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How To Train Your Dog To STOP SNAPPING at People (Stop Aggressive/Reactive Behavior)

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45 Comments on “How To Train Your Dog To STOP SNAPPING at People (Stop Aggressive/Reactive Behavior)”

    2. @Monte Wolf please don’t disrespect zak just don’t judge the ways that he does he might have forgotten to take it off or he just knew that it might take some time just please do not judge how it looks like

    3. 1.39, lick lip. That there is an indication that she isn’t okay with him petting her and he misses that and carries on so she reacts to push him away from her. But what do you want to teach your dog to do in stressful situations is to just disengage. Simply if you don’t like something you just walk away instead of fighting. If she was picked up on the street then she was forced to fight for everything hence I guess she goes for aggression rather than avoidance. Instead Zak desensitising her to human touch he should teach her solid ‘leave it’ which would be used in situations where she behaves like that. This way she would have a chance to learn stress=me disengaging. Here she just gets treats out of the context.
      Also, she doesn’t have to like people. You don’t know if she snapped at someone for a reason. Maybe that was someone invading her space badly thinking she’s a friendly/cuddly doodle dog? As long the owner can tell her ‘stop and walk away’ she doesn’t have to like anybody, she can just coexist.

    5. @Monte Wolf what a sad life you got there. I would like to help you but I guess you closed your mind since you were born. Aww… Let’s hope you learn in the near future boy.

  5. Thank you for saying that sometimes it can be years or life long. It makes me feel a lot better that, whilst I’ve made a lot of progress with my large reactive/fearful dog, I’m doing okay. Sometimes dog training programs and videos make me feel like I should have a ‘perfect” dog by now as they never say it can be lifelong work!

    1. Heaven Sent K-9 you have your own opinions. I’ve trained multiple dogs. I also I am a foster for guide dogs for the blind. I never said that balance trainers don’t read body language. It’s the fact that positive reinforcement trainers take the time to understand and learn about the dog and read their body language. And don’t force or make the dog uncomfortable at all. They take their time to make sure that the dog will not be aggressive or be reactive whatever the dogs problem is. They take their time and understand the dog whatever the dog is going through. I’ve trained so many aggressive dogs with only positive reinforcement and never did I have to use any type of force to train them

    2. Heaven Sent K-9 I’ve also got bit by dogs multiple times, when training them. And never once did I have to use balance training or force them to do anything. I only use positive reinforcement. The dogs and I train or successfully living with their owners and are no longer aggressive.

    3. @Mylee & Teddy Most purely postivie trainers will say they don’t want to stress the dog or make the dog uncomfortable. The sad thing is they don’t realize the dog is already stressed and uncomfortable. Its your job as the trainer to fix that as much as you can while being realistic. Nobody said it was going to be easy. Rehabbing is very difficult with all positive training. Life is not like that. We all have to learn to deal with small doses of stress. Dogs included.

    4. Fraternityk9 Positive reinforcement is way better than causing the dog pain and discomfort with the use of prong collars, E-Collars and other Adversive tools that have been proven to be bad by science. Positive reinforcement have been scientifically proven to benefit thousands of dogs better than balance training. Dogs have a very high chance of becoming fearful and even aggressive towards the handler. As positive reinforcement has a very low chance that the dog will become aggressive or fearful of the handler😊❤️

    1. Hii I need help my puppy ( 6 months old) snaps when we try to take something like a piece of cloth or some other thing out of his mouth he attacks us when we do this

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  8. Treating reactive dogs like you said is SO varried! To see a series on some more common aggression/triggers would be wonderful. Deffinately help others read body language and how to correct it as soon as you catch it.
    A friend became a trainer but has a hard time reading body language especially in groups, took a few days to work with her and it’s amazing how much just that can improve your relationship with you fur baby 😊 thank you for all the work you do❤❤❤!!!

  10. I wish more dog owners would get their pups comfortable with a basket muzzle and we could get rid of the assumptions that the dog must be vicious if wearing a muzzle.

    1. @RowanAnimal_Lover Tyler Muto’s “Shelly’s aggressive rehab” videos specifically will show you the importance of a good trainer/handler taking responsible and necessary precautions to ensure everyone’s safety to successfully rehabilitate an aggressive dog.

    3. @RowanAnimal_Lover I can understand that but she had no real certs or credentials in dog training prior to her show. She was an actress then dog walker THEN “tv trainer” and she and her producers knew what made for good tv. They definitely did it for views.

    4. @RowanAnimal_Lover I believe ecollars can be useful and safe tools in the right hands but every uneducated owner and handler shouldn’t be able to use them, no.

    5. @RowanAnimal_Lover True but if it makes people more comfortable to be around that dog, which is an important step in desensitizing the dog to the presence of people.

  14. Thanks Zak. You not only saved me from losing my ear and two fingers from my dog biting me, but you stopped my little lad from getting put down. 😉

  15. my dog snaps at anyone who tries to come near her except me and my family, she barks at everyone who comes inside the house and cries when we put her somewhere alone. I’m scared to take her to vet because she’ll try and bite the veterinarians. couldn’t even take her to get her nails trimmed without trying to bite.

    1. Same with my dog he is good with family but not new people. But my dad can let people in the house with him. But if it is just me he won’t let them neer me at all. My mom thinks he is being overprotective of me(because he even try to bit my brother when I made a sound)

    2. I also have a dog that snaps at people, we don’t take him out anymore because of that reason, he also runs and pulls us with his leash. I want to fix this problem because it scares people and I don’t want to keep him in our tiny backyard his whole life 😭

    3. He has never bitten anyone but I’m sure our neighbors get scared, so I want to help him. He is mixed(Labrador and I’m not sure what other race) any recommendations?

    4. Alejandra Reyes all you have to do is correct the behavior whenever it happens. Consistency is key, you’ll see progress eventually.

    5. Alejandra Reyes don’t avoid the situation either, he has to repeatedly be corrected for him to understand it’s okay and how to handle the situation.

  18. I wish I could have trained my dog like this but the main problem is that my Mom is so possesive regarding my dog. She doesn’t even let me put my dog on leash.

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