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Service Dog Succession Planning: Choosing and Preparing for Your Next Service Dog (Patreon)

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Hey folks! 

Anyone know how to juggle? Because there's a lot of balls up in the air over here this week, and I need to figure out how to clone myself to get it all done! LOL

Fortunately, I was able to get this video out in time for you all to watch it early, ad-free, before it goes public tomorrow! 

Succession planning is an important topic for service dog handlers to consider as their dogs reach middle age, and I go over my process in this video. If you want to dive deeper into this process and my personal selection of a new service dog, check out the Deep Dive I did in April on choosing a service dog breed/breeder. 

Remember, in all of my videos I am speaking in generalizations, and the dog/process that is right for me, might not be the same one that is right for you. My goal is always to give my viewers advice that will offer the best chance of success for the majority of people in raising and training a solid working dog. 

To help out the channel, I would love it if you could: 

1) Watch the video in YouTube by clicking the "YouTube" logo above, and click the thumbs up button

2) Leave a comment on YouTube. 

3) Watch all the way through.

Thanks so much and have a great weekend!

Cheers!
Laura

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Kori Lynne Illustration

Thank you so much for this video! Winry is 5 and I've already started looking at breeders and was wondering if it was too soon! I feel you on swapping from herding breeds to retrievers - my very first prospect was an Aussie since that was all I knew! I had to wash her because while she was a wonderful, brilliant dog... she hated the "hurry up and wait" aspect of being a service dog. It was SO DIFFICULT to decide on a retriever, but it's just a better fit all around instead of trying to find a unicorn. Winry's a lab since she popped up at the perfect time, but I miss the fluff and will be looking at goldies for her successor. I'm so excited to follow your journey. It looks like yours will be about a year ahead of mine (perfect timing!)

DOGGY•U
>>115991131

Thanks for sharing your journey to retrievers. Such a difficult choice - I truly love herding dogs in my heart, especially cattle dogs. And also, I'm not choosing a pet. I love that you're looking for a GR next! I don't think I could handle all that hair with all the burrs around here! But so pretty!

Della Monroe

I am currently considering a 6mo old Great pyr, dobie, g shepherd mix. he is up for adoption and at 6 mo is 73 pounds so would be a good size for my heavy mobility if everything else works. He is over 300 miles from me at this time.

DOGGY•U
>>116034942

I know you didn't ask for my advice, but, take it for what it's worth: If heavy mobility or weight-bearing tasks are part of your list of needs, I'd highly recommend looking for a dog with health-tested parents. It will give you the strongest chance of not dealing with the heartache of spending a year and a half training a dog that ultimately might not pass their OFAs <3

Bridget

Hi Laura, I'm curious as to why you're moving over to a retriever when you obviously have the lifestyle and supports in place to meet the needs of a herding dog? Will having a retriever as your next SD look much different since you still have two stockdogs in the household? I have a 6 year old stockdog who recently converted from full time pet (purchased for high performance work in sports) to wearing the SD hat too. I had just settled on purchasing another BC with the support of my various trainers. Now, I'm curious if I've missed something obvious that you're seeing very clearly as a long time expert in this type of training? Would love to hear more of your opinion on this!

DOGGY•U
>>116119071

Hi Bridget! Great question! Ultimately, it's not about my ability to meet their needs. As you pointed out, my life supports a higher energy working breed. But instead it's about success rates, suitability for the job, and potential pitfalls with herding breeds that make them less successful/suitable in comparison, along with my personal disability needs. I'm thinking of doing a Patreon-exclusive livestream this week to talk more about this subject and my experience with herding breeds as service dogs. Would that interest you?