Holy crap, 3 minutes in and I realized how confused my sdit must be. I think I've been using three commands interchangeably. Thank you for pointing that out.

Yes! Suzanne Clothier's automatic check in! First thing we teach in any of our classes. Head on a swivel. Key is acknowledging every single check in. So Yes/treat or if you don't have treats on you, thanks for checking in, good decision! Thank you. Fwding this to my CGC/Therapy Dog students. Hope this helps.

my service dog in training is SO MUCH BETTER because of your videos. her focus is amazing, she’s enjoying work a LOT more which is saying a ton because she loved working anyways. i really appreciate that you take time out of your day to make these videos to help handlers.

My sdit has the hardest time with focusing when we're walking, he doesn't quite understand he also has to alert while walking. He finally started recalling better off leash originally he wouldn't recall without using the beep on his collar to remind him. Now he will correct himself on his own a lot of the times, other times I recall him and he slows and turns until he sees my knee ligned up with his shoulder. But he does not alert out in public while walking. He will alert while sitting still. But no matter whats going on around us he just does not alert while walking,

This is very informative. No one ever told me to do my training in multiple places and get ourselves in check before we even enter the store.

thank you

Oh my goodness I am so glad I found your channel!! So friggin helpful! I need to slow it down a ton with my girl. I think I was moving way too fast for her.

What a great information.

I totally understand why it’s important to teach a dog behavior first in a non-distract environment before expecting them to perform it on cue in public. What I was wondering though was what do you advise doing to get the dogs attention that’s not nagging?

If you jump to public access too quickly, how would you combat that? Would you go back to the beginning and retrain at home, and go up the scale slower than before? I feel like i started taking my service dog in training with me too soon. I want to set him up for success, and any help is greatly appreciated!

I was always told you give one command. You do not repeat it and if they don't do it right away you Wait . If they don't do it after like 30 secs only then do you repeat the command.

mine does ANYTHING. laundry, gets me anything, takes shoes off and brings to me, he understands. is amazing his IQ. I can just sign one thing and he does it also. He also creates his own solutions. very smart! problem is that he is not socialized enough so until then i cant take him out in public place. yet i have spine issues and have hard time taking him out to do this. is a real issue. he goes out and is so excited at dogs, cats, anything that moves, he is so excited he loses focus! he wont listen half the time. and he dont know how to act just right. thinking of putting him in a doggie day care. wonder if that would help. its mostly other animals like dogs. yea, he does good in parking lot. its mostly large dogs he is not use to or unsure of. he is not going in pet store... but i cant live without his help. so need to try and fix it. tks for tips

I got a question: about when should I start training a service dog puppy to heel or walk nicely on a leash?

Can you please help me I have really bad PTSD anxiety attacks and my dog has been acting up lately around other dogs he’s been looking at them like until they go far away he has not had this problem before and for some reason he’s having this problem can you please help me bring his focus back

The less nagging and talking getting more attention thing applies to people too 😅 my mom and grandma talk so much that I admit that I space out at times. On the other hand, my dad isn't much of a talker (he'll go silent on the phone, just listening to me, and I'll think we lost connection 😄), so I pay attention to what he says more. I don't have a service dog, but I'm thinking about it. Need to find out if I qualify first. If not, maybe an ESA. Just concerned about cost. If I understand correctly, California requires a licensed service dog trainer to be with a dog for public access. That really sucks for me and I hope is not the case. How am I supposed to do training then?

What would you suggest for Parking lot training if it is 95* outside? I've been taking my sdit into a non busy pet friendly store instead of the parking lot since it's so hot.

Would this also work for my cat that I’m training?

What do you suggest for service dogs who see inviting behavior from other people and start approaching them to sniff and get pets? I've recently let coworkers know I need them to not try to engage her but they haven't stopped and customers also engage her. When they do this often I notice my dog is more likely to wander up to a stranger if they're 4 feet away or sniffing because someone offered.

My dog gets distracted by people because he picks up on anxiety, heart rate, and blood sugar.

I've heard this phrase "one step at a time" used a lot during training, which makes sense to me. I can't learn everything at once, so neither can my dog. But at the same time, I'm not sure how they get to know their training so quickly! Is that just through lots of reptition in a short period? Should I train two or three tasks at home and slowly take all three of them out in public? Or do the focus thing at home, then slowly in public, then a different task at home, then slowly in public, and so on and so forth?