 You guys, this is literally one of the best videos I put out this year. I'm so excited to share it with you. It goes over so much, it covers so much. I'm very excited to launch this video with you guys. And we're also giving away a Dogtra 280C remote collar. That's right, the collar that I use on all the dog training videos that I do, me and my friends over at Dogtra are giving one of those away. And we're also giving away some free swag in this video. Why? Because we just hit 200,000 subscribers here on YouTube. You guys are the best. We're doing a giveaway. This video is absolute fire. Let's go. Now I know you guys are probably asking yourself, why is this video one of your favorites? It's with a German Shepherd, go figure. And this dog and this owner are disconnected in some ways. And a lot of people struggle with that disconnection. And that disconnection has a part to do with so many different things that people deal with. Anxiety, pulling on the leash, heal, relationship building. We're gonna be covered body language, how to reduce anxiety, how to reduce stress. I don't know what it is about this session, but there's so much packed in it. And I'm really excited to introduce you to you guys. So let's just cut to the chase and get right into the video. Here we go. All right, so now I wanna teach you how to develop a better relationship with the dog. It obviously starts here, but it definitely isn't fixed or ends here. All of that stuff goes home with you. In the car, on vacation, at the house, outside, all of that stuff. So I'm gonna work with him for a second and I'm gonna go over some really key indicators of how these things are created, as well as how we can try to start grinding them away. I'm gonna start saying break to break, okay? So when you're asking him to do stuff, be very binary with him. Uh-uh, sit, just like that. So remember earlier, when you asked him to sit, and then he kind of outside, I think he got up, that's gonna become very problematic. So watch, he's a ticking time bomb. He's just waiting to get up. In a couple seconds, he'll start walking away and doing what he wants. And a lot of that is created through conditioning. He's been allowed to do that with you. Therefore, he'll do it with, you know, anybody else. So you see mental and physical stuff. Mentally, nervous, nervous, nervous, nervous. The physicality comes up, his breathing rate starts going. And then, boom, he gets up and now he's gotta go to you. So if I let him go, he's gonna go right to you. So this is a very good behavioral case to really study. So what I'm gonna do, diesel, sit. So you see how I got his attention? He's whining, oh God, oh God, oh God, what's that? Sit, I don't, do I know that? Bam, oh yeah, sit. Right, and now he's a little bit better, right? So my point is, is when you ask a dog to do something, follow through. So before, remember a couple different times, we let him just walk away. Don't do that with him. You tell him what he can and can't do throughout his life. So in other words, lots of structure. Diesel, sit. Good, sit. Good job, buddy. Good. Good. Again, just practicing this calm sit is working on that anxiety. It's also working on the obedience, but it's also working on the anxiety. Good, okay, now I want you to work on that. Okay. Good, so put him back. So there, let's work on this, this is good. So we're taking something as simple as the sit and we're reprogramming it. So the micro is, is he's learning the sit stay, but he's also learning how to live without you. So that you almost have to force him to live without you. So this is stuff you wanna do throughout the day at your house. So put him in sit. So just put him in a regular sit. Good, now just tell him to stay. Good, all right, so let me help you here. So what you wanna do is when you ask a dog to do something, you're really telling them you're not asking them. So voice inflection, as you know, is huge with how you do stuff, just like with kids, right? It's not soft, it's you're asking a question, right? So go to your room versus go to your room. So same thing with stay. So when you say diesel stay, it's, he's like me? That's exactly how you don't wanna do it. So you don't wanna do this. Diesel stay, diesel stay, because you're basically click, click, click, click, boom, just like we saw back over here. So make sure when you ask him to do something, diesel stay. You move to the side, if he gets up, correct them. The other thing you should start doing is start to step away from multiple layers of reinforcements. So diesel stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, click. Boom, you boil over. Just be very neutral because the more neutral you are, there's no expectation of anticipatory stuff. So we go stay, stay, click, click, click, click, click, boom, every time. So when you actually need him to stay, he's gonna go, right when you get here, I come. So just be, you may sit for two seconds, you may sit for two hours, but at the end of the day, it's me. So what does that do for you and your dog? Your obedience is great, but your relationship is better, right? Because he's like, I'm just gonna stay until you say, he's not looking at that like, you know, type stuff. Right, right. So ask him to sit again, and I'll walk you through it. Good. So the other thing I would do too, sorry, I'm not nitpicking, I'm just trying to help you. So when you ask him to sit, when you're healing with him, you'll notice that if you put back pressure, if you put back pressure on him, it's kind of like horsemanship pressure. If you put back pressure, he's gonna do this. So try to have him, like before you were asking him to heal, and then you stop, and you kind of gave him pressure, and he went back and so did you. So just stop, and then ask him to sit, and if he doesn't, do a little pressure up instead. So why don't you just reset him really quick and try that sequence again. All right, you guys, it's time for the giveaway. Let's give away a Doctor 280C. All you guys have to do to enter to win is leave your dog's name, letter by letter by letter in the comments below. Like this video right now. Subscribe to my channel if you haven't already to automatically get entered to win, and I'm gonna pick somebody within 48 hours. Ready, set, go. Pressure up. Good, good. You mean twice? No, I said it to guys, like put pressure, but I said it at the same time. Yeah, well what you wanted, it's a good question. So what you wanna do is ask first, and then any type of pressure you give a dog, whether it's this, this, or this, it always comes secondary for non-compliance. So you don't wanna do it at the same time. Right, right. So great question, great thing to point out. Don't do that, cause then it gets confusing to the dog. They're like, you're gonna correct me anyway, so I'm not supposed to just not do it. Right, so great question, so it's diesel sit. If he doesn't, pressure. The faster you give the pressure, the faster he'll learn he's gotta sit when you tell him. But don't, cause the next question I get is like, well what if it takes him 30 seconds? Well, I always tell people like, we're not training robots here, we're not in competitive obedience. So you ask him to sit if he doesn't, give him a correction. If he's struggling with it, then you can do another verbal, but try to say it once to get him to sit. Now, now that he's in a great sit, now try to do your stay again. So remember, don't ask, tell, sit. Sit. He's got his eye in the door. It's okay. And then, stay. Stay. So, take your end of the leash. Tell him to stay. So say diesel stay. Diesel stay. Good. Now, stop. Put him back in sit. Sit. I'm gonna help you through this. Diesel sit. Correction again. So after the first sit, correction. Now, turn and face him. Now, no, right in line with him. Now tell him to stay. Good, drop the leash a little bit. Now stop. Good. Now walk towards him again. Now tell good stay. So you're gonna. Good stay. So I'd be, now stop again. Good, good. Now walk backwards. Tell him to stay again. Stay. Nope. That's it. It's okay. So here, let me show you an example. Okay, break. It's hard to, like, you're doing good. It's hard to listen. You're being Pinocchio for me and it's hard. So here's what I want you to do. Diesel sit. Good sit. So it's gonna be good command, whatever it is. So the reason why I had you do this is because he wants to face you. He wants to be a part of everything with you. He's insecure and nervous and anxious without you. So if you start doing this, right, sit. He's gonna start getting nervous. So what I try to tell people is here, diesel stay. Come out, test him. He does good, good stay. So it's not gonna be stay again because he's already doing that. It's gonna be good command, good stay. And the other thing I would also point out is be careful how much physical affection you give him because that stimulation could make him jump up because you're giving him too much. He gets too excited, essentially. So here, good stay. So now if he gets up, I'm just gonna catch him with my leash and correct him back into a sit. Just like he's about to do. So again, sit. So here, this is good distance, good stay. So what I like to do, go to the dog and pay them in the desired position you're looking for to reinforce it. Good stay. So that was like perfect. Not too much, but just good stay, bud. All right, you guys, give away number two with the new No Bad Dog Tom Davis Signature Series. Dog training is art on the back. I haven't even dropped these on any other platform. I'm doing it for you guys because we just hit 200,000 subscribers. You guys are the best. We're gonna give away two of these. All right, so all you guys have to do, screenshot this. However you're watching, listening to this thing and then upload it to Instagram on your story. And all you have to do is tag me and I'll repost it and I'm gonna pick two people and 48 hours after this video is launched. Okay, break, yes, good job, big man. Good boy. So what I'm doing is very simple. It's just a very a matter of fact. It's gonna be difficult for you because you haven't done it like this before. So diesel, sit, good sit. Diesel, stay, good stay, buddy. And then I could start advancing this by, so you wanna watch, watch his body language. When he starts looking around, he's thinking about getting up. So be prepared. And what I, again, we have three points of pressure right now. Verbal with voice inflection, physical and body. So if he gets up, it's gonna go verbal, physical, body. Does that make sense? Okay, break, good. So somebody came in behind him and he stayed and I broke him. So do you see how I'm doing the break? Very different from, so it's, and again, it's like math class. Okay, yeah, six minus six, right. And then recess, woo, kick ball. Very, very, very different. And it's the same thing with the dog. And the reason why that's so important for any dog, but especially a dog with anxiety, is because you're like, you gotta work. Okay, now you can do what you want. Okay, so I wanna have you try that again, good. So basically what I do is now slide your hand the other way and I just hold it right there. So when you need to correct him, right up, you pull his system. So when he, if and when he gets up, you go up, physical pressure, walk right into him. He's looking at me like, don't teach her this stuff. Physical pressure and then verbal pressure. Ah, ah, ah, stay, okay. So just walk right towards him, again. Good, and tell him good, stay. Good, now walk backwards one more time. Stay. Catch him. There, perfect. See? So once you start getting used to that and you match it up, walk right at him, correct him. And he got it, quick, good. So you don't have to pop him when you give him a break. With the break command, do this. So, and it's instinctual because right now you're used to kinda using the collar to correct him. But just when you tell him to break, what I do is I touch the dog and then I move away and I change my voice. So just like with punishment-based pressure, I'm doing, I guess, reward-based pressure, if you will. So I'm decompressing and I'm like letting all that go. So when we're healing and we're working, it's tight, militant, pay attention. Now when I do break, I go three things. I go boom, break, boom. So I move away, I high-pitch voice inflection and I touch the dog just to let him know like you're done. So that's one thing you can try is just like, because here's what happens is a lot of people will go break or even break. And so that kinda defeats the purpose of teaching the dog that we're entirely done with working at that time. So you change it like immensely to really tell the dog that something has changed. And so I go break like that. And so I break it down into three different things but it's really break super easy. So anyway, so whenever you ask him to do something, never let him, that's what's gonna create that anxiety. That's what's gonna create because you have an animal and no matter what in the animal kingdom, almost every single animal in the animal kingdom is born and then help being raised by mom or dad or both for the majority of the animals out there. And so when they go to the human race and we go, do what you want. And with dogs, eight to nine weeks after the mom worked so hard to teach them wrong from right and they're very like, and then we go, you're free, do what you want. Here's a comfy bed, here's this, here's that. And then they go, well, this is different, right? And then we start to see, but what do I do? How do I do it? You're not gonna tell me, I can do whatever I want. If we took, if we gave kids in high school and middle school, well, let's say middle school, two weeks to do whatever they want. The first week they're gonna be like, heck yeah, this is the best. The second week they're gonna be like, can I have this, when's dinner? They need that in order to survive, both mentally and physically. So we've gotta remember that when you tell him to do something, it's gotta be in your terms to release him, everything, okay? So give him a little break. We're taking our shot, bring what you got. We're going all the ways to the top. 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