I'm training my own service dog currently we're only going to pet friendly stores but yesterday we went to Walmart for the first time he did so good yes he made mistakes but he still did amazing I'm so proud of him any tips for training a service dog for autism?
The very abbreviated clip starts with what looks like you pulling your hand back from her head, as if maybe you had been petting/making contact with her. Perhaps you were distracting her from staying on task? It would be interesting to see more of what actually led up to the "mistake."
i feel like if she touched FOOD not a BOX food is IN then its contamination just sniffing at a massive stack of boxes where all the food is in indavidual contaoirs with in wouldnt contaminat anything, this is very differant then jumping up on the meat display and pissing like that one women let her"servicedog" do
IMO, her nose touching the cardboard of a food package is NOT contaminating it. Mice run over food products frequently, and nobody cries foul. They really should, but it happens. Loading dock doors are open way to much to be rodent or bird proof. That's why I wash every can of anything before I open it. And I would advise everyone to follow that.
🙄 90% of dogs brains are for olfaction. That's why they can smell cancer, seizures, heart problems, and diabetic problems before they happen. And service dogs are still dogs — they still bark sometimes; they still sniff sometimes. Usually, who spreads this notion that service dogs have to be perfect is people who make their living working for agencies that train service dogs. There aren't enough agency-trained dogs to go around — that's why the ADA intentionally made it so service dogs don't have to be agency trained. Most handicapped people would not have even seen this "mistake." Most people wash their produce. (For that matter, it's probably not supposed to be that low to the floor because toddlers are at least as germy as your dog.) So don't give yourself a heart attack worrying about little stuff like that.
I mean, i love the vid but i feel it is not necessary to always list the price of things? Like we could definitely watch this vid without needing the information that your dog it 13,000 dollars. Super cute dog tho and i am sure he was worth it!
As informative as this video is, I feel like you're setting a very high standard for ALL service dogs. By putting this out there you're implying that no service dog should ever sniff anything in public. Some are trained to detect allergens. Others are self trained not professionally trained. The ADA changed the regulations because the cost and sometimes just the wait for a professionally trained service dog is often prohibitive. For me it was the wait.
I train service dogs, and this is SO true. The standards that a working dog should be held to are phenomenally high, and it makes ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS to see so many fake service dogs that people take in public without this level of training and self-discipline.
Remember, most people have NEVER seen a working dog in person, so the standards you set with your team are what they will think is normal. If there are more fakes than legit SDs, the chances are most people's opinion will be that service dogs are uncontrolled, disruptive, and unprofessional. This causes acess issues for any handler with a legit SD, and in general causes even more interruptions and stress for legitimate teams.
Owner training is great, its how I started too, but the realisation that not every dog can even be trained to this level is one that a lot of people dont want to face after investing thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours into their personal dog. Add in all the people with pet dogs that fake their serive dog status in public, and its getting harder and harder to have a working service dog treated as the medical equipment they are, and more likely that people accept any dog with the label/harness as what a service dog "should" behave like.
Owner training can be JUST AS EXPENSIVE and is way more work than a professional trainer, and even then, it doesnt always work out. Even places that breed and train dogs for generations for service work (like the guide dog associations) have TWO out of THREE puppies not reach graduation, so the idea that someone with little dog training expereince can ALWAYS produce the kind of strict standard that should be upheld, especially when picking a puppy that may just be incompatible with a full working life, is too idealistic and often leads to burnout and frustration.
If you are not ready for the possibility of your puppy washing out of training, you shouldnt be owner-training at all. So many people ive seen just push and push and push bevause of the sunk-cost fallacy, and their dogs hate the work and are comfused by the strictness of the standards they are upheld to. It is unkind to FORCE a dog to work that doesnt enjoy it, amd its irresponsible handling to push a dog to do public acess if they are not up to the standard, because they truly feel your dissappintment and constant corrections as a point of frustration, not learning.
A service dog can save your life, open your independence, and give you opportunities you didnt know were possible, but it should never be at the expense of pushing the dog too far because you "dont have the time/money to train a different dog" it is a PARTNERSHIP, a TEAM, not just what the dog can give/do for you, they have to want and enjoy it too
When my SD started on steroids for IBD, after half a decade of work, we had go back to working on some of our ‘leave it’ basics. I’d see her air sniffing or inching in, like home girl, sniff me not the hot dogs, mmk?
I let mine sniff. He is a dog and that is how dogs familierize themselves in a new enviroment and become comfortable there. I can't expect him to be confident if he is not comfortable. Once he has sniffed around one or two visits then he is fine. There are situations where this is not needed or practical but mostly that is what I do. This is not what you do as dogs are all different and everyone trains differntly. Niether is wrong
Great job for posting this and raising awareness to other trainers! It’s good that you show the mistakes as well as the things that go right to show that everyone makes mistakes ❤️
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My husky that was bred in Alaska was 25k I can’t even imagine if we would need to train him that would be like over 50k
13,000!
I'm training my own service dog currently we're only going to pet friendly stores but yesterday we went to Walmart for the first time he did so good yes he made mistakes but he still did amazing I'm so proud of him any tips for training a service dog for autism?
Every time I come across this video, I think your service dog in the background it’s a ponytail
Yeah I would never kick you out the store if I owned it
My 8 month old SDiT just started her public access training and she is already amazing at ignoring food!! 🤩
The very abbreviated clip starts with what looks like you pulling your hand back from her head, as if maybe you had been petting/making contact with her. Perhaps you were distracting her from staying on task? It would be interesting to see more of what actually led up to the "mistake."
i feel like if she touched FOOD not a BOX food is IN then its contamination just sniffing at a massive stack of boxes where all the food is in indavidual contaoirs with in wouldnt contaminat anything, this is very differant then jumping up on the meat display and pissing like that one women let her"servicedog" do
I hope all service dogs are well loved and get free time just to be a dog.
You are amazing. You clearly like to educate others whilst totally willing to listen to others & learn yourself.
Ok wait, I’m genuinely confused, why did u specify the cost of the Goldie?
IMO, her nose touching the cardboard of a food package is NOT contaminating it. Mice run over food products frequently, and nobody cries foul. They really should, but it happens. Loading dock doors are open way to much to be rodent or bird proof. That's why I wash every can of anything before I open it. And I would advise everyone to follow that.
Why did u say my 13k dollar service dog???? WHY!?!
I will never bring my SD on an escalator .
service dogs are expensive 😭😭😭
🙄 90% of dogs brains are for olfaction. That's why they can smell cancer, seizures, heart problems, and diabetic problems before they happen. And service dogs are still dogs — they still bark sometimes; they still sniff sometimes. Usually, who spreads this notion that service dogs have to be perfect is people who make their living working for agencies that train service dogs. There aren't enough agency-trained dogs to go around — that's why the ADA intentionally made it so service dogs don't have to be agency trained. Most handicapped people would not have even seen this "mistake." Most people wash their produce. (For that matter, it's probably not supposed to be that low to the floor because toddlers are at least as germy as your dog.) So don't give yourself a heart attack worrying about little stuff like that.
That wasn't a mistake😂 The nose didn't even touch the box of food
I dont have a service dog but i wanna learn abt them bc im a kid and i wanna learn how to react i learned to mind my business and DO NOT PET THEM
I mean, i love the vid but i feel it is not necessary to always list the price of things? Like we could definitely watch this vid without needing the information that your dog it 13,000 dollars. Super cute dog tho and i am sure he was worth it!
Beautiful advice
OMG IM THE 200th COMMENT! Also I’m probably going to end up having to get a service dog…
God loves you all
I love ur doggy!❤
What is your service dog for?
As informative as this video is, I feel like you're setting a very high standard for ALL service dogs. By putting this out there you're implying that no service dog should ever sniff anything in public. Some are trained to detect allergens. Others are self trained not professionally trained. The ADA changed the regulations because the cost and sometimes just the wait for a professionally trained service dog is often prohibitive. For me it was the wait.
I’m trying to get a service dog, do you have any advice?
Thanks❤
I dont really like how u specifically said 13,000 dollars
Defined her pet as 13k dollar before the word dog even
I train service dogs, and this is SO true. The standards that a working dog should be held to are phenomenally high, and it makes ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS to see so many fake service dogs that people take in public without this level of training and self-discipline.
Remember, most people have NEVER seen a working dog in person, so the standards you set with your team are what they will think is normal. If there are more fakes than legit SDs, the chances are most people's opinion will be that service dogs are uncontrolled, disruptive, and unprofessional. This causes acess issues for any handler with a legit SD, and in general causes even more interruptions and stress for legitimate teams.
Owner training is great, its how I started too, but the realisation that not every dog can even be trained to this level is one that a lot of people dont want to face after investing thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours into their personal dog. Add in all the people with pet dogs that fake their serive dog status in public, and its getting harder and harder to have a working service dog treated as the medical equipment they are, and more likely that people accept any dog with the label/harness as what a service dog "should" behave like.
Owner training can be JUST AS EXPENSIVE and is way more work than a professional trainer, and even then, it doesnt always work out. Even places that breed and train dogs for generations for service work (like the guide dog associations) have TWO out of THREE puppies not reach graduation, so the idea that someone with little dog training expereince can ALWAYS produce the kind of strict standard that should be upheld, especially when picking a puppy that may just be incompatible with a full working life, is too idealistic and often leads to burnout and frustration.
If you are not ready for the possibility of your puppy washing out of training, you shouldnt be owner-training at all. So many people ive seen just push and push and push bevause of the sunk-cost fallacy, and their dogs hate the work and are comfused by the strictness of the standards they are upheld to. It is unkind to FORCE a dog to work that doesnt enjoy it, amd its irresponsible handling to push a dog to do public acess if they are not up to the standard, because they truly feel your dissappintment and constant corrections as a point of frustration, not learning.
A service dog can save your life, open your independence, and give you opportunities you didnt know were possible, but it should never be at the expense of pushing the dog too far because you "dont have the time/money to train a different dog" it is a PARTNERSHIP, a TEAM, not just what the dog can give/do for you, they have to want and enjoy it too
When my SD started on steroids for IBD, after half a decade of work, we had go back to working on some of our ‘leave it’ basics. I’d see her air sniffing or inching in, like home girl, sniff me not the hot dogs, mmk?
1300$ is crazy
I’d rather a dog touch food than a nasty human hand
I let mine sniff. He is a dog and that is how dogs familierize themselves in a new enviroment and become comfortable there. I can't expect him to be confident if he is not comfortable. Once he has sniffed around one or two visits then he is fine. There are situations where this is not needed or practical but mostly that is what I do. This is not what you do as dogs are all different and everyone trains differntly. Niether is wrong
Thank you❤❤ this helped a lot❤🎉
Great job for posting this and raising awareness to other trainers! It’s good that you show the mistakes as well as the things that go right to show that everyone makes mistakes ❤️
Is no one gonna talk about the fact there is a clip of one of the dogs weiner out…
Dang why dis comment section toxic. I like your dog. I glad it was only a small mistake hope they are doing well.