Shelter Dog Obedience Training

Watch some of Vinny Love's basic obedience skills.

I rescued him from a high-kill shelter with dog aggression issues, and have been training him myself for the past 2 years.

I didn't raise him from when he was a puppy. In fact, I know nothing of his history. He's not purebred. And he didn't have the perfect manners, in fact he had aggression issues! However, with training, he was able to transform into a great dog with wonderful manners. I see tons of awesome purebred Retrievers, German Shepherds, Australian Shepherds, Belgian Malinois, Border Collies, and Jack Russell Terriers doing stunts and obedience but Vinny and I are proof that mix-breed shelter dogs can do it too, EVEN the ones with behavior issues!

Our goal through these videos is to not only showcase Vinny Love's talent, but more importantly, show the world that there are MILLIONS of remarkable animals just like Vinny being euthanized and KILLED in animal shelters worldwide. If Vinny and I have even inspired 1 person to adopt his/her next animal through our videos, we've done our job.

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• Basic
• Obedience
• Training
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• Behavior
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• Rescue
• Dog-Aggression
• Dog-aggressive

[JaheiraVanHeaven]

WOW amazing work!

I'm going to adopt a doberman in about half a year (of course from a dobe rescue organisation!;) but before that I want to gain some experience with dogs by helping out in my local shelter =)

have you received some special training or are there any books/websites about obedience training you can recommend? :)

[ShelterMuttLover]

@JaheiraVanHeaven So happy to hear that you are looking into adopting your next dog. And yes, working with shelter dogs will give you a tremendous amount of experience working with a wide variety of dogs! I don't have any formal training experience and don't read any books/sites, but there are various trainers on YouTube who have amazing training tutorials. Good luck, and keep me updated on the adoption!

[Yersylein]

When i have food in my hands my dog is like that too XD

[ShelterMuttLover]

@Yersylein That's great !! 

[Glassblower718]

yea, right... I pressed like also... wonder why sooo many guys like this Vid... ok, sure... im not going to say it either !

[ShelterMuttLover]

@MusicLoversUtd If you have any specific questions, please send me a PM. I recommend always practicing recall inside the home first, then venture into the backyard, front yard, then eventually to large open spaces like parking lots and parks. I always teach my dogs the sit, down, and stay along with recall. Good luck!

[ShelterMuttLover]

@MusicLoversUtd I would recommend teaching your dog using a long lead first before walking a dog off-leash.

[JaheiraVanHeaven]

WOW amazing work!

I'm going to adopt a doberman in about half a year (of course from a dobe rescue organisation!;) but before that I want to gain some experience with dogs by helping out in my local shelter =)

have you received some special training or are there any books/websites about obedience training you can recommend? :)

[sarah4life050399]

Very cute dog and so very well trained! You two would make excellent advocates for shelter dogs :)

[TheAnnGirls]

This is amazing! Good for you for trying to get the word out about shelter dogs. Love the vid (: How did u learn to teach him all of those tricks without any classes?