Training videos, how to's, Service Dog adventures, and scary encounters with fake service dogs. Suki is a psychiatric service dog and a medical alert dog. Enjoy!
Freja does this task naturally when we are out in public. She found an exit for me when I was at Fred Meyer when there was a lot of people around. I have an autism spectrum disorder called Asperger’s syndrome, and I get very overstimulated and have sensory overload. My brain reacts when there is too many distractions around. Freja is also a golden retriever. She is half English cream and half American golden retriever. I train Freja by myself all the time, even though she has had three training classes at Petco.
Can eating mess up the scent? do I take the sample on an empty stomach? Thank you for this video! It helped me a lot be the rest is only on medical alerts instead of panic attacks. So , I appreciate it
Also mad I just say that that’s the first time I’ve ever heard anybody say not to let them have the thing that dropped on the floor when you say leave it that is an amazing trip and I thank you so much❤
You’re literally a lifesaver for this video I’m owner training right now, but how do you get them to stay for longer and longer periods of time that’s the issue I’m having she will do whatever I asked of her just not until I tell her free she’ll do free if I tell her to wait for food on the floor or her water or when I tell her to sit and wait, I take a few steps back it’s just I don’t know how to make it go longer you know
Oh my goodness handlers these days are turning into a bunch of Karen's. I've been a Handler and Certified Trainer of Medical Alert SD's for Diabetes and Seizures since 1990 when the ADA law was passed over 30 years ago. I can honestly say I've never come across all these problems dealing with the public when it comes to my SD. The handlers of the service dogs in this video we're no better than the person with the fake service dog, standing there gawking and making comments getting the untrained dog worked up causing a scene was uncalled for. Being a Handler doesn't make you the ADA Dog Police, so be like your dog's and ignore the situation & move on when it comes to untrained dogs, if you don't you could be putting your own dog at risk of injury...
As a dog behaviorist I love this video! This is how I trained both of my service dogs to 'exit' and countless others' service dogs. You're doing a great job. The quality of the video is good enough, and your skills at teaching via video instruction are great. Thank you for posting this! Also, your face when you realized you could pause was priceless. 🤣💜💜💜
This helped me so much, I used it to train my sdit a migraine alert and he ended up alerting before I even taught him the alert! During a training session he started sniffing me instead of the tin that I put the scent in, this is my first time training something like this so I couldn’t figure out why he was doing that! Literally a few minutes after the training session I got really dizzy.
These laws aren’t new, it’s unacceptable that the guards don’t know them by now. However, that selfish woman with the miniature fuzz demon boils my blood! If my dog makes the smallest mistake I beat myself up about it for months! I just can’t with these entitled people. Well done, Suki did so well!🐾
I don’t have very often anxiety attacks unless I stop taking my meds but I will have pretty intense anxiety spikes. Can I take them when I have anxiety spikes and then use them?
Watch her previous video about collecting the samples. Basically soak a cotton ball in saliva when you are at the height of panic/anxiety. Store in airtight container in the freezer and bring it out to train.
This video was really helpful. My service dog and I are getting a job for the first time since COVID. I am so nervous. What makes it even worse is it is in a new industry. I have no idea what we are doing or what to expect for either one of us! I don't know if we are ready. I don't know if she is ready. But 1) won't know unless we try and 2) I can't do it without her.
I’m so thankful you included times when she didn’t 100% listen and how to correct it. I really appreciate that. I know they can’t be perfect when learning, so it’s great to see how to help them learn.
I let my service dog in training smell my breath which he smells instantly when I am having an episode of depression or anxiety but it's usually while it's happening. I have a hard time remembering things especially during an episode. So, I let him smell my breath. Everything blurs out and I don't feel real and or like I am in outer body experience during an anxiety attack at it's height. I want him to alert me before it happens. He can mitigate during an episode and I'm not the easiest to calm down. The problem is I depersonalize and have a dead pan expression even though my pulse is racing crazily. Bad stuff can be happening and I appear calm and then break down after the crisis is averted unless it's happening to me. For example, a medical crisis since I was in the medical field. You must remain calm and put your feelings aside. Then at times anxiety can appear to be anger. Any suggestions? I explained this to my trainer who helps train psychiatrist dogs with veterans ( I am a veteran), and she said to start him on cortisol training because it's hard for him to pick up due to my dead blank expressions. I also have PTSD, ADD group A, major depressive disorder, bpd traits, and generalized anxiety disorder. I don't care to say this because maybe you have some ideas. Besides, making mental health awareness is important. You are nothing without your mental health. I have my little dental chew in a prescription bottle and I command him to sniff, but is that enough? Am I doing it wrong?
This is so so so incredibly helpful, I am so excited I just found this video. I have been struggling with what to do as I go into my journey with my puppy, who I hope will be able to become my anxiety alert SD. I have not been able to recognize a consistent physical sign / tick in myself so I have been struggling to figure out how to make a training plan that would be consistent and clear for her. This is a game changer!!!!
As someone with epilepsy and a volunteer for the epilepsy foundation these dogs are trained to respond not alert period. If they alert its a natural behavior that is never guaranteed. And psychogenic seizure falls under support support animal at this time and not service meaning no public access unless the are underlying issues that can led to these that the dog is trained for
I have a question. Why is it culturally appropriate to interact with a tool, simply because it’s a dog? People wouldn’t try to touch a blind person’s cane or a deaf person’s hearing aid. They wouldn’t try to touch a person’s wheelchair and interact with it. Why is it all the sudden okay when that tool is a dog? Service dogs are not there for the public and even if they are adorable or behaving friendly, the dog is there as a tool. The culture needs a serious change if people with Service dogs are going to be more easily included.
That’s an interesting question. I would kind of bet the issue would be you want your dog to alert to a specific (or somewhat specific) level of cortisol - one that is subjective based on how your body reacts and works. So I would think that if you got cortisol it would be hard to guess what level/amount you want your dog to alert to. I also wonder if alert dogs, swapped by people with the same conditions - would alert to the other human, or if the scent is unique enough for them to be thrown off. I don’t know much about this, but that’s what came to mind for me.
In your experience, with clients that wake up early or late, do you collect the saliva cortisol right when they wake up or to you take the sample right when they wake up?
My dog is at a point, that he can smell it in my breath. But he only alerts me, after i got his attention on that task. And by that time, obviously i noticed it myself 😂
What do you do if a company fires you because you tried asking to bring your service dog. When they didn’t give you legitimate reasons for doing so? I worked at a stand up ER and I knew I needed my dog. They demanded paperwork and said that people may be fearful or allergic and tried to explain everything. Then they claimed that their “street clothing accessible” ER can’t have dogs because it was to remain sterile. Mind you this. Emergency rooms are by no means sterile. Also, stand up ER’s are just ER’s that take in patients that are outpatient. Meaning no trauma or intubation needed. Also, I was behind a thick blocked out desk. So no one would know she was there unless you were on my side of the desk and was intentionally looking for her. Also, they never had to deal with service dogs at all. They also were never accommodating for the three days I was employed. It also seemed like they didn’t like me being there. I was lied to my face by the manager who hired and fired me. What can I do?
Hey do i need anything more than just registration training and a doctors note to have a service dog. I feel luke i need to present the letter to someone to make it more legit. Or am i done
I know this is an old comment but there's actually no such thing as service dog registrations! It even says so in the ADA laws. You just need good solid training, and no one in public should be asking for a doctor's note, or paperwork as it's a violation. :)
