I’m training a service dog for my friend’s father, since I have experience training therapy and emotional support dogs and they didn’t have the money to get one. She’s doing well, but doesn’t understand that her harness means she’s working. Any advice? Thanks in advance.
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When we begin our training, she sits and let’s me put her harness on her. We then work on whatever we need to work on (right now she’s doing stay and come). We use positive reinforcement and treats. We usually move into the backyard before the end of each training session. But as soon as we’re done training, she goes insane. She’ll start running in circles and going back and forth across the yarf before settling down and letting me take her harness off. And while she’s doing this, she will not listen to me when I tell her to… Read more »
She is only 5 months old. I picked her myself along with my friend (the one who’s father is getting the service dog) according to some small tests (retrieving, recovery from being startled, following, etc.). She’s actually from a rescue however, but I spoke to her foster who told us that she personally thought she would do good work. She aced all of our tests as well.
How old is she?
Was she selected for SD work by the breeder?
when you work on training, is she in the harness? describe your usual training routine with all tools.
sounds like she’s being a puppy. 😉