Yes Joel this is actually very similar to what alot of trainer do for search dogs that find and indicate on articles or people. A tip would be to do the treat in every foot print. That way you know for sure the dog is getting the odor do it on slightly muddy ground or somewhere you can see the person's shoe prints. I teach the indication first then work on the actual track.For Alison he picked it kinda ok but if you really want him to have the drive and not to get off track you will want to go slow. For accuracy. But since your not looking for a dog actually to go into work as a tracker or competition pretty good first try!
More jobs and/ or games would be greatly appreciated. You have helped so much with the basics. Now my boys and I are looking for fun stuff to mix things up.
I started scent detection in 2012 when my dog was 6 months old. His first object was cell phones. Then we started search and rescue in the woods and in warehouses, in trains, and in lumber yards, then we tried tracking and then nose work. These type of activities is the best way to get a self confident dog. Just a tip... when you drag the jacket, just drag it one way, don’t drag it back. That’s because the dog will know which direction he should go. So when a person is missing and the dog is crossing the track then the nose is so powerful that he knows which step is more fresh. And that’s the direction the dog will follow. All of these nose activities are a lot of fun!
Yes!, more! I've been scent training our lab and he loves it. We put a scent like cinnamon on a cloth. Let him smell it then hide it in the yard ( up a tree, under leaves etc.) While we're hiding it he's in the shed waiting. We let him out saying " Find it" So fun to watch him sniff the ground, up in the air, and running around. It's amazing how fast he can find it!!!
This sounds so fun! I want to try with my two younger girls. How do they know what scent to follow when hiding it. Do they smell it first and then you hide it or how do you do it?
We do similar with our dobie pup, except we began by hiding several treats of the same type in different places of the house, letting him smell one from our pocket, then getting him to go find. Dogs are so smart. We’re about to train him with human scent, so this is very timely! Thanks Joel.🤝
Hi Joel, First I have to say I love your videos a lot and have huge respect for your training methods. As a Human Remains dog handler for a Search and Rescue Association I would qualify this as tracking. Your knowledge of dogs is great but the only issue here is knowing scent behavior. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for disaster scene but to track someone in the woods possibly 😊
A few years ago when my senior dog started to lose sight and hearing I would get my younger dog to "find Molly" initially it would be for him to go get her for dinner (Darby is very food motivated so he was happy to go get her for dinner lol), then i'd do it as part of doggie drills, all he had to do was go wake her up and get her to follow him. Was put to test a couple times in the bush when she wandered off and I couldn't find her. Once was a couple hours between realizing she wasn't with me to getting him looking and them coming back. This little girl had a ground eating trot, she was never running away, just off on tour. It was getting too dark to see, I'm thinking I've lost BOTH dogs now, then Darby came bounding back along the trail looking so pleased, Molly trotting along behind a couple minutes later. I got Tile bluetooth finders after that, but still had Darby go find her for practice :)
yes sir. more jobs please. my dog is always scared and insecure. she never gives attention to me. my problem is that i don't have much time coz i always work
Yes, please. I'd like to see how to train retrieve dropped items and hand them to the owner. I live in Arizona with a significant aging population. Many people come to me and want their pets to learn this skill so they don't have to bend over and risk a fall. It might also be fun if you did a video on allergy service dogs that smell a food item and indicate whether or not the allergen is present. Also psychiatric service dogs skills like deep pressure therapy and interrupting crying or self-injurious behavior. I bet you'll have as much fun making the videos as we will watching them. 😁🐕💖
That's a lot of fun! When we did this in puppy training, we had like small perforated boxes that we put cheese, sausage or other treats in. The dog stayed at their place, while we dragged that box over the ground. There where pilons scattered around where we placed the box. At first only 5 meter, then 10, then 15. Then we told them to search. You'd think they would see where we put the box and immediately go there, but it was actually a bit challenging. Even the 5 meter one. A proper rescue includes barking when you find the person. Would you teach that seperately and then introduce it when the search is reliable?
Jobs videos would be interesting to watch but honestly, I haven’t found a video yet on this channel that hasn’t been educational, interesting and just good quality content. I like that most of these videos are what I would consider to be the basics that every dog and owner should have a good understanding of and practice daily. Too many people just skip the basics and go beyond their skill level and then we have accidents and dogs that are frustrated and people that are frustrated. I wish more people took the time to learn the basics. I think it would prevent a lot of incidents.
would love to see Connery progress through this task. I love Prince but also love seeing the usual gang like Connery and Mischa - such different styles of dog. Please thank their owners for having them back on the videos.
No joke just the other day I started teaching my dog to find hidden items (starting with his toys so far). You read my mind! I absolutely love this content and your channel.
I had a bloodhood search and rescue team practice at my farm once! It was incredible, we laid a 36 hour trail, my step-daughter walked a trail in the woods and 36 hours later her scent article was shown to the dog and he followed her path to find her. She had gone back to wait the day of the trial, 36 hours after walking the path through the woods, Windsor, the bloodhound, followed her path ! It was AMAZING. We trained our collie to play hide and seek with the kids when they were young I the event they ever walked into the corn field when the corn was high and got lost !
My two young girls always find me lol and they’re too fast for me to hide, even in the dark lol. Then they’re all proud of themselves when they find me. I think yesterday, I tried hiding under the table quick before they saw where I hid and at first they were gonna walk by but then my youngest found me easily and then the older one lol. So much fun playing hide and seek with dogs.
The way to do this a bit better is make them sit & keep the sit. Then you can hide slowly. When you are ready, say "find", and only then they can start searching. Even better-use a very mild e-collar (vibration or minimal stomulation) as their alternative "come" command. That way, when you release the dog, it can't hear where your voice is coming from. I play with my dog like that sometimes & it's fun.
First let me say I loved this video as I do ALL your videos. I'd like to see Connery off lead being successful. I would really enjoy seeing videos on how to train carrying a backpack with stuff in it. Our two Germans had a paper route. Of course we had to roll the papers; put them in their backpacks and walk them around their route but they got to the point where they knew which houses to stop at. It was only a weekly paper but they seemed to look forward to Saturday mornings! How would you train them to pull a little wagon? Run next to a bike? Herd the chickens back into the coop? Protect the chickens from prey birds? Go get - like go get the newspaper and bring it back. In closing, let me say that I encourage all my dog owner friends to watch your videos and subscribe. You are caring and honest person. I feel like you really care for the dogs and the owners you help. Your channel isn't just a vehicle to sell stuff like others I've seen.
Hi. I really enjoyed this video. I’m getting a GSD in July and I’ve been trying to figure out how to train her for tracking. Your method made sense to me and I thank you. A breeder in Georgia that goes by the name “German Shepherd Man mentioned you in one of his videos and I tuned in to a number of your videos.He spoke very highly of you. Now I understand why.
Oh yes! I'd love to learn more. All the things you mentioned in the beginning sound just amazing stuff to learn: sniffing for drugs, guide dog for the blind, rescue people in avalanches... Yes, please! I was once told that some dogs can smell if you have cancerous cells before you are actually diagnosed. Isnt that amazing?
I usually never comment on any video, but I have been watching your videos and it has helped me so much in my pursuit to train my own dogs. I think showing different jobs for dogs would be awesome and very informative. Do you have experience in training dogs to detect low blood sugar for people with diabetes? Thank you for your videos and putting outstanding effort to inform the world in different types of training methods. 🤙🤙
I want a dog that can sniff out diamonds. Then I'll take him to that Crater of Diamonds state park. 🙂 I hide treats around the house, then give one to my dog and tell him "Find it." and then he goes on a mission looking for the other treats.
Yes, I wanted to see the steps in training my dog to find me by sniffing my trail. I hide from her on walks often when we're in a lonely area, to get her to care about whether she's "with me" or not, and she whizzes right past anxiously looking for me all the time.
I am huge fan of your methods and training style, it has helped me so much for my newly adopted dog especially the doorway training. Definitely would like to see more ‘job’ videos, I would like to train my dog to get the leash when ready to go on walk, if you can make a video on this
I would love to see how you train canicross or scootering/dryland mushing. Teaching the dog to intentionally pull and ignore distractions sounds challenging.
Who doesn't love seeing cool new jobs for their dogs to do? I taught mine how to shut the door behind us when we come inside. I would love to learn how to get me dog to pick up and bring me stuff consistently when asked.
So cool. I do Mantrailing with our Siberian Husky on the regular. We both are haveing so much fun with it. All your videos are great. How about a video about Carnicross, Dogscooting etc. :)
the way I've done it starting off is hiding treats around the house and let him sniff them out while commanding " find it". then phase out the treats and replacing with me or the Mrs. hiding then say where's momma? find her. you can also replace the treats with a toy, live bed bug specimens, or rotting meat (cadaver dog)
I feel like this video started off great but I'm not convinced at all that your dog was following her scent. I'd have to see more work of him finding her without you knowing where she is because I really feel like this dog is on a leash and you are leading the dog over to her. Obviously this is first steps in teaching them but I would like to see a lot more of scent search and find.
Hi Joel. It would be great to see more Working dogs videos. We are trying to train a one year old German Shepherd to be a mobility dog. We would like him to be able to walk on our side and be ready to brace and help if we should have our knees buckle or anything walking issues. Any ideas or videos would be excellent. Thank you.
Can you show us how to train service dog tasks like reminding handler to take medicine and fetching medicine? Or to sense panic attacks and to apply pressure for panic attacks?
Dear Joel, can you show my labrador George how to retrieve beer from the fridge, open it and pour it into a frosted glass? Looking forward to seeing this on your channel
I’d love to see you do a collaboration with a TH-camr that actually does scent work, it would be interesting AND it would cross over different audiences to garner you both more subscribers!
Definitely more jobs videos! At the time my family & I don’t ashamed a fenced in yard & im still in the process of training my dog not to run away so it’s tough to play with him while we are at home. He gets a lot of playtime at the park & doggy daycare but I would love to get him playing & stimulated while at home! Thanks Joel you’re the best
I would LOVE more job videos. Been teaching my malamute a focused/competition heel as a way to fight her prey drive. We live in Alaska and I need her focus on me rather than moose, otherwise her barking could create a dangerous situation
CA has one of the best Search and Rescue organizations (CARDA). We train dogs and deploy as teams; it's an exciting, rewarding job (volunteer, lol). I just got my 4th Search dog, a Belgian Terv puppy. We're so jazzed. Thanks for introducing this job to your viewers!
Yes! Finding people under buildings that have collapsed!! SoCal has a big earthquake coming soon.. you can teach your dog to bark when someone says “help” instead of “speak” that way people can be alerted that something’s wrong.
In your opinion what’s the best jobs I can put a Giant schnauzer to work with? I watch you, Robert Cabral and Nino Drowaert and plan on training using you guy’s training materials. I have a Skansen Kennels GS on order and setting things up to train. I was with FD many years ago and on a private CERT team and really dig it! SAR would be something I would love to do to deploy my skill sets but having a dog to assist would be great. Is a GS a good breed for this?
More more more!!! My Milo says thanks muchly 💛 he already taught himself to bring the post and retrieve anything that falls down the stairs ever. I just reinforced it.
1 - bike-running (running with us when we ride) 2 - laundry - how can I get her to put socks into a basket instead of STEALING them? (She doesn't chew, just steals for attention when she's bored) 3 - our 11 month Cavapoo will be helping us in group situations as we travel and minister to kids at camps and churches. I'm looking for ideas to help her engage with and entertain children. And, any ideas of jobs that dogs CAN do 😁
Please Sir, may we have some more. I don't know the sorts of jobs people train dogs for, but I'd like to know about any of them, so I can keep my guy busy and engaged. He loves tug and ball fetching and rooting through packages to find a treat, but I want to give him more - he's 5 months old and I want to keep him busy and happy for the next 15 years or so. One thing I would like to train is to train him to bite strong - he's abn English Staffy and they love tug and hanging from their jaws - I want oto get him to bite strong (as much mouth as possible) so he doesn't just use one or two teeah and then break some teeth.
Loved this! My 10 month black lab puppy and I do scent training games for fun, so this was fascinating to watch. We're training to be a therapy dog team, so we'll be able to visit hospice patients, emergency responder departments, and schools. How would you train a therapy dog?
That is tracking, not search&rescue - trailing. How to teach trailing ? So not me, my friend. Trailing search&rescue - any person in forest for example.
Our lab mix pup and young pit mix need jobs! My daughter has left-sided weakness from a stroke and uses a wheelchair. I would like to teach our dog(s) to pick things up that she drops and give them back to her. There is so much else...could one dog do both mobility assistance and scent work (on multiple scents?)? She also has Type 1 diabetes & seizures and I know that some dogs can be trained to detect high/low blood sugar or an oncoming seizure.
This is great! I rescued a lab mixed with some kind of hound (maybe Bassett, she has very floppy ears and short legs) last year and she loves sniffing around and following scents. I want to put her talent to good use but wasn't sure how exactly to start, but I'll be trying this out.
More job videos - explosives or Narco detection training. I’ve trained my dog all by myself to detect Narco and have yet to take her to state testing. I would love to learn more ideas to reinforce the detection aspect and also I’m having issues with my dog (being a Covid pup with less social interaction as I gave my other dogs) is really scared of practically everything. This is why I got her into scent work immediately. But she’s still too much attentive to the surrounding environment when training in new areas ie; cars, people, loud noises, especially bicycles and objects that she’s not quiet familiar with.. this is a tough one I know but plenty of content to focus on that I’ll watch for sure.
Can you show us how to teach our social working dogs to ignore people whenthey’re working while still letting them engage with people while they’re not working? Basically how do we cue or dog to be in work mode and release them out of it?
Thank you so much for replying!! Yes, I do have a vest that I use to stop people from petting him but it doesn’t stop him from soliciting pets. I don’t know what to do with the vest to cue him to stop playing and start working. I don’t think it’s him not being meant for service work, I think it’s me not knowing what to do
Fun video. And fascinating to watch. I am going to start my young dog on scent work right away. She *always* has her nose to the ground anyway, might as well give her more focus, purpose. Thanks, Joel.
Yes please more jobs!! I adopted a 1.5 year old german shepherd which is so smart, playful and energetic, and would like to work with him but don't know where to start!
I'd love to get my dogs to carry my water but I suspect the harness would be rather pricey. My dogs have always lived finding my hiding kids on a walk ever since they were puppies. We even happened to have done it today and o e of my dogs was soooo visually pleased with hi.self when he found my daughter. 🥰🥰🥰🐕🐕🐕
For my pup, the first thing I did was “find it.” I would hold an object, make sure he sniffed it, then hide that same object. I’d walk around and cue him by snapping to get his attention onto sniffing certain areas, and when he found the object he got rewarded with his toy. At first the cues were practically leading him to the object, but I faded that out and just made the cue area bigger and more generalized. I would also change the object every time, and sometimes I would hide the previous object as well as the new one. I also got him in a habit of sitting after he located it like a signal so that I’d know that he found it. That really helped my pup to understand that he needed to sniff around and he lock on the scent. I slowly started to have one object already hidden and the one he sniffed to be the same, like the example scent (like the hoodie). Our next step is going to be adding the human element. Now that he has an understanding fundamentally of what he’s supposed to do, it should be pretty easy to switch his target. I’m going to be doing the same with his little sister (less than 1 yr old now) and I think I’ll try to record the process since it’s so hard to find examples of this kind of work. I really do appreciate that you’ve uploaded this. The only thing I would change is that, instead of using treats, to reward with a toy. There are people who may be missing that could be using controlled substances, or the dog may be smelling gasoline from a vehicle, and we do not want them to ingest those things. Toys are very motivating and the expectation of a play thing rather than eating can protect the pup from elements outside of your control
I would love to see more jobs. Like scent games, I’m not sure what other jobs they do. If you know how to do service dog training, would like to see how you train some tasks and how to train them with ignoring people and other dogs, even dogs lunging at them and staying calm. Stuff like that.
I /love/ giving my dogs jobs! I taught mine to help me get the mail. I'm out there anyway, may as well! I started out with junk mail and having her carry that all the way to the door and hand to a person for a treat. We're also doing some landscaping in our yard, and I taught her to dig on command and play "tug" with roots that we want to get rid of. The weirdest, most simple things give them so much purpose.
More jobs! Like finding a hidden piece of food , though I imagine that would be similar to this. Or to hold things in their mouth, and then carrying stuff on a back pack.
Yes more jobs videos please! My oldest knows find it/them and constantly has her nose to the ground. She is a rott/husky mix. lol no hound that I know of in her. But she definitely loves to smell and find.
More job vids plzzz i have a stafy X American bulldog and hes a big strong minded boy and he id love to know what jobs i can give him to keep him thinking !!
How to teach them to retrieve specific items like leash or medication bottle (non emergent items). In general just learning what jobs are good for a typical dog but also helpful for humans
Would love job videos although I cant think of one in particular. -I have always wanted to teach the Bang! You’re dead trick. - As well as how to take a treat nice! Without loosing fingers.
I’m losing fingers all the time 😅 my trainer told me to just to close the hand whenever my dog bites for the treat but she still doesn’t get the idea and it’s worst when she is overexcited (with other dogs or people she likes)
How does one train a deaf dog? I like to go to an outdoor gun range. Would the percussion affect a deaf dog? I don’t have one yet. But would love to hear your expert advice which I so admire!
Dogs love the find game it’s a instinct that they just need to fulfill and it so much fun I got really fit teaching my gsd to tracke when we were doing competitive obedience trials finding a non verbal autistic child is a nightmare but for a dog that’s had the training it’s like following a six lane highway real obvious to them I often used to wonder what they thought about all the stuff we lost and then wanted them to find they must have thought they had the most retarded owners on earth because we lose keys phones our jumper our offspring and even our spouses
Your right on the hounds being easier. I have two different breeds of hound and it is a struggle to get the nose off the ground long enough to do anything but track. A tasks I'd be interested in is a balance dog. I'm having to train my own service dog do to the no pet policy of the local programs. (I get why that is, but it doesn't change that I need the help a dog could give) It be nice to see your take on it.
Maybe I dont know what Im talking about but it kind seems like you are walking towards her with him on a leash and hes just following along and sniffing the ground when you touch it with your hand. Hard to tell if the dog is really learning to put his nose down and smell. I've seen trainers train dogs by dragging a piece of meat along the ground and that seems to work well to teach them to track a smell.
Please teach more jobs.I have a redbone coonhound and I can't afford training and I want him to be happy in life and search and rescue his is purpose I think he is so smartv
I cheated with my dog so far. He loves to eat so I spread his food into corners and shelves and other places and sent him out to find his meal. I can tell he really enjoyed it. We will have to work towards other items.
Can u make a video on how to train my deaf cattle dog mix to herd. Even tho she's a mix she deff has the instinct. I would love for to herd the chickens back in the coop lol
That’s a great idea but wouldn’t it be better for Alice to place the treats? Then it would just be her scent. Also when would the commands come in so he knows when you want to search.
Oh and teach them to "take you home" My grandkids go into the woods with my dog and then say "Take me home" The nose goes high in the air and then the journey begins...lol
I have a 13 week old Connhound he's a Redbone and his nose is nuts, I know he will grow into it. In all honesty he's been pretty good. But for anyone looking to get a hound or at least a scent hound not a sight hound take into account it might be more work on walks and recall cause the nose of a hound is another level.
Yes please to more jobs! And also can you do a video to teach boundary training (ex: staying in their yard when fences aren't available, or staying out of certain rooms without the humans having to keep the door closed)
i would love to know how to train my dog to be an emotional support animal. I have a doberman and i'm wondering if he'll eventually be able to learn therapy work.
Yes Joel this is actually very similar to what alot of trainer do for search dogs that find and indicate on articles or people. A tip would be to do the treat in every foot print. That way you know for sure the dog is getting the odor do it on slightly muddy ground or somewhere you can see the person's shoe prints. I teach the indication first then work on the actual track.For Alison he picked it kinda ok but if you really want him to have the drive and not to get off track you will want to go slow. For accuracy. But since your not looking for a dog actually to go into work as a tracker or competition pretty good first try!
More jobs and/ or games would be greatly appreciated. You have helped so much with the basics. Now my boys and I are looking for fun stuff to mix things up.
I started scent detection in 2012 when my dog was 6 months old. His first object was cell phones.
Then we started search and rescue in the woods and in warehouses, in trains, and in lumber yards, then we tried tracking and then nose work. These type of activities is the best way to get a self confident dog.
Just a tip... when you drag the jacket, just drag it one way, don’t drag it back. That’s because the dog will know which direction he should go. So when a person is missing and the dog is crossing the track then the nose is so powerful that he knows which step is more fresh.
And that’s the direction the dog will follow.
All of these nose activities are a lot of fun!
Thanks. Got a 6 month old pup now and want to start training him
Yes!, more!
I've been scent training our lab and he loves it. We put a scent like cinnamon on a cloth. Let him smell it then hide it in the yard ( up a tree, under leaves etc.) While we're hiding it he's in the shed waiting. We let him out saying " Find it" So fun to watch him sniff the ground, up in the air, and running around. It's amazing how fast he can find it!!!
This sounds so fun! I want to try with my two younger girls. How do they know what scent to follow when hiding it. Do they smell it first and then you hide it or how do you do it?
We do similar with our dobie pup, except we began by hiding several treats of the same type in different places of the house, letting him smell one from our pocket, then getting him to go find. Dogs are so smart.
We’re about to train him with human scent, so this is very timely! Thanks Joel.🤝
Hi Joel,
First I have to say I love your videos a lot and have huge respect for your training methods. As a Human Remains dog handler for a Search and Rescue Association I would qualify this as tracking. Your knowledge of dogs is great but the only issue here is knowing scent behavior. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for disaster scene but to track someone in the woods possibly 😊
A few years ago when my senior dog started to lose sight and hearing I would get my younger dog to "find Molly" initially it would be for him to go get her for dinner (Darby is very food motivated so he was happy to go get her for dinner lol), then i'd do it as part of doggie drills, all he had to do was go wake her up and get her to follow him. Was put to test a couple times in the bush when she wandered off and I couldn't find her. Once was a couple hours between realizing she wasn't with me to getting him looking and them coming back. This little girl had a ground eating trot, she was never running away, just off on tour. It was getting too dark to see, I'm thinking I've lost BOTH dogs now, then Darby came bounding back along the trail looking so pleased, Molly trotting along behind a couple minutes later. I got Tile bluetooth finders after that, but still had Darby go find her for practice :)
Love it! Very smart idea with an aging dog. Kudos to you for thinking of it!
yes sir. more jobs please. my dog is always scared and insecure. she never gives attention to me. my problem is that i don't have much time coz i always work
Yes, please. I'd like to see how to train retrieve dropped items and hand them to the owner. I live in Arizona with a significant aging population. Many people come to me and want their pets to learn this skill so they don't have to bend over and risk a fall. It might also be fun if you did a video on allergy service dogs that smell a food item and indicate whether or not the allergen is present. Also psychiatric service dogs skills like deep pressure therapy and interrupting crying or self-injurious behavior. I bet you'll have as much fun making the videos as we will watching them.
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wow great ideas!! 🐾❤️
That's a lot of fun!
When we did this in puppy training, we had like small perforated boxes that we put cheese, sausage or other treats in. The dog stayed at their place, while we dragged that box over the ground. There where pilons scattered around where we placed the box. At first only 5 meter, then 10, then 15. Then we told them to search. You'd think they would see where we put the box and immediately go there, but it was actually a bit challenging. Even the 5 meter one.
A proper rescue includes barking when you find the person. Would you teach that seperately and then introduce it when the search is reliable?
Jobs videos would be interesting to watch but honestly, I haven’t found a video yet on this channel that hasn’t been educational, interesting and just good quality content.
I like that most of these videos are what I would consider to be the basics that every dog and owner should have a good understanding of and practice daily. Too many people just skip the basics and go beyond their skill level and then we have accidents and dogs that are frustrated and people that are frustrated. I wish more people took the time to learn the basics. I think it would prevent a lot of incidents.
would love to see Connery progress through this task. I love Prince but also love seeing the usual gang like Connery and Mischa - such different styles of dog. Please thank their owners for having them back on the videos.
No joke just the other day I started teaching my dog to find hidden items (starting with his toys so far). You read my mind! I absolutely love this content and your channel.
I had a bloodhood search and rescue team practice at my farm once! It was incredible, we laid a 36 hour trail, my step-daughter walked a trail in the woods and 36 hours later her scent article was shown to the dog and he followed her path to find her. She had gone back to wait the day of the trial, 36 hours after walking the path through the woods, Windsor, the bloodhound, followed her path ! It was AMAZING. We trained our collie to play hide and seek with the kids when they were young I the event they ever walked into the corn field when the corn was high and got lost !
My two young girls always find me lol and they’re too fast for me to hide, even in the dark lol. Then they’re all proud of themselves when they find me. I think yesterday, I tried hiding under the table quick before they saw where I hid and at first they were gonna walk by but then my youngest found me easily and then the older one lol. So much fun playing hide and seek with dogs.
The way to do this a bit better is make them sit & keep the sit. Then you can hide slowly. When you are ready, say "find", and only then they can start searching.
Even better-use a very mild e-collar (vibration or minimal stomulation) as their alternative "come" command. That way, when you release the dog, it can't hear where your voice is coming from.
I play with my dog like that sometimes & it's fun.
Yes, more jobs! I want my dog to pick up the laundry and put it in a basket. I want him to pick up his toys and put them in his toy box.
First let me say I loved this video as I do ALL your videos. I'd like to see Connery off lead being successful. I would really enjoy seeing videos on how to train carrying a backpack with stuff in it. Our two Germans had a paper route. Of course we had to roll the papers; put them in their backpacks and walk them around their route but they got to the point where they knew which houses to stop at. It was only a weekly paper but they seemed to look forward to Saturday mornings! How would you train them to pull a little wagon? Run next to a bike? Herd the chickens back into the coop? Protect the chickens from prey birds? Go get - like go get the newspaper and bring it back.
In closing, let me say that I encourage all my dog owner friends to watch your videos and subscribe. You are caring and honest person. I feel like you really care for the dogs and the owners you help. Your channel isn't just a vehicle to sell stuff like others I've seen.
Yes, please. My dog needs a job.
Hi. I really enjoyed this video. I’m getting a GSD in July and I’ve been trying to figure out how to train her for tracking. Your method made sense to me and I thank you. A breeder in Georgia that goes by the name “German Shepherd Man mentioned you in one of his videos and I tuned in to a number of your videos.He spoke very highly of you. Now I understand why.
That's cool. Is there a particular video of GS Man that he talks about Joel.
Oh yes! I'd love to learn more. All the things you mentioned in the beginning sound just amazing stuff to learn: sniffing for drugs, guide dog for the blind, rescue people in avalanches... Yes, please! I was once told that some dogs can smell if you have cancerous cells before you are actually diagnosed. Isnt that amazing?
I usually never comment on any video, but I have been watching your videos and it has helped me so much in my pursuit to train my own dogs. I think showing different jobs for dogs would be awesome and very informative. Do you have experience in training dogs to detect low blood sugar for people with diabetes? Thank you for your videos and putting outstanding effort to inform the world in different types of training methods. 🤙🤙
I want a dog that can sniff out diamonds. Then I'll take him to that Crater of Diamonds state park. 🙂
I hide treats around the house, then give one to my dog and tell him "Find it." and then he goes on a mission looking for the other treats.
Yes, I wanted to see the steps in training my dog to find me by sniffing my trail. I hide from her on walks often when we're in a lonely area, to get her to care about whether she's "with me" or not, and she whizzes right past anxiously looking for me all the time.
I am huge fan of your methods and training style, it has helped me so much for my newly adopted dog especially the doorway training. Definitely would like to see more ‘job’ videos, I would like to train my dog to get the leash when ready to go on walk, if you can make a video on this
I would love to see how you train canicross or scootering/dryland mushing. Teaching the dog to intentionally pull and ignore distractions sounds challenging.
I know that this usually takes years to train but seeing you an Prince try Freestyle Heelwork would be fun!
YESSSSSS.... love this content. More training scentwork, maybe some tasks like turning lights on and off, mobility work... I'd love to see all of it.
Who doesn't love seeing cool new jobs for their dogs to do? I taught mine how to shut the door behind us when we come inside.
I would love to learn how to get me dog to pick up and bring me stuff consistently when asked.
So cool. I do Mantrailing with our Siberian Husky on the regular. We both are haveing so much fun with it.
All your videos are great. How about a video about Carnicross, Dogscooting etc. :)
the way I've done it starting off is hiding treats around the house and let him sniff them out while commanding " find it". then phase out the treats and replacing with me or the Mrs. hiding then say where's momma? find her. you can also replace the treats with a toy, live bed bug specimens, or rotting meat (cadaver dog)
Shutting the door behind her when she comes in. PLEASE!
I feel like this video started off great but I'm not convinced at all that your dog was following her scent. I'd have to see more work of him finding her without you knowing where she is because I really feel like this dog is on a leash and you are leading the dog over to her. Obviously this is first steps in teaching them but I would like to see a lot more of scent search and find.
Hi Joel. It would be great to see more Working dogs videos. We are trying to train a one year old German Shepherd to be a mobility dog. We would like him to be able to walk on our side and be ready to brace and help if we should have our knees buckle or anything walking issues. Any ideas or videos would be excellent. Thank you.
Can you show us how to train service dog tasks like reminding handler to take medicine and fetching medicine? Or to sense panic attacks and to apply pressure for panic attacks?
The ADA allows service dogs to be self trained since so many people with disabilities can’t afford professional training. Would be so helpful!
Dear Joel, can you show my labrador George how to retrieve beer from the fridge, open it and pour it into a frosted glass? Looking forward to seeing this on your channel
That’ll be my next video
I would love carry and pull jobs
I’d love to see you do a collaboration with a TH-camr that actually does scent work, it would be interesting AND it would cross over different audiences to garner you both more subscribers!
Definitely more jobs videos! At the time my family & I don’t ashamed a fenced in yard & im still in the process of training my dog not to run away so it’s tough to play with him while we are at home. He gets a lot of playtime at the park & doggy daycare but I would love to get him playing & stimulated while at home! Thanks Joel you’re the best
Yes please, more jobs videos!!
Yes more jobs! I've always wondered how you would get a dog to find someone. Love how you think to do it.
I would LOVE more job videos. Been teaching my malamute a focused/competition heel as a way to fight her prey drive. We live in Alaska and I need her focus on me rather than moose, otherwise her barking could create a dangerous situation
CA has one of the best Search and Rescue organizations (CARDA). We train dogs and deploy as teams; it's an exciting, rewarding job (volunteer, lol).
I just got my 4th Search dog, a Belgian Terv puppy. We're so jazzed.
Thanks for introducing this job to your viewers!
Yes! Finding people under buildings that have collapsed!! SoCal has a big earthquake coming soon.. you can teach your dog to bark when someone says “help” instead of “speak” that way people can be alerted that something’s wrong.
In your opinion what’s the best jobs I can put a Giant schnauzer to work with? I watch you, Robert Cabral and Nino Drowaert and plan on training using you guy’s training materials. I have a Skansen Kennels GS on order and setting things up to train. I was with FD many years ago and on a private CERT team and really dig it! SAR would be something I would love to do to deploy my skill sets but having a dog to assist would be great. Is a GS a good breed for this?
More more more!!! My Milo says thanks muchly 💛 he already taught himself to bring the post and retrieve anything that falls down the stairs ever. I just reinforced it.
That's AWESOME! I've been hiding toys for my GSD and he loves searching for it. I'm going try this with my daughter or husband hiding! He'll love it!
agility, or finding different items among a collection, would be cool.
My dog naturally rescued 2 birds and 1 puppy, never trained for that. I’m thinking I’m wasting his potential
1 - bike-running (running with us when we ride)
2 - laundry - how can I get her to put socks into a basket instead of STEALING them? (She doesn't chew, just steals for attention when she's bored)
3 - our 11 month Cavapoo will be helping us in group situations as we travel and minister to kids at camps and churches.
I'm looking for ideas to help her engage with and entertain children.
And, any ideas of jobs that dogs CAN do 😁
Please Sir, may we have some more.
I don't know the sorts of jobs people train dogs for, but I'd like to know about any of them, so I can keep my guy busy and engaged. He loves tug and ball fetching and rooting through packages to find a treat, but I want to give him more - he's 5 months old and I want to keep him busy and happy for the next 15 years or so.
One thing I would like to train is to train him to bite strong - he's abn English Staffy and they love tug and hanging from their jaws - I want oto get him to bite strong (as much mouth as possible) so he doesn't just use one or two teeah and then break some teeth.
We want jobs videos yes plz
Jobs like: tracking, hunting, carrying water or supplies, guarding, defending etc
Loved this! My 10 month black lab puppy and I do scent training games for fun, so this was fascinating to watch.
We're training to be a therapy dog team, so we'll be able to visit hospice patients, emergency responder departments, and schools. How would you train a therapy dog?
That is tracking, not search&rescue - trailing.
How to teach trailing ? So not me, my friend. Trailing search&rescue - any person in forest for example.
Our lab mix pup and young pit mix need jobs! My daughter has left-sided weakness from a stroke and uses a wheelchair. I would like to teach our dog(s) to pick things up that she drops and give them back to her. There is so much else...could one dog do both mobility assistance and scent work (on multiple scents?)? She also has Type 1 diabetes & seizures and I know that some dogs can be trained to detect high/low blood sugar or an oncoming seizure.
This is great! I rescued a lab mixed with some kind of hound (maybe Bassett, she has very floppy ears and short legs) last year and she loves sniffing around and following scents. I want to put her talent to good use but wasn't sure how exactly to start, but I'll be trying this out.
Maybe I’m wrong but I think you talked about making T-shirts in one of your videos?
We could definitely use a couple in this household 😊
More job videos - explosives or Narco detection training. I’ve trained my dog all by myself to detect Narco and have yet to take her to state testing. I would love to learn more ideas to reinforce the detection aspect and also I’m having issues with my dog (being a Covid pup with less social interaction as I gave my other dogs) is really scared of practically everything. This is why I got her into scent work immediately. But she’s still too much attentive to the surrounding environment when training in new areas ie; cars, people, loud noises, especially bicycles and objects that she’s not quiet familiar with.. this is a tough one I know but plenty of content to focus on that I’ll watch for sure.
Can you show us how to teach our social working dogs to ignore people whenthey’re working while still letting them engage with people while they’re not working? Basically how do we cue or dog to be in work mode and release them out of it?
Do you already have a vest or some clothing stimulus that can be the cue that they’re working?
Thank you so much for replying!! Yes, I do have a vest that I use to stop people from petting him but it doesn’t stop him from soliciting pets. I don’t know what to do with the vest to cue him to stop playing and start working. I don’t think it’s him not being meant for service work, I think it’s me not knowing what to do
I also don’t want to burn his love of people out of him.
Fun video. And fascinating to watch. I am going to start my young dog on scent work right away. She *always* has her nose to the ground anyway, might as well give her more focus, purpose. Thanks, Joel.
Yes please more jobs!! I adopted a 1.5 year old german shepherd which is so smart, playful and energetic, and would like to work with him but don't know where to start!
I'd love to get my dogs to carry my water but I suspect the harness would be rather pricey. My dogs have always lived finding my hiding kids on a walk ever since they were puppies. We even happened to have done it today and o e of my dogs was soooo visually pleased with hi.self when he found my daughter. 🥰🥰🥰🐕🐕🐕
More jobs?sure it’s whatever. Everything I watch I enjoy so I’m down either way! Allison is such a good sport 😊
For my pup, the first thing I did was “find it.” I would hold an object, make sure he sniffed it, then hide that same object. I’d walk around and cue him by snapping to get his attention onto sniffing certain areas, and when he found the object he got rewarded with his toy. At first the cues were practically leading him to the object, but I faded that out and just made the cue area bigger and more generalized. I would also change the object every time, and sometimes I would hide the previous object as well as the new one. I also got him in a habit of sitting after he located it like a signal so that I’d know that he found it. That really helped my pup to understand that he needed to sniff around and he lock on the scent. I slowly started to have one object already hidden and the one he sniffed to be the same, like the example scent (like the hoodie).
Our next step is going to be adding the human element. Now that he has an understanding fundamentally of what he’s supposed to do, it should be pretty easy to switch his target. I’m going to be doing the same with his little sister (less than 1 yr old now) and I think I’ll try to record the process since it’s so hard to find examples of this kind of work. I really do appreciate that you’ve uploaded this.
The only thing I would change is that, instead of using treats, to reward with a toy. There are people who may be missing that could be using controlled substances, or the dog may be smelling gasoline from a vehicle, and we do not want them to ingest those things. Toys are very motivating and the expectation of a play thing rather than eating can protect the pup from elements outside of your control
I would love to see more jobs. Like scent games, I’m not sure what other jobs they do. If you know how to do service dog training, would like to see how you train some tasks and how to train them with ignoring people and other dogs, even dogs lunging at them and staying calm. Stuff like that.
I /love/ giving my dogs jobs! I taught mine to help me get the mail. I'm out there anyway, may as well! I started out with junk mail and having her carry that all the way to the door and hand to a person for a treat. We're also doing some landscaping in our yard, and I taught her to dig on command and play "tug" with roots that we want to get rid of. The weirdest, most simple things give them so much purpose.
Oh wow! that's a great idea!!!!!
More jobs would be great! I'm training my lab/rotti puppy mix for joining me at work at a nursing home but until then, more purpose would be great!
Would love more training videos. Also, Connery is gorgeous. What breed? Thanks!
I would love more jobs videos. Scent work is something I want to train my APBT to perform
More jobs!
Like finding a hidden piece of food , though I imagine that would be similar to this.
Or to hold things in their mouth, and then carrying stuff on a back pack.
YES! Love the jobs videos. I would love you to show bring me the XX object (e.g. newspaper or remote control, etc).
Yes I would love that. My dog is too hyper (German shepherd mixed with Siberian husky) and needs a job
Yes more jobs videos please! My oldest knows find it/them and constantly has her nose to the ground. She is a rott/husky mix. lol no hound that I know of in her. But she definitely loves to smell and find.
More job vids plzzz i have a stafy X American bulldog and hes a big strong minded boy and he id love to know what jobs i can give him to keep him thinking !!
Best jobs for Australian Shepherds? (City dweller)
Yes please!! More jobs or useful tricks. I have a super active border collie!
More jobs or games! Scentwork is amazing for a rainy day. K9sports or jobs that are doable indoors would be ideal!
i want to train my dog to find someone by name and deliver something to them! Like, “Alex is hurt, go find her and bring her some water!”
How to teach them to retrieve specific items like leash or medication bottle (non emergent items). In general just learning what jobs are good for a typical dog but also helpful for humans
More job videos PLEASE! …and thank you 😊
Would love job videos although I cant think of one in particular.
-I have always wanted to teach the Bang! You’re dead trick.
- As well as how to take a treat nice! Without loosing fingers.
I’m losing fingers all the time 😅 my trainer told me to just to close the hand whenever my dog bites for the treat but she still doesn’t get the idea and it’s worst when she is overexcited (with other dogs or people she likes)
How does one train a deaf dog?
I like to go to an outdoor gun range. Would the percussion affect a deaf dog? I don’t have one yet. But would love to hear your expert advice which I so admire!
We’re teaching our 4 month old Labrador pups to carry our mail from our letter box.
Dogs love the find game it’s a instinct that they just need to fulfill and it so much fun I got really fit teaching my gsd to tracke when we were doing competitive obedience trials finding a non verbal autistic child is a nightmare but for a dog that’s had the training it’s like following a six lane highway real obvious to them I often used to wonder what they thought about all the stuff we lost and then wanted them to find they must have thought they had the most retarded owners on earth because we lose keys phones our jumper our offspring and even our spouses
Would it be possible to teach your Weimaraner to warn when he smells peanuts? My daughter has a peanut allergy
Your right on the hounds being easier. I have two different breeds of hound and it is a struggle to get the nose off the ground long enough to do anything but track. A tasks I'd be interested in is a balance dog. I'm having to train my own service dog do to the no pet policy of the local programs. (I get why that is, but it doesn't change that I need the help a dog could give) It be nice to see your take on it.
Maybe I dont know what Im talking about but it kind seems like you are walking towards her with him on a leash and hes just following along and sniffing the ground when you touch it with your hand. Hard to tell if the dog is really learning to put his nose down and smell. I've seen trainers train dogs by dragging a piece of meat along the ground and that seems to work well to teach them to track a smell.
Please teach more jobs.I have a redbone coonhound and I can't afford training and I want him to be happy in life and search and rescue his is purpose I think he is so smartv
I cheated with my dog so far. He loves to eat so I spread his food into corners and shelves and other places and sent him out to find his meal. I can tell he really enjoyed it. We will have to work towards other items.
Can u make a video on how to train my deaf cattle dog mix to herd. Even tho she's a mix she deff has the instinct. I would love for to herd the chickens back in the coop lol
That’s a great idea but wouldn’t it be better for Alice to place the treats? Then it would just be her scent. Also when would the commands come in so he knows when you want to search.
That is so fun to do! I have my grand kids hide and then I just send them " find Emma" and off he goes cuz he knows who she is. It is great fun.
Oh and teach them to "take you home" My grandkids go into the woods with my dog and then say "Take me home" The nose goes high in the air and then the journey begins...lol
More job videos are super welcome. My dog knows how to find a toy but other objects would be fun and helpful.
I have a 13 week old Connhound he's a Redbone and his nose is nuts, I know he will grow into it. In all honesty he's been pretty good. But for anyone looking to get a hound or at least a scent hound not a sight hound take into account it might be more work on walks and recall cause the nose of a hound is another level.
Dogs coat and you Over Coat colour is matching, :) (beautiful colour coat Dog got)
In Colorado many dogs carry water in their own pack and we got dogs searching Avalanche victims and hikers lost
Def want more jobs videos. I have a young basenji/mcnabb mix and have been looking for mor info on it.
I’d love to see how to pointing in a mushroom! Mushroom hunting would be fun for my dog and I
Awesome videos! Please add more job videos. I have a 4 month old German shepherd and 2 year old pit, and I am learning a ton!
We have an Aussiedoodle and she is very smart. She loves challenges. More job videos would be great.
Yes please to more jobs! And also can you do a video to teach boundary training (ex: staying in their yard when fences aren't available, or staying out of certain rooms without the humans having to keep the door closed)
i would love to know how to train my dog to be an emotional support animal. I have a doberman and i'm wondering if he'll eventually be able to learn therapy work.
More jobs!!! My dog gets bored so easily. Always new ways to keep her stimulated