I had the privilege of have Michael Ellis @michael_ellis_school join me on Life With Your Dog Podcast. 🔥
Thanks for coming on the show Michael! 🙏
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🎧 EP222- Michael Ellis
Michael Ellis is a world renowned dog trainer with over 40 years experience as a teacher, mentor, competitor, champion and speaker.
It was a great honour to interview Michael as he has been an inspiration to Panos since the beginning of his career. Michael's online courses and content has shaped and influenced so many trainers worldwide for the best.
Topics such as behaviour modification, the complexities of behaviour theory and its application in real dog training were discussed and they went down some beautiful rabbit holes.
Panos and Michael also discussed a foresight into the dog training industry over the next 20-30 years. Tune in to see what Michael's feelings are for the future of dog training.
Find Michael: www.michaelellisschool.com @michael_ellis_school
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✅️ Recall training with your dog, the most important command to teach!
💯 If all owners of the household practice, the more reliable the command will be for each of those individuals.
This video problem solves an issue that arises when playing the recall game in the park. This is a part of the process for my recall training.
Note: Your dog knows sounds, not words. Think about it 🤔 👍🏼
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The command DOWN is an implied stay, it holds important function. Using food is essential for your dog to learn effectively. Using your leash as a communication aid, directional pressure has meaning. In this case to lay down.
Verbal command is clear to Coco and she understands to lay down when told, she also starts to clearly understand to avoid the pressure which results in the beginning of the DOWN STAY journey. OK is a release command.
Be clear, consistent and fair in this process. Use lots of food in the beginning and learn to fade it out in due time.
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There are some real F### idiots around! To be arrogant and ignorant such as this 💩 here creates big issues for dogs.
The situation was sorted, thankfully Lily stepped in and helped keep that off leash dog away and back to its useless owner.
This was a big moment for Boomer as he has significant reactivity issues and this showed how cool he kept while that off leash dog approached us. This is what we train for 💯
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Loose leash walking, the most sought out skill that owners reach out to learn.. Also the most unnatural thing we expect our dogs to do, nevertheless, a necessary skill to train for a lifelong benefit for multiple reasons. 💯
1️⃣ Change direction away and into your dog. Turning away uses leash pressure for dog to follow. Turning into dog uses spacial pressure to have dog to be attentive to you.
2️⃣ Leash pressure up until dog yields to pressure and comes back to a desirable position when leash pressure is turned off.
3️⃣ Leash pop, the most controversial technique however a necessary consequence to ensure your dog understands the boundary. A way to provide effective punishment to decrease likelihood and frequency of behaviour.
Using a slip leash here, you need to learn how to put it on, condition your dog to its uses and be guided by someone experienced and knowledgeable.
It's a long almost 3 min video, no edits.
This was session 1. We caught up yesterday for session 2, Theo had been going for daily walks with ease and Mum and Theo are happy! 🤩
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I like to teach these fundamentals and the clear distinction between a dog's name and telling a dog to stare at me.
This is session 1 with Junior, he can be reactive on leash to people and dogs. He's a awesome dog and is in good hands as his owners have showed competence and keen interest in the training process. 😀
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Provide purpose in the game of fetch with your dog.
Making your dog work for the ball, ie obedience training commands and the ball as a reward, creates huge meaning and drive fulfilment.
Especially working dogs!
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✅️ Some hot tips on how to use a slip leash.
Dogs over 6 months old usually move from harness to slip leash in my training style.
It's not as easy as just purchasing one and putting on your dog. You need to know how to use it correctly. 💯
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Chilli and I did sheep herding yesterday. It was really fun, interesting, fulfilling and informative! 🙌
Really amazing to see Chilli's genetics at work, as Dan kept mentioning, we are not training the dog, we are educating him. Love this!
If your interested in doing work like this, reach out to my mate Dan from @hooked.on.hounds
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The focused heel is a challenging behaviour to teach as there are many skills at play in the one activity.
🔵 Stay on my left hand side
🔵 Keep eyes locked on mine
🔵 Walk different angles
🔵 Human to try walk normally not to help dog too much
🔵 Keep focus for a set duration
🔵 Maintain good attitude
There are heaps of things we are working towards as this is far from what I think is finished. We drill this often as a way to earn the ball and play.
It's tedious work but really cool when things start coming together. I'm not the best at teaching this skill, but is certainly something that has many benefits.
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I tell my clients they can record the entire session as a reference for homework. This is next level so I thought I would share with you all! 🙌
Great job guys and go Lucas!! 🔥🔥
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This is 8 year old FukFuk (that's his name, not only how he behaves 😂).
We are in front of the apartment block where they live and tends to be reactive and aggressive to all people and dogs in the vicinity!
Most people wait for the dog to display the undesirable behaviour and try to stop it then. Usually this is too late.
Reading your dog's body language and understanding their behaviour is the first steps to resolving these issues.
People training for dogs is as important than training the actual dog. The most important part of the training is what is practised between each of our sessions, so sharing knowledge and understanding is key to achieving results.
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This is Ace and he's young and full of energy, lots of love to give. He tends to go over the top, jumping, mouthing and zoomies around the house.
Many things have been in place to get the results seen here. The focus of this video is, teach your dog what you want, go to your bed and lay down in this case here.
Sometimes we spend too much time and energy on things we don't want and forget to communicate the desired behaviour.
Train your dog
Play with your dog
Set clear boundaries
Be firm
Have fun
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You may require your dog to wear a muzzle if they bite or show aggressive behaviour to other dogs or people.
This muzzle conditioning process takes time but is essential for the process of behaviour modification.
Dogs stress out with a muzzle on their face. They tend to shut-down, hurt themselves taking the muzzle off and other undesirable effects.
Taking things slow and consistent will allow for success and achieve results.
We did go for a walk with it on, and forgot to take footage, but Stella did well and was calm and focused. More work to go but on the right path. 👌
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Today's session went well considering we started off very hairy. We was barking and freaking out for too long, I decided to handle little Fukfuk (that's his real name, means blessed in Chinese, his owner told me LOL), and after about 30 secs of trying to bite me, he settled. My phone stopped recording from a call and didn't get the whole first part of the session 🙃
After taking off the muzzle and hanging out doing our thing, we ended the session on a positive note. Stay tuned for next session. 🙌
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Playing tug isn't just a game with a dog...
It is a training session.
It is exercise.
Bonding time.
Relationship building.
Developing impulse control.
This is Tiago from Sutherland Shire Council Animal Shelter. Go pay him a visit. 🧡
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Introducing the vet checks to your pup is something that usually gets forgotten about in young pups.
Practice these techniques with your pup or even adult dog.
Teach your dog that close handling is safe but not always over exciting. Physical handling should be calming and good to your dog. 🫶
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Rottweiler puppy Bear is such a cute and awesome little thing! 🥰
She has developed in many ways over the last 4 weeks. One issue was her fear and reactivity to cars and loud bikes. Things are looking good! 🔥
This is my favourite thing to practice with young puppies. Get their focus and attention on you by playing the NAME GAME! ⭐️
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Picking up a dog, especially larger ones must be done in a safe, comfortable and orderly manner. 👍🏼
This is how I like to pick up a dog. 💯
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The leash is an essential tool in training your dog. 🔥
If you have someone trying to convince you that pressure and punishment is not a good thing is a fool and you should not listen to them. 💯
Clarity and communication with the correct intent and application is key. Be clear with what you want your dog to do and what not to do. 👌
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