First Steps to Teach Your Service Dog a Retrieve. Episode 2

In today's service dog training episode, we will be training our service dog on how to retrieve.

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In this video, you will see the steps that I use to teach dogs that I work with a reliable retrieve.

Be sure to check out all the other dog training videos on my channel. You will learn how to train your dog to sit, down, come, heel, stay, and much more. One of the most common questions I receive is how to potty train a dog. Well, guess what, we have that video as well. Not to mention how to crate train a dog and even service dog training.

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[kurvromi]

i’m learning so much i can feel my brain expanding

[emmajoseph]

I'll be training my own service dog, and I'm so grateful I found your channel

[NateSchoemer]

Let’s say we want to teach a service dog to perform deep pressure therapy where the dog lays firmly on the owner (like laying on their lap) in response to a specific event, in this case the owner’s leg begins shaking.


In this event, you want the dog’s behavior to be triggered by a natural physical cue (which is the leg shaking.) We also want the dog to be able to do this in response to a verbal command (“Lap!”).


• Ensure your dog can perform the task by using markers and a physical cue, such as luring or leash pressure. For example, the pressure from the leash provides a motivation for the dog to come sit on your lap, or luring the dog to your lap using the food. Mark and reward successful completion.


• Once the dog demonstrates successfully performing the task via the physical cue, then associate the task with another physical cue. In this example, it’s the leg shaking.


• Begin to shake your leg, then immediately follow (but do not pair) the action with the luring or leash pressure to bring the dog to the lap.


• Mark and reward the successful completion of the behavior.


• Begin to implement a verbal command into the mix. Start to shake your leg, then announce the verbal command “Lap!”. Mark and reward when the behavior is completed. Do not say the verbal command before you shake your leg. Shake your leg first, then deliver the verbal command. Mark and reward upon completion.


The idea is that it becomes a predictable pattern for the dog. They realize that leg shaking always predicts the behavior. Eventually, when you shake your leg, the dog will perform the desired behavior immediately. This process will work for all the desired tasks.

[douglasreid]

We took a break for some food issues and changes of schedules but Bella just got this tonight! I am so stoked. We were stalled (and regressed multiple times) for so long. Thanks for all your help Nate!

[no__lz]

Because of you I'm going to have the Best Dog 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[chloekiser]

Yes!!! We've been dying for another service dog video!! Looking forward to this one!!

[tomek]

In my opinion the best dog channel on YouTube. Thank you for fantastic work

[andreymanalastas]

keep this series going please.. it helps me a lot thank you.

[audrawelsh]

This is fantastic, it’s the clearest video I’ve watched yet for a retrieve

[singinghorses]

More service dog videos! They are so clear and give me such great goals for the puppy I’m getting next week!

[jordanc]

I love this. Im training my first german shepherd so im learning with him. Hes 5 months and AMAZING basic obedience. Now working on retrievals. Ive learned to go slower and not expect so much from myself and dog. I work along side a trainer but also train on my own...this is super helpful

[douglasreid]

just started this tonight Nate. I literally had to pry her mouth open to get her to bite the dowel. But with lots of patience, she got it. Great stuff man!

[vincearmstrong]

Wow! Thanks so much! I'm just starting to train my boi for service. His public access is on point. I was rackin' my brain over how to teach this. We play and he does 'get it' and 'bring it', but that's not practical for general item retrieval. This made my way clear. He picks things up so quickly that he's a joy to work with. Again, my thanks.

[lilbudgies]

loved it! I just wanted to entertain the dogo in the morning, but now we are fully into service dog training :)

[allaboutcanines]

Love to see shaping so well shown & explained (all while doing!). Well done.

[DennisMartinez]

I’m learning a lot from your videos. Keep it up sir! 👍😊

[angelodeangelis]

Nate, wow you have so much energy and your passion to train dogs is contagious. Thanks for the great videos.

[chloek]

Love this and all of your videos! This will help with my service dog in training soon :) thank you

[pattidort]

Harley is getting Soo big. Every episode she's a little bigger...what a sweetie!

[stevenumbas]

Thank you Nate, your videos are really helping me to train my new Rottweiler pup, she is only 5 months and very well trained because of your videos ☺️