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My aussie is 9 months old and seeing the similarities between her and 9MO Veronica makes me feel a lot better about her progress. So many of Veronica’s reactions in this video I see on a routine basis and it’s reassuring to see you handle them in the wild and that it’s completely normal.
I’ve already been using the “pick up the dog” as management when a situation springs up that she is not ready for and figured I’d just deal with whatever negatives it causes. Kind of excited to hear you think it’s a myth and is fine to use as management.
Oh Bree, that moment when Veronica was not taking treats 💔 I feel it. Nowadays that’s my cue to act totally silly, but sometimes a change of person is really all the pup needs 🤷
I have three really small dogs (our biggest weighs a whopping 10 pounds) and our sessions have to be quite short. Those little tummies get full so quickly. So when they stop taking treats, that’s my cue that either (a) they are nervous/anxious about something (in which case they are giving me other body language cues that they’re anxious), or (b) they’re full right now. If they’re anxious, we leave the situation. If they’re full, I either need to switch reinforcers (to, say, a toy or acting totally silly) or stop the session and come back later for another short session. That can be a little frustrating when you make a special trip for training, but that’s a fact of living with the small ones.
@Jan Hankins 👏 oh that’s a great point, I didn’t think of it. I have two standard poodles, one who loves food (the boy) and I haven’t had problems with and the other that doesn’t care for food (the girl) . I’ve had to get very creative with her, like using toys or being silly 😅
@Emily Rivera Try the 4 quadrants
Always love these real world screensaver training moments, showing how we can fit so many small sessions into normal living.. how much progress can be made if we just take advantage of short moments and are prepared to train. Thanks again Zak & Bree!
These are my favorite type of videos, I love watching you train and how you react to your dogs. We have 2 border collies. Our older one is a frisbee dog and will do anything for a throw of the frisbee. I was teaching my daughter how to train come around with her today because she is going to be her primary trainer so I can concentrate on our pup, who is at about the same stage as Veronica. Thank you.
You are so kind
I’m encouraged to see you continuing socialization at 9 months. My pups are 7.5 months and are quite anxious and reactive. At the time we rescued them from the street, I knew almost nothing about puppies. I was told not to take them out unvaccinated and missed the “critical period” of desensitization to a variety of sounds and stimuli. They get scared easily and bark at everyone, everything, and every dog. I’m wondering if it’s too late to reverse this behavior through counter conditioning? Will it take several years like I’ve been told? Is there still hope for them, or are we doomed?
Hi Zak! Loose leash walking has been tough for my toy fox terrier. She’ll hold the heel for several feet but as soon as she is rewarded she rockets back to the end of the leash. What should I be doing differently, or is there another exercise I should be including? Thank you! Also, how do I differentiate between heel and loose leash exercises?
Love seeing Veronica’s progress! I have an 8mo puppy myself and I really appreciate the comparison. Helps me visualize where I want to take my training next.
Thanks Zak. Would love to see you “train” some owners of reactive dogs in this type of environment!
More to come! In the meantime, you can see my past videos of doing exactly that.
Not sure Zak would do that?? You probably don’t want to take a reactive dog into this type of environment until you’ve got some pretty good foundation training under your belt. Taking a reactive dog into this environment may put the dog over threshold and that’s not good for a couple of reasons. First, the dog doesn’t learn well when he’s over threshold. Second, the dog is ” practicing” the behavior you don’t want (the more the dog does the behavior, the harder it is to change it). I’m certainly not a professional trainer, but I’ve trained a great many rescue dogs and I’d never take a reactive dog into a bustling city for a beginning training session. That would be near the end of training (not the beginning). Maybe a professional trainer would do well in a situation like that, but I (as a non-professional) wouldn’t attempt it.
As much as I love your videos explaining the science behind/advocating for positive reinforcement training (and those are absolutely vital for us to see) I really do love seeing a more typical training video with the pups. Since I am already using force-free training methods, these videos showing your interaction with your dogs are incredibly helpful. Keep making the advocacy videos and these videos! You’re continuing to better the world for dogs (and all of us!) Thank you! 💜
@Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution Of course! I hope I made it clear that I understand and appreciate your advocacy and deeply support you and the work you do! It’s absolutely vital! Thanks again! 💜
@The Migraine Warrior yes I know. Thank you very much! I appreciate you being so patient with us during this time!
@The Migraine Warrior 9
I like a good mix of both!
@Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution Thanks for raising your head above the parapet George, Bree. I’ve watched a few reply vids to yours and their responses are a total non sequitor, projection, accusatory word salad. If I’m thinking the best of people I’d say they really don’t understand the science but putting my cynical head on makes me think it’s got more to do with their business models.
Not sure why we seem to be going through a period of anti-science but we are living in truly frustrating times
Keep up the great work!
I have been raising my puppy in a major US city, and I train puppies around my city for work. Teaching a dog to live in an urban environment is such a process, and I love seeing how much grace you offer to Veronica. My own dog had significant fear responses to things like construction and buses. With positive reinforcement training (and actually a couple of sessions with a behaviorist) he is such a confident city pup now. It brings me a lot of joy to see dogs thriving in big cities. Dogs have an ability to adapt to novelty that constantly impresses me.
And I just have to add how harsh corrections, prong/choke collars, and shock collars will only reduce a dog’s ability to cope with a big city environment. This kind of training is about building them up, not tearing them down. Of course, you know that. If I had hired a trainer who slapped a shock collar on my dog and “corrected” his reactive behavior, he would be a completely different dog and not in a good way.
Keep up the good work and keep posting videos of Inertia and Veronica learning and growing 🙂
Veronica is so much fun to watch with Bree. She is learning so much
Ah love this episode, really reassuring to see these problems like barking and reacting in problem but also seeing the frustration that comes with training puppies! I often feel this kind of frustration and its really nice to see that it’s not just me! Your videos really help me to take a deep breath, move on when something isn’t working and try again at a later time or in a different area 🙌🙌
Veronica is starting to look like a silken windhound in her shape/ the way her fur grows and I love it😍
Btw great video
I loved seeing the dog training with Veronica’s accomplishments. And it’s great to see that Bree had trouble giving her treats while training. My dog does the same thing when there are distractions he would rather watch. Also great to hear about what to do when your dog is barking at another dog. I usually just keep approaching and walking past the dog while he is barking. But he seems to escalate and continues to bark even though the dog is out of sight. What should i be doing instead?
Yes! I love seeing all the different training you do with your dogs! 🙂 I have a 9 week old puppy, and we’ve been working on him. Found out yesterday he’s unsure on vinyl, so we’re going to train on it this week, just getting him to walk into the laundry, then eventually do basic obedience in there. My friends house has vinyl, and I want him to be confident going there down the track.
Love this peek at training your own dogs. Also love the conversation you’re having on social media with trainers.
Loooooved this video! Makes me think of when I’ll re-introduce my dog to the city. He was used to it in England, but we’ve moved to Canada and he hasn’t been in downtown or any city centre, here in Winnipeg. The fact that you show when Veronica is not perfect gives so much authenticity and hope to people like me, who are’t dog trainers, but really want to educate my pup best I can, so he’s happy and safe. Thank you both, you’re amazing!
Great episode! It was really fun to see Veronica and Bri’s training progression. Also really appreciated the discussion around picking up your dog and reasons for doing that. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch-I learn something every time. Thanks so much!
I love videos like these!! it makes me feel like I’m on the right track and a reminder that it’s always a process! My dog is 2+ and still reactive to anything on wheels due a really traumatic experience we had. I have been working with him (it’s been soooo hard!) but he’s come a long way! I’m still learning to be more attuned to him and I have learnt how sensitive he actually is 😊.
Recently, he is able to move aside to process what is going on before continuing his walk without being overly scared more consistently and it makes me so proud of him; and he is able to ignore some loud sounds that he used to run from!
He would have turned out differently if we had chosen aversive methods.
Thank you so much for your sharing, work and advocacy for positive reinforcement! ☺️
It’s really helpful seeing Bree train Veronica. It’s so good to see both, an expert and a novice in training dogs. It is relatable as well as informative and helpful seeing both these things.