Service Dog Tasks: MEDICATION REMINDER & Medication RETRIEVE Training Tips
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
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In this video I discuss helpful tips when thinking about training a medication reminder or medication alert and a medication retrieve for your service dog. This service dog task can be useful for a variety of disabilities including various psychiatric service dogs (MDD, ADHD, PTSD etc.) as well as diabetic alert dogs, and any other disabilities that require medication either at a particular time every day or during a medical event. The reminder can be taught separately and used to help you remember things like eating, taking a walk, taking a shower etc. The medication retrieve can also be taught as a separate task.
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Both, by the way, you are right on about how easy it is to miss a med.
I want to teach the reminder, and possibly retrieve. I am terrible at taking meds. I avoid taking them, and put it off. It would be helpful to train my dog to be insistent with reminders, and retrieve if I’m not getting up to get it.
Absolutely! This can be an incredibly helpful task! If you're interested in watching me train it, and you're not already a community member, definitely check out the DOGGY•U Community at Patreon.com/DoggyU
Most definitely. I’ve had a liver transplant. I’ve forgotten LOADS of times, it beginning to take a toll on my new liver. I’ve tried setting a timer, put notes on the doors, etc…
Can’t wait to teach my dog this. I’ve already trained her to retrieve my glasses in the morning and she now brings them without a cue as I’ve accidentally reinforced that I get up when she gives them to me haha
Wonderful! I love it! If you need extra help, check out the DOGGY•U Community at Patreon.com/doggyu for more detailed training videos. Happy Training!
I have an app that will incessantly remind me so much that I'll take them to shut it off. Though this could still be helpful when it comes to retrieval, though I'd have to take them out of the metal pencil case in order to let him pick it up.
Whoa! My dog isn't a service dog, but it would still be fabulous if he could learn to do this!
It's definitely pretty training-intensive, but if you have a dog with a natural retrieve, the process is a bit more smooth! Happy Training!
My English mastiff has decided he needs to alert me to take my meds. He will wake me to get me up..to take my morning meds. Lol! He pops my pillow under head till I speak. He will continue this till I actually sit up. I never taught him this either.
I'm hoping to train him to retrieve.
Thank you. I have Secondary Addison's Disease and Anxiety. I'm getting a Great Pyrenees as my Service Dog.
I’m very bad at taking my medication. I will be teaching my girl to do reminders as my meds are in a dispenser which she can’t retrieve. Thanks for having a video on this! Your channel is soo helpful for self training while dealing with a disability!
I'm so glad it's been helpful!
Brilliant advice. Had to watch it again.
So glad it was helpful!!
I love how the dog looked like it was about to laugh when the horn honked 😊❤ so cute! I'm training my mcnab collie. He's having a great time! Thank you for making these videos.
:) I'm so glad you're finding them helpful!
Definitely Both ❤
My dog is 1 and is super anxious; but almost everything else is coming second nature to him. He doesnt eat in public: wont even take a treat from me, keeps attention to me(and my mother who i think hes worried will fall) staying close even when the lead is dropped, has barely any prey drive, and keeping my six...
I just need to start spot training with retrieve, a proper stay heel, and the not being nervous around people and loud sounds
Thank you for this video! I’ve wanted to started training this for a while now but have had so many questions and this answered all of them so far!❤thank you helpful as always
So glad it was helpful!
I love how this video reminded me i needed to take my meds oops
teaching retrieve for low glucose events!
Hi Patricia! Teaching a retrieve for any event is all taught pretty much the same way. If you want to learn more about it, I'm actually in the middle of a three part retrieve training series over on patreon. You can find it here: www.patreon.com/posts/retrieve-deep-2-88431301
There's also a 10 part series on teaching the medication retrieve that would be helpful as well!
I plan on med reminders at to start then move forward with it. I'm new at this and my trainer stopped with training for personal reasons. We have successfully passed CGC, as I figured that would be a good base.
Great base! Here's the other benchmarks I recommend for owner-trainers: ua-cam.com/video/3T8Ej_UEK0Y/v-deo.html
I am training my dog and my new batch of puppies for both - reminder and retrieve
Well, I need another source of reminder . NOt only remind me to take meds , but remind me that i have to get to an appointment . notes, calendars around the house as well as calendars on my phone and in the tasks list .. just IS NOT working. Would something like this be possible? I live with chronic post Tbi symptoms. After 20 year since my car accident and 4 years after major set back that came on during the pandemic. Today I am finally having to accept my reality .. I have not wanted to give into until this last major health set back. On the bright side > I now for the first time have my very own personalized team of 8 TBI specialists. I do not currently have a Service Dog. But am considering it .
Both didn't know I could.
Loved this video! Exactly what I needed! Thank you
Keara! Thanks for leaving this comment! It made my day! So glad you found it helpful!
Great video!
Thanks!
I want to train my dog to remind AND retrieve my meds
I have a full series on that on my Patreon, as well as a 3 part series on teaching the retrieve (which has to be trained first off of your meds until it's solid before adding the med retrieve). Patreon.com/doggyu
I just joined the patreon. I have diagnosed neurocognitive disabilities and struggle to relent to take my meds consistently. I'm hoping to begin training my dog to perform some of these service dog tasks.
@@FernyCeramics Thank you for joining! You can check out the medication retrieve series under the "collections" tab under Task Training (i'm pretty sure on that!) Or you can search "medication" in the search bar and that 10 part series should pop up :)
We are working on this now!
Awesome!! Feel free to tag us on insta @doggy.u to show off your training!
I’ve taught my SD Skidboot to pick up dropped items and retrieve items such as my meds bag, water bottle, phone, or whatever else I need.
I’ve been diagnosed with three vestibular disorders due to multiple head trauma, so bending down when I am dizzy can be dangerous. Skidboot bringing me my emergency meds when I can’t get out of my chair due to dizziness is life saving.
Super useful tasks.
Ohh! I’ve seen your comments before.
I will be teaching my dog both; excellent video thank you for posting
Thanks for taking the time to comment :) Made my day!
I just saw your video on reflective window covers. You are the bomb. Much luck to you. I subscribed!
Thanks Cheri! Welcome to the channel!
I am hopeful to obtain a standard poodle to be a psychiatric service dog
I would like to teach this to my sdit. Thank u for doing this video
You're welcome Brenda! Thanks for taking the time to comment and good luck with your pups training!
I'm planning to train my rottweiler both medicine reminder and medication retrieval
If you need help, definitely check out my 10 video series of training coolwhip over on Patreon at Patreon.com/DOggyu
Hi Laura, you are by far my favorite UA-cam dog trainer without a doubt. I relate to you, you put things in a nice clear concise order and you go over what could potentially be a problem. All the trainers that I watch, they bring their dog out and the dog does everything perfectly so you don't learn anything. It's nice to watch somebody have an extremely gifted dog that can do everything perfectly but beside that it's of NO HELP at all. So I want to become a patreon and I don't know where would I view the videos do I have to go on Facebook? Which I don't like using. Here is my situation Laura I am training my second service dog he's a miniature schnauzer mix and stubborn as any dog I have ever trained. And because I'm disabled with chronic illnesses and severe pain it's extremely hard for me to train him on everything I'd like to train him on. I do not have that capacity anymore at all. So I pick my battles. Along with my physical disabilities I also have complex PTSD. He does wonderful at getting on top of me laying on my back or across my tummy. He also will pick up ANYTHING and bring it to me. I am so proud of this little guy. He comes when called but I don't care if he's sits perfect. I care about what I need and the rest I am loose about. You once gave me the name of a SD Trainers site. I can't afford anything like that.
So how does Patreon work? Thanks so much Laura!!
Hi Kavita!
You would not need to go on facebook to use the Patreon platform. You can find it at Patreon.com/DoggyU. Patreon is not designed to be personalized training (though I do have one elite level where you can submit video for review) but instead a resource of private videos that I don't show publicly that you can use to train your SD. I also do a once a month Q&A via Zoom where "Crew" and higher level members can submit a question for that month and I'll answer it live during the Q&A.
You can search topics under the "tag" function to find the resources you're looking for. For instance, if you wanted to learn about a topic like training a "hold" you would type in hold and the video on reverse luring would pop up. I post new videos a few times a month with different exercises to work on on your own.
So overall it functions not as a private trainer, but as a resource and community of other people also interested in owner-training their service dogs. Everything is self-contained on the Patreon website or app. Hope that helps!
@@DoggyU thank you so much Laura!! Do you go over what to do if the dog does the desired request wrong? That way I can learn. I'd Love to see how you correct unwanted behaviors. If you do I'll definitely join. Thanks🐾🐾
@@kavitadeva the type of training I do doesn't rely on telling the dog they are doing it wrong, but rather showing them how to do it right and proofing them against all distractions in which they will come across. So I don't have a video on what to do if they "do it wrong" but I have lots of examples of training where I don't get the desired result or over-face my dog and then pivot my plan so I can better train them to fluency. Positive reinforcement is all about teaching them what TO do instead of what not to do.
@@DoggyU hi Laura. I knew when I wrote doing it wrong I was not using the proper way of explaining the question. I understand PRT is what you just explained. Thanks for re- explaining the actual process
You and your dogs are doing together. I do understand it. I guess I meant if you don't get the desired outcome will you show how to restart the task and show how to get the dog back on track to succeed. Too many trainers show very little of how to restart the action desired when the pup is not doing it "right". I hope that makes sense. Again thanks. Can you stop patreon if you want to down the line?
@@DoggyU Hi Laura thanks for the back and forth. I left a reply to this reply.
Not because of the $ am I wondering about patreon.
In the past I shared with you that I was a dog trainer many many years ago and back then there was no such thing as positive reinforcement training. I also told you in our recent conversation that I am training my second service dog who is 2 years old and he is a miniature schnauzer mix what I want to know is, is it possible to have a phone consultation with you and I can pay you by debit card over the phone?? I really need and would like to be able to talk to you about what I am doing and where I may be completely opposite of what you would say. knowing myself I just think it would be a very helpful benefit and then I could start patreon and learn the best way to utilize the platform. If this interests you and you would like to have a phone consultation like I said I'm willing to pay you I just want to know how would we go about it. Please leave a reply of where I can email you or give you my phone number or whatever you want to do. Thank you so much this means the world to me as my disabilities are getting worse and my chronic illnesses are getting worse and my energy that I have is limited in me giving my dog all I could give him. Thank you so much.
BOOP!
Thanks Heather!
So I have a question I have small dogs tandem team and not sure what would be best container for them
Want to learn diabetic med retrieval and sensing when I may need it in episode issue
Check out Patreon.com/Doggyu for both the med retrieval series, and my current Deep Dive series on teaching the retrieve. While I"m not an expert in DADs, the retrieval is a skill that is taught to many types of service dogs.
Yes. Wanting to train this behavior. I am like you apparently (yeah I hear you alarm...). I was wondering what you think of this little gadget (goodestboi Treat Bag for Dog Training on Amazon). Saw some service dog trainer comments--some people just continute to use it. It would work in my house but not sure re: elsewhere. And I. like the idea of two different cues. However, I don't know what I could use as an alert---I have seizures and was advised to train a touching a nose to my knee for seizures. I'm not a fond of pawing, unless it is functional for some reason.
Hi Jay! Haven't seen that product before you posted, but that could definitely work as a retrieval item (and for training)! As far as alerts, there are many different ways to alert. I actually talk specifically about all the types of alerts that are possible in my January live Q&A (you aren't the only one looking for other alerting options!) but chin rest, spin, or similar behavior could work. You can check out that livestream though at Patreon.com/DoggyU if you're looking for more ideas.
love your videos. Can you please let me know if you have a "hold" video?
I have a video showing how I use the reverse luring technique to teach duration hold behavior that just came out on DoggyU patreon community :) it’s only $3 to join, cancel anytime.
Just saw the at you joined! Just look up “reverse luring” in the tags/search bar! When I get home later tonight I’ll send you over my welcome info :) thanks for joining!
@@DoggyU awesome, thanks!
I take 10+ meds twice a day, plus 5 eye drops throughout the day. I can’t remember when to take them, even with reminders. My wife used to bring them to me, but she struggles, too. If I could teach my SDiT to maybe nudge me or bring me a timer or SOMETHING maybe I could get them myself. I’d be afraid of my pill case busting open in his mouth and pills going everywhere. I need help!
Having your dog inadvertently get access to your pills is definitely something you want to avoid. You would want to find a chew-proof and well-secured case that is also comfortable enough for your dog to carry. Some small travel cases for camera equipment might work well.
I really need help teaching mine to stay focused any advice? Also I need to know where to get the strap leash that people use on the harness that is not to expensive???
Engagement is something that needs to be slowly built over time. I have a couple videos to start out with that can be practiced at home and then brought on the road to practice:
Get Your Dog to Pay Attention: ua-cam.com/video/SFTDHi6QCR8/v-deo.html
Loading Dog's Name: ua-cam.com/video/5oaVhf-djlY/v-deo.html
Teach Your Dog to Listen: ua-cam.com/video/JuS36Q6epkI/v-deo.html
Not sure exactly what strap you're talking about, but hope the videos help as a starting point! Go slow and train in very short sessions and don't overface your dog!
Thank you for such helpful tips!! Following your advice, I was able to train my dog to retrieve my emergency medications on command.
The only aspect we are struggling with now is proofing the behavior. When there are distractions like lots of people around, other dogs, or his food, then he has trouble staying on task and bringing my meds. Do you have any advice for how to teach him that my "get meds" command has higher importance than *anything* else (e.g. person knocking on front door, his dinner being served, or a family member calling him)?
I'm having trouble finding a way for him to learn that he must hand me my meds before any other task.
Thank you so much for any tips!
You definitely have to increase the difficulty level very slowly as those things you mention are HARD distractions. I would also wonder if you have a strategy right now to train around open food containers and other distractions that you use regularly in your training?
Are you a member of the DOGGY•U Community? I have a video on there showing how I teach a call-away (recall) from actively eating food using Premack Principle which I think would be helpful as you start to proof around difficult distractions. There's also a few videos on the clamshell game which is a great game for teaching your dog a default "leave-it" around food which will allow you to train around higher level distractions as you progress your training, like open food containers. Those two things will help with strategies to proof behavior. You can join for $3 at patreon.com/doggyu. If you're already a member just search "Call Off Food: Premack Principle & Recall Proofing Exercise" and Clamshell game.
If you join at the "Inner Circle" level, I also have a special topics video from March talking about proofing around more difficult distractions and using the idea of "expect the unexpected" to get better results in your training. Hope that helps!
The alarm is the exact same for me ill dismiss it while im ar work and forget it went off and not take it or i cant remmeber if i took it so i dont take it iust in case its def been a struggle def will do when its time for a SDIT our dog peter is great with DBT off leash walking and more but he has very low motivation when comes to training and when we play fetch is more i throw and have to go get cuz he wont bring it back LOL
😂 LOL to your last comment! And yes, so helpful to have a dog that reminds you!
What about an epipen? It would be an anaphylactic dog.
Yes this is definitely an item a dog could retrieve. I would be sure it’s in a container that is dog-proof.
I couldn’t find the section on my phone where you change the alarm to a different sound
When you go into "edit" your alarm you can pick a sound under "sound". Hope that helps!
@@DoggyU do you know for an iPhone where in settings alarm would be
@@asecretcourtofcrowsandcloc4084 under clock, but I'm sure you could youtube a tutorial on how to set it for exact instructions.
@@DoggyU that’s an idea, thanks.
You’re amazing and I’m planning on at least joining your Patreon, if not more because SD training is serious.
Also, I trained a chin rest early and she just looooves it. 😂 Also, DPT. Sometimes I think she wants to be in my skin and I’m not mad in the least. 🤣😂🤣
I have a new problem that requires me to take medications at meals (specifically with my first bite of food). It’s not related to my disability, but also really important, and I’m not sure how to help her discern how to remind me. I’m most likely to forget when I’m not at home or really tired. Would love to hear your thoughts on this as it’s a medication I’ll have to take for the rest of my life. 😢
Hi Alyna!
I'm so glad you're finding my videos helpful!
It sounds like you'd be a great candidate to join the DOGGY•U Community! I posted a video last week outlining my training plan for medication reminder and retrieve that you will likely find helpful as you work to teach that to your SD. You'll also be able to follow along as I train CoolWhip for this behavior. You can join at Patreon.com/DoggyU. Hope to see you there!
My focus would be a medication retrieval. I don’t need the reminder.
Definitely check out my three part retrieve series over on Patreon for Inner Circle and above members. That should give you solid guidance on how to train a solid retrieve :)
Hey there, just wanted to let you know there is a constant buzz through out the entire video
Hi Kate,
I am aware of the buzzing and I tried to mitigate it in post but unfortunately I am not an audio engineer, just a dog trainer, and this is a one-woman-show over here. I decided to publish it anyway because I thought the content was relevant to those that would be interested, and those that needed this type of free resource would still be able to watch it.
Best,
Laura
Awwww you had me until you said patreon. Been there - done that. Not again. 😅 Thanks off to find somewhere else.
Sorry you feel that way, Kim. We have a great community over on the DOGGY•U Patreon, and they're the ones that make all these free videos possible ;)
I was going to only do retrieve until I saw this video so I will have to be doing both ❤❤❤❤
Just be sure to train a solid retrieve first on other items before introducing the med retrieve
Is it possible to talk slower?
Hi Little Running Deer - I am not able to talk slower. I have ADHD and when I force myself to talk slower I loose my train of thought. However, you can modify my speed by clicking on the settings (little gear button) and putting it at 75%. You could also turn on closed captioning or check out a transcript of the video. Hope that helps!
Best,
Laura