Leave it Training - Sir Lancelot

One of the biggest problems that pet owners have is dogs stealing food.
Dogs often steal food off of tables, or they're the first to pick up the
accidental dropped food on the floor. Service Dog handlers have a
problem with dogs picking up food off the floor and their dog accepting
food from strangers. It's dangerous for Service Dogs to accept food from
strangers. So here is a video to explain and show how to teach dogs not
to steal or pick up food. 


Training the dogs not to steal food off the floor or tables and not to
accept food from anyone other than mom. This is from the beginning. We
haven't gotten to the strangers part yet. But they're learning fast,
that's for sure!

Leo and Lancelot Training

Dual Training is not the easiest training to do. Lancelot has hit that stubborn stage and
Leo is so eager to train, that he doesn't want me to work with
Lancelot. We're working for the rest of the week on getting Lancelot's
drive back, so back to the basics
we go! Ugh. But Leo is doing great! No task training yet, but his basics
are doing very well.

Heel Training - Sir Lancelot

Training Sir Lancelot "heel" at Petco today. Heel is one of the easiest
commands to teach. Basically, you're teaching the dog to come and stand
next to your leg by luring him/her with a treat. Then you work to not
needing a treat, and just use the same hand shape that you were using
before. The more practice with this, the easier it is to solidify. As
you can see, Lancelot picked this up right away and he's doing very
well!

 Meet Gallifrey's Service Dog Training's newest recruit! This is Leo. Leo is a 2 year old, AKC show-marked Harlequin Great Dane, adopted from Chicago, IL. Leo's family was getting rid of him because he has very bad separation anxiety and they couldn't stand it anymore. :( Well, I decided to adopt Leo and add him to my Service Dog Training Program because I am confident that I can cure his separation anxiety and train him to be a mobility/anxiety Service Dog, and give him to someone in need. Be sure to watch for training videos of this handsome boy!! His training is going great so far and I can't wait to share it with you all!

Leo and Sir Lancelot's first meeting ^

 

^  Leo's first public outing - Tractor Supply