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Bitch in Season Distraction Training
Having an intact male dog can come with its own set of challenges, including encountering a bitch in season. But it's an important distraction to work around and proof behaviors around because not only will I likely encounter a BIS at various competitions and events, but they will also be presen...
Public Access Training: Getting Ready for the Gym
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!Preparing a service dog for public access is all about breaking big, overwhelming environments into smaller, manageable steps. One of the most challenging environments for many dogs? The gym. Between the clanging we...
OFA Hip Results and Why They Matter
Denver's preliminary OFA Hip results came in and he passed with a rating of "Good" which is great news. You can find out more about the OFA rating scale and what each rating means here. What does this mean for Denver and I? 1) I'll be able to pursue training guide work and leading ta...
Recorded Live Video: September Live Q&A!
👉🏽 Start Video at 5:12 to skip all the technical difficulties! Here's a couple of the links I mentioned: Harness Loading for Gear Sensitive Dogs: https://youtu.be/UY5ch2FY_jUIntegrating New Puppy Into Established Dog Household: https://youtu.be/dtR1vX5DM1ATopics: Dealing with a food obses...
September Call for Questions (Inner Circle Members)
Q&A Live: Tuesday September 9th @3pm ET (link/event posted on Patreon)Note: After lots of positive feedback from last month, this live will be streamed through Patreon BUT I am attempting to actually run it through Zoom and onto Patreon to be able to provide live captions, as that is not something P...
3 Quick Tests to Know If Your Service Dog Is Ready to Work
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!How do you know if your service dog (in training) is really ready to work? 🐾In this video, I’m sharing the three quick tests I use right after we get out of the car to see if my dog is focused, connected, and r...
Engage/Disengage Dog Distraction
Hey folks! I caught this little moment of real-life engage-disengage/offered attention while I was filming for another video in the parking lot of a shopping center. A husky had come by and done a bit of staring at Denver and then walked in the direction you can see Denver looking. The first little ...
Welcome To Patreon: Here's Everything You Need to Know! (update Aug 2025)
Hey Folks!Welcome! Whether you're contemplating joining the Patreon DOGGY•U Community, or have just joined in on the fun, this video will give you all the information you need to get started with navigating the resources I have available here on Patreon.Please note that while I do have a ton o...
Potty Training Course is Live! Last Chance for Discounted Pricing
🚨 It’s finally here! 🚨Potty Training for Service Dogs is now live! Discounted pricing ends September 1st. Remember that as a paid Patreon member you'll get an additional 20% off using your exclusive Patreon member discount code (check the pinned post on your feed for the code!). Whether ...
Denver Turns 1! 10 Lessons I Learned This First Year
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!Denver turns one tomorrow! 🎉Can you even believe it?? To celebrate, I put together a video on the 10 biggest lessons I’ve learned (and re-learned!)in his first year of service dog training.From puppy chaos to r...
Warm Up (Engagement) In a New Location
This is a short clip of what I did right after entering a new location with Denver to practice rally with a friend. I started by actually leaving Denver in the car while I set up the course. This allowed me to focus completely on him once I got him out of the car. I first give him a chance to sniff ...
Off-Leash Service Dogs: Red Flag or a Right?
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member! Lately, social media has been flooded with viral videoYou are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!Lately, social media has been flooded with viral videos of off-leash servic...
Real Example of Off-Leash/Long-Line Hike with Denver and Skills We Practice on Hike
Hey Ya'll! I had a couple requests for videos of what my walks/hikes with Denver look like. It's pretty challenging to film your own walks alone, but I did my best here and I think there's some good takeaways. Note that I did more here than I would typically do in any 6 minutes on the tr...
Ignoring Distractions August Deep Dive with Taylor Lima
This month Taylor Lima from Pup To Perfection joined us to discuss the topic of ignoring distractions. We discuss why dogs get distracted, exercises to work around distractions, video examples, and answer questions at the end. Enjoy!
A Thing I Learned About Dumbbells
Hey Ya'll! Here's a little thing I learned in competition obedience class this month that I thought was interesting. Here's the company I got the custom dumbbell from.Always learning something new! Laura
🎓 How Trick Titles Can Level Up Your Service Dog Training
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member! Think trick titles are just for fun? Think again. InYou are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!Think trick titles are just for fun? Think again.In this week’s video, I’...
August Q&A Replay!
August Topics Include: Topics:Counter SurfingBarking at Stimuli in a New HomeLocation-Based Good/Bad BehaviorSudden Mouthiness in 9 Mo Old PuppyService Dog Barking at Certain People at NightSaying “Hi” To People On Leash?Appropriate SD Responses to Other Dogs in PublicHow To Approach Playtime wi...
Pre-Sale Now Live! Potty Training for Service Dogs Course
🚨 It’s finally here! 🚨Potty Training for Service Dogs is now available for presale and officially launches this September!Whether you're owner-training your own service dog, or a dog trainer looking to start working with service dogs, this course is packed with clear, step-by-step strate...
August Deep Dive Webinar with Taylor Lima: Ignoring Distractions
Tuesday August 12th @6 pm ET(link in separate post for Inner Circle)This month I'm bringing on my friend and colleague Taylor Lima of Pup to Perfection to speak on training dogs to work around and ignore distractions. If your dog struggles with distractions, you'll definitely want to join as...
August Call for Questions and Deep Dive (Ignoring Distractions!)
Q&A Live: Wednesday August 6th @1pm ET (check your email for the live invite or come to Patreon on that day and time)Deep Dive Live: Tuesday August 12th @6 pm ET(link in separate post for Inner Circle) Topic: Ignoring Distractions/Neutrality (details below)What is a Live Q&A vs. a Deep Dive?Live Q&A...
Service Dog Training Guide and Checklist!
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member! Y’all! I’ve been working on this behind the scenes forYou are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!Y’all! I’ve been working on this behind the scenes for a while, and...
Changes to Patreon
Hey Ya’ll,So I wanted to give you an update on Patreon.I’m struggling, I’m overwhelmed, and I’m getting burned out. And I know I’m getting burned out because I started looking at jobs outside the industry. So that’s not great, nor is it the headspace I want to bring to this wonderful com...
Training The (Non-Chompy) Calm Hold
Denver is a chompy little guy without a natural calm hold, so I've avoided training the formal hold until now to give him some time for his brain to develop. After working on my chin rest for the last few months to the point that I can use it for cooperative care behaviors, I was finally ready t...
How I Introduced A Puppy Into A Household with Complicated Dog Dynamics
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member! Thinking about adding a puppy to your dog crew? When IYou are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!Thinking about adding a puppy to your dog crew?When I brought home my new p...
Veterinary Services and Service Dogs
A colleague of mine, Sharon Wachsler (CPDT-KA KPA-CTP), recently wrote a great article about veterinary medicine and service dogs that I wanted to pass along. I personally went ahead and wrote a nice email to my veterinarian thanking her for everything she and the team does for my dogs and then pass...
Blocking
One of my favorite tasks for crowd control is blocking. And while I showed this quick clip of all the steps to training blocking in the Deep Dive last week (along with some of Denver's training towards this task and other behaviors you can teach with a rear foot target foundation) I wanted to po...
Dog Sports and Service Dogs
You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member! Should service dogs also compete in dog sports? If so,You are seeing this video ad-free and a day early. Thanks for being a Patreon member!Should service dogs also compete in dog sports? If so, in what sport?It’s...
Rear Foot Target Part 2: Behavior Applications
In this Deep Dive we're taking what we learned in Rear Foot Targets Part 1 and applying it to practical behaviors for both daily life and task-related behaviors (pull, blocking, backing out of tight spaces and maybe even a trick or two). If you haven't watched Part 1, it's a good idea to...
Cooperative Care: Needle Stick Practice
In this video I'm working on Denver's cooperative care protocol. I thought it would be a good one to show how I completely stop what I'm doing when he lifts his head, and wait for him to opt back in before continuing. If he were to remove himself from the platform, we'd do a scatter ...
July Q&A: doggy daycare? human puppy socialization, mobility tasks + more!
Topics:Should I go to a training class where the dogs are less well-behaved than mine?Working on item retrieval: what to do when dog brings other objectsCue ListMobility tasksShould my service dog go to daycare?Human socialization for 8 week old puppyShould a service dog be a last resort?
