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Aww thank you so much!! ❤️

No issues at all! Just be prepared to answer the two legal questions cause depending on the aquarium they may ask! ☺️✨

@@helperpupatlas7377 lol ok! I love when businesses ask the questions

Aww thank you so much!! I’m getting really really close to posting again. I’ve been feeling the need and want to again, it’s just I’ve been trying to only survive these past couple months and that’s why I stopped posting. But I’m coming to realize I’m going to be in survival mode regardless. I really REALLY appreciate your comment cause it helps me see just how important the videos are and that they really do help people. Which is the whole reason I made the channel to begin with. I will be posting again, do not worry! I have not quit TH-cam❤️❤️❤️

@@helperpupatlas7377 Thank god. I was wondering if you could help me with something

@@helperpupatlas7377 I need to know how I can train my pup to be a ptsd dog

The answer to this type of question is not easy or clear cut to answer unfortunately. It all depends on what you need. In terms of ptsd dog the proper label would be a psychiatric service dog. You need to find out what tasks you need your dog to perform to help you with your ptsd. The tasks and training of a service dog are what make it a service dog. For example Atlas is a multipurpose service dog for medical alert and response and psychiatric alert and response. Some tasks he provides me for psychiatric are crowd control, deep pressure therapy, behavior interruptions, alerts to oncoming anxiety and overwhelming feelings and panic attacks, etc to name a few. You need to do research on psychiatric service dog tasks, what and how exactly those tasks will help you to mitigate your disability and how to train your dog those tasks. When you do research steer clear of scams. There are no registrations or certifications for service dogs in the United States, they are ALL scams. On that same note research the ADA (American disability act) on their laws about service dogs. Another big part of service dog training is public access (being able to go into all public settings), basic and advanced obedience training. Start slow at home and slowly work your way into pet friendly places. Working step by step into places, like starting in the parking lot, working your way up to outside the front door, working your way to inside the front door, working into a couple feet of the store for a couple minutes and continually building on the distance into the store and the amount of time. Teaching heel, teaching how to reliably listen, ignoring distractions and other dogs, working through novel things they may not see all the time, etc. Like I said go slow at your dogs pace and make sure things are not stressful and over their threshold for stress. If you have to, enlist the help of a trainer, but there are a lot of helpful resources on TH-cam and online if you know where to look. Part of being a service dog is the dog needs to be under your control at all times. Meaning they cannot be unruly or distracting and they need to listen to you at all times. Training for public access is going to be the harder and longer part of your training process. You need to just go slowly and don’t push your dog and don’t bring your dog directly into a non-pet friendly store like a grocery store when they are not ready and legally have no task that they have down reliably. Atlas did not go into his first non-pet friendly environment until he was 8 months into his training. And this was after he had at least one task and had a solid understanding of heeling and all his obedience under him as well as reliably looked to me in distracting moments as well as reliably performing these behaviors and that task in a pet friendly environment. I know this is a lot, but like I said it is not clear cut and it’s not an easy, short answer. I hope this helps you in some way and I hope I’ve helped you learn a couple things about service dogs and proper labels, etc. as well. If there’s anything else in the future you have a question about please don’t be afraid to ask me! I know how hard and stressful training can be! I plan on filming the Q&A i promised on my last video, so if you have anything you want me to answer when I make that please feel free! Best of luck to you and your pup ❤️✨🦮🐕‍🦺

@@helperpupatlas7377 thank you so much. please shout me out in one of you videos. another thing is I am 12 years old and deal with a lot of issues that i was telling you about. I was wondering if there is a way even at 12 years old to do this. The tasks that I want her to perform is dpt, and I want to be able to bring her into any kind of buildings that allow service dogs.

All Amazon! ❤️ I wish I could afford and have access to more small business shops to source his patches and tabs from though 😩

That’s ridiculous that person said that! Is the service dog just not supposed to take up space at all in that persons mind? Well behaved or no they’re a living being that takes space. Atlas is trained to be in a tight heel, but that still only does so much when everyone decides to not pay attention that day. I swear some days the public is just all on the same page of not paying attention to things outside of themselves. Do you ever get that feeling some days too? Also thank you for watching our videos!❤️🥹

Leash and harness are from Etsy and a lot of my other stuff is from Amazon! I have a video that I made titled what I packed for my service dog to go to universal studios. It goes over everything I brought with me and where I got it from! You can find that under my universal studios playlist on my channel! ❤️

For me it’s all about building up in difficulty. I started my heel in the house, then in the yard, then outside of lowes, then inside by the front door, then inside lowes. In my opinion, pet stores are arguably one of the most difficult places for a dog to work in/heel. Knowing your dogs thresholds and setting them up for success are definitely important to keep in mind and will help you. If your pup is good at heeling inside of lowes, but struggles to give you a good heel outside the pet store, it might be time to take some steps back. Definitely check out my video from a year ago about how I taught my service dog to heel, sit pretty, etc. Everybody and everybody’s dogs learn differently, but I’m all about breaking things down in easy blocks for Atlas. I hope this helps! ❤️

@@helperpupatlas7377 thank you!!

You’re welcome! 😁🫶🏼

Aww thank you!!🥹🫶🏼 I’m okay, just trying to survive, but I’m so close to being ready to making videos again

That makes me so happy to hear it has helped you!! You and your pup are gonna do great, you got this!🫶🏼✨

Our own anxieties and worries can definitely get in the way of training sometimes, and our dogs will feed off it for sure. So I totally get it! We all got to start somewhere and what’s important is that we’re making overall progress little by little no matter the set backs. Also knowing your dogs lines as far as what their ready for and not is super important, but sometimes we don’t know something until we dip our toes (and paws) into that situation. You got this!! 🫶🏼❤️✨

Thank you so much for the recommendation! I just looked it up and this is something that could definitely help me! Also I’m so glad I’m able to help with motivation so you can train your pup. Hearing that gives me motivation to keep on training and posting videos🫶🏼🥹✨

Hey, thank you so much for commenting! It’s been almost a year since we went and we went with someone who worked there so he knew all the potty spots- no map needed. So unfortunately I don’t have a map, but I remember the two main ones we went to were the ones near men in black and then the one next to what was at the time Poseidon’s Fury. I remember the Poseidon’s Fury one is tucked away behind the bathrooms in that area, so not much foot traffic and more private which was super nice! I’m sorry I don’t have a map, next time we go I’ll definitely make sure to grab a map and mark where the potty spots are to show everyone! Also I’m so excited for you! You’re gonna have SO much fun!!! Best of luck to you and your pup🫶🏼✨😊🦮

Aww thank you so much! Thank you, such good questions!🫶🏼✨🦮

It’s certainly not too late! I got sick, so I’m hoping by next weekend I’ll be well enough to record, edit and post. Thank you for your questions!✨🫶🏼🦮

Aww thank you so much! ✨

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Thank you so much for watching! Atlas definitely enjoyed himself and I think we found a new favorite trail for all of us! As far as building that off leash skill, a long line has been one of the biggest tools I used to build that skill in Atlas from a young age. Starting from in the house on a tether, then in the backyard, then in the front yard, then on walks, and eventually in fields and areas he likes to sniff! Starting from in the house to help build the skill while tethered helped with him learning what the recall words were and what was expected of him in a non distracting environment, and then slowly building up the criteria by slowly moving to more and more distracting environments. Also repetition plays a huge part in helping them learn. Using that long line tether to help gently lure them back to you is a big help in teaching them that they should come when called even if they’re distracted. For me personally I see his off leash free time as a privilege. He lost that privilege for months up until very recently because he was unreliable, so I had to start from the ground up and keep him on his long line until he became very solid again. So don’t feel discouraged or like you’re a bad handler if it feels like you aren’t making any progress and you’re sliding back! Also for us personally the e collar has helped with clearer communication- we don’t use the stim, only the tone and it’s enough of a sound in his ear to help redirect his attention to me. But I know the e collar is not for everyone and I definitely recommend working with a professional to help condition the dog to it if the e collar is what you decide is best for you and your team! 🫶🏼

@@helperpupatlas7377 hi Violet. Thanks so much for sharing Your training experiences/tips and tricks for building those of flesh off leash skills. I recently did purchase a long line so we had something to take to the beach that I wouldn’t mind getting sandy and muddy and give her some free space while also keeping her connected to me but it hadn’t occurred to me to necessarily use that as part of our off leash manners building while in places like the park but it definitely sounds like a good idea. We had a similar experience where I recall off leash she was really good initially but recently when she’s in places she really enjoys sniffing it’s harder to get her coming directly back to me I think it’s because we’re going out to them less now that I’m working in the office and it’s colder so she’s just more curious about the smells because we don’t do it as much but I still really want to work on the skill and you’re right there is nothing wrong with taking a few steps back and reworking some things in order to need to make them more solid. Dogs change as people due as times and circumstanc that they’re in evolve so it makes sense for the things we need to work on would alter as well. Thanks for always being willing to be a supportive and encouraging voice and for sharing anything you have experience with that might be helpful. I really appreciate it. And I’m glad you guys all found a new trail that you enjoy and that you were able to rework with Atlas until he’s now earned back off leash time.

Hey! I haven’t done a gear tour video yet just cause I’m trying to get a little more gear before doing a video like that. I have heard of ruffwear and I’ve heard great things about them, but at the moment I can’t afford much especially cause I just moved states! Thank you for the recommendation!! I’ll keep them in mind for the future✨

OK I will

Aww thank you so much and I’m glad my video could help you feel that you’re not alone in your journey!! I hope you’re able to find something soon and that it’s a sustainable job with your disabilities❤️✨

Aww thank you so so much!! I’m so glad my content is helping and creating positivity🥹 Also I completely understand- having to go to work and pretend to be as normal as possible. Just because you don’t or can’t bring your service dog to work doesn’t mean you don’t need them in your everyday life and it doesn’t make you any less disabled! You are valid and you got this! I’m cheering you on🫶🏼✨🦮🥹

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Aww thank you so much for watching and supporting our videos and our journey!! It means more than you know to hear that we are able to help someone through our videos🫶🏼✨ As far as advice I say start small by just working near the elevator and slowly work your way into the elevator without actually going up or down. Gauge how your pup is doing, don’t go past their threshold and don’t move to the next step until they are comfortably and reliable listening to cues without fear. Take it literally step by step working far away from the elevator, taking a step forward when they seem comfortable and continue until you’re able to step foot in the elevator. Make sure to praise a ton and use high value treats! I’m not a professional, but that is how I tend to approach training challenging or scary things with Atlas. And if your pup is not showing progress or getting worse or even if you feel you aren’t able to work through it with them definitely get a professional trainers help! I hope that helps❤️✨

Aww thank you so much for commenting!! It truly means the world to me to hear that it’s helping someone! Also I’m so excited for you and wish you the best of luck on your service dog journey!!🫶🏼✨🦮

Thank you so much!!! I needed to hear all this! It is really hard to find a job that gives some sort of balance when you have a disability. And I often forget the aspect of if a “normal” or “able” person were to feel and go through what I do on the daily with my health they would be going to the ER and/or urgent care and taking time off. Thank you so so much for your kind and encouraging message!! I needed it more than you know❤️🫶🏼✨

The vest is from One Tigris it’s the Apollo One Short back style vest. I got it from Amazon, but you can also go to the one Tigris website and find it there I think!

@@helperpupatlas7377 Thank you so much. I have a 7 mo. old English Cream Golden Retriever puppy that I am training to be a service dog. I am getting professional help as well but am training a lot by myself. It's not for the weak for sure. Thanks for your content.

You’re welcome!! Thank you for watching and supporting our videos and our journey!!! The service dog journey and training is certainly not for the faint of heart! I wish you and your pup the best of luck❤️✨🫶🏼🦮

Aww thank you so much!! It brings me so much happiness to know that sharing our journey has helped you and others. I always appreciate you commenting, watching, and supporting our videos and our TH-cam channel and always hope you and your pup are doing well!❤️✨ Yes 100% it’s easier said than done to not wrap your self worth and identity in the things we do. It all always just kind of blends together and it’s hard to separate yourself from your job, school, training, etc when it feels like those things are all we do. I’m so grateful to have finally found a job, but doing doordash has taught me to try and not wrap up my identity and self worth in my work. Humans are so much more complex than any job title! 🫶🏼

It’s simply because I don’t want him to become 100% reliant on treats. I want him to also be able to take my praise as a reward. With him becoming fully trained I’ll still use treats to let him know he’s doing good once in while or if we’re in a unique scenario in public that I’ve never trained him through or if we are going out for the soul purpose of training. Also life happens and sometimes I won’t always have treats on me! Now that he’s almost considered fully trained he rarely needs treats and takes my praise as a reward. If you treat 100% of the time when they already know something they expect it 100% of the time and may end up not wanting to work if there aren’t treats involved. I hope this makes sense!

I got it from Amazon! It’s called a Barkbay tactical vest! I’m not sure if they make them the same way still since I first got him this vest in 2021. Also thank you so much!! ❤️✨

Thank you for reaching out!! I’d love to learn more! Do you have a link to the product so I can see it?

@@helperpupatlas7377How can I contact you? there is not allow to send link. or you can see my home page. thanks

I’m so sorry I’m just now seeing this!! You can contact me via messaging through Instagram! My handle is the same name as here @helperpupatlas!

@@helperpupatlas7377 Thank you, But we haven’t opened an Instagram account yet.

It’s all good! I haven’t made a business email for my socials yet so that companies can contact me. All I have is my personal email currently. I’m not comfortable giving that out through the comments since it’s very public. If there was another way to private message I’d give it to you there, but when you do get an Instagram account please reach out! I’d love to showcase your products!✨