Chase Retrieving Reward Treats

Until my elevator gets installed (next week!!), I've had to use my go chair upstairs which has no treat bag for Chase. I keep his treats in a…

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Chase Carrying for Me

An example of some of our daily drills since we can’t go out in public due to the COVID-19 virus. Excuse the construction – in the middle…

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Chase Closes Office Door

A little background on this task Chase does so many times a day for me. Some of you may know that I’m in the process of getting my elevator…

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Chase’s Nightly Exercise

In the winter, when heavy snow hits, we have to be creative about getting exercise for my service dog, Chase. Here’s a VERY short but hilarious clip…

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Chase Learns Sorting

Greetings to everyone from team Vicky and Chase!  I wanted to get this video posted because for the next few months we will be busy with the adaptive…

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Chase Masters Wheelchair Foot Manipulation

After taking a little break from foot training, to focus on Chase’s ability to ignore food on the floor that doesn’t belong to him, we finally…

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Chase Learns to Move Legs Off Footplates

When Helping Paws blessed me with Chase, the first couple of weeks, we did all the things taught to us in class. As time went on, I began to look at…

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Chase Begins to Learn Foot Manipulation for Me

Since moving my legs very far on their own is a problem for me, I’ve had to lift or slide them with my upper arms, damaged from overuse. My goal for…

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Chase Learns to Open Blinds

It never ceases to amaze me how much Chase loves to learn new things and how he masters them so quickly.  Something that most people take for…

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Chase Learns Footplates

I love teaching my service dog, Chase, new things regularly.  He’s so eager to learn and loves to work for me.  If I don’t work with him enough, he…

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Practice and Demonstration of Skills

Chase demonstrates “Retrieve”, “Bring”, “Step Up” and “Give”.  I'm amazed at Chase's ability to step up onto my footplates when I am in the elevated…

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Chase Opening Front Door

This is my first service dog Chase learning the new task of opening our heavy front door for me. He nailed it! We're using a tug for doors with lever…

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Service Dog Graduation and Homecoming

Team Chase and Vicky Service Dog Training and Graduation On October 6, 2017, after completing a 3-week intensive course with my partner…

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