Course curriculum

  • 1

    How Dogs Learn!

    • #slowdogmovement

    • Let's talk about how dogs learn
  • 2

    Service Dog Training Foundations

    • Training Cues for Service Dogs in Training
  • 3

    Body Orientation Skills

    • Body Language

  • 4

    Service Puppy

    • Kibble Toss

    • Sound Desensitization

    • Day 1

    • Day 2

    • Day 3

    • Day 4

    • Day 5

    • Day 6

    • Day 7
  • 5

    Basics pt 1

    • Teaching Sit - Stationary Behavior

    • Teaching Down - Put Your Belly on the Floor

    • Teaching Your Dog to Give Eye Contact

    • Release Cue

    • Name Game to Recall

    • REALLY REAL RELAXATION PROTOCOL
  • 6

    Basics pt2 That's not yours

    • What's in your mouth???

    • Foundations of Leave it

    • Working Impulse Control with Sit

    • Off - Get your feet off of...
  • 7

    Basics pt 3 - adding some impulse control

    • Kennel or Crate on Command

    • Wait in the Kennel

    • Mat work - Place

    • Slow Treat Game

    • Stay means STAY means STAY
  • 8

    Loose Leash Walking

    • Environmental Check-ins

    • Loose Leash Walking for Beginners

    • Heel with Sit
  • 9

    Canine Good Citizen Test

    • Test Items
  • 10

    Service Tasks

    • Targeting Skills

    • Target items
  • 11

    Mobility Tasks

    • Mobility - help rising from chair
  • 12

    Public Access

    • Service Dog Skills Needed to Pass the Public Access Test