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Thelion the service dog is learning to clean up spills

Euro leash demo

Teach your dog how to go to a mark/target. This skill is useful for teaching a variety of more advanced behaviors. Go to Mark has already been featured in a few of my videos, such as "Distance cues", "Teaching Momentum Pull", and "Pivoting". Besides being helpful in those areas, Mark is the foundation for many other obedience, tricks, and service dog maneuvers.

Here is my video on how I teach a moving down. A moving down is a common requirement for obedience and rally competitions. As well as for sport and show, I use a moving down quite frequently in real life situations. When I go to check the mail, I ask my dog to perform a moving down at the end of the driveway. I use this cue while answering the door. Having a service dog, I also use this cue, as...

There are times when your dog cannot be as active as they would like. Whether it's due to injury, illness, or they are recovering from a routine surgery, it's important for their health to keep their mind active. Here are a few low activity tricks to teach your dog while on crate rest. Skill levels range from beginner to expert trick dog.

This is the method I use to teach retrieval. I have found this method the most successful.

Thelion the German Shepherd works on some behaviors at a distance to prepare for an upcoming role.

Train your dog to come when called. All dogs must learn to come when called. This is one of the most important lessons a dog will learn. (You may notice some extra clicking in the video. That's actually from the camera and not my clicker. In most of my other videos, I take the sound out.)

*Disclaimer Please be sure that your dog is at least two years of age and has been cleared by an orthopedic veterinarian before starting any training in harness.

Here are a few of Thelion's tricks. Some of these he knows well, others he's still working on.

I've posted a few photos and clips of my dog doing Barkour and had a lots of interest and questions. That prompted me to make this video. What is Barkour? Barkour goes by many names, including Urban Agility, Canine Parkour and Poor Man's Agility. It's an exciting and interactive sport that can be done in any environment. What are the benefits of Barkour? The benefits are astronomical! It's a gr...

Service dog tasks or helpful tricks revolving around the directed retrieve.

Tesla is a five month old border collie puppy. Some of these tricks she knows well, some we are still working on.

Teach Your Dog to Heel

Skills a dog needs before Public Access

Introducing Tesla

Teach Reverse Weave

Hind End Awareness Exercises

Pivoting

Scent Detection Work: Step 2- Teaching a Reaction to the S

Scent Detection Work: Step 1- Charging the Scent

Hind end awareness training

Progress report: Circle backwards!

First steps in teaching a dog to place

Teaching sit

Service dog task: Picking up dropped items

A fun "spin" on circles

Circle me

Teaching loose leash walking