How to Calm Any Dog! (When Guests Come Over)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Learn how to teach any dog to be calm in the presence of a stimuli that causes increased arousal. "Bad manners" that dogs exhibit when it comes to meeting new people are just learned behaviors that we can re-teach. This method requires patience and the dedication to follow through the outlined procedure without ANY exceptions. I have used it effectively with a countless number of dogs with great success.

Key Points:

1) It may take longer for some dogs than others to reach a 'relaxed' state before you may start rewarding them. In this video it took only four and a half minutes, but it may take some dogs 30 minutes or more. However, if it is done properly as shown, within just a few sessions it can come down to as little as 1-2 mins for the dog to calm down. Eventually the dog will remain calm from the start.
2) Notice that I was not giving excessive high-pitched verbal praise. The reason for this is that because some dogs will get aroused to hear such excitement. In this instance, a clicker works wonders, as it is not usually associated with an intense level of excitement.
3) This is an extremely useful exercise for puppies! In my opinion it is essential for those dogs that are still learning how to politely interact with humans.
4) You may repeat this exercise and have the guest leave for a few minutes, and then come back again. The more practice they have and the more they go through this simulation, the quicker and more powerful their learning will be!
5) This exercise can also be modified to socialize a dog to most stimuli that cause hyper-arousal. For those of you asking me on Facebook about socializing your dogs to other pets and so on, you may use these principles and techniques to achieve the same results!

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[ruberband29]

i cant even make my dog sit properly.. how am i going to do that? help me out

[tab289]

@ruberband29 You can teach them to sit, lie down, and stand. Check out my video on "perfect obedience". :)

[barokbarok19]

what about if the dog is overprotective.. just like being angry???

[tab289]

@barokbarok19 Whatever the reason for the behavior, it will at some point dip..and these are the moments we have to pay attention to.

[ReOmiXo3]

how about a leash???? and NO! I'm not the kind of person who's gonna pull it off to death of course!

[tab289]

@ReOmiXo3 Using a leash is a great idea, so long as you think you can set your dog up to be successful with one. I would start this way and work your way up to it though.

[jimmyvbs]

what if they can jump over?

[PositiveTrainingFCR]

Great tips! Very clear - well done :)

[stickynotes74]

She is beautiful. Thanks for the tips!

[CruzinATL]

Great tutorials. Thank you for these great instructions!

[skinnydogkew]

Great video! Props from Australia. Very Precise instructions, not many people can get that confused, well done.

You can't beat neutral socialisation though, socialising the puppy properly during the critical period can eliminate the need for this exercise all together. But unfortunately no body does that!

[antonetterox1029]

at first, in the intro, i disliked your video because of your face. but when i watched how you train your dog, im like, WHY DID I DISLIKED IT??? THIS IS AWSOME.. lolz

[nusba]

jesus... are you in 16:9?

[music0cool]

but i like when my puppy gets crazy like that. its so cute lol :)

[dondondodo]

what if the dog greets you, the owner, in a very hyper fashion? Do you just ignore it until it calms down?