 Guys, Tom Davies here, America's Canada Educator working with a reactive German Shepherd So I'm gonna walk you through from step one to step at the end So I just wanted to walk you through the entire process from the dog walks in and what I would do to assess the situation And how I deal with dogs who are reactive to people and other dogs because apparently Romeo is so I'm gonna walk you through the entire Process as soon as they come in. Hope you'd like it I'm in Okay, so very Trying to take off my bandana My mic All right, so you guys can see obviously very barky very reactive doesn't care about me This is the first time I'm at him. You guys watch them come right in So I'm gonna stop this I'm gonna stop this behavior walk you through this process sit All right, so the prong the prongs too big It's not getting it's not getting good pressure It's too far down on and just so you guys know there's a person behind the camera and there's a dog behind the camera He's trained on a prong from his owners So I'm gonna switch out to a smaller smaller prong here boy, so again, no problem with me. I've never met him um Our relationship so far is a Little out of control Romeo heal He'll He'll so as this session goes on I'm gonna bring out some dogs to see if we Can get him to his stimulated height and state Or at least try to train in that environment to help him with it But as of right now a lot better control just from the change of equipment, so I'm gonna work him back and forth And you guys can tell like he's very kind of nervous. He's not really that anxious For a shepherd that reacts, so that's good He's a little you know where am I but he's not like whining and pacing back and forth he's kind of just Barking at the person behind the camera as well as trying to figure out where his dad went So I'm gonna work him on the leash just to get him tuned up with me to make him a little bit more comfortable with me And then we're gonna continue to get other distractions out So I need to reprogram him to be a little bit more structured and take more guidance And as you can see little things like this what he's trying to do right now I asked him to sit he's clocking out at 30 seconds or 20 seconds and trying to get up and walk away. Nope Sit just like that. Good. It's a little sloppy sit I'm I don't care about the the obedience perfection right now. I'm more worried about him just listening to me taking direction for me He has to realize that I'm the one Nope Sit because the reason why he's reacting in the first place as you guys saw when he come in he'll when he came in He's out of control. He comes in just yelling at everybody thinking he can do what he wants Yes, it's the owner's fault But a lot of people don't realize that all they have to do is just take the front The driver's seat in order to stop this behavior and make him a more confident dog and less reactive So now that you guys are over there I'm gonna get the code out or Taylor's gonna get the code out and We're gonna see what we what we do here Romeo he'll sit Sit correction He'll So lots of reactivity here Leave it leave it No off No Hey, just touching in the calm him down court of stay Hey No, leave it sit Romeo he'll Quick pop guys you see that I might want to get right there leave it He'll so quick pop to the side guys So as you guys can see Romeo is an absolutely gorgeous dog and for over a year He's been ruling the roost and being reactive and causing stress and frustration to himself the owner and the environment And as you can tell he's smelling her There's there's not a lot of bite behind this bark and as you guys are noticing when I'm correcting him I'm just coming right over the side and correcting him sideways when he reacts and now after a Minute and a half of working with him around Lakota. He's now able to the point where he's not reactive He's healing nicely good heel Romeo heel good man sit Good Romeo good job. Good job Lakota Very good Romeo heel Good man Romeo sit very responsive. So I Demanded that attention from him immediately in our relationship So that way when I did apply another dog that he may be uncomfortable or insecure about I was able to say hey But I remember I'm in charge and he goes. Oh, yeah Sit good Good and he's gonna lay down. I'm okay with that for right now So it's a huge W. These guys traveled all the way from Indiana To train with us for him to get better with other dogs and other people. I'm somebody He doesn't know that dog is somebody look hawk is somebody Taylor somebody making great success Little things like this of just correcting him and telling him, you know, whether it's wrong or right We'll go a long way So now we're gonna take it a step further and I'm just gonna get out of place and I'm gonna move Lakota around Here's the thing. I want I can't stress enough We are not fixed. We are not out of the woods However, when you get a dog that is strictly reactive off of insecurity and fear from the handler and its Environment that he's around because he doesn't know what else to do. We are 90 honestly 90% where we want to be right the next 5% is gonna sit is gonna come from practice and obedience and continuing to have fun with him and Teach him all this new stuff and then the other big percentage is gonna come from the owners and making sure that they can do this Under these circumstances. He is not reactive anymore to this dog Because I was able to control him in an environment that he was unfamiliar with So we're gonna take it a step further and start proofing this out to say again, this is a dog He's never met. He's super reactive to dogs. He's super reactive to people. He doesn't know and We're a lot better than when he came in He'll good man Sit Good job Good job, buddy. That's a positive reinforcement. Yes. Good job Romeo. Good The one thing I get questions on a lot is like should you completely disengage him off of her? I don't think that that's realistic in this environment or fair for me to say You just went from complete 100% for the last year of reacting to other dogs to Going to watching a strange dog go past you with no problems I'm okay if he's looking like right now. He's watching Hawk what I'm looking for as a handler is I'm looking for Building I'm looking him for just to start to simmer before he boils and that's the type of stuff I'm gonna again use my verbal like I talked about in the beginning to just disengage him from that type of behavior And if I can just tell him like right now, I'll try it Romeo. Leave it. Good man Disengagement head goes down and he did exactly what I wanted him to do except get out of his sit sit boy but again like you know This that's what I say in the beginning is I'm not gonna be so worried about his obedience like rather He goes into it down. I just want him to be stuck to me and pay attention to me So if he downs when I asked him to sit, but he's calm around the other dog I'm okay with that. Go touch Romeo sit Quick correction. He'll sit Good So again, you guys saw I'm I'm I'm really really really like feathering him in because this is so freaking big for him So big so big his owners would be are going to be so proud when they see this come out on YouTube And you know this dogs moving back and forth Lakota and he gets up and he looks and I'm not gonna like overreact when that happens I'm gonna try to get his attention and remind him of what he needs to be doing without giving him that really strong Correction, but then if I say sit and he's completely glazed over then I'll remind him Hey, buddy, remember me and then he goes back into a sit boy So I'm gonna grab some food really quick Good And I'm gonna see if I can use some positive reinforcement just to get him engaged with me because that'll be another really great tool to use To get him more associated with another dog in a positive way opportunity so some so many people ask me like what goes out of my mind when I'm training this is it I'm gonna tell you he's looking at her. He's smelling her. It's so big for him to be This close to another dog as she's moving around wagging her tail and has a ball and she's not reacting I'm not gonna like overreact on him. So if he's smelling and he's like hey, maybe you're not so bad I'm gonna take that as a learning experience for him as he's doing right now But I'm also gonna then go back sit good boy. So again when he when I asked him to sit 15 seconds ago he's like hold on dude I'm interested and I let that slide during that time on under my discretion because I knew that the W in the wind that he was getting from interacting with her through scent was gonna be more valuable than me actually worrying about my Obedience at that time So you'll notice that I'm very discretionary on some of the stuff that I do and the obedience that I'm applying is Gonna be dependent on what's going on in his brain because ultimately the obedience is something I can always do the behavior Modification stuff and trying to change his behavior Plays an important role in the first hour that you're working with a dog to tell him exactly how things are gonna go Good, so I think I guess it's important for dogs to if they're gonna go out of their comfort zone a little bit and break the Obedience during these times That's okay, but if he's gonna be super overreactive and break his obedience I'm gonna punish him for that pretty much immediately, but in times of Gaining security and gaining confidence. I tend to let that slide So that's just my point of view on that you guys can take that with a grain of salt or whatever, but Go to touch Yes, good job Romeo. So this would be called desensitizing guys. She wants the food more than she wants the ball Good, so he's getting a little stimulated here Romeo Good little verbal inflection there. Hey, remember me. So again, I'm walking you through exactly what went through my head He looked at hawk over here in the corner the malinois that we have and he got a little for whatever reason I don't know. He got a little okay Maybe I'm not so sure about that dog and I just said hey, buddy voice inflection came down with punishment style They're Romeo and he was like, okay, let me sit back down and again Like I'm I'm letting him take advantage and teach himself and that builds a relationship between him and I to let Him know that as long as he's listening to what I have to say It's the process isn't as bad. So I'm not being that militant during the times of learning curves So I want you guys to watch what I'm doing with the leash. I'm holding it out, but watch the pressure So what you don't ever want to do with an insecure dog? When you're meeting is put pressure on the leash because it creates tension and it becomes a gunjaw the first person that moves He's gonna react kind of like what he did. So when you're watching me here, this is for safety. I'm very Comfortable with doing this because I know her and I feel comfortable with him. So when I'm doing this I am I am using my peripherals to watch him and know that at any given moment I can move her with my body and correct him away and de-escalate the situation immediately So that's what I'm doing is I'm I'm always always always conscious of my pressure and what I'm doing with the leash And the equipment that I'm using left Yes, good girl watching him. He's not getting up good sit go to stay Yes, he's gonna smell her through my hand here and I still have the same treat. I was using for her I'm gonna go back to her. Okay Good good. Good job Romeo Touch he doesn't really know necessarily what he's getting rewarded for right now But I'm rewarding his calm behavior in his calm state of mind I'm letting him know the more you act like this the more you get paid Operate conditioning teaching him what I want through correction and reward-based system. It's a beautiful thing left Good job Romeo. I'm gonna send her away in front of him Good job. Good stay quarter Good Romeo. Well done big man So again, like he gets up right there I'm gonna let that slide So I'm just trying to walk you through as much thought process as I possibly can to give you guys the insider So you know exactly what's going on in here and you know what's going on with my hands good shake it off, dude Again, this is what I love the absolute most just working with dog behavior You know, this isn't necessarily a big obedience thing. This is a dog with behavior situations that needed to be modified He's a year-old shepherd. He's been reactive For a pretty long time now and with a big dog Barking the way he did when he came in imagine going places and dealing with that It's very very stressful for again. Not only for you as a handler, but for the dog He doesn't want to do these things and so with a little bit of control and a little bit of redirection I'm able to then Safely work on the obedience to get to get him engaged with me to say hey, buddy I know your whole life. You think that you're in charge, but you're not take a seat relax a little bit He goes Thank God. She comes out. He goes wait a minute. What's all this going on? And then I'm able to transition into a nice calm state of mind. Let's see if you can get down Good and now he's in a nice nice nice stay State of mind. I'm really liking how he's trying out So this is so this is what gives me goosebumps and like what's what gets me out of bed in the morning I absolutely adore and this is brilliant. So what I'm doing is is what I what I love to do is behavior modification So this is the very first session in a dog Behavior modification client that we have for our two-week board and train program So when it comes down to behavior, it really is unless it's ingrained So when we talk about a dog that's been neglected abandoned or abused or any of that stuff that they were born with Maybe hereditary where you know, it's genetic and they have really bad genetics and they're anxious nervous not trusting that takes a little bit more time for the core of the dog to Gain trust in other dogs and other handlers that takes a lot of exercise and things like that But when you get a dog like this This is what everyone usually deals with when they think their dog is aggressive or they think their dog is mean is what you're seeing Right here comes in like a freaking bad out of bad out of hell completely just explosive on everything and everybody And all I did is I said tap tap tap. Hey, why don't you take it down a little bit? He looked at me and the rest is history and now I'm able to then copy and paste this and Multiple different scenarios. So our jobs as trainers here at the academy is going to then be to apply this situation With new people new dogs new environments Continuing to desensitize him so he's good universally So at the end of the day the macro and the bigger picture is is making him a more confident dog Because that's what's creating him to be reactive. People think a dog is reacting and they're automatically aggressive It's so not the case. This is a reactive dog Not an aggressive dog aggression the big difference about that is between reactive and aggression is Their intent their intentions behind it. How serious do they look how serious? What are they actually going to do if you do this and with the reactive dogs nine times out of ten? It's going to look like something like this regardless of how he looks when he comes in An aggressive dog and a dog that is serious and has you know two or three knockouts if you will under his belt He's going to continue to try to go after that dog at any given time. So we've created Really nice energy here with both of these dogs and I'm really happy with it We're going to continue to work with him. So we're going to wrap it up here Don't forget guys you can you can click the links in the profile and the description below to get yourself So no bad dogs merch work with me directly online and Everything else that you guys need as far as equipment goes the equipment that I've used here Will be linked in the description below do me a favor and leave a comment and let me know what you thought of this video As well as like subscribe to my channel if you want to see more videos like this. I appreciate you guys watching I hope this helps you identify the difference between holy crap. This dog looks so aggressive to wait a minute He's really not aggressive. He's really not going to continue to go after her if he gives the opportunity on This has been less than an hour. I'm grateful for you guys watching. I appreciate it I will talk to you guys next time