#Brandon mcmillan dog trainer series#

People have to understand that these dogs are not damaged goods they're actually hidden treasures. One thing I love doing is pulling special-needs dogs, dogs that are disabled themselves, because these are the first dogs at the shelters to get euthanized. If you want to teach your dog manners and obedience, you have to stick to the commands that you use every single day. Past that, it's all tricks I always say, tricks are fun to teach a dog, but trick are for kids. And if you really think about it, these commands cover pretty much all the basics that you say to your dog on a daily basis. These are the seven most common commands you'll tell your dog to do on a daily basis, and these commands are Sit, Stay, Down, Come, Off, Heel and No. I have a list of seven commands that I always recommend people train on their dogs. When they're learning to rewalk on their prosthetics, they're off-balance constantly so I can teach the dogs a brace command. So I can train them to pick up things off the ground, retrieve objects, pull wheelchairs, open doors for them. The training is tailor-made to the handler, so, for example, if the handler sustained an IED blast where both of his legs are severed off, we train these dogs to physically assist them in all walks of life. Suddenly I founded a foundation where we rescue dogs from shelters and we train them to become service dogs for disabled veterans. So once I did my first service dog, I quit the industry the next day I did not train animals for the movies anymore.

You train the dog to be the best of the best. I thought to myself, 'You know what? Service dogs are just like the movies I've been training for the movies all these years. By chance of luck, someone asked me if I could train a service dog for a disabled veteran who took an IED hit in Afghanistan it took off both of his legs. How did I get involved with pairing rescue dogs with disabled veterans? I was training animals for film and television I did that for about 15 years. She was on death row, it was her final day, and guess what-I said, 'Not so fast.'

#Brandon mcmillan dog trainer series#

Hi Guideposts! I'm Brandon McMillan, Emmy Award-winning host of the Emmy Award-winning series Lucky Dog on CBS, and in my arms I have my trusty little sidekick, Lulu, who I rescued from a shelter seven years ago.