Service Dog Training to Walk Through Crowds

Video Transcript

"Hi. I am Jim Leske, and this is Bear, animal trainer behaviorist for Expert Village. We're here talking today about the next exercise; Walking through a Crowd. Once you've mastered Out for a Walk, now you want to start adding as many distractions as possible. This is going to include crowds, shopping malls, restaurants, busy streets, cars; you name it its all good. As you see, Bear is very very calm around all these distractions. Now when I am walking through the crowd my goal here is for Bear, its ok for him to sniff a little bit but that’s a sniff. He shouldn't lunge on the leash, he shouldn’t be barking and he definitely shouldn’t be jumping on people. I use my food reward as a motivator - Bear, let’s walk. Good boy, very good boy. Nice calm walk. Very good boy! Very good! This way. This way. Very good, other side, very good! This way. Sit. Very good boy! Very good! I am Jim, this is Bear and that was Walking through a Crowd. Thanks for watching."