, but I don't train my dogs to remain in an exact position until I tell them otherwise. They can shift around as long as they stay in the location I told them to be in. But he has taught himself an auto-stand when I am about to move again. Usually he puts himself in the exact right position for my hand to hold his harness. But I can't take credit for his much appreciated auto-stand. That was of his own free will. lol. I don't teach auto-leave-it. I've taught him to walk right by my side with his head up unless I specifically release him to enjoy some sniffies. But I watch carefully what he sniffs when I do. I want him to respond immediately to leave-it. But that doesn't mean (for mine) to look at or return to me. I would call him if I wanted him to come or use his name to look at me. For us leave it means to leave what he's sniffing and move on to something else of his choice. As long as the item I told him to leave is left I'm good and he gets praised. 😊 Doors: I haven't worked on that yet at all because he already has a very full plate for his age. And I don't need it right now. I probably will down the road, though. I will probably teach him to close it with his side. He already offers the motion for other things. And he definitely has the strength to do it that way. So that's probably what I'll use. Or possibly his snoot. But I wouldn't want to close a door with my snoot. So I probably won't ask him to either. 😅 Retrieving: Simon is half Boxer. So his mouth isn't exactly dry. Lol. And I have an adversion to slobber. 🤦♀️ Plus, he's not huge on putting things in his mouth - which I absolutely love! Lol. So while I might work on teaching him to retrieve things for me in the future right now it's more important to me that he only puts in his mouth his toys. One thing I've noticed over the years is that every dog is different. And my situation changes. So I've worked with each dog based on what they are good at or even offer and what I need or think I'll need. It's actually been a lot of fun training each one. But I'm especially fond of working with the sweetheart I have now. Here's to you, sweet Simon. ❤
@cjsdogtraining
i regret teaching my dog speak so young now she barks every time she wants a treat
@Minakie
The only time I think it would be useful for a dog to auto-sit is if you stop at a crosswalk but, like you said, some dogs will do it naturally; if a dog prefers to halt while standing because it's more comfortable for them, I don't see a reason to force a sit. I also appreciate that you explained your thought process because at first I was a bit confused when you said you don't teach "leave it" but, after you explained why, it actually made a lot of sense.
@DoggyU