Dog Training Fundamentals! Transforming Out Of Control Dog To PERFECT Dog!

So on the first stop of our international tour, delivering completely free consultations to you guys in need, we are meeting up with a lady in desperate need of help, with a completely out of control boxer, to be able to get it under control and be a joy to live with. So we got this fella as a puppy, I suppose my partner was kind of more old school kind of training, didn't want to train him, thought it was cruel. So we started training him, like would sit and leave the usual stuff and he was responding really well, easy to train, doing all that paw, sit down, really really good, listened from a very young age, was very good, didn't bite as much, great personality, would take food from our mouth and really gentle, you could put your finger in his food and everything, make him wait for his food and really easy going character, not a bother on him. I got a trainer to help me and to help the two of us with walking and pulling and harnesses and what collar, I don't use a collar because boxers are too chest heavy, so harnesses and stuff so I was using a harness on him, I've been through different harnesses, different types of leads, trying to control him, I had him on a long lead then but then I felt like he was getting too much freedom and he was just totally in a world of his own, I mean completely in a world of his own, I mean it was easier for me because I could let him off on a long, he just sniffs like mad, that's when I ask you what's excessive and what's not because I think there's a happy balance and I feel he's too much, he can go. We need to make that very clear to him, time and a place and we'll use tools for that so whenever we use a slip or depending on how that goes, we might move on to a prong collar but whatever tool we use for heel walking, that is for walking, you walk nicely, you're not pulling me, you're not lunging but when you go to a long line on your harness, cool, off you go, that's definitely something I want you to take away from today's session is I'm not dragging you all over the place, what I said, making it very clear between when you're, if we use a slip lead, when we're using a slip lead, this is what this means, no exceptions but right now we don't really want you off lead so then we go to your harness long line, now that means you can run and make it very clear so that it's not a case of sometimes she makes me walk nicely and I've got this on but sometimes I can sniff and I don't really know and I want to sniff so I'm going to risk it, we just need to remove all that confusion. So like when we broke up with my partner, I did think about giving him up because I'm going through so much like with cancer treatment and everything and I was like how am I going to manage looking after him and all my hospital, I was in hospital in the night, I reacted really badly to one of my cancer medications and I got jaundice for six months and everything so I was like how am I going to manage him but the positives far outweigh any of the negatives, they always say you get the dog you need, not the dog you want, yeah, yeah, so yeah. You are awesome, yes, yes. So as you can see, even though this boxer is a comedy genius, fun to be with as all boxers are, it is completely out of control, showing zero engagement to its owners, wildly distracted by everything going on which is leading to intense pulling, lunging and jumping behaviours which is making walking him and giving him the exercise that he desperately needs an absolute nightmare and that isn't stemming from a lack of training, the owner is a wonderful owner who has done lots of positive based food style training systems but the reason that this dog is struggling so much is because there are no consequences on the other end of the spectrum, he knows what the owner wants him to do, he's just making a decision that everything else around him is far more interesting than she is. So we need to be able to come in, instil some leadership, build a better relationship and let the dog know, hey, I need you to pay attention, I need you to focus, I need you to follow my guidance because I need to keep you under control, I need to keep you safe so that we together can enjoy a wonderful life. So definitely a bit better, but I definitely think with the time that we have, seeing how nose driven and sight driven he is, I think we should swap straight to a prong and get the most amount of time with it. With a slip, he's going to have that pressure on lots and because a slip contracts singularly, it's almost kind of choking, whereas with a prong because it distributes it quite evenly, it's more, it is just that sensation. So you can see that they're actually very rounded, so they're not designed at all to go in, they're simply designed just to distribute pressure but rather than a rope, which like I say doesn't have any kind of effect to it, whereas they give you a little bit of just, and it's the way they, and again, if he plays rough, they play with their mouths, they're constantly touching each other with their teeth, it mimics that kind of behaviour. So you see he's kind of checking it out, like what's that feeling? And already he's learning that coming back to me is what turns that feeling off and I imagine this would be a happier walking experience for you. So now we're in the principle now of really simple, if you give me the behaviours that we want, we can reward you and praise you, so those behaviours are going to happen more frequently. If you give us a behaviour that we don't want because we love you and we can't have you jumping up people anymore mate, we can't have you pulling me down the road, I'm just going to let you know, tiny bit, just hey stop doing that for me mate, and then this is the dog that you're left with. Again, look at the difference from the dog we had ten minutes ago, calm, well mannered and just be by my side. And if that's the case, I'm going to keep this loose. Now if you go that way, I'm going to pop pop this way. So essentially I'm just going this way, if you go that way, it's just this way. Essentially we're creating a magic, wonderful green circle here. A green circle of loose leadness. So he'll quickly understand if you go out of that green circle, I'm just going to bring you back into it. And whichever way you go out of it, I'm going to bring you back into it in the opposite direction. But if you stay in this circle, we're happy. What you want to do is probably have it around there, because I want this to be loose. So pop that to your right, there you go. So left arm looser, relax your right arm as well, just nice, that's it, lovely. Now I want you to turn and come towards me. So when you turn, when you make the decision, I just want you just to go. Just do it. This is your walk, not his. He's with you on your walk, but the minute you're treating it like you're along for the ride for his walk, you're kind of pulling a little bit. I just want it just to be, just with your left hand, again, just a flick of your wrist. So when you're ready, just start walking towards me. So there, pop pop, so keep walking, but just pop it back in. Good. Nice. Now a directional change and go. When you're ready, just go, go, go, go. Good. And again, and back to me, and come straight to me. I want you to, if you can, just to turn on a dime. Don't swing, just literally turn right now, just go. That's it, that was the one. That's what I wanted to see. Look at the difference now. Same again, just come straight to me. Lovely. Not pulling on, there's no tension, I can hold it loose. Like I saw you in your videos walking, I was like, oh my God, seriously, like, you know, loose, it has to be loose. You need to follow me on my walks. I'm walking tall, straight, not even looking down, I have my hand here, and you knew I was there, and he was responding so much better to that. For the consultations on our world tour, we only have 60 to 90 minutes at most to be able to offer as much help as possible. So we quickly built some engagement, we quickly tuned up those behaviors, but it doesn't matter whether we can do it in an open field when the distractions are low, this owner needs to be able to do it under the most high distractions. And I asked the owner, what is the highest of distractions? And she said, in a dog park, he loses his mind, engagement goes out the window, and all he wants to do is play. So that's exactly where we're going. So when we're going to go through thresholds from now on, you're going to walk up to the threshold and you're going to ask for a sit. If he doesn't, the pressure's going to go up, and if you need to, with your other hand, you can just pop it on his bum. The pressure doesn't turn off until he sits. As soon as he sits, loose. And he's going to want to barge in. You just pop him back, and you put him back into a sit. And the gate's wide open and he's waiting patiently. When you're ready, you then go through the threshold. Rather than him having that mentality of darting through anywhere that he wants to go when he wants to go. This is your walk, and you are being so loving and kind that you're letting him into his favourite place. And then ask him first for a sit. So now, lovely, so no pressure needed. Now open the gate. So pop that back. Good. Now loose. Just swing it wide open. Really nice. And when you're ready, I want you to walk through, but he's probably going to try and dart, so as he does, just pop it back in. And you want to, yeah, really nice. Sit. Good. Beautiful. Good boy. Wait. Let go. Good boy. Let him go off and play, and take his lead off. And I just go, right. And off you go. Go and play and be a dog. So we're not being cruel. You can never do this ever again. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. It's on my terms. That's what I wanted from him, because it just is on his terms. And I was like, no. So I want you to be in the moment, and look what's happening right now. We're in the middle of a dog park. We're four off-lead dogs chasing balls, and he's in a sit and stay by our side while we're having a conversation. Vocabulary is important. What I want, what you have. That's the dog you have right now. This is proving it. Again, it's nothing to do with me. You're doing this. It's not because, oh, that big scary man stood next to me. So in just over an hour, we were able to take a completely out-of-control dog to a wonderfully under-control dog who is now a joy to walk with. It has turned the chore of her day, in terms of giving him some exercise, into what can now be the joy of their day, of going out together, where they're under control. She can relax. She's not having her arm pulled out of her socket. And it'd be a miserable experience. And that all stems from introducing some simple rules, boundaries, and expectations. All the things that you can do at home with your dog. So if you did enjoy this video, please give it a like. Subscribe if you're new. And if you're interested in getting yourself a free consultation as part of my international tour, make sure you come and follow me over on Instagram, because that's where all the information is. And if you want to know how we're able to offer all those services for free, that's because of the incredible work my team does over at Fenrir. 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