I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but I've watched probably 20-30 episodes of this now and there is such a difference between the British episodes and the American episodes. In the American episodes you can definitely tell that Victoria and the families have been coached on what to say. The British episodes feel so much more natural and organic. I also feel like more British families are willing to accept responsibility for their dog's behavior (i.e., "I'm the reason why my dog does this") whereas more of the American families seem clueless about their dog's behavior.
Westies are really amazing dogs. One of those breeds that once u have had one, u will generally always have one. Recently lost both of my westies within like 2 months of eachother. Absolutely heart breaking. We are waiting a while before getting another westie. I'd like to rescue one
Oh dear, there's a Westie in my neighbourhood who is this aggressive. He attacked my dog, a Bichon, when I first adopted him. But my dog was found on the streets, he knows how to fight, so he defended himself quite well. 😄
Not leaving resources around is of course a great first step to avoid the rehearsal of that behaviour, but not "easily solved" 😆 wrong choice of words lol that is just the beginning of a long training and management process.
aggression is a response behaviour, she focuses on giving other options of responses, ie turn away and other things. helping the dog have different responses. the aggression will subside when it does not feel insecure and threatened.
No! It was both the owner's fault, not the dog. Did you even bother to watch the video? No "holy" water, nor exorcism involved. Just decent training, and kindness. There are no bad dogs. Only bad owners.
Find out why she is anxious. Is she getting the proper exercise? They are working dogs as are all terriers, and need two 30 mins walking daily. They don't do well laying around the house all day. She may have had a bad previous owner also.
eh... it's the same old story small dogs' owners usually don't feel the need to train nor educate them, because... well, in the words of many of those owners, "they're small, so they only can do small damages" 🤷♀ things of course change quickly the very moment something takes a bad turn, like in this case.
is turn away the same as leave it? looks like it to me but then why change the cue? also wish they would teach the other dogs the cues as its not gonna work so well if just one dog turns away but the other isn't as it could still lead to a fight in theory. just my own personal thoughts on it. the rest is good. i totally agree with the retractile leash issues. i don't understand why they are so popular still but that's just me.
Sometimes trainers use different words because the original cue has a negative association. I'm sure they got more instruction than was captured in the video.
Could be that the owners preferred saying "turn away" over "leave it." It's their dogs and they're going to have to say the commands all the time. Doesn't really matter what the phrase is, it's a dog, they don't understand words. The command could literally be "klondike bar" and it'd still work just as well, because you're simply teaching the dog "when I say these words, you do this action"
I think it's the new version of "leave it", have seen it used in a lot of the new videos. I personally prefer the "leave it" command, but that's probably because I've been using it for years lol 😆
@@m6666 the goal is to keep communication the least confusing, which means that "overlapping" commands are to be avoided as much as possible. the phrasing is conventional, really, it's just what's more convenient in the specific case. for example, our Astro is very curious of new things, and his first approach is tasting them 😅 so we almost immediately associated "leave it" to the concept of "don't eat that random sh*t on the ground, is bad for you"... we got him from a bad case of neglect, and in the first few months at home he used to sooth his separation anxiety through mouthing (mainly munching my husband shoes, preferably with his foot inside 🤷♀). to avoid confusion, instead of "leave it" we decided with his trainer to use the command "drop".
TBH that Westie seems like the normal and expected Westie attitude to an alien younger creature being added to the household. Minus the licking, that is in fact worrying
I won't say worrying, it's just one of the many forms of mouthing (I'm not a native English speaker, I hope is the correct term), a rather common self soothing response to the stress factor you described so well 😊 granted, it's something to address, but nothing really groundbreaking
I have been an owner of four Westies. They are stubborn at times, but from the beginning they need to know who’s in charge. Once you allow them that they can get away with things, you’ve lost control. You need to be leader of the pac!
It's not normal even for a "Big dog in a little body" to make protection over his food or toys. So what about those Big dogs who don t do that ? It s just a effortless training because he is little
Licking behavior such as this can also be physiological as oppossed to psychosomatic. GI discomfort ( "acid belly", nausea, tenesmus, etc) can be underlying here. It can be difficult to tease out the reason.
I love Westies but they can be true Terrors lol. When I worked primarily with pets during college we would have to place our regular Westies with the bigger dogs. They would completely dominate the smaller dogs...even as puppies. Westies ran small group with Pugs and French Frenchies coming in as close 2nds.
I'm curious though. For the licking problem, if he's self soothing that way, wouldn't a lick matt help too? Having some meals via lick matt on top of all this other training?
Licking is the symptom of stress for this dog. So you don't want to enforce the self soothing and put on a bandaid, you need to address the stressfactor (the reason for licking), which they did by building on the relationship with Mel
Is it really torture to a dog to put a muzzle on them? I am trying to train my dog to not be so aggressive but my mom won't let me use a muzzle or even a vibrating collar when we go on a walk
It's not if you let your dog get used to the muzzle with positive methods 🙂 Start with feeding him treats from the muzzle (putting my nose in a muzzle = good thing)
It's not if you use a basket muzzle so they can pant and drink water. However, it's just a tool to keep other dogs and people safer. It doesn't address the problem or the dog's anxiety. You have to combine it with training.
So I'm a veterinary assistant. We will put the muzzle on if a dog tries to go at us or bite or just showing super nervous and anxious energy just in case since they will most likely attack us out of fear and this just doesn't give them a chance and keeps us safe. Dogs will fight the muzzle sometimes but a lot of times they eventually give up out maybe because it isn't worth the energy, it kind of keeps them not really calm but at least under control. Like someone else mentioned it isn't really a complete solution to their aggression but sometimes it's the only option especially if the pet has attacked before and won't seem to change. Muzzles are good to use when doing nail trims or bathing if your pet is a spicy fur baby, though you can help them get used to things like this by touching their toes and getting them used to whatever you are doing from a young age or just working to make it positive. You can also use a gentle lead which does some of the same thing as a muzzle which is controlling the mouth and head especially on a walk.
I have found those extension leads are useless you have no control over an unruly dog and you have giant handles to hold on to making giving rewards almost impossible especially holding 2 - i got a very deep rope burn when had grab my very large puppy back. I got different lengths of lines up to 50 ft when they earned that much freedom.
so... you tripped and fell when the dog wrapped you up in the leash, and yet you still stick to that dreadful flexi? 🤦♀ no offense, just my opinion, but this nonsense is second only to walking big dogs in flipflops 🤷♀
I believe if you don’t have to muzzle a dog you don’t have to because I believe that is a torture to a dog they know how much you love them and how much you care about them and if they don’t it’s because you don’t know how to show it
*moderator* Muzzles are very important safety equipment for specific situations to keep everyone safe and you can actually train a dog to enjoy wearing a muzzle so it is not something they will be stressed about if it's ever needed. Basket muzzles are best because you can feed a dog treats through them and when conditioned properly, a dog will happily stick their face in, just like a dog may get excited when they see their harness to go for a walk. If you do not train a dog to like wearing a muzzle, it can be stressful for them. Hope this helps clarify the best ways to use muzzles and how they can be perceived as a good thing to a dog. -- The Team at VSA & Positively
I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but I've watched probably 20-30 episodes of this now and there is such a difference between the British episodes and the American episodes. In the American episodes you can definitely tell that Victoria and the families have been coached on what to say. The British episodes feel so much more natural and organic. I also feel like more British families are willing to accept responsibility for their dog's behavior (i.e., "I'm the reason why my dog does this") whereas more of the American families seem clueless about their dog's behavior.
As an American, I can wholeheartedly say Americans are the #1 excuse makers ever lol
I've noticed the same omgosh hahahhahahahaha
American shows are also longer because they repeat everything 20 times.
Americans are just toddlers in adults bodies
That’s right, Americans are clueless 😂
A big part of terrier's charm comes from being small dogs with big attitudes, though that also makes them rather tricky to work with.
Too true Steven! My 6 month old Australian terrier puppy is no exception 😅
Ok , Noah is extremely smart , he picks everything so quickly! I have no idea why he was never taught how to behave
The owner.
Laziness
Victoria is super, she is so understanding of the owners and their dogs.
i love when the family takes ownership and works hard to make their environment better for the dogs and realize they just need some help
Noah is so much like my fox terrier Ernie! Except for the licking. Hats off to these people living with 3 male terriers!
Lets hope they're ALL castrated!!!
@@NikkieRoxxx as far as I could tell it looks like they are;-))
when i sterted the video - i was like , wait that's normal terrier behavior , what are they on about
Westies are really amazing dogs. One of those breeds that once u have had one, u will generally always have one. Recently lost both of my westies within like 2 months of eachother. Absolutely heart breaking. We are waiting a while before getting another westie. I'd like to rescue one
Poor Monty being bullied i'm glad Victoria was able to help
Noah was full of anxiety which was the fault of both of the owners. He really wasn't a bully, but the other dog suffered because of it just the same.
Positive training, if you mes up, dont worry it wont hurt the dog. (I love that)
I _loved_ when Victoria told Carrie “You are better than you think you are” 😊❤️
Oh dear, there's a Westie in my neighbourhood who is this aggressive. He attacked my dog, a Bichon, when I first adopted him. But my dog was found on the streets, he knows how to fight, so he defended himself quite well. 😄
Can’t take the hood outta the dog
How’s your Bichon with other dogs?
I just adopted a two year old yorkie and he is definitely a big package in just 6 pounds! Very sassy and stubborn lol
Westies are so smart, they can learn new skills at any age, they’re amazing little guys like no other dog I know!
Not leaving resources around is of course a great first step to avoid the rehearsal of that behaviour, but not "easily solved" 😆 wrong choice of words lol that is just the beginning of a long training and management process.
So true!
What a lovely family and such great work!
If Victoria called me a princess I would cry and melt into a puddle. XD
Victoria is amazing! Aww good job, Noah and humans!
I have a Westie too! I get excited when I see them because they aren’t that common
Well done everyone so proud of you keep up the great work ❤
such a cute family! great work, well done
He was totally.. Victorious! Nice pun! 😃👏🏻
Monty is so cute!❤
i love watching these. brings me peace
Such a adorable terrier 😊 Noah
Such a pretty backyard. I want this in my life
1:29 BANE!!! "Do you feel in charge?? I'm Gotham's reckoning... Here to end the borrowed time you've all been living on."
I have my westie trained for "leave it" if i put a bit of food on the floor. if i accidentaly drop a bit of food different story
Might be talking about my Jack lol 😂
I'm shocked the aggression wasn't addressed... But the other stuffs great!
They probably did in the full episode
aggression is a response behaviour, she focuses on giving other options of responses, ie turn away and other things. helping the dog have different responses. the aggression will subside when it does not feel insecure and threatened.
The dog needs holy water and a exorcism 😂
No! It was both the owner's fault, not the dog. Did you even bother to watch the video? No "holy" water, nor exorcism involved. Just decent training, and kindness. There are no bad dogs. Only bad owners.
My adopted Westie, Sophie, is obsessed with licking as well.
Find out why she is anxious. Is she getting the proper exercise? They are working dogs as are all terriers, and need two 30 mins walking daily. They don't do well laying around the house all day. She may have had a bad previous owner also.
My WESTIE, Bethy, wasn’t like that, even when we got the cats - two. She did like to chance Mr Purr. She barked like a big dog. I miss her very much!
11 YEARS?? what has she been doing for 11 years 💀
eh... it's the same old story
small dogs' owners usually don't feel the need to train nor educate them, because... well, in the words of many of those owners, "they're small, so they only can do small damages" 🤷♀
things of course change quickly the very moment something takes a bad turn, like in this case.
Nothing, obviously.
I didn’t see anyone working with the brown dog. He looks to me as if he feels left out.
@Heatherylou1990 exactly, they showed her doing obedience with him at the beginning. He's well trained but at the bottom of the pack.
Don't train your dog equals problems. You have to do it!
They are so much happier, too!
Right? I dislike pet parents like that. Setting your dog up for failure. And it sucks for the dog because they don’t know the rules or the language
is turn away the same as leave it? looks like it to me but then why change the cue? also wish they would teach the other dogs the cues as its not gonna work so well if just one dog turns away but the other isn't as it could still lead to a fight in theory. just my own personal thoughts on it. the rest is good. i totally agree with the retractile leash issues. i don't understand why they are so popular still but that's just me.
Sometimes trainers use different words because the original cue has a negative association. I'm sure they got more instruction than was captured in the video.
Could be that the owners preferred saying "turn away" over "leave it." It's their dogs and they're going to have to say the commands all the time. Doesn't really matter what the phrase is, it's a dog, they don't understand words. The command could literally be "klondike bar" and it'd still work just as well, because you're simply teaching the dog "when I say these words, you do this action"
I think it's the new version of "leave it", have seen it used in a lot of the new videos. I personally prefer the "leave it" command, but that's probably because I've been using it for years lol 😆
@@m6666 the goal is to keep communication the least confusing, which means that "overlapping" commands are to be avoided as much as possible.
the phrasing is conventional, really, it's just what's more convenient in the specific case.
for example, our Astro is very curious of new things, and his first approach is tasting them 😅
so we almost immediately associated "leave it" to the concept of "don't eat that random sh*t on the ground, is bad for you"...
we got him from a bad case of neglect, and in the first few months at home he used to sooth his separation anxiety through mouthing (mainly munching my husband shoes, preferably with his foot inside 🤷♀).
to avoid confusion, instead of "leave it" we decided with his trainer to use the command "drop".
@@m6666 A 2-syllable word is so much easier to say than a 3-syllable one.
Then STOP with the extendable leashes!!! These are dangerous to both dogs and humans. 😡
TBH that Westie seems like the normal and expected Westie attitude to an alien younger creature being added to the household. Minus the licking, that is in fact worrying
I won't say worrying, it's just one of the many forms of mouthing (I'm not a native English speaker, I hope is the correct term), a rather common self soothing response to the stress factor you described so well 😊
granted, it's something to address, but nothing really groundbreaking
U cant teach annold dog new tricks 😂unless u call in Victoria 😂❤
I have been an owner of four Westies. They are stubborn at times, but from the beginning they need to know who’s in charge. Once you allow them that they can get away with things, you’ve lost control. You need to be leader of the pac!
Agreed! I have a sweet little 13 year old Westie and she is soo obedient and also great with people.
westies are my favorite !!
It's not normal even for a "Big dog in a little body" to make protection over his food or toys. So what about those Big dogs who don t do that ? It s just a effortless training because he is little
Yay!! Lovely video!
😍😍😍Noah! Good boy! Smart boy!
Poor handling leads to problems. I have a Westie who has excelled in obedience and agility and have had many other dogs and my Westie is amazing.
Excellent video!😸
SO EXCITED!! ❤
YOUR THE BEST VICTORIA ❤❤
Licking behavior such as this can also be physiological as oppossed to psychosomatic.
GI discomfort ( "acid belly", nausea, tenesmus, etc) can be underlying here.
It can be difficult to tease out the reason.
Poor Noah, he can't handle his licker
Ha, ha! Nice play on words! 🍹🥃🍸
There's one bullying WestieTerrier here at our neighborhood. He's not cute at ALL!
My westie had a similar licking problem, bless him
I love Westies but they can be true Terrors lol. When I worked primarily with pets during college we would have to place our regular Westies with the bigger dogs. They would completely dominate the smaller dogs...even as puppies. Westies ran small group with Pugs and French Frenchies coming in as close 2nds.
They are all beautiful.
My Westie is named Mojo too!
I Have A Terrier He is so fluffy And cute.
I'm curious though. For the licking problem, if he's self soothing that way, wouldn't a lick matt help too? Having some meals via lick matt on top of all this other training?
That’s a good question, it seems a licking mat might help.
Licking is the symptom of stress for this dog. So you don't want to enforce the self soothing and put on a bandaid, you need to address the stressfactor (the reason for licking), which they did by building on the relationship with Mel
Also with a resource guarder you don't want to introduce another problem that can create more fights.
oh yeah that makes sense :) thanks
Such a nice couple 😊
She liked to chase Mr Purr.
I lived in Paris 7th arrondissement and very Westie I met there refused to not 💤 sleep in the street…..
they r so cute
Noah thinks he's boss. Noah leans to learn his place at the end of the pack.
Is it really torture to a dog to put a muzzle on them? I am trying to train my dog to not be so aggressive but my mom won't let me use a muzzle or even a vibrating collar when we go on a walk
It's not if you let your dog get used to the muzzle with positive methods 🙂 Start with feeding him treats from the muzzle (putting my nose in a muzzle = good thing)
@@nicky132 And to add to that, it should be a propperly fitted basket muzzle so they can still pant, eat and drink
It's not if you use a basket muzzle so they can pant and drink water. However, it's just a tool to keep other dogs and people safer. It doesn't address the problem or the dog's anxiety. You have to combine it with training.
No its a safety measure. Untill you know your dog you should use a muzzle
So I'm a veterinary assistant. We will put the muzzle on if a dog tries to go at us or bite or just showing super nervous and anxious energy just in case since they will most likely attack us out of fear and this just doesn't give them a chance and keeps us safe.
Dogs will fight the muzzle sometimes but a lot of times they eventually give up out maybe because it isn't worth the energy, it kind of keeps them not really calm but at least under control.
Like someone else mentioned it isn't really a complete solution to their aggression but sometimes it's the only option especially if the pet has attacked before and won't seem to change. Muzzles are good to use when doing nail trims or bathing if your pet is a spicy fur baby, though you can help them get used to things like this by touching their toes and getting them used to whatever you are doing from a young age or just working to make it positive.
You can also use a gentle lead which does some of the same thing as a muzzle which is controlling the mouth and head especially on a walk.
I have found those extension leads are useless you have no control over an unruly dog and you have giant handles to hold on to making giving rewards almost impossible especially holding 2 - i got a very deep rope burn when had grab my very large puppy back. I got different lengths of lines up to 50 ft when they earned that much freedom.
I don’t see a difference btw the American and British show. It’s families asking for help because they want a good life for their dogs.
My name is Noa but without the h
Cuz h s are EW!🤣
I’m sorry
0:43 ....dogs arent BABIES!!!!!!
Hiii
❤
I would make noah walk with mel
so... you tripped and fell when the dog wrapped you up in the leash, and yet you still stick to that dreadful flexi? 🤦♀
no offense, just my opinion, but this nonsense is second only to walking big dogs in flipflops 🤷♀
First purr
Trying so hard not to make a lame joke about carpet licking but I will not because they seem like two nice ladies.
The owners….no comment
I'm guessing the comment you want to make but decided not to, is homophobic.
I believe if you don’t have to muzzle a dog you don’t have to because I believe that is a torture to a dog they know how much you love them and how much you care about them and if they don’t it’s because you don’t know how to show it
And I believe in punctuation.
*moderator* Muzzles are very important safety equipment for specific situations to keep everyone safe and you can actually train a dog to enjoy wearing a muzzle so it is not something they will be stressed about if it's ever needed. Basket muzzles are best because you can feed a dog treats through them and when conditioned properly, a dog will happily stick their face in, just like a dog may get excited when they see their harness to go for a walk. If you do not train a dog to like wearing a muzzle, it can be stressful for them.
Hope this helps clarify the best ways to use muzzles and how they can be perceived as a good thing to a dog.
-- The Team at VSA & Positively
My dog is like yours. People say she needs holy water and an exorcism. Funny, but true! ✝✝✝✝💫🤎💙💛
I had a dog as a child her name was Olivia Newton John Livvy for short she was exactly like this we called her the hell hound
y not put Noah to sleep?
Put a Dog to sleep cuz the Humans can’t/won’t consistently train or set boundaries? Please don’t get a Dog…