Sir Lancelot PTSD Service Dog in Training : Lightswitches

I'm sorry about the aweful music. It was not my choice as we're at a bar with a juke box. But this is Sir Lancelot figuring out how to turn on a light switch! I love this little genius.

Sir Lancelot PTSD Service Dog in Training: Touch Command

This is Sir Lancelot's first official step in Service Dog training. In this video, he is learning the touch command in order to be able to alert to shakey hands to prevent panic attacks before I have one. This is from step one to show you all how I train this task, although this is not his very first time learning this; we practiced in a quiet place first about 10 minutes prior to this video.

Sir Lancelot: PTSD Service Dog in Training

Sir Lancelot at 14 weeks old task training: alerting to shakey hands, distraction training, and beginner public access. This is at my boyfriend's work and it is a safe environment for me to train in because the people are all familiar with Service Dog etiquette and I am protected if for any reason anyone tries to mess with me or my SDiT.

Sir Lancelot: Service Dog Basic Training Training 10 weeks

This is Sir Lancelot. He is 10 weeks old and is in training to be my Service Dog for when Adira Rose (Addy) retires. Adira is retiring to breed as she was originally bought to add to my breeding program, but she started Service Dog training after my first Service Dog passed so that she could be a temporary replacement until I could find a male to become my long term Service Dog. Well, that time has come and this is Sir Lancelot of Gallifrey and he will be trained as a PTSD/Mobility dog to be my Service Dog for the long haul. This is his first step in training. I am very impressed with how fast he has learned this. I brought him home 2 weeks ago and started training last week. He's my little genius! And just look at that drive!

Sir Lancelot PTSD Service Dog in Training: Basic Training

Basic Training part 2: High five and down training.

Sir Lancelot PTSD Service Dog in Training: Basic Training

Sir Lancelot learning sit

Introducing Sir Lancelot

This is Sir Lancelot. He was born July 28th, 2015 and he is a Blue Harlequin Great Dane. He is going to be my future Service Dog. As you all know, I currently have a Mantle Great Dane Service Dog named Adira Rose (Addy). What you don't know is that Addy is a temporary Service Dog to mind the gap while I found my long term Service Dog to replace my first Service Dog, Simba. Simba died of bone cancer almost a year ago now.. Addy has been my Service Dog for a little over a year, now. I originally bought Addy to add to my breeding program, but once I found out Simba couldn't work anymore, I started training Addy to replace Simba until I could get the right puppy to properly replace Simba. I have finally found that puppy. It took me about a year and 3 months, but I think I have found the perfect puppy to be able to be my Service Dog. He is an AKC Great Dane from Texas (I live in Illinois) and he is going to be huge. His mom is about 31-32 inches at the shoulders, but his dad is 36-37 inches at the shoulders. His dad is MASSIVE. Addy is currently 32 inches at the shoulders and almost a year and a half old. Sir Lancelot will definitely be bigger than Addy. His dad DWARFED Addy in size. I hope Lancelot turns out exactly like his sire. Lancelot is also a perfect color to breed with Addy. Since he is a male, he can breed without me having to worry about not having a Service Dog for many months out of the year, which wouldn't work for me. That's why I have to have a male. I also need a strong, tall male to be able to support me for those times that I need mobility support. Sir Lancelot will be trained for PTSD and Mobility and I cannot WAIT to see his progress.  

Sir Lancelot

Sire                                                                                                            Dam

Sir Lancelot 1 day old - 8 weeks old