 What's going on guys Tom Davis here. We are about to get a new German Shepherd in he's Reactive he was born on a farm for from what I take it and he was kind of like left to Rome and so he has zero structure He's reactive to people. He's reactive to other dogs, especially when the owners are around And he's also really really bad on the leash. So chances are when he comes in He's probably not going to be as reactive as the owners typically see because this is a very chill environment Even though there's dogs and people But at the very least I'm going to give you guys a step-by-step tutorial on how to take a dog that has zero Structure zero leash pressure no communication no engagement this dog literally has nothing and I'm going to show you step-by-step Exactly how to build so she's about to walk in and we're going to get this party started pretty much from start to finish All right, you're welcome safe trip home Okay, all right Chris Chris He's not going to be reactive with us very typical for dogs who are reactive with humans A lot of that is caused with the relationship with their owner. They become reactive protective so on and so forth So the first thing we're going to do is just put on a little plastic pinch collar here Good boy Because it's going to give us a lot more control as you guys know Harnesses are great for things like hiking Letting your dog just be a dog and tracking and whatever with with not a lot of control This dog obviously needs control and needs a job You can see my goal right now is going to be to get his attention to get his engagement He's very still engaged with the owner if you can see he's looking directly outside to try to Leave me which I don't blame him because he doesn't know me. This is all new for him So what I need to do is build confidence between him and I and get him more confident with me come Good boy. Good job, Chrissy, and I'm just going to stand here and Give him pressure every time he tries to pull away from me. So again with a dog like this. He's He's insecure because he doesn't have confidence. He doesn't have confidence because he doesn't have structure He doesn't have structure simply because it's never given to him So I'm going to start with basic threshold stuff I'm not I'm not necessarily going to put him into a sit because I don't know what he knows and what he Doesn't know so I have to be conscious and empathetic towards that But immediately what I want to do with this dog is tell him that there are rules There are regulations there's things he's got to do in order to get things that he wants first thing I'm going to do is just ask him to basically stay before we exit the building. There's two thresholds in our front room So there's the gate and then there's the door So I'm going to expect him not to sit but to stay before I release him through on a verbal cue for me No, ah Good. Nope Good. So we got the we got the first step. Okay, and the second step He's like all right. I'm out of here. So I just have to teach him to pay attention to me So I'm going to turn with my body. I'm going to turn into him. I'm going to pull him back around good Good Good boy So I'm just giving him structure and in this case structure is implying that he has to pay attention to me I'm not asking him again I think sometimes people get a little bit too far when they're like, okay now sit and do all this stuff He doesn't know anything like literally nothing So I'm just going to make sure that like right now. He's doing absolutely beautiful. I'm really happy with his progress right now He's paying attention to me. He's not pulling. He's waiting for my cue. I'm going to continue to do that right out the door That's going to set us up for success. I'm going to give him a break. We're going to go for a walk We're going to come back inside and we're going to take it a step further Good good Nope, so see right there guys. He as soon as I go for the door. He immediately wants to head out I have to stop him from doing that. He has to learn That I'm in control here Good. Nope. Nope So here we go, this is a test so on the micro guys He may learn stay when we mark it in the future the macro with a bigger picture for the first time in his life This dog is taking direction that's going to allow him to be a more confident less stressful less anxiety driven dog For the first time just with this small exercise right here. So going for the door Catching him catching him. Nope. So they are like now. I'm going to bring him back out So now what I'm going to start doing guys. I think it's going to be I think he's intelligent So it's gonna think it's gonna be more fair for him to start adding verbal markers So I'm just going to say To give him some sort of like warning before he gets corrected to try to set him up for more success Hey, buddy, I'll show you guys exactly how to do that here. Ah Ah Yes, buddy. Good boy. You guys saw that. That's what I was looking for that little slow motion walk engaged with me for the first time That was beautiful. Good boy Okay, good job, buddy. Good job. Good job. Ah Good he'll Good man. Ah No, ah Getting better. Good. Yes. Good boy break. Good job So that's exactly what I was looking for guys is he looked right up into my eyes Kind of asked for permission but more importantly looked at somebody for some sort of guidance for the first time in his life That's good. I'm gonna keep doing this and hopefully we continue to get better as we progress One thing I want to point out guys is a lot of people ask me a lot about like harnesses and collars and why this little plastic pinch is successful When you're when you get a dog, this dog is she said about a hundred pounds. So when you get a dog this big that is trying to make decisions based off of physicality meaning like the dogs like I'm gonna push through this and I mean this Dogs owner is smaller than me and he's really strong for me And so like him to pull all the time is going to be hard to control And she even said that the harness is the only thing that she can actually hold him on Now that there's a big difference between actually being able to hold on to your dog for dear life and actually being able to control your dog So as you guys progress you'll see when the owner came in and even me He was pulling me around quite a bit and with the harness this gives absolutely zero control over the dog's behavior It doesn't modify dogs behavior because it doesn't allow you to add any type of correction or Punishment for the dog if they decide to say I'm pulling and that's what I'm doing So this kind of the harness enables dogs and their ability to pull Like I said before the harness is good if you're gonna bring your dog for a swim a hike and you just don't care about How they act on a leash. So what this plastic pinch collar does? Tried so anyway, so this plastic pinch comes up together and it corrects the dog In unity and gives the dog a safer correction instead of putting on their flat collar Choking them out on their throat or putting a harness on them and letting them make all these really bad decisions So with him because he thinks he's gonna take the steering wheel and guide himself through life If I let him make all these decisions, buddy I think you if I if I let him make all these decisions It's gonna create more of a problem for him. So we have a dog that really doesn't know the difference between Anything I mean just completely just living a life of Instability and anxiety and not knowing what direction to go through Good I'm gonna wait for him to look at me Good man. Yes. Good break. Good job. So again guys that was Not necessarily like can I do this or that it was just engagement. He's just looking for direction That's what I'm looking for. That was perfect and do this a couple more times So that correction guys that was perfect Quick and fast doesn't hurt the dog just gets his attention stay Good man good Good stay Yes, go boy. Come on. Come on. Yes a good boy. There's a good boy boy. Good job. Ah good ah Good checking him with my verbal ah Stay Nice job, buddy So you guys it's absolutely brilliant. I'm very happy where we've made this progress in the last 15 20 minutes He's doing really good. So we took a dog in the beginning as you guys saw with all of this anxiety and inability to check in with a human being that actually has control and We've taken it to where you just saw where I'm able like and the thing is guys I'm not trying to say like this dog. This dog is awfully strained. I can not at all I'm just showing you that for the first time in this dog's life. He's getting structure. He's listening to somebody I'm not using the leash. I'm walking and I'm just giving him verbal checks of like, hey man Hey, man, pay attention pay attention remember remember and he's like, okay God god, so he's thinking so a couple more things that we're gonna do guys after our little walk Is we're gonna show you guys how to develop just very basic things to Reestablish a better relationship with not only a dog that's anxious and secure like he was when he came in with lack of structure But with any dog so if your dog's at home or if it's your client's dogs if you're a trainer I'm gonna show you how to just establish a better relationship with the dog with just using your body like I did with him Here's a good boy So I'm gonna bring him for a walk and then yes, we are and then we're gonna start that process next All right guys. So now that we went for a little quick stroll. It's an absolutely gorgeous day out Today in upstate New York. So we went for a little stroll. He did his business I'm gonna switch him back over to his regular leash and what I want to do guys I want to do a giveaway as you guys saw in the beginning of the video. We have some we have some new no-bed dog face masks I want to give away Three no-bed dogs face masks to you guys all you have to do is letter by letter in the comments below Leave your dog's name ready set go So the first thing we're gonna do besides the leash pressure we did inside with thresholds is the place command Which is basically a targeted threshold of go there until I say otherwise place Yes, good place good little pressure back on good job He's gonna naturally go into a sit good sit buddy a little bit of free shaping kind of again as you guys can see I'm just telling him what he can I can't do you can tell he's used to just saying like okay. I'm out of here I'm out of here. He's doing really really good, but like I said guys I just want to be able to control almost everything That this dog makes decisions on good Good boy very good very good job Good stay buddy Good job You could tell by his body is a little uncomfortable, but it's so beautiful that he's listening to me again This dog had zero obedience before he walked through this door half an hour ago and and again guys I don't want you to think that he knows all of these things Well yet the point is is he's starting to intake and sponge up some of this information and at the end of the day He's gonna he's gonna become more confident Okay, break good boy. Good job. Good job. All right guys. That's a wrap for today Awesome job from our new board and train grizzly bear really happy with this progress Our goal is to continue to again. This is his first session So he's doing really good our goal is to continue to make him more confident Expose him to new things give him the exercise and the structure that he needs to be happier You can tell from when he came in to where he's at now He's still trying to figure out where the heck he is, but he's not constantly trying to run away from me He's not constantly trying to figure out where his mom is and for that co-dependency in a very unhealthy relationship with his owner He's doing a lot better, and I'm really happy with this progression Make sure you guys like this video and of course we got some new no bad dog merch and we got new t-shirts We got new hoodies. We got stickers. We got face masks, and I'm giving three face masks away During this video, so don't forget to enter to win for that to subscribe to my channel If you want to see more stuff like this, I appreciate you guys Oh and also follow us on Instagram I'll leave the handles below and you guys can see the behind the scenes of all the progression We do with all of the dogs here at the facility. I will talk to you guys next time. Peace