Usually when I suggest teaching a door knock/doorbell que for going to place, clients don’t think it’s possible for THEIR dog. The truth is, if you can teach your dog a verbal que, you can teach your dog a door knock/doorbell que!
SAMSON
Samson is a wild 11 month old bull dog. His family is a perfect example of what happens when you stick to the plan and put in the work. Guests walking through the door use to be absolute chaos, and if they can get this dog to go to a bed while someone rings the doorbell, knocks on the door, and walks through the door, there is no excuse anyone can’t get the same results. Sometimes I get clients who laugh and look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them we’re going to train their dog to go to a bed when the door bell rings. It seems impossible. Samsons owners thought that, look at him now 😎
REM-DAWG goes home tomorrow and I’m super pumped for his go home lesson. Reme is going home more confident, along with a bunch of new behaviors. Place, Leave it, Heel, Down, (all with duration). Goes in his kennel, walks on a loose leash, and will come when called 👏
First session with Sicario and the E-Collar. In this video I have the e-collar connected to a speaker so you can hear when the e-collar is being used. You can see Sicario is responding to it, but he’s not stressed or uncomfortable. He simply feels the stim and is learning that when he comes to me that stim turns off. That’s the key. I want the dog to believe that he is in control of turning the e-collar off. Eventually he will understand that his actions are what causes it to turn on, and his actions are what causes it to turn off. Its black and white. Dogs don’t do well in gray area.
TONY went through a 2 week board and train in December, followed by 6 private lessons, with more to come. This dog will go down as one of my favorites. He’s a lot of dog and can be difficult to live with, but his owners have been invested and put in the work it takes to own a dog like him.
Welcome GRIZZ 🐻
Grizz is here for some pretty severe reactivity towards strangers and other dogs. She’ll be with us for around 5 weeks learning new ways to deal with being in those uncomfortable situations! She’s already making lots of progress👌
Roman made a some big improvements on day one. By no means is the work over, but with just a few little adjustments and some consistency, we’ll keep making progress 👌
APOLLO the Malinois
First lesson with Apollo the reactive Belgian Malinois. Apollo is a serious dog with some pretty severe reactivity towards strangers. Day one was spent just feeling him and letting him get use to me being around, while also creating lots of VALUE in Mom. When he lunges at me, he IMMEDIATELY experiences pressure and discomfort from the slip lead. Ignoring me and checking in with mom, he is IMMEDIATELY rewarded with hot dogs and praise. With enough reps we can successfully counter condition a new reaction towards new people.
MYA the MASTIFF
The first two times I met Mya she was definitely in guard dog mode, deep barking, hackles up, even took a shot at me😆. She has surpassed my expectations within only 3 lessons. With her being a Mastiff I would always expect a level of suspicion to strangers, and barking when someone knocks. I actually had to check I was at the right house when I didn’t hear the barking. This is a perfect example of what happens when you do the work. The training works, and if you put in the work after the trainer goes home, you 100% will see improvement. 👏
Coppers first lesson shaping the place command👌 off to a great start😎🐾
HANK
Today was Hanks turn to go on a little field trip. We worked on his off leash recall and heeling. I couldn’t be happier with how he’s doing 😁
TONY 👊
Tony is pretty much completely off leash at this point. We will spend the last few days trying to get around more distractions and competing motivators. Not bad for 1 week of training, considering he use to run away and blow off his old E-collar.
HANK- day 3
Hank is really exceeding my expectations with everything we do. He’s actually a special dog.
Rouge is actually a really good dog with no behavioral issues. Just a big ol puppy who has selective hearing and likes to pull on walks. Day 3 and we have him walking like a gentleman 🙌
Bring your kid to work day. Working some recalls and leave it’s around distractions this morning 👌
Ryder jumped in the car!!!!
This has been one of the most rewarding transformations I’ve been apart of. We started out just getting him to walk on a leash. His owner wasn’t able to take him for walks due to his pulling and his fear of many things, he would pancake flat to the ground and freeze before even getting out of the driveway. After our 4 lessons I’m happy to say they now are able to go for daily walks. The next thing she wanted to work on was his extreme fear of getting into vehicles. Again, when we first started he had a hard time even walking past the vehicle, let alone jumping in. (He weighs over 100 lbs so just forcing him in isn’t an option for my client). Today Ryder jumped into the backseat all on his own! After lifting his 100 lbs of dead weight several times and showing him everything will be ok, he finally trusted me enough to jump in on his own🙌
Car Reactivity.
I’ll try taking more video of Sully over the next two lessons, this was our 4th lesson and the progress has been huge. We decided to go to the dirt roard to create more distance between us and the cars. Sully has redirected on his owners and it was hard getting through to him without him getting frustrated and coming up the leash. So we took our time, showed him how to turn off pressure, and have been able to utilize the e-collar to get more exposure around cars. It’s worth noting the first three lessons we did not use the e-collar. If you watch the video, we are using the e-collar the whole time, he’s not flinching, yelping, or showing any kind of discomfort. We’re just using it on lower levels to communicate with him during his high state of arousal.
E-collars and prong collars aren’t going to fix your problems. What they can do is enhance your ability to communicate with your dog when properly shown how they work. I had a client dog in the past who refused to walk on any grass because he was corrected on a high level the first day wearing a e-collar and he blamed the fact he was on grass at the time. We must first show our dogs how we intend to communicate with them and what it means👍
I love it when clients put in the work🙌 This was after ONE lesson with Coach and they’re already starting to create some distance in sending him to his “Place”. The goal is to be anywhere in the house and send him to his place. Ada boy Coach!