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Welcome to a comprehensive guide to understanding and curbing your dog's barking and jumping behaviors.
This video will provide you with evidence-based, humane methods for dog training that respects both your intelligence and your dog's.
Our approach emphasizes positive reinforcement and modern training techniques, thus empowering you as a dog guardian and helping you create a healthy and respectful relationship with your canine companion.
You'll find strategies here that apply to all dogs – whether they're newly adopted rescue dogs or mature dogs. We'll explore the underlying reasons for barking and jumping and offer practical solutions to address these behaviors.
Whether you're a beginner looking for dog training 101, or you're an experienced guardian aiming to refine your skills, this video serves as an essential resource. We delve into the psychology of dogs, enriching your understanding of canine behavior, and consequently helping create a harmonious household. So join us as we unravel the secrets to stopping your dog from jumping and barking, and start your journey to a calmer, happier coexistence today.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 intro
0:21 First Tip:
1:19 Why your dog jumps and barks
2:18 Behavior Swapping (This will help you!)
2:56 Training Demo (Part 1)
5:12 Next training steps
6:04 The main thing we’re trying to accomplish
6:39 You can see her make the connection
7:00 What to do next
7:21 If you’re really struggling to get through to your dog
8:39 the beauty of behavior swapping
9:27 Adaptive Learning
10:17 I don’t mind some barking
10:25 extra skills to practice
10:43 Be patient with yourself!
10:52 How to boost motivation quickly!
I use this technique with our standard poodle puppy (8m). When she gets over-stimulated and nippy, we do a quick sit and calm training exercise. Since she knows she’ll be getting some Pupford’s, she calms down and works for the reward.
Emily of Kikopup channel has an excellent Chin Rest exercise to teach excitable, hyper dogs to enjoy chilling and relaxing.
Isn’t behavior swapping remarkable? It focuses on the root of our dogs’ behavior, not just the surface. Have you tried it? Any challenges or triumphs to share? Your story could help other dog parents navigate this journey. Let’s keep the conversation rolling and hit that ‘Share’ button if you found this helpful!👍👍
Really good video! When I was an active trainer, my students got great improvement from these methods. There was a MinPin that I saw privately, who had a nervous habit. I think it was tail-chasing, spinning. A few weeks of basic pet obedience training, and the issue went away. The family’s vet was very impressed, lol. Gentle, modern methods were just starting to gain popularity around that time.
We used this method and trained our rescue hound to bring guests or anyone coming through our door, a toy. This led to so many other positives! He had been adopted and given back many times when he joined our pack. He was abused and fear reactive, so every training win led to his confidence and ours! Your book, YouTube channel, and many, many treats changed his life and ours. Thank you, you and your pack saved a rescue hound ❤
My biggest challenge is with myself. I find myself raising my voice to go above the dog’s energy level. I wouldn’t call it yelling, but just getting louder so that I’m being heard. When I sense the dog energy to be high, I feel like I can’t hear myself, therefore the dog can’t hear me. Any advice?
THIS video is the one we’ve been needing since getting an 11 lb fur baby a few years ago (he was kept in a tiny cage sleeping, pooping, not socializing, not walking, not exercising, without toys or anything else in the cage for the first few months of his life, thereby turning him into an anxious doggo). So thank you, Zak. Behavior swapping makes sense.
Does behavior swapping work for fear aggression? (It only happens on leash on walks with bigger dogs and about 5% of the people – strangers, obviously – who stop to talk.)
However, and I need to look at the video again while not writing comments, what are the steps exactly? When the doorbell rings or something causes doggo to go into frantic mode, how do you switch them out of that? Treats get ignored with doggo is triggered and in a hyper state of mind.
Also, could you make more videos on fear aggression, particularly for small dogs that are afraid of bigger dogs while walking on leash (dog parks are fine and don’t scare our doggo)? And also more step-by-step videos for teaching solid recall. From calm, tranquil environments to very distracting environments outside.
Much appreciated!
@pittiesnkitties1216 I think many of us have struggled with staying calm when training, especially in high stress situations! Our hound is so loud and barks and bay with every fiber of his being! Rather than yell we clap or physically put ourselves in between him and lets say the door, but it took having a friend come over and knock 100 times and many sessions. We had to also go back to basics and make sure he had enough exercise etc. There are days he just has a challenging time, just like us, and days he’s a rockstar! We’ve had to take timeouts as well! I think the toughest part for us has been having to switch up our rewards! He’s too smart and will decide his treats or toys are no longer worthy of his efforts 🤣
My Corgi is very energetic and sensitive to motions and noises, especially when I train her outside. I’ve increased the value of her rewards to small pieces of summer sausage. I’m using a clicker. We train inside in different locations, first. Now when she goes out to potty, she sits and stays while I open the door. Working on automatic focus. She’s a smart 2 year old. While I was watching your YouTube video, she was bringing me a toy and we were playing fetch. Also, there’s bears around. I’m working on routine and consistency. She shows food aggressive, especially when I try to teach her how to manipulate a new puzzle feeder. I’ve put that one away. I’m working on “place” with her and started using distractions. I believe that her energetic personality helps with how quickly she’s learning her training skills.
Hey Zak, we recently got a dog from the shelter and she is a big cuddle bug. We introduced her to my parents and it went perfect. She was such a good dog, but yesterday when we introduced her to my whole family she would yelp as if in pain. We don’t know what has changed because she loves to meet people, but then she changed on a dime and now doesn’t want people to touch her. We were curious if you had any insights.
She will even go up to people and sit at their feet and rub up against them as if she wants to be petted, but then they’ll try to pet her and she’ll yelp. We don’t know if it’s in pain or fear or both or if it’s something else.
@Danielle YatesPoor girl! Can you do a preliminary physical check? Just petting various parts of her, gently, to see if there seems to be a pain reaction? Only if you feel it’s safe. You might be able to save the cost of a vet visit, if you can rule that out.
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If it isn’t physical pain, try taking a step back & introducing her, more individually & gradually, to the family members. If it’s an emotional sensitivity, either natural to her or related to some past experience, she may be able to get over it. It needs to be at her pace, at least to start. I think Zak would probably agree.
It could have been too many new things at once.
Wow..I have a four year old rescue who has been totally unmanageable and by just having recently found your videos and applied the techniques I am experiencing massive behavioural changes in Pablo..thanks so much 😊
Love this!
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I’m so glad you featured treats that we can both enjoy cos that’s a momentary lapse in my part that’s definitely going to happen at some point. 🤣
I’m probably getting a puppy at the end of August who will ultimately be my service dog, so I’m finding your videos really helpful and interesting. 😊
My dog’s jumping used to be one of the most challenging aspects of training him. One thing that worked well was teaching him the command of “jump up/hug”. That way we could ask for the behavior when we wanted it and could also say “off” when we wanted him to stop. (We didn’t use “down” in this instance because “down” means lay down in our house and I didn’t want to confuse him.) I love your long form videos so much! 💜
Honestly, just keeping treats on you has been a game changer for me. This summer, I decided to get back into training my dogs, and just having treats on hand has dramatically improved their barking both indoors and outdoors! They’ve gone from going nuts at every dog barking outside to one or two barks from my terrier and my Tervuren completely ignoring them!
LOL This is precisely the technique that I used with my learning-disabled middle grades students! Teenagers aren’t THAT much different than an overly excited dog, after all! Fortunately, I didn’t have to use treats very often. I gamified it, though, and they kept track of the points.
We have a 1 year old corgi we are working on training. The behavior around our kids has gotten so out of hand its either buckle down and train or rehome her, and rehoming her is the absolute last thing I want to do. I am so looking forward to going through your videos and working with her every day. Thank you so much!
Thanks, @zacgeorge! My dogs & I appreciate you and Bree so much. Your techniques taught my 7 year old Border Collie mix everything he knows starting at 16 weeks old. Now I also have a 3-5 year old Rat Terrier. She was starving, dehydrated, kept in a small crate, and abused before she was taken by a local rescue last November. She wasn’t potty trained or anything. I play your playlists for them everyday when I go to work. Sometimes I come back home and realize my new rescue knows how to do something I didn’t teach her- your videos taught her without me even being home! I tell everyone I can about your channel. Thanks for all you do! ❤❤
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I used this for getting my dog, Maks, to quit chewing on furniture, shoes, etc. by offering him a proper chew. He learned to chew on his own things really quickly. It never occurred to me to try with any other behavioral issues. Really simple, but never dawned on me. I’m going to have to try this with his barking at everything that moves. We also just got two very young kittens (11 weeks now), and he REALLY wants to play with them. Unfortunately, his idea of playing is holding his mouth open with their head in it. He just sits there like that, doesnt hurt them, but it terrifies my mom. Also, even though our last cat didnt care and would just sit there, these two do not like it and try to run, which prompts him to chase them into hiding. I dont want them to feel like they have to hide ALL the time, so I am going to find something to play with that is more interesting than Sheeba and Shiloh. Thanks! I really feel this can work better than just picking them up or constantly telling him to “leave it”.
Totally agree with you Zak. My dad was trying to school me in how to train my puppy but stopped when he saw that using your methods had the desired result with no physical correction or negative consequence (apart from just just getting the treat/toy)
Also my dog is so happy to train and learn ❤ it’s definitely strengthened our bond loads.
Would never train any other way!
but he never says anything helpful!!!
Wish you could give us suggestions with how to get a Shiba Inu to ever listen to you. Mine is so stubborn. Treats don’t usually work. The worst thing is that she will not walk. If she doesn’t want to go out or if she doesn’t want to go the direction I want to, she will just sit down and won’t move. Sometimes I have to just pick her up. And she definitely does not want to follow you. She will just sit in protest until I go the direction she wants.
I really like these Q & A videos! Keep up the good work!
OMG, I am so grateful to you for breaking this training down into baby steps and then gradually into application to other behaviors .
Your training is amazing. Thank you for all your videos.
I’m starting today with my Corgi who has the loudest, most shrill bark of any dog!! Thank you for showing exact steps to take.
Training hasn’t been as consistent as I would like, so I’m grateful for these deeper dives on basic challenges. Thanks Zac!
Hey Zac I adopted my red Heeler/German Shepard pup at 9 weeks old. He just turned 1 woohoo! He’s very smart. Sits, Stays, Down, place very well at home. Outside improving! He’s improving on walking on a leash beside me of course we stop a lot when he starts to pull. Watching your videos I’m trying to do training daily actually it’s ask day every day at his age. But when he sees another dog he stays whining and pulling. I’ve been working with him for many months on it and for some reason it’s not improving. He use to be perfect in stores but now he’s perfect until he sees another dog and now whining has turned into a bark…I know I messed up by taking him to play at dog parks because he became a social butterfly he really needed to run but then I learned to do good training dog parks want the west to go. Plus we started a service dog program and they told me no. So we stopped all stores and no dog park but the training was too intense for me with my mental health. I’m a combat veteran whose decided to train myself but to focus on his foundation and how to act in public. It’s like he’s gone backwards? It’s no longer puppy whining 🤷♀️