Psychiatric Service Dog Task Training: Blocking (Creating Space in Public)

Blocking can be a powerful service dog task — but only when it’s trained with clarity, body awareness, and respect for the dog’s experience. In this video, I walk you through how I train a back block from the ground up, including the two foundation skills that make or break this task, how to teach it without constant luring or micromanaging, and how to turn a clean training picture into something that actually works in the real world.

What's covered?

• Stand-Stay

• Rear Foot Target

• Training Blocking

• Adding Duration

• Proofing