How did you start and at what stage I have a crazy smart willing to learn shepherd but where do I start is it with a leash or in the home or with tricks how do I start
Thank you, Larry, for explaining very clearly the marker word and rewarding ! You REALLY help dogowners. Greetz from belgium. I will practice it on my GSD.
5 month old GSD I brought back from Germany a month ago. He is a great pup that performs basic sit come down quickly and eagerly while inside. He crates easily and sleeps through the night. Everything changes when he is outside. I train in fenced back yard and large patio slab. He is distracted very easily and wants to break and chase a leaf or go after a small pine cone. Very high energy. While on the leash he is pretty good but loses focus easily yet responds to command when food treat is present. Off leash he ignores verbal command of 'come' and if he had a middle finger I'm sure he would use it to communicate although about half the time he will respond if he thinks there is a treat involved.. The dog is very high energy and I give him walks and games of tug to wear him down. He is a very happy pup and responds well to "no" when being corrected inside or on leash. I hesitate to start e-collar as I am told he must be 6Months old to start. I recently put him in a prong collar 2.25 and he figured it out quickly by himself, as I left slack in leash and lrt him learn. This made a big difference in our walks. He stayed with me and didn't go aggressive if we walked past a yard with barking dog. Good pup. Any tips?
MegaTripodman - sounds like a very typical 5 month old. Sounds like your doing great. Many of the behaviors you are experiencing are to be expected at that age, you’ll work through them with repetitions.
Thanks, you make a great point Larry I think more videos need to done on the behavior in the home What do I do to stop unwanted behavior in home Getting on furniture, jumping on people, not chilling
Hi Larry, I live in North Dallas. I’d love to be a dog trainer. I’ve never owned a dog. I have watched Many Many dogs for my neighbors over the last 16 years. I‘ve been a stay at home for the last 23 years. Our children are raised and out of the house. I love and respect dogs very much and I’d love to learn great skills for training. I’m a 52 year old mom. I have a ton of energy and love for the canine.... in your opinion how can I start ???? Thank you for any of your advice. -Christi Kovach
Christie, did you ever get any answers? I’m from around Dallas too and I’m kind of similar to you. I have my first puppy we got in December. I’ve been a mom for 24 years
Great info Larry. I also train my dogs that sniffing,peeing etc is not allowed whilst walking. I give a command to go once we reach the pre field car park. She is NOT allowed, ever, to pee etc on the field. Thanks so much. Stay safe and well : )
Do you have a video on the structured walk for a mid aged puppy? I have a 7m dutch shepherd. He's always wanting to be ahead, I'm not sure how much to use negative vrs positive reinforcement. I feel like I'm always having to turn the other way and snap the leash. There's a lot of conflict on the walks, because I'm not clear on what he's capable of. Thanks!
Larry or anyone. I understand why Larry uses “yes” as the marker followed by the food reward, however I do not understand the use of the word “good”. I’d think it would confused the dog. Doesn’t it just act as an additional marker or reward. Why is it necessary?
Steve C good is praise, it’s part of building up the dog and your relationship with the dog. You phase out food and YOU want to be the REWARD and “good” is part of the praise that you want to give the dog. The marker word “Yes” means it did the command correctly, a treat is coming and the dog is also free to do what it wants after yes. When not using the marker word the dog is expected to stay in command until given the “free dog” command. Praise Is important for the dog to want to please you and for you to convey your happiness that the dog is happy and compliant- dogs enjoy that kind of praise the most. If your dog doesn’t like praise you’ve got to work on your relationship so the dog wants to hear and see your praise
Hey Larry, I cant thank you enough for these videos. You have been a tremendous help to improving my relationship with my dogs. I do have one question, though. My lab is great in a controlled environment but when we go for walks (which we have to for bathroom purposes) and other dogs come by, the working level - even with leash pressure- isnt enough. I can even bump it up quite a bit and tge dog still doesnt comply at that point. Can you talk about what a working level should accomplish? He can feel it but it isnt enough to chamge behavior so I'm not sure if it means that the working level isnt actually high enough for that situation or if I am just expecting more than I should. For this dog, I use a martingale in addition to thw ecollar. Thanks again and stay well
I wonder why he breaks the dog off of place with FREE DOG sometimes and other times just by walking away with the leash? Does that not create confusion about when the dog can get off place?
If a dog growls aggressively unprovoked at my 2 year old when the child walks by and seems to be on edge. How likely is it that the dog would attack and is that something that can be trained to change the dogs response to the child. The dog is a 18 month old male Pitbull
Wow that sounds terrifying. I hope you get an educated response to your question. Unfortunately there's a lot of follow up questions that will need to be answered like the dynamics in the household and the existing relationships between the dog and the members of the family. Bully breeds can definitely require a certain level of care that a lot of people don't understand.
shawn n yea I started to add all the dynamics but then i was like I’ll just wait for exact questions so I’m not writing a book lol. It’s my grown daughters dog and she moved in with us when the dog was prob about 6 months old full time. We already have a female pitbull who is very patient with all of the kids (kids are 6 kids ranging from 15 years to 6 months old). She has not trained her dog the way we have trained our dog and so he is more hmmm “carefree”. Not aware of the kids being close jumps runs etc. The two year old does not bother him because he does not like how crazy and wild the dog is. I have asked her to take him to a behaviorist to have him evaluated but I’m still uneasy about him being here
I don’t mean to sound like a douchebag but you need to get off of this comment section and on the phone with a balanced dog trainer as soon as physically possible
We just adopted a 5 year old Rotweiller from a SPCA. It was told to us that he was surrendered because the woman couldn't afford him. She had asked them to euthanize him. Fortunately, the shelter was "non kill". It is evident that someone spent training time with him. He knows basic commands very well. The problem is that sometimes he noses us and amps up to play and is very rough. Otherwise, hes loving and gentle. Seems that some of our body language triggers him, like putting our pants on and tucking in our clothes, or animately using our arms while telling a story. He gets very vocal and I think wants to play, but biting is involved and I don't know how to engage and have problems getting him to stop. I need help understanding this. Any ideas?
Thank you so much for your awesome videos, I have a question ! have you ever worked with a cane Corso and what's your opinion of them. Or would my wife and I be better off with a black German shepherd also my favorite dog.
First off i want to say that the shepherd is a beautiful dog. And i think youre a great trainer. My question is, do you have two release commands? One being free dog and the other being yes with a reward?
Francis Xyooj : If I may: free/free dog or whatever you want to use is a release to freedom. “Yes” is a terminal marker- meaning : you did a great job, get your paycheck. It is a release, but it is a release to further engagement, not to freedom.
My dog is fence fighting a lot with my neighbors dog and this gets me frustrated because I can’t control him when he’s jumping at the fence and trying to fight the other neighbors dog.Can someone pls tell me how I can stop him from fence fighting
How about all of us RUclipsr’s that watch Larry’s vids donate to him for his time and dedication to his viewers at these crazy times. What do u think guys?
Shadow is thirteen years old, she just poops while she walks or she just stops in her tracks to poop! At her age, there isn't any asking time... Otherwise Shadow remains a great companion and a halfway trained dog. No heel for her, she just gets out and trots in the gutter ahead of me. Gentle, sweet and loveable she's Aussie and Husky mix. These are great training videos and my youngster Tizzy who just turned one, is learning much from them, thanks to Larry putting out these videos. Can you review hand signals or direct me to a site with hand signals? Thanks!
Hi Larry, I've bene watching your videos for a while and I have big doubt that I want to share with you! First of all, I'm not writing this message to criticize the use of the e-collar. What I don't understand though is the benefit in using it. For example in this video you train some basic obbedience commands both with the use of e-collar and without ! When you use the e-collar for the sit, down (or whatever) Is It a form of negative reinforcement because you turn It off as soon as the dog does what you asked ? Or the training theory behind that Is different? I don't know I managed to explain myself enough but the main question Is: what benefit brings the use of e-collar in that precise moment when you use It ( The dogs have "double" reinforcement because the e collar goes off and food reward ? Or Is It for increase speed?) Looking foward for your answer Hope you understand It was not my intention to criticize your work PS: I'm a trainer too but I've never used the e collar and a trainer never stops to learn new technics or methods
Yes it is negative reinforcement paired with positive reinforcement in the training phases. I use the behaviors the dog knows to teach the language of the e collar. The main reason for the e collar is to later provide off leash freedom safely fir the dog so the dog gets to live its best life
Who else would love to be Larry’s neighbour haha just sitting on the porch having a drink and watching him work his magic
My German Shepherd would be an Obedience Champ if he & I watched Larry across the way together, lol!!❤❤❤
Appreciate helping us to have a better and safer relationship with our dogs!!
I have 1-year-old German Shepherd and I started teaching her from your videos, thank you for sharing 🙏🙏 greetings from Peru 🇵🇪
How did you start and at what stage I have a crazy smart willing to learn shepherd but where do I start is it with a leash or in the home or with tricks how do I start
Thank you, Larry, for explaining very clearly the marker word and rewarding ! You REALLY help dogowners. Greetz from belgium.
I will practice it on my GSD.
This is immensely valuable, just got a Bully pup of 9 weeks and you have helped so so much. Thank you Larry!!
Just got a purebred Rottweiler puppy he’s 9 weeks crate training him right now. Really appreciate the videos, keep up the good work!
Congrats on your new puppy! They are amazing 👍
I've got an Am Bullweiler that just turned 1. Fantastic pup.
I so want to be able to do this type of training...I wish I would feel able to train at this level. You are amazing..
I like how you emphasize behaviour over obedience 👍
5 month old GSD I brought back from Germany a month ago. He is a great pup that performs basic sit come down quickly and eagerly while inside. He crates easily and sleeps through the night. Everything changes when he is outside. I train in fenced back yard and large patio slab. He is distracted very easily and wants to break and chase a leaf or go after a small pine cone. Very high energy. While on the leash he is pretty good but loses focus easily yet responds to command when food treat is present. Off leash he ignores verbal command of 'come' and if he had a middle finger I'm sure he would use it to communicate although about half the time he will respond if he thinks there is a treat involved.. The dog is very high energy and I give him walks and games of tug to wear him down. He is a very happy pup and responds well to "no" when being corrected inside or on leash. I hesitate to start e-collar as I am told he must be 6Months old to start. I recently put him in a prong collar 2.25 and he figured it out quickly by himself, as I left slack in leash and lrt him learn. This made a big difference in our walks. He stayed with me and didn't go aggressive if we walked past a yard with barking dog. Good pup. Any tips?
MegaTripodman - sounds like a very typical 5 month old. Sounds like your doing great. Many of the behaviors you are experiencing are to be expected at that age, you’ll work through them with repetitions.
Thank you so much!! I appreciate your wisdom, and you have helped me and my dog so much!!
Thanks so much
@@lklencho hi.
What length lead do u use?
Thanks in advance..
@@lklencho What are private training. I'm in a different country, are you selling?
Thanks, you make a great point Larry
I think more videos need to done on the behavior in the home
What do I do to stop unwanted behavior in home
Getting on furniture, jumping on people, not chilling
Donay Fullwood i agree that seems to be one of biggest issues!
Really appreciate your videos and your why of explaining from Sweden!
Your videos have helped me so much with my Malamute! Thanks!
Oh how I wish you were in Ohio right now. I love your perspective on training.
I still learn new things from you. Thank you so much...
Thank you for this video! It was very helpful in the training of my 6 month old puppy!
Great video.
Thanks for sharing.
New subscriber here from Philadelphia PA
Hi Larry, I live in North Dallas. I’d love to be a dog trainer. I’ve never owned a dog. I have watched Many Many dogs for my neighbors over the last 16 years. I‘ve been a stay at home for the last 23 years. Our children are raised and out of the house. I love and respect dogs very much and I’d love to learn great skills for training. I’m a 52 year old mom. I have a ton of energy and love for the canine.... in your opinion how can I start ???? Thank you for any of your advice. -Christi Kovach
Christie, did you ever get any answers? I’m from around Dallas too and I’m kind of similar to you. I have my first puppy we got in December. I’ve been a mom for 24 years
U the man thanks brother my alpha blue blood bulldog pup is awesome because of your videos . And glad u show your work with diesel awesome
Great info Larry. I also train my dogs that sniffing,peeing etc is not allowed whilst walking. I give a command to go once we reach the pre field car park. She is NOT allowed, ever, to pee etc on the field. Thanks so much. Stay safe and well : )
Do you have a video on the structured walk for a mid aged puppy? I have a 7m dutch shepherd. He's always wanting to be ahead, I'm not sure how much to use negative vrs positive reinforcement. I feel like I'm always having to turn the other way and snap the leash. There's a lot of conflict on the walks, because I'm not clear on what he's capable of. Thanks!
Larry or anyone. I understand why Larry uses “yes” as the marker followed by the food reward, however I do not understand the use of the word “good”. I’d think it would confused the dog. Doesn’t it just act as an additional marker or reward. Why is it necessary?
Steve C good is praise, it’s part of building up the dog and your relationship with the dog. You phase out food and YOU want to be the REWARD and “good” is part of the praise that you want to give the dog. The marker word “Yes” means it did the command correctly, a treat is coming and the dog is also free to do what it wants after yes. When not using the marker word the dog is expected to stay in command until given the “free dog” command. Praise Is important for the dog to want to please you and for you to convey your happiness that the dog is happy and compliant- dogs enjoy that kind of praise the most. If your dog doesn’t like praise you’ve got to work on your relationship so the dog wants to hear and see your praise
Awesome video Larry, as usual👍
Hey Larry, I cant thank you enough for these videos. You have been a tremendous help to improving my relationship with my dogs. I do have one question, though. My lab is great in a controlled environment but when we go for walks (which we have to for bathroom purposes) and other dogs come by, the working level - even with leash pressure- isnt enough. I can even bump it up quite a bit and tge dog still doesnt comply at that point. Can you talk about what a working level should accomplish? He can feel it but it isnt enough to chamge behavior so I'm not sure if it means that the working level isnt actually high enough for that situation or if I am just expecting more than I should. For this dog, I use a martingale in addition to thw ecollar. Thanks again and stay well
I am so please you said dog training takes time.
I will keep on working hard
I wonder why he breaks the dog off of place with FREE DOG sometimes and other times just by walking away with the leash? Does that not create confusion about when the dog can get off place?
Is the sunglasses not to make eye contact?
So what is spacial pressure and verbal noise considered if it’s not a correction? Redirection? Reinforcement?
Thank you for training this human....me
Good stuff man! Keep it rolling!
Hey larry love the videos I have seen a few of ur videos new to channel my question is what type of dog treats u use while traing thnx and blessing
If a dog growls aggressively unprovoked at my 2 year old when the child walks by and seems to be on edge. How likely is it that the dog would attack and is that something that can be trained to change the dogs response to the child. The dog is a 18 month old male Pitbull
Wow that sounds terrifying. I hope you get an educated response to your question. Unfortunately there's a lot of follow up questions that will need to be answered like the dynamics in the household and the existing relationships between the dog and the members of the family. Bully breeds can definitely require a certain level of care that a lot of people don't understand.
shawn n yea I started to add all the dynamics but then i was like I’ll just wait for exact questions so I’m not writing a book lol. It’s my grown daughters dog and she moved in with us when the dog was prob about 6 months old full time. We already have a female pitbull who is very patient with all of the kids (kids are 6 kids ranging from 15 years to 6 months old). She has not trained her dog the way we have trained our dog and so he is more hmmm “carefree”. Not aware of the kids being close jumps runs etc. The two year old does not bother him because he does not like how crazy and wild the dog is. I have asked her to take him to a behaviorist to have him evaluated but I’m still uneasy about him being here
I don’t mean to sound like a douchebag but you need to get off of this comment section and on the phone with a balanced dog trainer as soon as physically possible
@@gardenrabbit3565 I have to agree. It only takes one snip and that kid will never be the same, dog will be killed and that family will be broken.
Guy Fam that’s a disaster waiting to happen. Do not ignore that
so good! 🙌🏽❤
We just adopted a 5 year old Rotweiller from a SPCA. It was told to us that he was surrendered because the woman couldn't afford him. She had asked them to euthanize him. Fortunately, the shelter was "non kill". It is evident that someone spent training time with him. He knows basic commands very well. The problem is that sometimes he noses us and amps up to play and is very rough. Otherwise, hes loving and gentle.
Seems that some of our body language triggers him, like putting our pants on and tucking in our clothes, or animately using our arms while telling a story. He gets very vocal and I think wants to play, but biting is involved and I don't know how to engage and have problems getting him to stop. I need help understanding this. Any ideas?
The training is for me not my dog😂
Thank you so much for your awesome videos, I have a question ! have you ever worked with a cane Corso and what's your opinion of them. Or would my wife and I be better off with a black German shepherd also my favorite dog.
I’m not understanding the use of the e-collar. What does the beeping mean? Thanks!
Savannah Greene the beeping sounds is him using the e collar. The sound lets us know when the e collar is used during training
First off i want to say that the shepherd is a beautiful dog. And i think youre a great trainer. My question is, do you have two release commands? One being free dog and the other being yes with a reward?
Exactly, free dog means go be a dog, you're off work. Yes means a treat or toy is coming (reward). If i did my homework right, that's what it means.
Francis Xyooj : If I may: free/free dog or whatever you want to use is a release to freedom. “Yes” is a terminal marker- meaning : you did a great job, get your paycheck. It is a release, but it is a release to further engagement, not to freedom.
My dog is fence fighting a lot with my neighbors dog and this gets me frustrated because I can’t control him when he’s jumping at the fence and trying to fight the other neighbors dog.Can someone pls tell me how I can stop him from fence fighting
Just found you. Great videos! Do you sell or recommend a e collar
Larry uses the Mini Educator ET-300, but 1st buy his book on Amazon “Everything you need to know: E Collar Training”.
Larry; at minute 16: "She's very dainty"....teach the dog that's in front of you!! This video is helpful, Larry❤
Is it ok to use e collar before command in intermittent phase?
What's the brand of reward treats you use??
Why you don’t try something that your dog really likes??!?
What if your puppy doesn’t want to walk , seems like my 15 week old puppy only will walk good when we are out of sight of are home any suggestions
What treats do you use with your training?
How about all of us RUclipsr’s that watch Larry’s vids donate to him for his time and dedication to his viewers at these crazy times. What do u think guys?
Very generous Ronnie but not necessary. Truly appreciated. Appreciate everyone’s support very much
Shadow is thirteen years old, she just poops while she walks or she just stops in her tracks to poop! At her age, there isn't any asking time... Otherwise Shadow remains a great companion and a halfway trained dog. No heel for her, she just gets out and trots in the gutter ahead of me. Gentle, sweet and loveable she's Aussie and Husky mix. These are great training videos and my youngster Tizzy who just turned one, is learning much from them, thanks to Larry putting out these videos. Can you review hand signals or direct me to a site with hand signals? Thanks!
what if a dog is not food motivated at all?
Hi Larry, I've bene watching your videos for a while and I have big doubt that I want to share with you! First of all, I'm not writing this message to criticize the use of the e-collar. What I don't understand though is the benefit in using it. For example in this video you train some basic obbedience commands both with the use of e-collar and without ! When you use the e-collar for the sit, down (or whatever) Is It a form of negative reinforcement because you turn It off as soon as the dog does what you asked ? Or the training theory behind that Is different? I don't know I managed to explain myself enough but the main question Is: what benefit brings the use of e-collar in that precise moment when you use It ( The dogs have "double" reinforcement because the e collar goes off and food reward ? Or Is It for increase speed?)
Looking foward for your answer
Hope you understand It was not my intention to criticize your work
PS: I'm a trainer too but I've never used the e collar and a trainer never stops to learn new technics or methods
Yes it is negative reinforcement paired with positive reinforcement in the training phases. I use the behaviors the dog knows to teach the language of the e collar. The main reason for the e collar is to later provide off leash freedom safely fir the dog so the dog gets to live its best life
Great tutorial ......You Da Man
You are so awesome ☺️
there is so much you can do with most dogs and never ever have to punish ... thx Larry
thanks for doing this
Thak u sir🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Why do you need to zap her to get her to come? Isn’t your voice and hand signals enough?
But can you decoupage?😏😊
I know all your neighbors dogs are trained lol
Under the guise of “safety” he has the whole world deceived.
Revelation 12:9