Service Dog Training to Learn How to React to Other Dogs

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Hi. I am Jim Leske, Animal Trainer Behaviorist for Expert Village. We are here today working at some advanced training with our dogs. This one here is called Reaction to Another Dog. The goal here is to keep them focused on you and not respond to the dog. Tess is a very good dog to start this exercise with because she is very calm and assertive. She doesn’t move so we keep the cookie right there. Same thing with Bear. Now we've got both dogs, they are focused, equal attention. Everybody is happy. Everybody is getting cookies. No barking, no snarling, anything like that. Now, from there you build that up to the walking - Bear lets walk, very good. And you see us walk by. Pay attention. Keep that attention on you. Very good boy! Very good boy! We'll try it the other way. Very good! Slowly get closer and closer. This way. Very good dogs! Very good, very good! Very good dogs! Remember in any animal training - time, patience. Don't be in a rush to get there. It helps tremendously. They respond very very well to kindness. Never scream at your dog. The key to communicating with your dog is having a calm voice and reward, reward, reward. Practice, practice, practice is what's going to get you there. I'm Jim. This is Bear and Tess. Thanks for watching Expert Village.

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