Dog Aggression: Mollie's Bad with Other Dogs | drsophiayin.com

[Keiko8383]

Your videos are very encouraging. For the last month or so, I was very entrenched in the teachings of Zak George. He's really great and opened my mind to the world of dog training, however he mostly focuses on training. It's really great, if you have a well-behaved dog, but he doesn't like to attempt to address aggression issues because he doesn't want to generalize and he just doesn't usually do that kind of work. I'm really glad to have your videos.

[SuperBark1]

Depends how consistent the owners are. These owners actually said in this movie that they don't even have treats all the time. Basically at first, on walks, they need to do these focus exercises whenever a dog appears and they need to do it before their dog reacts. Goal is that the dog only has good experiences when the other dogs appear. After they do this with enough dogs then treats should not be needed.

[SuperBark1]

Pt 2) Because she's learning good things happen to her around the other dog and she's learning more appropriate behaviors to perform (and enjoying them so she wants to perform them), then, if owners do this consistently (with every dog she sees), she will learn to be relaxed around unfamiliar dogs. e.g. over time they will need to do less and less until they realize they don't even need to get her attention because she just remains relaxed and isn't particularly interested in the other dog.

[SuperBark1]

Pt 1) This is training her to perform an alternate appropriate behavior that is incompatible with attacking the other dog but that she enjoys. goal is that owners do this every time she sees a new dog until it becomes a habit. It's important to use rewards for the good behavior so that she's learning that good things happen around the other dog. That way she's learning good things about the other dog. e.g. I see dog and good thing happen to me (my owners play with me and give treats).

[ucdcrush]

Is this distracting the dog, or teaching her how to behave around other dogs? With this method, will she be able to act like a normal dog with other dogs, or just have something else to focus on?