How to Train a Psychiatric Service Dog // Wondering how to train your own dog to be a psychiatric service dog? Or perhaps, you're wondering what your psychiatric service dog training options are - like adopting an already trained PSD from an organization? In this video, I will cover everything from your different options for preparing a psychiatric service dog (low & high budget options), to your options for specific Psychiatric Service Dog Training tasks.
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0:00-0:30 Intro to Training a Psychiatric Service Dog
0:31-1:11 Getting a doctor's note for your Psychiatric Service Dog
1:12-1:50 Options for service dog training
1:51-4:08 Self Training your own Psychiatric Service Dog
4:09-4:29 Adopting an already trained service dog
4:30-5:10 Hiring a private service dog trainer
5:11-6:48 Working with an organization (hybrid service dog training model)
6:49-7:10 Shoutout to Atlas Assitance Dogs
7:11-7:41 Training Skills Needed for a Psychiatric Service Dog
7:42-9:05 General Public Access Test Skills
9:05-10:50 Examples of Psychiatric Service Dog Tasks
10:51 Get started with basic training for your service dog / outro
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Grateful for people like you making this information free. Also able to understand in practical terms for people who are not dog intelligent. 😊
Of course!!
More tutorials on all the specific psychiatric tasks you mentioned would be super helpful!
Yessss working on these now :)
Just posted one on deep pressure therapy!
Yeah i agree there's so much information on basic training how do I teach my dog to pick something up for me
@@Tara-iz4qn how’s it going with training?! Sorry just seeing this but can make a video if you’re still looking for help
@@LisaGallegoswould love one!
Extremely helpful, thank you for choosing to publish these videos.
Could you do a focus on how to teach a service dog to help the handler leave a social situation? Also my social anxiety can lead to anger management issues, could my dog remind me in some way to keep calm if I rise my voice? It would mean a lot to me if you could give some advice! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Find out your early signs and have the dog alert you or tug you away at that point. Then you have to agree to leave or do a different behavior to get you to stop so your dog doesn't get frustrated. Example a dog alerted when a person started waving their hands when talking it was their early sign. It was early enough for them to stop the behavior. Praying it works out for you.
If you ever want to leave you can say you need to take your dog for a bathroom break.
I saw somebody train their dog with an under the table hand cue to act up, flipping out and nipping and barking, so they could take the dog away to “deal with it”.
@@analarson2920how about alert yourself. Psychiatric service dogs for anxiety? Yeah. Nope. I am both a provider and a consumer. Do it yourself.
@@HMS2they don’t want to use their skills they want the dog to do the work for them. They say they don’t know when they are being triggered and they want the dog to alert them to their triggers. They just need to grow up and take responsibility for their adult self.
Thank you so much. I’ve been looking into service dogs for awhile now to help me get a grip on everything (I often get disoriented and will need to leave asap). I have a couple tasks in mind for a service dog, but I never knew they could help me remind my medication since I forget it a lot. 😅
My Rottweiler would always remind me to take my medication, to eat, to go to bed, and even when to turn on the heater, as I don't feel the right temperature and my felt temperature doesn't match the real temperature. My service dog also always got the ice packs from the freezer for me when I had a certain dissociative episode coming up. He simply learned it by copying my spouse. When he did it the first time, my spouse praised him a lot, because I couldn't as I was unconscious.
Helpful! Very helpful. I would love to see more videos on the specifics if you are able. Also links to hybrid training programs you recommend would be great 😊 Thank you for making these videos and helping to educate not only those needing service dogs, but also the public! Keep up the great work. It is highly appreciated 😁
I struggled finding an already trained dog for diabetes alert and psychiatric care. A confidant asked why I can't just train one to do both, as it would give me something positive to work toward in the day time. I'll get my pup in a few weeks and start on scent training early on.
I hope you can work something out!
REMARKABLY helpful. After some fifteen years, this is the first channel to which I've ever subscribed.
I really like this video! Very helpful and informative for many people! This also will educate those that are confused between an Emotional Support Animal and a Psychiatric Service Dog too, since that can be a controversial and gray area for quite a bit of people. I’m Visually Impaired and have a Guide Dog from the organization, Guiding Eyes For The Blind. I really appreciate this from a professional Dog Trainer perspective because it’s not misinformation that We have on the internet and it’s telling people what to look for when considering this responsibility too.
Thank you for making this video, it was very helpful.
Incredibly helpful
thank you so much for this! I’m turning 18 in a month and a half and will be starting the process of getting a psd for my autism, since i’m a late diagnosis. I’m bad at my words and this video is very helpful with helping me know what words to use when going through the process. Thank you!
Such a helpful video in defining what is a Psychiatric Service Dog & whether one is useful for your situation plus all it entails. Thank you so much!
Yay glad it helped!!
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Just starting out...very helpful. Grateful for people like you to make this info free, especially for low income support.
Thank you for these infos!
What's up Lisa. Great Video. Thanks for the info. Colorado here as well, would love to hear more about the laws in Colorado and service dogs. Thanks!
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I’m working with a private trainer currently to help me train my standard poodle pup for psychiatric service/medical alert. It’s gone so well thus far, though we’re in the very early process since he’s just 5 months old, but it’s incredible the intelligence the breed possesses. Guess that’s why they’re part of the fab 4! He’s learned his basic manners and now we’re working on focusing on me in high stress situations and I think it’s important to add that it’s stressful for the handler even working with a trainer half of the time, because Im doing all of what we’ve learned so far on my own most of the time. That’s been really triggering for my anxiety which can trigger a mood cycle or total mania for me. Which I think is important for people to understand before going it alone or using a private trainer. Something I didn’t think about at all before I started.
Thanks for sharing! Yes I agree- it’s a LOT of work, and having a trainer there by your side is helpful, but a lot of work as well. The last thing you want is a dog making your anxiety worse. It’s also a lot to learn - you’re basically learning how to be your dog’s trainer. Thanks for sharing - this is something I should’ve talked more about 💕 another reason it’s good to talk to your medical professional to see if a SD is a good fit!
Very helpful! Thank you!
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Very helpful. I just got a puppy to train myself. My ESA was trained by me and was cgc b(2) certified. She passed from cancer at 11 years old just before Christmas. A PSD better suits my needs.
Yes please to training videos for all 5 of the common support behaviours!
HELPFUL. I subscribed and will use your channel to train my dog. Thank you!
Quite helpful, thank you
Vert interesting video. I started doing this with a trainer 2 weeks ago.
VERY HELPFUL. It took me forever to think of looking so something so difficult to find, on YT.
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I have a hidden disability from 20 years of service. I'm finally taking steps to get a puppy and getting him trained to be a PSD dog. I'm ready to get him and get back to normal. I'll be self training with the help of an organization out here in Seattle.
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Thanks for mentioning the DOT. I recently learned that the rules are stricter now for travel, including forms needed prior to air travel.
Yes! Air travel follows FAA rules so def more strict
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I really loved your video. Im in the UK and I have the cutest pomeranian service dog for my depression and anxiety (Im on highest daily dose for both). The worse thing apart from access questions i get is members of the public trying to touch my dog, take pictures, and distract him. It's a double-edged sword to have to explain to people, which sets me off into a major panic attack on the spot.
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Very helpful! More videos on this. Please.
Yes! I plan on doing more 🙌
Is there a specific topic you want more of? Trying to plan my KZhead videos coming up!
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I am going to get my dog to pass the Canine Good Citizen test prior to psych service training. Then I know we will have this skill down pat. And a cute little patch for the vest.
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You really don’t need the General Public Access but it’s good to have it.
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Would love a video about the PAT test!
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Thank you for the video. We trained out own service dog and the most important thing was having the right dog. Our dog is a border collie. They have been tested to be 10 times smarter than the second smartest dog breed, the standard poodle. Border collies almost train themselves. I say that, but keep in mind that she gets TONS of attention, so maybe it's more a matter of us enjoying spending time with her and her enjoying spending time with us. We didn't use a single dog treat in her training, but we also made sure there weren't things we had to "untrain". For example, she never gets treats, anywhere. She eats from her foot bowl twice per day, period. Also, we didn't use store bought play toys when she was little. She played with bones from the butcher, avocado's from our avocado trees, and sticks from the property. She learned that these things are her toys, and we never had to teach her the difference between a pet shop plush toy and one of our shoes. YOU have to learn that the pet industry will not make it easier for you. Because BCs want to please, you have to be very careful with negative reprimands. I would suggest NEVER spank a border collie, it is counter productive. At first, a stern tone is enough, and for our dog, a simple normal tone "no" is effective enough. If you think about how most dogs are the equivalent of a 4 or 5 year old, a border collie can be the equivalent of a 7 or 8 year old (obviously sans human skills like talking, opposable thumbs, etc), perhaps even more so as I would trust our dog with many situations where I wouldn't trust just any 8 year old. We live on a ranch, where she can get all the exercise she needs. I would not recommend them for most city environments unless you have a large yard. Our dog probably averages 20 miles or more of running per day. She is trained on a variety of things, including physical and psychological ADA, but also ranch needs, like she can detect a rattle snake by smell from 30 feet away and on average prevents half a dozen rattle snake encounters per year.
If you’re a BC parent & like podcasts, i recommend checking out cog dog radio! Excellent dog behavior podcast but she had border collies
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Good video!
Helpful!! I am a dog training student, so this is very helpful for me, but I also have debilitating social anxiety so I am considering training a service dog for myself. I'm wondering if it would actually make things worse, though, if people pay MORE attention to me in public places...
Helpful. My maltipoo is In Training.
I rescued a golden retriever 2.5 yrs old has been trained by 1st owner Because he is amazing around my wheelchair on the first day . I rescued Lucas July 21-23 and he continues to amaze me
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It didn't have any audio when I tried it
Under ADA you dont need a doctors note if you have a confirmed diagnosis of the disabillity upon the legal medical record upon subpoena (e.g. a standing ptsd diagnosis, etc). The second prong of ADA deals with wheter the animal does a trained service task which then in some way intervenes the disabillity.
Something is wrong. I'm unable to attend seminar. I used both Firefox and Edge, disables all as blockers - still no joy. Perhaps I can figure out the problem and attend a later seminar.
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Super helpful! Do you have more videos on the specifics on basics like how to. My dog is in training and I want to learn more. Mostly for night terrors, and calming when he feels me getting anxiety attack
Yes! I do have one on deep pressure therapy but working on others ❤
Yes please help with anxiety and claustrophobia
I’m doing fully self trained :)
Thank you so much for this! I am looking into service dog training but with my anxiety it's hard to keep a job. Self training seems like a more viable option and your videos are a huge help!
I can recommend to do most of the training yourself, but get a trainer with qualification for training service dogs to help you with those parts of the training you aren't capable of. The problem is, that dogs also mirror our feelings and if you get anxious in certain situations, then you are not the right person to train your dog how to deal with these situations. For example, I have PTSD and cannot use public transport due to extreme anxiety issues. So I had a special trainer train my dog for using busses and trains. After she had done this training with my dog and he was confident with it, she trained us as team. So while you are able to train your dog to pick up something, or to fetch ice packs from the freezer, or how to react when you're anxious, you will need help for the training in public spaces where your anxiety kicks in even more.
#helpful .. Thank you. I am diagnosed with PTSD, GAD, ADHD and severe MDD, I am also disabled with back and neck issues. it is extremely hard for me to go anywhere in public (mentally and physically. I have a new puppy and am strongly considering doing this with her. I believe I will try to get on the list to adopt a service dog but there is no harm in training my dog even if she doesn't pass the test.
I recommend you get a special dog trainer to help you train your dog.
Helpfully! Yes please make a video of all of the topics that you talked about. Subscribe to your wonderful channel now. Thanks again for all you do.
I want you to make another video!! I want to learn more about this and I am local myself in the same state and I am learning what is colorado law around service dog
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Very very helpful tips. Look forward to actual training videos. Also, can you take a service dog with you in the planes now with the lower covid restrictions?
Yes! Also JsX airlines allows pets so a great place to practice on airplanes without the pressure of making sure your dog is super good when you’re not sure how they’ll act on a plane!
You said potty and my dog herd you and got excited 😆
Thank you for the thorough review. Is there a specific hybrid model that you recommend for those of us who are trying to train at home but want some guidance?
I would love for you to do more videos on task training im currently training my GSD-German Shepherd to be my ptsd service animal. I have used z service animal for 11 years but unfortunately my dog passed and I'm just trying to all i thought my last one so anything would be an extremely big help
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8:45 If you train a dog yourself, for the dog to be able to handle other dogs is going to be a lot easier with the right breed. We have a border collie and for centuries, they were trained to quietly work with other animals. It is in their DNA to want to interract with other animals, but in a quiet friendly way. If there is another animal around and IF I were to take her off leash, she might try to cautiously herd the other animal toward me. She is so smart, she has a set of rules when we are on the ranch and she is doing her work off leash and a set of rules when we are in the city and she is on leash. It is amazing how smart dogs can be.
I think when training is done, I will get a vest that says “psych service dog” to specify. Seems like there will be fewer questions with the word “psych” on it.
That’s a great idea!
Do you have one for depression video
Do you do online tasks training
Helpful! For a hybrid approach do you recommend the org mentioned as one’s first stop? I live in S California. Invisible illness diagnosis chronic treatment resistant depression
Can you do more videos on the task and how to go about training them?
Yes currently editing :)
There is no legal documentation or certification that a dog or person HAS to have. Doctors notes and certification are just supporting documents but are still very helpful I'm helping you articulate to people who don't know any better.
Would love to learn more about interruption and graceful exit. We are working on orbit now. Also, does the AKC CGC test work as the public access test or is that issued by a specific organization?
It's good to do but not necessary and anyone can perform the test
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We have Masstif Bull here on our hobby farm and they definitely make excellent special needs dogs
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