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Teamwork (VHS edition)

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Unfortunately, Amazon doesn't list very much information about this DVD before you buy it. I was under the impression that the DVD was about teaching service dog skills. The DVD is actually about how to teach basic obedience skills (sit, down, stay, walk on a leash) if you are in a wheelchair or have otherwise limited mobility. The cover of the DVD doesn't really make this clear either.

I'm sure it's very helpful for people looking for that sort of thing, but it wasn't what I was after. I've watched the whole DVD, and it's good, but my dog is already trained in all basic obedience, so it wasn't useful to me. Apparently the "Teamwork II" DVD covers the sorts of things that I was interested in. Just thought I'd post a review to make that clear to other people looking to buy this DVD.

While I thought the DVD was informative. It did not have captions, therefore anybody that is deaf or hard of hearing is unable to hear most of the DVD. I don't think a DVD that is geared towards handicapped people and does not have captions is pretty worthless. For the price of the DVD the publishers should have thought this one through. If you need captions, DO NOT BUY this DVD.

This is the perfect DVD for basic obedience training for a service dog. I think sometimes we try to go straight for the SD assistance exercises and the basics get short-changed ending up with a dog that's not under good control (I learned this the hard way). These guys have a new DVD now with captioning for the hearing impaired - good for you guys!! I enjoyed this DVD alot and think it's a great start and was very professionally done. Good job!!!!

TEAMWORK won the DVD 1st place award (The Maxwell Award) from the Dog Writers of America Assoc. for 2002! I found myself laughing one minute and wiping away tears the next. It's a must for anyone that loves dogs and needs to train a dog for assistance.

This DVD is great for basic obedience training. Teamwork II progresses into training for tasks to perform for people with disabilities. This DVD is also good for people without disabilities. I would try to incorporate clicker training with the principles in this DVD. Some dogs will respond well to clicker training and in particular, my dog responded well. If you are looking for task training and have mastered basic obedience, Teamwork II is for you. If you are just starting obedience, this is the one for you!

I am a retired obedience dog trainer of 30+ years and am now needing to train my own service dog. This video, although devoting a lot of time to basic obedience is nevertheless the absolutely necessary 1st step to take.
Service dog training is intertwined with basic training so don't assume you can pass it by, I did, and after watching it
I realized it would have been a big mistake.
You will not regret buying this video, no matter how much one knows, there is always someone who knows more.

It is a basic training CD. Would like more but Teamwork II is where they tell you how to train a service dog. This first one covers the basic commands. Still a great video to use.

I think I am more advanced then these videos. It was Basic, more or less. I don't much recommend them to people. I think Ive on order some better books personally.

We were looking forward to trying to teach our dog a few things to help our disabled teen.
This was the first thing I ever ordered from Amazon, and I never received it.
I was afraid to ever order anything from Amazon ever again, but have since had nothing but good service from them.
So I don't know what happened....was it the maker of the book or Amazon that caused the problem? I am definitely afraid to order the book again! :(