 Hey, hey, hey, hey, what's going on everybody? What is going on Tom Davis here? Thank you guys so much for joining me live today When you guys get in here leave me a comment leave me a like like this video. Let me know you guys are here I'm gonna go over a topic of Can you love your dog too much? It's it's very overlooked. I see almost all the behavioral cases that I work with outside of Genetic issues stem from this question. So I'm gonna go over it We're gonna discuss it and then at the end we're gonna do a Q&A. So it's Sunday I just got done with doing my online set or my my out-of-state sessions at the facility at the upstate Canaan Academy So I just got done just got home. I'm having a Unicorn kisses polar Seltzer, but I want to get into I want to get into talking about can you love your dog too much? and so it's kind of a a trick question because of course you can't love your dog too much, it's how you love your dog and Hello, everybody. Hello. Hello. Hello. Thank you guys so much for hopping on here. This is fun. I wish I could see you guys It sucks that I can't I wish I could see all you guys hanging out with me But anyway, thank you guys for joining me so As you guys know may or may not know I I Primarily deal with behavior modification. So I work with dogs with behavioral issues. I work with with dogs who have A tendency to be potentially aggressive or reactive or anxious or whatever So I don't do a lot of basic obedience and things like that. It's really behavior modification base. That's what I love to do And so a lot of the cases that come in guys Primarily are a relationship issue So a lot of people when they get their dog The first thing they want to do is to give them love and attention and affection and nice beds and good food and all that's great But one of the biggest missing components there is making sure that you're able to Give the dog structure give the dog discipline and I always say like the quote I usually say is turn the love down turn the leadership up Because a lot of the cases that I do work with is the the the relationship is really imbalanced so The dog loves you and you love the dog, but you don't have good structure You don't have good leadership skills You don't have the ability to to have a have a great relationship with the dog on a you know a balanced situation so if You talk about you know when you get a puppy or you adopt a dog again like it's really easy for us to make sure that You know we love the dog and we give the dog lots of attention and and and all that stuff But what I see a lot of people doing is just to get this cute puppy Or are they adopt this dog that they don't really know and they feel bad for it and it gets very emotional and What happens is is we just we there's no structure So we we either feel bad because they've been you know at a shelter for a long period of time or We feel like because they're puppies and they're cute. They don't need structure They don't need discipline. They don't need guidance. We can just let them do whatever they want and Like I said before guys is the some of the worst cases of dog aggression and reactivity and insecurities and anxiety Has come from those types of situations where people treat their animals and their dogs like little babies and they treat them like You know whatever it's it becomes it becomes really It's not good. It's not good and and what happens is is when dogs are born they get structure immediately So before they can even open their eyes and hear their ears aren't even open their eyes aren't open Their nose is barely working for the most part and they're just they're they're little Basically blind hamsters and from the moment that they're that they're born They're getting told what they can and can't do and and mom is picking them up and telling them Hey, let's do this. Let's do that and then as they get older they develop and brothers and sisters are now arguing Fighting and playing and communicating and they're being very you know Primitive and they're being very instinctual with that and then what we do is we get them and we throw all that out the window That mom just did for the last eight weeks And then we put them in a little scarf and a bow tie and we take pictures with them and none of that's bad It's just we forget that they're animals and then what happens is is the dog gets anxious and Then the dog starts wondering What am I supposed to be doing? Why am I here? I love you too mom dad brother sister family But what is my job? I'm a golden retriever. I'm a Dalmatian mix. I'm a black lab. I'm I'm a dog I'm supposed to be doing something. I'm sure of it and And and it's not only about like getting your dog out and getting them maybe Down to doing the things that you want them to do however, it's just about doing something and having structure and A lot of people just provide all that love and and no structure So I'm gonna give you some tips on some things that you guys can can do pretty much immediately to help provide that structure And one of those things is create some exercises that allows you guys to be in the driver's seat create an exercise that allows you guys to take the take the steering wheel and and have the opportunity to Tell your dog what you want them to do and it doesn't have to be Again like with puppies people just automatically assume because they're little and their babies and they're cute They don't need to do anything. They're just cute and we'll wait until six months until there's a problem And then we'll call Tom or we'll call another trainer and see What the heck happened? So some things that you can do with a puppy or a dog any dog right now you guys can Do right now after after after this live, of course is start creating boundaries and structure through threshold So get your dog on a leash go to the front door side door gate Whatever you normally go in and out with your dog put them into a sit and a lot of times guys when when dogs come in I Say what is your dog? No? Oh, they know sit down heal whatever and Here's a good test for you guys to do before we talk about the thresholds Why don't you ask your guys ask ask yourself the question is if will your dog sit if you ask them to sit? and I'm not talking about putting their butt on the ground for two seconds and then Getting back up and I'm not talking about my dog will only sit for food I'm talking about if you turn and you say hey Fido sit and the dog puts their butt down and Then you look this way and you look that way and then they immediately get up That's a problem in in your your overall obedience And in your I guess just your structure alone is we want dogs to do things for us for longer periods of time We don't want them to just check in check out check in check out I'm gonna do it for two seconds So we get really sloppy with our with our training as well And we let dogs have a lot of opportunities to make decisions and when you have dogs make decisions It they become insecure and that's one of the biggest reasons why dogs create dog anxiety and stress and potentially aggression or reactivity is We're not consistent with them We're not serious with the things that we want them to do again. It goes back to work So anyway getting back to the threshold stuff is you ask your dog to sit if they know sit and then you Grab the gate or you grab the door or the slider and then you open it and then immediately what's gonna happen normally guys Is your dog is gonna get up and they're gonna say oh, I'm out of here And so it's it has to do with a lot of them on their terms And that's that's very common for those things to happen. And so that's one area you guys can Literally start right now on is to start working on those thresholds and start working on just taking control of Small little things in your relationship with your dog that you do every single day. It's not hard. It's not a big deal You just say sit the dog sits normally guys We go and we grab the door or the handle or whatever and the dog pops up So there's two things that that are going wrong there is the dog a isn't sitting because They're they're on to the next thing and they don't you don't have that Respect in that structure and that understanding that sit means sit So as soon as you as soon as they think that they're going somewhere They pop up and they're checked out and they immediately just say okay. I'm out of here So as you guys know, I'm really big about like analogies and trying to give you guys better information and digestible information and That's basically like being a Parent or an uncle or an aunt or you know, just somebody that's in charge of somebody you say hey You got to go to time out or or something like that And then you send them to their time out and then they're they literally step two feet into the timeout area And then they they come right back out So that's like part of that structure of making sure that you can take charge And that's like a really easy way that you guys can start developing a better relationship with your dog or your puppy is to just Create those small little boundaries, and I always talk about micro macro Much like exercising and things like that like these little things that you do every single day is going to create a really big picture A really big picture for you and your dog. So put your dog into a sit go and grab that handle They're probably gonna pop up. Oh, they're ready to go and they say, okay, let's go Nope, you put them back into a sit you grab the handle again. They pop back up, right? Nope back into a sit and you work on that until you can open the door open it hold it and then break them through So anyway, I'm gonna take a sip of my Unicorn kisses here if you guys are here go ahead and like this video We have almost 300 people in here so grateful for all of you hanging out with me on this Sunday Like this video take a sip of some unicorn kisses. I don't even know why it's called unicorn kisses, but it's pretty good anyway So we're gonna get to some we're gonna get in some questions here in a little bit guys But I want to just make sure you guys understand that Again, you're talk, you know, I'm talking from a place of somebody who takes information in from people from all over The world with my online school and people traveling to me to work I'm telling you that one of the biggest problems people have is not giving their dog enough structure Not giving their dog enough boundaries. They just open the door You ask a dog to sit or down and they do it for four seconds. They pop up and then they're gone so you got to create more of a Duration with these things and that's why the break command is so big and it's something I work on and and almost all of my Of my training is telling a dog to break and just telling them hey see you later. You could do whatever you want I don't care. That's all good But having that distinguishing difference between work and play is really really big And I can tell you guys like for an example I'm gonna talk about this in a second because I get questions about me and my dogs all the time And I want to give you guys a good story about me and my dogs that kind of surprises a lot of people Which I'm gonna talk about but I just want to be clear the subject of this title of this video is Can you love your dog too much? There's a lot of unhealthy relationship with dogs that create a lot of stress and anxiety and fear and Aggression with dogs simply because people don't think that dogs need a job and by a job That doesn't mean they have to go out and do search and rescue and be a cop or a dog or anything like that That just means that you guys can right now today spend your Sunday or Monday or whatever day it is You're watching this in the future or whatever Spend some time just developing some really easy exercises with your dogs and literally just drive it in and be consistent And what that does is the micro right so when I say micro macro guys I mean your dog learns how to sit your dog learns how to stay through a threshold. That's great But the bigger picture is you're starting to develop a better relationship with your dog You're starting to take the wheel and say hey You're not in charge. I am and a lot of people have that misconception of like alpha and big and bad and My dog's so nice and my dog's so sweet and that's great. My dogs are nice and sweet, too But I make sure that they understand that they have a role and they have a job And I think that that's really really really overlooked So I just want to be clear on the title of the video and make sure you guys understand that That's what I'm talking about of that love and only love is one of the best ways to completely disconnect with your dog I can't tell you how many times I've seen that happen if you love your dog too much and you don't give them structure Leadership guidance and a job. They literally will that's the best way to just disconnect And what happens is is as you guys see in my videos and the first thing that I do is I say hey, I want to see where you're at with your dog Right, if you guys watch any of my videos, it doesn't matter if it's a basic obedience e-caller aggression, whatever I say I want to see where you're at with your dog. It's not a test. I just want to I want to analyze where you guys are at And people will grab that leash and they go out and the dog is completely disconnected two videos ago two uploads ago I did that in the video. I said I said just I guarantee you if you let go of your leash Your dog's gonna keep going and you and you don't matter and that happens all the time So you just want to make sure that like when you're out with your dog and you're working that you can say hey Pay attention like I matter and then what happens guys is especially in our out-of-state program Our out-of-state program. We have a we have a dog from the hotel right down the road and people come from all over and they stay there for a couple nights and we do five sessions and After the second session almost every single time people will say hey my dog is so so much just Just calmer You see dogs coming in and my videos guys where they're just like this They're bouncing all over the place and they're hitting the camera and they're Trying to see the other dogs and they're just they're them and their owners are just completely disconnected and All of that your dog is happy your dog loves you. You love your dog But you don't have a bound to me. I see that and I go that's not good. That's not good And again, it's like it's not your dog is just not in a good place You don't have balance. You don't have structure your dog is just like what do I do? What do I do? What do I do? What do I do? What do I do? Who are you? What are you? What are you and you just like you could get rid of your dog tomorrow and they would go live the same life with somebody else and After a week would be perfectly fine. So Anyway, I just want to make sure you guys understand that where I'm coming from is of course I love my I have my dogs here. I have Thompson down here My big Saint Bernard and then I have Lakota. She's in her crate and Lola's chilling in the truck That's Lola actually, but anyway, so you guys understand like I love my dog so much. I Love dogs in general But one thing I see in common like if I were to write a book it would be like three pages of don't Overlove your dog like please give them structure. Please give them boundaries Imagine just living a life where your kids are at, you know listening to you and paying attention to you And it was just you know, go to the store buy whatever you want do whatever you want Don't listen to me. You're the best in the world like they love you But after about two weeks, they're gonna be like, you know Their teeth are gonna be falling out from cavities. They're not gonna be showering They're not gonna be going to school and of course like as humans we all go. Oh my gosh Yeah, I would never let any of that happen. Of course I'm gonna give my kid structure and discipline and if they take something and they smash it off the wall They're gonna get punished and if they go to school and they Spit on another kid or they steal something like they're gonna get punished because you care And because you want to teach them about what to do and what not to do It's the same thing with dogs guys. They're animals You literally have an animal with with fur and in a prey drive and They're living with you And if you don't provide that leadership and that structure for them It's a nightmare and then you wait until they're six months seven months eight months Or even people I see it all the time walking around my neighborhood people just think that Their dog doing this Is a way of life and this is exactly like how they live their life every single day and it's like It's it's one way to live But there's so many other ways to live and I and I I encourage you guys and I hope that I empower you guys and and maybe even inspire you guys to And that's why I put content out guys you guys are I mean, I I'm this is my sundae Um, I have half days. This is a sundae half day So I I love spending time with you guys and helping you because I know that if you're taking some of this information and you're going home Or you're sitting in your house now or whatever and you're like taking a little bit and helping your dog and Your relationship with your dog gets better At that that means so much to me from the bottom of my heart. It's what I love the absolute most so Anyway, um, we're going to get into some q&a questions here, but I need you guys to do me a quick favor Like this video Really quick like it and then you guys can leave a comment if you don't have any questions You guys can leave a comment. Let me know where you're from so I can say hi to you um, and I'm going to take another sip of uh a unicorn kiss also too I want to I want to just I want to just talk about The video I did with um Netherlands cool. I want to talk about the video I did with leo uh, the doberman arizona uk massachusetts brooklyn what's up phoenix arizona Awesome awesome uk. I'm trying to come to the uk guys um trying to work that out literally like Trying to do it in the spring, but corona virus is It is what it is. It's out of my hands, but Sweet lots of wisconsin, ohio Sweet, um, but leo I want to talk about that really quick. You guys keep telling me where you're from I love seeing this because I go back and look All over the world. It's beautiful Hello everybody, uh leo, so you guys know I just posted a video with leo if you guys don't know He's the he's the doberman who went after me a lot um He is a very sweet dog very sweet dog and I know that that sounds silly seeing the video of how aggressive he looks but he has some really bad redirective issues. Um And you know a comment I saw which I always liked it, you know, you guys I do this for you I really do like I I love this is like very artistic for me. It's something that I spend a lot of time on I'm passionate about creating. I'm passionate about silence I'm passionate about uh teaching you guys about dogs and trying to give you just free advice and um So anyway, so I saw somebody say like somebody mentioned something about the prong collar a couple comments I saw about the prong collar being too low One thing I want to say is like if I were to go back and do anything different with that case And this is my most recent video if you guys haven't watched it. It's on fire right now It's going crazy on the internet. I would I would suggest going to watch it There's a lot of good information in there bowling green Uh bowling green. I know where that is. Uh, so The only thing I would have done differently and of course guys like I am not Perfect The way that I train and and and all this. I mean, I've been doing this every day I I was born with with some something to work with animals for sure Um, I absolutely love what I do But you know, there's there's things that I would always look back and do things differently, you know from an outside perspective Which of course you guys know watching videos on the internet Um, there's always a lot of opinions that that get floated around But in this case when this dog is coming after me and all these things I debated on when you're working with an aggressive dog the the big rule number one that you really don't want to do which I didn't Complied to in this because and I'll tell you why was You know, you don't really want to use a prong collar when you have a dog That's coming after you or that's aggressive or gets really ticked off really quick I know that it's been ingrained in my brain for 10 years. I know that however Um, we did have slip collars and and dominant dog collars available san diego um But in this case this dog was so powerful and so Explosive on the leash I couldn't Get myself to use the slip collar because he was so powerful and we were working around other dogs And he was aggressive towards other dogs and I just didn't want to lose control So I used the prong collar for the most control But looking back I could have probably used a dominant dog collar. It wouldn't have made a difference in his behavior. I don't think however I have a responsive. Excuse me. I have a responsibility when I produce content to thousands and potentially millions of people that um I I should have said that in the video that normally I would have used a dominant dog collar Which is just a slip collar because that aggression Is triggered by That potential prong collar. So anyway, uh, we're going to get into some questions. What's up. Devon, australia australia Portland awesome. Do I feed my dogs raw angel? Yes, uh, I do I feed my dogs raw. They're on a they're on a raw diet Um, the reason why I feed raw is because my saint bernard Here. Okay. And again, like I'm a dog owner way before my trainer and I think that that's I think that that's what helps me Uh resonate and and with you guys as dog owners yourself, you know, you're not professionals for the most part but My saint bernard thompson. He's 11 years old Uh, pretty good shape. Um, it's an older age for a saint bernard. He's 145 pounds He was eating four cups of of kibble a day, uh, when he was a puppy and you know, his adolescent years and once I I actually was referred to a raw diet by a Holistic veterinarian, um, because veterinarians, he'll list veterinarians historically aren't really allowed to to give Raw food advice because they're not trained in it and it's a little bit unregulated. So it's it's against what they should be doing With their practice. Anyway, just so you guys know that's why veterinarians typically will not talk about raw because they legally have They can't a lot of times depending on where you live But anyway, he was eating four cups and he would poop like a garbage bag Like he would eat four cups and he would put out four cups If you will so when I switched him to raw, he was eating he's he eats like four pounds a day And this is raw. So when we talk about raw guys, this is like raw So it's not everyone thinks it's just like nasty raw chicken. It's not the case. It's raw vegetables. It's raw fruit. So these are these are vegetables and fruit and minerals and vitamins that are not They're they're not cooked. So they have all the vitamins just like with us like if we cook our fruits and vegetables or even, um, whatever Uh, a lot of the nutrients are taken out because of that. So raw doesn't always mean like a nasty skin Let skin piece of chicken. It means that it's raw. It's uncooked. So he gets all of the potential vitamins and nutrients that he needs and now when he eats four pounds, which is Like, you know, it's big. It's a big, you know, it's a big amount and he'll probably poop like The size of this whoop a day and that's not gross I hope it's not gross to you guys because it's part of life. But anyway, I was after that I was like, okay, I'm feeding raw forever because that's insane Because all of the food that he was eating before it was literally coming in and going out coming in going out Now when he eats four pounds of raw a day, he literally Takes it all in vitamins. He's healthy. He has a lot of energy. Um, so Yes, I feed raw and as you guys know, like you asked me a question I I if I have, you know, the the the stamina to to go in on it. I will Um, let's see here lots of love from main. Thank you so much. No, well, I appreciate you very much Do you have any advice to curb German shepherd puppy biting? We've tried everything Puppy biting. Sure. I'll get into that So when your dog is biting, you have to understand that that's how they communicate. They just came from a bunch of brothers and sisters, hopefully and they do this That's all they know that you're a dog to them. They don't know any different You've literally taken them out of their world of Being a dog and you've put them in a human world and that's confusing and conflicting to them So anyway, um Just realize that that that they're not being mean and they're not trying to attack you. They just that's that's what it is So you have to just extremities like a lot of here's okay Let me give you just some really brief things a lot of people will do this like when a puppy's biting you We'll guess what this does as a puppy. They want to play so don't do this What I tell people to do is remove your extremities So if they're trying to bite your hands and your fingers just make a fist and then they'll Do this and they're like, oh, this kind of sucks. It's not that fun anymore Oh over 400 people in this live Cool. Thank you guys so much for joining me if you haven't yet. You're just getting here like this video we're talking about puppy biting but They try to bite you because they don't know what else to do So don't give them your extremities. Don't pull away The other thing you can do is as they're biting you as you can push push their cheek in a little bit And they just kind of bite themselves like this kind of sucks too And then you get away with that don't react a lot of people react when that happens. So When you're doing this Don't don't ah ah ah because a lot of people say like oh, I want to scream when my puppy bites me and it just They want attention from you. They're puppies. They're babies. They want to play And if they bite you and you go and you react, they're going to go That that got a good reaction out of you. I'm going to continue to do that. So don't retract Don't do all that stuff Ah Jay Frank asked about my portions of my raw meals. Um, I get mine. So, um, I get mine pre-packaged. So they actually come Frozen and they're it's all packaged. So if I had my freezer in here, I'd show you But yeah, so it just comes together in one big tube and it has all the it has all the vitamins all the acids all the um All the vegetables and all the raw meat the bone the liver the organs it all comes in one So that's a lot of people like put their own stuff in. I don't have the patience for that to be honest with you. So um yeah Okay, cool. Is it these are some good questions and bear with me guys I'm going to be here for as long as I can and we're gonna um, we're going to keep keep chatting I appreciate you guys ross any business advice for young trainers. Hmm Good question. Um, I have a pot. I I did a I have a podcast But I did a podcast episode like number one or two. I would suggest listening to um, but If you're a young trainer and you're getting into it, um, you know, for me I I I'd never do any of this for money. So that's the big thing is do not get into dog training if you're seeking money Um, because it won't work out for you, especially in the first five years. That's for sure Um, so make sure that you're in it for the right reasons make sure that it's something that you love to do Um, but as far as business goes, um, you know, be smart be consistent. Um, make sure that when you're starting to train, uh, make sure that you pick your pick your path of training There's a thousand different ways that you can train. Um, so make sure that you niche like for me I'm a niche like I if somebody says hey, I want to do competitive obedience. They'll work with another trainer They won't work with me Um, if there's a problem, that's that's me. So I stick to what I'm good at I I I have a lot of information on other things, you know, but I don't I don't pretend like I know it all I I'm dog behavior and and and that sort of thing is my thing So just make sure that when you're getting into business that you stick to what you know and stick to what makes you happy I hope that helps Yeah, so niche just trained dog says I'm going to niche and service dog training That's perfect. So that that really helps and I think it helps too Like it's just like a restaurant too guys is like when you get into like culinary stuff If you specialize in something people are going to come to you And if you if you just focus on what you're good at and strength instead of trying to do everything You won't get burned out and you'll keep that fire alive within yourself. So it's a great point Thank you just uh for chiming in and and uh saying that I appreciate I appreciate you Um What brand of raw food I get organic so I don't have like a national raw food company yet I I I wish that there was one. Um, I don't know of any if you guys do you can leave them in the comments um What's the name of my podcast the no bad dogs podcast It's actually been ranked like top 10 in the united states and the pet and animal industry for like the last Year, which is insane. Um, I don't put like a ton of time into it because it's it's it's an audio format It helps a lot of people but you can look it up on any podcasting platform on no bad dogs Hello from portland or poland. Sorry. Hello from poland. Hello What would be your advice for a six month old german shepherd that pulls on the leash and barks at other dogs and leash But is friendly to them. So this is called leash reactivity So I have a lot of I'm not going to talk a lot about this because I have probably 50 videos exactly on this So I would I would go to my playlist and under my playlist You can look at like help on the leash a leash reactivity or aggression And you can look at that you have to teach the heel and you have to teach to leave it If your dog is barking and reacting on the leash And they're friendly chances are they're frustrated and they want to get to the other dogs And they're disengaged with you completely Which is what we talked about in the beginning of this video So Yeah local farmers talking about raw food kind of guys Local local farmers are good local butcher shops All that stuff and there's like tons of groups that you guys can find that can help you and educate you I know it's overwhelming. I do have a podcast on raw food with a raw food specialist She talks about how crazy the the pet food industry is and what's actually in your dog food Which will also make you want to switch to raw so Um, you could check that out on my podcast as well I have two German shepherd puppies who I believe play rough 16 to 13 weeks. Cool. Um Tips for improving recall David, uh, good question Well, would I just again blanketly like read between the lines here? Suggest for recall is just get along. Here's what a lot of people do which fails the recall as they They do a sit and they do a stay and then they recall the dog They recall the dog. They do a sit. They do a stay. They recall the dog. Don't do that. It's not realistic ever You're never your dog's never going to be sitting there looking at you waiting for them to call you when you when you need to call them So when you're doing recall get them out into their backyard in a in a semi undistracted environment with like a 30 foot long line Say their name so voice inflection. Hey, you know, tell them voice recognition And then give them a pop on the collar if they don't respond when they come to you Draw them out Draw them out come backwards come backwards come backwards draw them out and then pay them Um when they get to you But don't like just stand there a lot of people make this mistake where they stand here and they just go come And then the dog's like i'm not coming to to that that's boring as heck I'm gonna keep playing with the leaves All right, I'm gonna take another sip of some unicorn kisses. Um I also wanted to say I have another video coming out. I believe on tuesday. It's an absolutely beautiful video And just so you guys know I took like almost two weeks off, which is the longest I love the unicorn emoji. That's funny. I took like two weeks off, which is like the longest i've ever taken off of youtube With creating and I lost my mind because I moved into a new house So I have a brand new house that was custom built for us, which is beautiful Um, and i'm really grateful and appreciative of that But that's why I was off the grid for a little bit on youtube just so you guys know Um, I wanted to let you know that i'm back. I am back baby. This is why I wanted to do We'll do a tour if you guys want to do a tour holler at me. I'll do a tour Um, it's it's awesome But anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know that that's why I was off the grid for a week or two I was uploading like three literally like three videos Every week, which is insane and it was insane to me, but I love creating Um, so anyway, I'll uh, yeah at the end of this video I'll I'll give you guys just a quick like View of of like our living area At the at the end of this But anyway, let's get back to some questions after some unicorn kisses If you guys are here and you haven't yet, do me a freaking solid favor. Do y'all like this video? um Rebecca, that's a good question. I want I want to tackle this biggest piece of advice for working with Unconfident pet owners or clients so This is for dog owners and this is for trainers who as well. It's like both ends of the spectrum Um, you know, like when people seek you out They're obviously looking for advice. They need help. They're Um dragon fire. I'm gonna get back to that question Ask me again Um, but when people are seeking you out and they they need advice, they're obviously like having problems So if they're not confident and they're you just have to tell them like hey if you become confident These are the things that are going to change if you're not confident And you're not able to help your dog and you're not able to like really push through and be a confident dog owner then Your dog probably isn't going to get better So I really just give them like the ultimatum of like hey, you need help You want help your dog needs help if you can't become more confident and take the information in It's going to be really hard for you to like get better And so I really I really break it down like some people and some trainers and even some coaches in different fields Are just like you have to do this and if you don't you suck I like to empower people to say like hey, you really need to get better And if you don't I know that that sounds redundant, but if you don't then There's some things that you know your dog's going to lack there of and just telling people how powerful dog training can be and how awesome it could be for their relationship with their dog and just Give them all the pros of what could happen if they do and then immediately give them the cons of like hey if you don't listen And you don't like follow through then you're not going to get better And you're going to be wasting your time and your money and you know, you've made the responsibility to take this dog into your life And you have to step up to the plate when there's a problem You can't just dump it and just say hey, you know, or you know Have that serious heart to heart with them and say maybe this dog isn't for you and maybe you should get a hamster or something That's what I do um Where do I get a slip collar? I have a di y Slip collar training video on my youtube channel. Watch it. It's a good one um Did you see the reaction video from do touch my dog video? Nope. I don't watch reaction videos I put content out for you guys and out of their people to try to gain Numbers off of other people's contents. That's pretty wack Um, okay. Yeah angel Rivera. So online seminars somebody else asked this to online seminars. Thank you um So if you guys like know of any platforms that here's the here's the problem with online seminars Is because I I was supposed to do like a tour tour tour tour tour. I was supposed to do that like We're growing. We're creating um people are requesting me all over and which is freaking awesome But the problem and I want to help but the problem is is like with the online stuff is I don't really know a platform that I can do that on so if you guys have any platforms Like DM me on instagram at tom davis Um and just let me know like hey, this is how other people do it in other, you know areas of the fields and This is how you can get in front of this many people and things like that because that's what I want to do is We're actually in the process of right now closing on potentially knock on wood closing um on a On a big big big big big big property with lots of opportunities to do a lot of different things um And so if you guys have any information just shoot it to me either here on um DM because I'd love to do that I'd love to sit down and do this but with dogs and answer your questions and actually put it into a module where You guys can actually sign up for classes and we can go over the things I can work with dogs and answer your questions as we go the problem with zoom is um Well, I guess there is no problem with zoom However, I just haven't dug into like how many people I can see on the screen at once because that's the biggest problem is Say we did 50 people I don't know if I'd be able to like see everybody and answer everyone's questions. So um We'll talk about that at a different time, but i'm definitely searching because I want to help you guys I want to reach out. I want to connect so Um, let's let's talk. Let's talk. Let's talk. Let's talk. Let's talk about that. Um If I have anxiety am I making my dog anxious? Yes, you could you just have to make sure that you're relaxed You're breathing and your leash pressure are the biggest things with that Um, so just make sure that you're not like choked up on your dog all the time Um, I have a great piranese anatolyne shepherd that resorts guards that makes sense Andrew those are two very very very protective breeds Um, my girlfriend, I don't know how to correct him Um, well, you know that I first of all I would hire a professional dog trainer the 30 seconds to a minute I'm about to give you is not going to necessarily put you over the edge and and solve this issue So the first thing I would do when you're dealing with this hire a dog trainer for sure Do your research look at reviews make sure they're comfortable with working with a large breed with resource guarding issues but, um One of the best ways to do is just teach them leave it outside of that protective stuff So if your dog knows leave it outside of actually literally like Being protective over something then that's a leverage that you can use So maybe using some food or using a toy or something that you can teach leave it as far as tools go I would recommend just a dominant dog collar or a slip collar Make sure you get a slip collar that actually is fitting properly and Um, yes, so that's what I would do is teach leave it use a slip collar use a four foot leash and work on that I am planning on this. I'm going to visit the uk. I'm going to do a seminar and it's going to be awesome It's already in the works. We got a location everything's set. We just have to wait for the coronavirus to Not do what it's doing. Uh, unfortunately, that's obviously out of everyone's control, but Um, my dog is scared of other dogs and people how do I help him not be scared? Well, um Again, you know, if this is like severe hiring a trainer is the best thing but um, what I would do is is do the best you can to Do the best you can to advocate for your dog One of the biggest problems with dogs who are insecure and fearful of strangers is people don't advocate for their dogs enough So if somebody comes up to you and your dog asking to pet your dog, you simply say my dog is in training or Like what we talk about and and our trainers together. We always talk about this is you just run away Literally just ignore them pretend your death and just run away. Don't don't just tell them. Hey, nope Nope, sorry. He's in training. You don't have to You don't have to like make a big sad story and you don't have to Like do this whole thing. You just literally just go just walk away. Just it's not rude It's not it's rude for people and it's selfish for people to come up and do this To your dog. They don't know and then they They do this so anyway, um run away Um, literally just just go go the other direction. Tell people that they're in training Um, I had a question Do you oh Toronto canada guys i'm again, it's been like canada u k australia and then like united states I am working on it. I'm doing the best I can But what you guys can do in the meantime is if you guys haven't yet turn on your notifications on my youtube channel You guys don't realize like when we do the when we do the giveaways and stuff, which we're announcing tomorrow Um, like when I say letter by letter by letter, um, you guys have to like do letter Enter letter enter. 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It's you guys too Like if you see the video and you see people of of of saying like, oh, this has helped me so much and You know people are talking about it or whatever like you guys help that you guys like you comment you share Um, you you tell other people if you guys want to support me and like help build like a bigger stronger community With the no bad dogs movement, you don't have to do it right now. You guys don't have to do it right now It's okay. You don't have to do it right now. You don't have to do I love you guys automatically do that That's great. You don't have to do it right now I'm just saying like in the future when we do those giveaways a lot of people don't get entered because they They don't enter properly and the reason why we do that is for engagement to get to get more people involved with the no bad dogs movement because I I really strongly believe in like What I what I do and I want people to like See results and get help. There's a lot of channels out there. I don't I really just stay in my own lane guys Like I'm I'm not in a race and in competition with anybody. I do my own thing But I do know that a lot of my clients come in and they say I watch these other people and I and I went to this other trainer and none of it made sense And you've helped me so much which is great. I'm really grateful I'm sure there's a million other dog trainers out there just like me But you guys um, we're building a really strong community and I appreciate you guys so anyway Just in the future like share to facebook groups to instagram to just Keep keep keep rising keep rising like like let's keep growing and growing um So what should I do in my two dogs start growling at each other one is kind of in the face of the other Yeah, it's a great question. So again advocate for for that You have to advocate for your other dogs just like kids like if if big brother or big sister or whatever Is picking on somebody else you have to step in and go hey knock it off. That's inappropriate So your place command sending your dog away. Thank you john. Appreciate that Sending your dog away telling your dog to leave it etc So anyway, so yeah advocate for your dog. Don't be afraid to do that What's the best way to um calm an excited dog down? Just don't be afraid to use your leash on in the house Whenever I tell people just put your leash and your collar on in the house people are like Oh You can do that. Like yes, your leash is your communication use it in the car Use it in the house. Use it while you're walking. Don't don't forget that E-collar is under 150. I don't know of It's the only unfortunate thing about like e-collar training in my opinion is like you have to invest In a good collar. Um, so you can get used ones I would recommend just looking at used ones a lot of people get them and don't use them A lot of people get really good deals that way Um Seattle, what's up, Texas? Yes guys. I'm yes You guys keep commenting and growing growing with us We're gonna we're gonna take over the freaking world and I'm gonna be everywhere Ultimately what I want to do is get a tour bus and travel All over that's what I want to do just like a like a traveling music artist and and do a performance and do a seminar in every state I'd love to do that I'm gonna keep working hard and hopefully we can keep growing to to to make that happen, but You guys help that for sure. I appreciate it guys all the love and support and you guys tell everybody about the channel Um, e-collar correction tips That's a little iffy here on the thing because it's so so involved I would recommend looking at some of my other videos because it's gay goes into depth Um, Dustin, I'm starting to work off leash with my german shepherd He's constantly coming when called, but he only doesn't drive by Um, so basically this is something a lot of people have a problem with so Dustin's saying that when he recalls his dog He just comes and he runs by him or he checks it. I caught checking in where they come They just tap you and then they run away kind of like tag um So you have to teach that so like a lot of people don't realize that when you teach the recall If you want them to do a specific thing Like come and sit right in front of you like a traditional like front or something You have to teach that so if you have a long line on and you're doing the recall You well, okay So here's the best way to do that is if your dog is really sloppy with that like recall And they're coming and they're just checking in teach them a touch So teach them like to touch on a pad Outside of the recall teach them to touch on a pad outside of the recall So teach them touch. Yes. Good touch. Yes. Good touch. It's been a couple days doing that Then what you do is you teach the recall and you put the touch right in front of you And then you touch and then you pay him in front of you and you condition them that that's the new recall so when they come to you they get into a A condition that they actually come in front right in front of you and you pay him Work on that. So I would teach the that's what I would do or you can do the finish command Which I've done before on my channel Let's use the front command since seven week old puppy. Yeah, the front command is good Oh my gosh almost over 400 people actively in here. Hi from Germany Oh, Germany. So I just had I just had a client come in And they brought me a bunch of german beers, which I was really excited about because they love germany and I love beer And I love unicorn kisses Yes, I've worked with cada hulas any tips for a four-year-old gsd barking at anyone who I talked to Yep, correct it I mean if your dog is doing something you don't like and you want it to change How are they supposed to know that? You got to disrupt it. You got to correct it. You got to teach them just like with kids of human behavior If there's no punishment and there's no discipline and there's no like hey, that's inappropriate. It's never going to change Um, can you briefly explain how your online sessions work? Yes An online session is literally like what we're doing right now guys That you sign up for as I talk to you directly just like we're talking to except it's face-to-face normally And it's all about you and your dog. It's a great service It's in it's in the description on all of my videos including this one You just click the link in the description and you sign up And you pay for my time to work with you here in my at-home office usually and what's up long island The best bagels come from long island Everybody knows that the best wings come from buffalo and everybody knows that too And I love bagels and I love wings, but anyway, yeah, so online services It's just like this except without 500 people in here. It's just me and Me and you and we talk about everything you want to do. Um, there's also a On my website. There's also a video that goes over my online sessions as well So just dig a little bit and you'll find way more research than what I just gave you Easiest breed to train that I've worked with great question Easiest breeds by two favorite breeds to train pit bulls and labrador retrievers Because they're so eager to please they're so responsive and all they want to do is just Love people and do it do it. They want them to do so pit bulls and labs are my favorite Okay, let's see Hi, my one-year-old blue man was very obedient at home, but outside Territory not how do I well? That's just a transitional thing. So that's where the rubber meets the road So a lot of people have that problem where they go. Hey, my dog listens except when we're in reality It's an obedience issue. So you that means that you haven't transitioned your obedience Properly yet. So you just have to You have to make sure that you're you're transitioning that properly So it just takes a little bit of time But you have to make sure that you're copying and pasting all the hard work that you developed inside and non-destructive environments and then outside Are more about our are more trainers learning to be more balanced or are they still pretty dominant positive only? Good question, brian. Um, like I said, you know, I I stay in my lane and I started to to work with dogs very organically I never was like, hey, I want to be a dog trainer It was something that I fell into because I was handling dogs since I was a baby Um, and when I was a kid, um, and I didn't realize that there was a political side to it until I started You know really diving into it. So I think it's a little bit of both I think there's more balanced dog trainers than there are purely positive trainers balanced dog trainers don't spend all of their time Um, promoting all of the things that they do. They just train. That's my opinion anyway So I think it seems more like there's more purely positive trainers, but again purely positive is Is a decision to use only one quadrant at the four quadrants of how dogs Understand and learn which is to me a disadvantage to your clients and the dogs you're trying to help. So, um, I you know, I think that there's there's there's areas for both and I think it's You know, I think it's just I think it's about equal, but anyway Um, do you think golden doodles are stubborn? No No, um Best first dog breed for my five-year-old son go to the shelter Find a dog that wants a home. That's going to be the best breed for you. That's what I would do That's my advice. I would take that to the grave. Don't do anything different Any advice on helping with dogs and their interactions with babies? Good question Um, dogs don't know what babies are they they get in vice versa, obviously They get very insecure. Um, they get weirded out by the way they smell and the way they sound Um, so having obedience is really big Um, if you're unsure of how your dogs if you have a dog that is literally like I don't know is literally like Just over the top submissive and is wouldn't hurt anything You're gonna be okay But if you have a dog that you're unsure of your you have to advocate not only for your dog But you're I mean your dog came probably first and whatever But you have to make sure that you are developing a good set of obedience And um, maybe even muzzle training and conditioning your dog Uh, a couple of questions about the four quadrants. I did a video on that It's a little in in more in-depth you guys can check that out about basically I think it's called Um, should I punish my dog or something? I'm not sure Um, doctor 280 c or 1900 s, which is the best for a King Corso They're both good. Uh, 1900 s is going to be a little bit more powerful and it's going to go a little bit further So if you want the 1900 s, it's going to give you a little bit more oomph But the 280 c is solid all the way through Um, my puppy doesn't listen to me if I don't have a treat on hand That's because I have a video on that and it's called Get Your Dog to Listen Anywhere I think Um, so check that out It goes over why dogs only listen for food and a lot of it comes down with the training If you start off training your dog solely with food and solely with that motivation The chances of them listening to you without that are very slim Which is why I have a really big problem and we the 95% of the clients that come to us just for obedience that we don't I don't necessarily work with Come from those training camps of food food food food food food and the dog goes out when I go And that's not my opinion. That's the reality of 95% of our clients because it's frustrating for them and they need help Um, our shock collar is ever a tool that you'd use. I use remote collars. I'm a modern e-collar trainer Um, I would never put an e-collar on a dog and just nail them and correct them for things that they don't know What they're doing is wrong Without a positive association So I think you know doing some research on what a remote collar is versus a shock collar because there's a significant difference between the two Um, can dogs understand a timeout? Great question. I think uh In our perception of a timeout, no But I think sending your dog to a place when they're overly stimulated and they're making bad decisions Such as jumping on gas knocking over dishes being very excitable I think if you send your dog to a place and it's something that you've taught over time You're going to have a good opportunity of your dog understanding that they need to relax. So that's a great question Um, what should I do if my dog is fearful of people? Um, I've already answered this once in this but I'll do it again. Um, again Advocate for your dog making sure people do not come up to your dog and telling them um that you know your dog is is Your dog is not uh either friendly or your dog's in training and you don't want them to um, you know Anyway, just advocate for your dog tell people not to pet your dog walk away and I covered that a little bit earlier um When you drop in the new merch, uh, hopefully next week, uh, we have a whole new Logo, which is freaking awesome. You guys may have seen it on our instagram. We're doing like big prints of that We're doing a lot of merchandise and the next in the next year. We're doing we're really really going hard on merchandise You guys can rep our uh, ireland Hello from ireland. I visit ireland probably once a week with uh, some Guinness Our bernie's mountain dog is good for a first time dog owner. Um, sure Yeah, I mean they're not bad. They're just big sometimes. They're not even big. I've seen really small ones too um How do I get my dog to not jump on guests when they get at your house This is the same question of how do I get my dog to start barking and how do I get my dog to Stop pulling and again, you have to teach them off and you have to correct them for what they're doing Um, I'm you know, like I said guys, I'm a dog owner I've surrounded myself with dogs my entire life well before I work with them professionally and I paid people for my advice Um, and I can tell you that um correcting and assertively saying that's inappropriate I don't want you to do that anymore Is one of the best ways to control a situation and change and modify behavior So make sure that you correct it and make sure that you're very positive when they don't jump the next time How do I fix dog aggression when I when I don't know anyone who has already well trained with I don't That doesn't make sense, but maybe I'm reading it wrong I would suggest continue to do your research on finding the behavior modification trainer um How do you correct the dog from pulling on a walks? Just covered that teach them to heal You can't you can't see that's the thing guys is you can't just go in and turn something off Hey, my dog jumps turn it off my dog pulls turn it off You have to teach them they're animals. They're not they're not computers You have to make sure that if they're doing something you don't want them to do You have to teach them what you want them to do if they're pulling teach them heal If they're jumping teach them off If they're not coming to you teach them recall you can't just turn things off. It's sometimes years Of of teaching dogs things to coexist properly. So you can't just turn things off. You have to work You have to spend time If if if it was that easy where you just ordered up an off switch for your dogs, I wouldn't have a job um Three-year-old german shepherd whenever holy smokes three-year-old german shepherd whenever we let her out to the back door as soon as the door cracks She barges through again. I covered that in the beginning I would go back up and and watch that about the sit in this day in the break Teaching your dog thresholds and boundaries is really important and I know you guys are just popping in you didn't see the whole thing So no no no hard feelings in my my part. I'm not trying to be rude. I'm just saying we we covered that a bit in the beginning You can check it out um What's your experience training a five month old five month old dog and kids? my experience probably I don't I would say a lot I guess because a lot of my clients have kids but um That's my experience with it. It's a lot I guess No, it's no worries man No worries. Just just check the uh, I covered that up uh in the other video Southern california trainer you'd recommend and shadow if possible That's one thing I wanted you to is I want to create uh a catalog of dog trainers across the country because I get a lot of questions About different dog training. Um, I don't know. I the only people I know in california in general is of course the michael ellis camp the sonoma county sarah and jess I don't know if that's southern or not, but um primal canine in the bay area is also somebody I would recommend Um, and then of course if you guys have trainers that you guys recommend in southern california leave them in the comments for the individual that was looking All right, I'm gonna take a sip of this and then we're gonna do some a couple more questions And then I want you guys to do me a favor if you haven't yet and like this video And uh go watch my last video about the aggressive dog that tries to go after me because it's It's a good one and I'm putting out another video. I think on tuesday, so make sure you guys turn on your notifications So you don't miss a giveaway And uh, I want we're on the verge of on the way to 300 000 subscribers, which is insane. I want to get there Uh, and then continue from there. So just make sure you guys like the video leave a comment support it share it Uh unicorn kisses Good stuff Okay, do you offer dog training internships for new dog trainers? We do We do like a shadow program. I think it's like three days Um, we just had somebody leave the other day and it was fun. Um, so yes, we do do that. Absolutely But we're gonna do more of that Don't get drunk. Um, it's seltzer. I wish it was beer, but it's not. Um We do offer that but when we when we move into a new facility, which we're going to regardless if this one goes through or not We're gonna do A school and that's going to be brilliant and I I want Everybody that wants to learn to to come and hang out and that's going to be awesome We're going to put together a school Um, where you guys can come and hang out on a farm and that's going to be amazing So I'll give you guys more information on that I'm going to take a couple more questions and then I want to show you guys a lot of you guys ask for a quick tour I'll just show you my my living room in my my area really quick um Do you think covid is going to create less socialized dogs? Yes Can I use a plastic pinch collar and a long-haired breed husky? You can just make sure it's fit tight and it's It's up high Is it okay for my teen to rough play with our 11 month old gsd? Just make sure it doesn't escalate Whatever whatever that dog does with your teen they're going to want to do with other people Um, there's nothing wrong with the fact that I love my dog too much Um, yep My dog is friendly with other dogs if there's a barrier, but once that she goes and snaps at them any advice Um, could be just leash reactivity. So if your dog is just leash reactive and and threshold and barrier like that That could be possible Just do the best you can to eliminate any barriers if your dog is friendly and they're going to meet other dogs Um, if you use the prong collar, can you go back to the flat? Absolutely do it all the time What's your favorite thing to do when you're not training? edit training What age is too young for a correction collar is a good question. Um It's hard to say every dog is different Once the dog understands pressure and the dog understands how to shut pressure off and they understand escape training You can pretty much use a collar You don't want to use a collar on like a really young dog that doesn't know and they're floppy and they're just like You know all over the place. You can really like ruin their drive like that So at six months is like a good average like six months is a great Age for introducing collars, but you can do it earlier than that if the dog is is ready for it All right. Hi from Quebec, Canada. I have a 10 week old puppy Very smart. Do you have any advice for smart dogs? They're harder to train. Thank you for your content. You're welcome. I would say, um Yeah, just just go out and And do the best you can to to make it fun. Um, I don't think it's harder to train smarter dogs I think you just have to be you have to like you have to literally Um You have to just spend a little bit more time trying to figure out What makes them work? So if they're really engaged and they're having a lot of fun Um, I think that you just have to you have to get more creative So just be creative and do the best you can to be resourceful with the things around you And just you know, I don't know. That's my suggestion. I hope that that helps Uh, what dogs do you have? I'll show you my dogs you guys So Lola is here. Um, Lola is my Mix she's in the truck right now, but I'll show you and then I'll show you guys my A little bit of my house really quick, but this is Thompson. So he's chilling Um, he's sleeping. That's 95 of what he does and then this is Lakota. So she's my Dutch shepherd Um, she's in a little ball right there But so I have him and I have her and then I have Lola, which is in the truck right now But I'll show you guys really quick My new house we're still kind of moving and um, whatever, but uh, this is like the new digs So anyway faulted ceilings wood stove fireplace, uh, all that stuff So it's not done yet, but we just moved into it and we're really happy and it gives me a nice new space to be creative and um Anyway, so I'm excited to to Like expand and do other things. Anyway All right. Uh, it's been a little over an hour. I am Getting tired here. I want to thank you guys so much for happening on here. Make sure you guys like this video support the channel Turn on your notifications. Go check out my new, uh video I love you guys. Thank you so much for hopping on here We'll do this again If you guys want to do this again when I post this leave a comment in the comments and let me know and we'll do it I love it. I love hanging out with you guys. I appreciate you guys so much for the coolest dog training channel on youtube Thank you guys. I'm signing off. Gracias Thank you Bye guys. Have a good day. I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend. I'm gonna finish my unicorn kiss