How Online Dog Training Classes Work

Online classes are an efficient, effective and affordable way to train your dog. Online classes allow people and dogs to focus and process information from class in a low stress, distraction environment which means that training becomes stronger. A strong foundation generalizes more easily to real world training challenges.
Note: Class structure has been updated.
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Mat Work for dogs that are anxious or reactive in the home: www.legendsdog...
Heel Work for dogs that are anxious or reactive on walks: www.legendsdog...
Recall to call dogs away from distractions or triggers: www.legendsdog...
Send Away to train dogs to move away from distractions or triggers: www.legendsdog...
Puppy Class to make sure that your puppy gets off to the best possible start: www.legendsdog...
Alyssa Rose

[@alisha7224]

PLEASE HELP. I'M FOSTERING A 1.5 Y/O FEMALE DOBERMAN W/DOG REACTIVITY & I'M WORRIED ABOUT HER FUTURE (I don't think she is adoption ready...but she is listed for adoption). How does online training address dog reactivity behavior modification?
I have fostered dogs for years & am currently fostering a 1.5 y/o F Doberman. I'm worried for her, so I put her through GROUP obedience out of my pocket. She completed the 6 weeks & her socialization is still the main issue (which is why I chose GROUP class). Oddly, she lives with a male Weim-GSP, & female Am-Eng bulldog & 2 cats.
She improved with people reactivity BUT her dog reactivity is AWFUL. She made small progess with big dogs & NO PROGRESS with the little schnauzer in the group class (EVERY class, multiple times she zones on the schnauzer & LUNGES, GROWLS, FROTHS). She's on a Herm sprenger & she hurts herself, gets frustrated & just spirals for a good 20 seconds (feels like eternity) before she goes in a sit (she doesn't relax, she is still clearly amped). We're redoing the 6 week GROUP class. She knows the commands, I need her have coping mechanism & impulse control around other dogs.
Do you have any advice on how I can stop the reactivity? It happens on leash walks too? I try to be proactive, but she knows EVERY house with a dog & the group class has dogs & becomes amped. I put her in sits, body block, "look at me" but she sits waiting me out (I have to go in the classroom &finish my dog walk, so it ends up with her hurting herself by herm sprenger correction pops or just lunging
AS I tell her leave it)
I have done this group class (1 & 2) with another dogs needing socializing & it's a great company with a good syllabus, spacious class etc.

[@legendsdogtraining]

Hi, The classes teach relaxation exercises. In the classes you'll learn training patterns that put calm, focused, relaxed behavior on cue. The online format is ideal because it enables you to train in a low stress, low distraction environment to establish the necessary baseline. Once established you can begin integrating the same patterns with real world triggers. The training is systematic - it teaches you how to meet your dog where they're at so that you can find success at every level. When you do this - the training snowballs. The reason the training is so effective is because it looks at addressing the root cause of the problem. The relaxation training minimizes stress, teaches dogs to look to you for guidance, and allows them to practice alternate behaviors to cope with high stress triggers.
Even a well run group class in a spacious environment can be problematic for anxious or reactive dogs because there is a lot of trigger stacking. There are multiple triggers that are likely elevating her stress levels: the environment, the people, the dogs, the smells, ambient noises. I personally would not recommend taking her through the in-person group class again as it is likely exacerbating the problem. The herm sprenger collar (even though the corrections are self inflicted) can also create an undesirable feedback loop in association with other dogs.
I'll post a link the classes. Mat Work and Heel Work are the most beneficial, but I would recommend starting with Mat Work: www.legendsdogtraining.com/online-classes/
Best to you and your foster. - Alyssa