What does The Retrieve course cover?

This course covers the step by step process of training a controlled service dog retrieve and also numerous strategies to troubleshoot this challenging skill. The course outline:

1. Introduction
   • Why is the retrieve such an essential task?
   • Components of the retrieve
   • Service dog tasks based on retrieve components
   • Retrieve training process
   • Play retrieve vs. Trained retrieve
2. Training Take
   • Best materials to begin with
   • Training process
   • Troubleshooting
   • Conditioned Emotional Responses
3. Training Hold
   • Training process
   • 5 important troubleshooting strategies
4. Training Carry and Give
   • Training carry
     • Process
     • Troubleshooting strategies for carry
   • Training give
     • Process
     • Troubleshooting strategies for give
     • Training give to another person (transfer items)
5. Training Pick-Up and Putting it All Together
   • Training pick-up from counter process
   • Training pick-up of vertical items without knocking them over
   • Complex behavior chains
   • Generalization