Dog Training "Good House Rules" - Honey the Great Dane

[BERRYZx]

Did you do all the house training on your own? Or did you have Honey trained in that area by a puppy/dog school? Would you recommend sending a new puppy to puppy school instead of doing it yourself? I'm looking at getting a Great Dane in a year or two and I just thought I'd get some insight on them from someone who's dealt with them. (:

[ethmasterflex]

@doubledouble55 It's called positive reinforcement training. Look up the show "It's Me Or The Dog" or the trainer who has made positive reinforcement training popular ( Victoria Stilwell ). You will gain a better understanding of this kind of training method by checking that out . I personally prefer this method of training since it makes your dog think instead of submitting to you and responding to you out of fear AKA Cesar Millan.

[PoisonRoze1991]

Thanks for posting this. ^_^ I think I'll try this with my dog[s] when I eventually adopt one.

[Akaliko]

Sooooo smart, Honey.

[kakki300]

the kitchen rule was not super

[MsJgreen77]

She is beautiful, my Lourdes looks a lot like her and I can't see my life without her. She amazes me by how smart she is, I think most of them are very intelligent:)

[12ylan]

Theirs nothing better then a good dog

[Judeaous]

Hello, I've been training my Great Dane pup, in the style of Ceaser Millan, and for the most part, I've been successful. Anyway on an Anti-Ceaser u-tube, I was recommended to take a look at your style of training with Honey. You are fantastic!! Ceasers techniques work, but it gets to serious, with the "vying for dominance" we have have going on, in s sense you loose the "beauty of the relationship" between dog and owner.

I'm not giving up on ceaser, but I'm going to steal a page out of your

[BloodyBonned]

she is so cleverrrrr

[keyvan11f]

They are gonna have a bulldozer to carrey it's waste lol.

[112ibo]

u suck at training dogs:P

[brutusntiny]

Too many damn rules!

[Jbirtwisle]

4:00 No, the toy isn't for you, I'm just showing you...silly human.

[rockergal8280]

Very good at traing :)

Big dog lol

[Dalmatian861]

i got some great tips off this vid for my Dalmatian. Thanks :)

[KnightSmoke20]

Just when I thought i was the only person that didn't allow their dog in the kitchen...glad to see similar house training!

[10vball01]

Absolutly love your dog! I have a six month old dane and we are using the masking tape thing ... but even though we started when she was about nine weeks she still doesnt really stay out will she get better when she gets older or are we doing something wrong?

[Gabb761]

Are you still living brisbane? Well if you are I hope you like the place cause I am living there too :)

[tessilee]

ive never commented on a video before, but i feel compelled to after happening to read some of your comments...Honey is GORGEOUS, she's identical to my beautiful almost 1 year old Sola. We happen to have many of the same techniques and the same rules for our girlie, and she behaves just as well as Honey. You have done a wonderful job and i want to commend you for giving your girl the best gift you could have - structure and leadership. I wish you and Honey many years of loving companionship:)

[josephc2006]

honey and ur work with her is truly inspireing we are so blessed to have great danes in are world it would not be the same for me with out them......

[GreatDaneDad]

Your doing great, don't listen to the negative comments. Everyone has their own ideas of how to train (or in many cases), or not to train their animal. We have 3 beautiful Blue Great Danes and we have our good days and bad days. I applaud your patience when teaching new rules or tricks. I believe many of our own behavioral problems have stemmed from my frustration and inconsistencies.

[Star16]

Honey is HUGE. She's the biggest dog I've ever seen. She's big and cute. The epitome of a gentle giant.

[letsUandMEbereal]

Tell me, (3:30 - 3:36) how come you did not give honey the command "stay" (or "wait") after you told her, and she obeyed, to "sit"?

I commend you for not correcting her (i.e. "no!") after she got up from "sit"; you just gave her the command a second time, because, frankly, she did not do anything wrong; she did "sit"; she just did not "stay" (or "wait").

Anyway, that's just something I noticed, but I'm very impressed with how well honey is trained. She's a beautiful dog. :)

[tmickey05]

i love your work with Honey, i plan to have a Great Dane when i own my first home and your videos motivate me to be the best trainer/mom i can be. Thank-you soo much for Honey's videos. She is a blessing to watch

[doubledouble55]

Oh and just to let you know I wasn't saying that dog's had to learn with treats or pats I was just saying that making that screechy annoying ass voice to praise a dog would make any dog confused because of the fact that that is the voice a person would use when they are trying to excite a dog. But maybe you can't help it.

[doubledouble55]

I guess you can hide behind the fact that your dog is a great dane and that's why you're not really good at it. She's slow, is off cue a lot and in your other videos, which I can't believe I bothered to watch because this one was sooo boring, you use a lot of the same moves. Though I don't hold it against your dog because Great danes are slow so she can't help that but I think I can hold blame on you for a boring routine.

[doubledouble55]

I'd be so confused if I was your dog. She's well trained but when you were in the kitchen you woud tell her "no Honey out!" and as soon as she waked away you woud use and excited high pitched voice to praise her and she would get excited and want to come to you but obviously you woud tell her "no Honey out" again. You shoud come out of the kitchen to give her praise and use a treat or pet her to show you are happy with her. Dogs rely mostly on smell and touch not sound.

[hsinyicohen]

@doubledouble55 - actually, I'd have to respectfully disagree - dogs understand a lot from tone of voice and can be trained without the use of treats or pats all the time. Honey understands perfectly what she needs to do - how many dogs are successfully trained to stay out of the kitchen, without the use of barriers or constant supervision? We can even go out leaving food on counters.

[hsinyicohen]

@doubledouble55 - I did not come out of the kitchen to praise her because she needs to understand that she has to remain outside even when I am inside - no point if I always have to follow her out to ensure she follows the rules.

[hsinyicohen]

@doubledouble55 - FYI - if you take a look through our other videos, you'll see that Honey is more highly-trained and reliable than most dogs and is the first Great Dane in the world to successfully compete in Canine Freestyle, as well as doing Obedience, Agility and Therapy Work - so I guess I must be doing something right with my training methods! :-)

[doubledouble55]

@hsinyicohen Whoa you are full of yourself! You remind me of those girls in my class who put their hands up in class when the teacher asks us a question just to hear themselves talk. I was honestly just asking about the freestyle thing because I was intrested, I've never seen a great dane do freestyle and I was wondering if it was a class with other great danes or just a regular one.

[Hauraunah]

@hsinyicohen

Every moron on youtube thinks they're animal experts. I completely understood what you were doing: instant gratification.

[carvinemup]

@doubledouble55 I agree with you bud, these people got no idea what that dog is actually thinking that much is really obvious. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE DOG!! the Amazing Dog Training Man on youtube here is one of the best to learn from. After you watch him you will realise what a pair of knobs these two are.

[hannahcrx]

@carvinemup Great Dane training might not make sense to everybody, understand the dog and you will understand the training. Anybody who takes time to train their dog, however they may do it, obviously has the best interest of their pet at heart. Loving Honey!

[Ricmsr1]

@carvinemup

have you even seen any of honey's other vidoes? Honey is very well trained and that takes alot of understanding of kanine behavior as well as the breed. She has done very well training Honey. 

[14Raine14]

@doubledouble55 Most professional trainers use their energy, which humans protray the best through sound, not always a treat. By giving off a good energy your dog learns what it is doing right and when it is doing something wrong. It's not always possible to go over and give your dog praise, like when teaching stay or out. It's the same as using a treat really, you are rewarding your dog with you attention, it doesn't always have to be someone tasty!

[doubledouble55]

@14Raine14 That's not what I was trying to say, I understand using energy. I like using Ceasar Milan's methods which do use postitive energy to reinforce good behaviour. But what this woman is doing, she is exciting her dog with her energy as she praises him which make him want to come into the kitchen. So it would be very confusing for a dog.

[shunee12]

I'm learning the calming signs and I found out that dogs with a open mouth are happy! I'm sad to notice my goliath (great dane) is closed mouth all the time other then going to the dog park...how can I fix this?

[shunee12]

I'm learning the calming signs and I found out that dogs with a open mouth are happy! I'm sadt to notice my goliath (great dane) is closed mouth all the time other then going to the dog park...how can I fix this?

[afr126]

damn that bitch is soo annoying and im not talking bout the dog

[TengoNoNombre]

You have a really nice horse

[MrClimate1986]

thats a nice video!

[novamyth9]

I'm so happy to see Honey in her new home! I was worried about how she'd feel about flying but I see she's doing great!

[pamelamarxsen]

I love rule #2 & 3, so important! I play a game similar to that with my dogs! Very cool! I have a few clients with door dashers, so it is so important to teach them to stay/wait at the front door. Did you actually train them in the beginning with a clicker? Nice video! So important to have rules and to be consistent. 5*s

[hsinyicohen]

Thanks! Actually, no, because we started training this from a baby pup, before I got into clicker training, I just used a combination of praise/treats & verbal "correction" with occasional interruptors and then redirection into the right behaviour. Basically what you saw in the video - although this looks easier than the original because Honey already knew her "Out" and "Wait" commands and these rules - it was just teaching her to respect them in a new environment.

[hsinyicohen]

I AM very lucky though that Honey is very sensitive to verbal "telling off" and this is enough of a "punishment" to put her off doing things - eg. if she ignored the rule and ran out through the gate, I would yell at her "NO! Bad Girl!" - and then praise her for coming back and waiting at the boundary - and she would not run out again because she is really sensitive to my displeasure. Don't know if it would be as effective with another dog that was more thick-skinned and "independent"! :-)

[RelentlesslyHuge]

Honey! We are inspired to work harder on out manners at the doors.

[mrgeniusontv]

are you planning on laying down any throw-rugs so the floors aren't slippery for honey?

[hsinyicohen]

We have but she seems to ignore them - often prefers to lie on the bare wooden floors next to them! Anyway, she is getting quite used to walking on the floors now and I don't believe in mollycoddling dogs too much!

[mrgeniusontv]

thanks for the response! =D honey really is a perfect example of the breed, and i am really inspired by your videos to get another dane someday. keep up the great work at your new home!

[Theanna378]

@hsinyicohen ya...me too, thats why i watch your videos:)

[clydefav]

Love your latest video. Honey seems to have settled in well. I have been thinking for a long time if I should buy a 'dane puppy but not sure what to look for in temperament etc. or whether it would be a good idea as I have 2 cats. wouldn't want to upset them!