Socializing a Fearful Dog

Jill Breitner, aka Shewhisperer teaches you to understand dog body language and energy. This short clip teaches your how to use this energy to calm a fearful dog. Don't make direct eye contact with a fearful dog. Have calm and confident energy with a dog who is afraid. Using treats can have a calming effect on fearful dogs. Find out more about me here: http://shewhisperer.com Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and share with your friends. Helping one dog at a time. Jill Breitner training in Los Angeles

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Pets & Animals

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• puppy socialization

[shewhisperer]

Thank you for visiting my channel. People do see it and I've gotten a lot of calls to help them help their dogs. It is doing what it is intended to do..... helping a lot of dogs. Thank you for your time and concern.

[theDFWdogtrainer]

What do you do when a dog bites you because you are touching it the flooding is pushing her limits? What would be your response? What would you have done if this dog snapped?

[shewhisperer]

@theDFWdogtrainer Thanks for visiting my channel. I have been training dogs for 35 yrs now and I have NEVER been bitten. Nothing I was doing was going to make this dog bite. I was walking this man through this every second of their interaction. She was off leash and she was reading this mans body language and energy and he was never in her face nor was he talking. Again, I was walking/talking to him telling him what to do and when while watching the dogs body language. Thanks for your time.

[shewhisperer]

Part of what I disagree with in giving labels to any dog in any situation is that it stops one from seeing the whole picture. I was telling this man exactly what to do and when based on each and every body sign and energy this dog was exhibiting. I have been doing this work specializing in fear aggression for 34 years and I have NEVER been bitten, nor has anyone I've worked w/ ever been bitten. This dog never bit anyone and within 3 mos came out of her fearful shell. She's living a great life

[fr3nchY2009]

Please dont post this on youtube, people will see it and think they know how to do it... Common sense...

[JamesGShaffner]

I'm James from the movie with Asha. When I first met her, she was the most fearful creature I had ever seen. Asha was definetly not adoptable by the average dog owner. I thought it would take months to calm her if it could be done at all. I was truly amazed at how Asha progressed in a short period of time with Jill's knowledgable and patient training.

Asha now leads a normal dog's life. She loves her new family and they love her.

[DreamComeTrueK9]

@Mandalark not everythign that u read from ppl pleasing training methods, benefit the dog unfortunately. example: if u have a dog that picks things up during the walk, r u gunna put a muzzle on her n say problem solved?Huge difference btwn addressing vs masking the issue.u need 2 teach the dog not 2 do so by addressing and correcting the behavior from a POV where the dog understands that the behavior is undesirable by the person that she wants 2 please (mans best friend).

[DreamComeTrueK9]

@Mandalark u could b the parent who tells the teacher and kid that ull stay w him on that day bc she is so scared to be away from u, and be there during lunch time as well. the kid will never learn to venture out and do things on his own. By not pushing the kid you actually hurt her in the long run. Same for the dog. YOu end up sheltering the dog from nothing, or from things that the dog should get to experience properly. limiting the dog on what should be apart of her normal life

[DreamComeTrueK9]

@Mandalark i disagree with you on this bc you are viewing the concept of flooding (worded) by a person who disagrees with it. AKA systematic desensitization from a one sided point of view. When you have a dog whos threshold is none existent and is fearful of things that they should be, there comes a time where you have to push them a bit for the better (as long as the experience in the end is good and they dont get hurt from what they fear)no diff then a kid on his 1st day of school

[Mandalark]

@Mandalark The high levels of stress only inhibits the learning capabilities of the dog so nothing productive come from stressing the dog to the point of paralyzing them with fear. Avoid this technique and those that advocate it." this is from k9domain/fearful