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@reneetedesco9287 we owe it all to you, Mike the Scooter Guy and George!

Too funny!

I'll bet! For training purposes, I like to have them as their natural being. He is definitely a tough one to keep up with!!! He's also been a bit cooped up because of our crazy weather : (

Haha no worries, I mostly use his kibble and I subtract it from his daily amount : )

Thank you. He is such a joy to work with!

I say “button”.

Veronica I start with teaching "paw" and then change it to "hit it" for actual tasks.

You'll be in shock at everyone's size when you return I'm sure!

She is beautiful and smart, just like her namesake!

Thank you!

Thank you! He's a gem!!!

Thank you!!! I hope you have a chance to watch the other two videos I posted today and see Trixie, Lance and Junior in action!

Thank you, Kyra! This girl is AMAZING! She's half GSD, half Belgian Malinois. She's a "Covid victim". A young couple got her (as so many folks got puppies and dogs with the onset of Covid, working from home or losing jobs, etc.) and decided they bit off more than they could chew. I think she has the most amazing disposition and temperament and has literally been a perfect puppy! I'm working toward training her as a service dog for mobility assistance and possibly PTSD/anxiety support. She'll sure enjoy jumping up and hitting a button to open a door for her handler, don't you think?! That's a long way away, though, and if she just ends up being a fabulous pet for someone, that would be great, too! I just love working with dogs and learn new things with almost every new dog I work with!

Thank you so much! I've done that porch project all by myself minus some help from a good friend painting and holding things for me to screw in (as well as being a huge motivator!) I'm SO excited about the job! I'll keep everyone updated on that! I'm looking forward to seeing your video and I hope you are well : )

Thank you, Kevin. We've got some work to do but they're getting better and better : )

Do you follow Nate Schoemer? He just released a great video the other day to help train this... though it looks like you a8Rio have a great handle on it!

@@quadcitiescanine yes, Nate is the man. He's why we are where we are. I'm trying to shape it up, but haven't been feeling much like training. Today we went to home depot because they don't have pet restrictions as long as they are well behaved. We just walked pushing a cart and looked around for an hour or so. It wasn't crowded, so it was chill.

@@ThisIsMe3699 awesome! Today I'm going to try to make a video introducing all my dogs and board and trains. I have NINE dogs at my house right now! I just rescued 2 on Saturday that I think will make nice service dogs. One is a a shepherd mix. He's pretty chill and is STOUT! Will make a great mobility support dog if I can get him past his dislike of children. The other is a Belgian Malinois with an AWESOME disposition/temperament. He's still a bit too much on the playful side for service dog work, but I'm thinking the discipline of teaching him all the basics and a good daily routine will settle him down a bit. We'll see. If not, then hey, it's still two more lives saved!

By the way, I'm no special trainer. I went through a service dog training program at my local college to learn more about canine psychology and behavior and how to train dogs better. I think I always kind of had a knack for it but knew I had plenty more to learn. I started getting too many referrals to not make a part-time business out of it. My main goal is to help people who are struggling with training their dogs. Now I'm getting more interested in turning out REAL service dogs for folks who really need them but don't have other means to obtain one. I do have to charge for them. You know the time and effort that goes into training! But I try to make the price super reasonable and help raise donations for the recipient. If you saw the video of the German shepherd I trained to get through the school program, you know he's a well trained service dog. I ended up getting the Most Outstanding Student award! Probably all thanks to him! Anyway, I'm letting him go for $2500 at the end of this month and have already helped bring in almost $1750 for him!

Anything to get them used to walking next to shopping carts and things coming up behind them!

@@quadcitiescanine I was literally thinking about this today. How I can get her comfortable around them before we actually venture to a grocery store.

@@ThisIsMe3699 they also have those inexpensive upright carts that are great for practicing at home... or even a hand truck works. I am SO glad we found each other here on RUclips and can help each other and inspire each other! By the way, I'm Karen Yeager : ) nice to meet you!

@@quadcitiescanine nice to meet you too, Karen. Thanks for the tips.

Thank you, Kevin. I'm in the process of starting an entire series of new videos. The current ones were primarily for my instructor at the college since face to face classes were canceled. She wanted short videos that showed we had gained the idea of how to do certain things. I've made them public on RUclips because I think many other people will benefit from them.

Wouldn't you know... my own mother bought her! I'll still be her trainer : )

Thank you so much! I have high standards to set myself to thanks to you! Hey, by the way, I'm featuring your channel on mine so all my friends can see your awesome videos!