In my opinion, this is a vital skill for any puppy or dog to have. Not only is it for safety (stop them from eating things, or chasing things), but it also helps to build impulse control. And it's so versatile, to help with many different behavioral issues.
With methods like these, I've been teaching my parents 7y.o. mini Australian Shepard to not snatch food from your hands and to not steal food from other dogs. The side effects of training like this have been amazing and the restraint she learned here has carried over into other aspects of how she conducts herself.
Really?!?! 7 years. Old? I live with the dumbest dogs ever because their owners are lazy butholes who don't care about their well being. Sad to say but it's true. I don't really care to train them since I honestly have grown to almost hate them for their nightmarish behavior and because they're not my effing dogs but if this can be a start I would do it simply to get some peace and perhaps even make the dogs less miserable. I don't want to see. Them. Suffer at the hands of lazy owners but alas they aren't my. Dogs. I don't like big dogs. And it's not my. Responsibility to train them. I wish more. People would understand how much happier dogs are when they have structure like this 😢💯💞
@@SarahSkinnyJeans Despite the old proverb old dogs can actually learn new tricks. I'd wish for you to find the motivation to train them a little. It's not the dogs, that are to hate, but the owners.
@@BeccaBuckLebowski they are smart too. I know they are. It's just like blegh. Why get dogs if they are going to ignore them and leave them untrained. I have other things going on in my life. It's just exhausting. I'm sure the poor doggos at exhausted too
@@SarahSkinnyJeans Did you have a talk with the owners about the issue? A civil talk, I mean, not yelling and fighting over it (no offense!). Because it seems to be quite an issue. And if you guys live together that sort of problem has to be solved.
Thank you so much for this video! I have a 12 week dachshund puppy. I started hand feeding her lunch and dinner today. For lunch, I said "take it" with each piece (or pieces) from an open hand. She also had to be seated and look at me for each piece. For dinner, about half way through, I started holding my hand closed and saying "leave it". After several handfuls, she would just sit and wait for me to open my hand and say take it. She also had to look at me with each piece. It was amazing to watch her go from agitation (because she was so hungry initially) to calmly waiting for me to give it to her. Thanks for the step by step actions. I'll continue to do this and transition to her "leaving it" when it's visible in my hand or on the floor, etc.
Recently discovered your videos and you have a lot of great tips for dog owners! The only one that I found so far that I would challenge is the "Leave It". Personal preference only, I wouldn't let a dog take an item after telling it to leave it. If the dog was to have the item after, I would use 'wait'. Leave it is something I use for items that are off limits like dropped pills, chocolate, macadamia nuts, unknown items on the street that has caught their interest, etc. Wait means it will be allowed to have it eventually. Wait I use to teach a little self discipline / impulse control. Wait to go outside, wait to approach their dinner bowl, wait to get into the car and as a result, when I say wait in a dangerous situation, they stop and wait and it prevents accidents from happening. Leave it has stopped them from picking up tainted meat pieces in the dog park. Look forward to watching more of your videos and have already been recommending them to people who have dogs or are in the process of adopting one!
This is something I don't understand either, too bad he doesn't respond to why letting a dog take an item after telling them to leave it. I can't wrap my head around that one!
I put my deposit on my baby right after his parents were bred. It's been months, I'm very close to bringing him home and the anticipation is killing me! I've always rescued adult rotts from rescues, this is my first baby. I've been watching & reading training advice for half a yr, I'm enjoying yours the most. You've answered most of my questions without having to actually ask them, which finding the answers to all my questions has been so difficult with so many different opinions and training methods. I've found that we're of like mind in approach. So I just feel compelled to say Thank you. 😁 Getting this puppy feels a lot like getting ready for a child. I'm so excited but very nervous too. I just want to do everything right! I've tamed and trained the worst of the worst adult rotts who've been abused and neglected, who could have easily eaten or maimed me....yet doing right by a baby frightens me more. it's strange.
Makes perfect sense. Repair work is easier and more straightforward than getting a fragile, blank slate. That means screw ups are on you, not someone else. I get it; it's scary. Good luck! You've got a good attitude going in!
Your "take it" instructions completely informed my relationship with my Great Dane X. He was always very gentle, with a soft mouth, but your views on how to use it properly brought us closer together. Thank you so much for your insight, instruction, and care in this regard. I love your channel.
The way we teach "Leave it" at the shelter where I volunteer is not give a dog the item that they were told to Leave so that they don't get the impression that "Leave it" is temporary. This is relevant for toxic items. Probably mixing it up is OK once the behavior is learned, but I'd be inclined to teach that once Leave it is used, that the item is not offered until it has left their mind. You pack a lot into these videos and I am very grateful for all your awesome tips. Many thanks!!
Hi George. Yeah, I get that a lot from other trainers. While I see that it's an intuitive approach, in over ten years of teaching it this way it doesn't really play out that way. I've never worked with a dog that didn't "get it" because I used the same food reward as the decoy, especially once we start to move into non-food decoys. They're a lot smarter than we generally give them credit for. Thanks for watching!
The “leave it” command is one of the very first command I teach. Living in a city, there are all kinds of nefarious items left around. It is also useful for teaching your dog to ignore your kitties.
Also helps if you have a reactive dog and you are trying to train them to ignore other dogs. My older dog is an alert guard breed, but if I tell him to "leave it" he does a lot better at ignoring other dogs. Before I trained this command he had no clue what I was asking when I was trying to get him to ignore other dogs, but once I trained the command, at least he knew what I was asking, and would comply sometimes.
I just adopted a sweet rescue pup who is 18 weeks old. Your videos have been an absolute savior!!! Crate training is going beautifully, he is learning basic commands like sit, down, take and leave it (thanks to this video!). The one thing I am struggling a lot with right now is his nipping/biting my hands while playing with toys. He is extremely gentle with getting treats/kibble out of my hands but when we are playing with toys he bites my hands. I have read many articles on this and I know he is in prime teething mode but I would love to know the most effective strategies to discourage it. I have read that you should not take you hand away but instead make a high pitched yelping noise to let him know its too much. This doesn't seems to be helping very much. We also try to always have a chew toy on hand to give him (which he loves) instead of our hands but he still wants to chomp down on our hands too. More tips for biting inhibition during play time would be great!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You explain things so well! Im so encouraged! We have An 11 week old English Bull Terrier and we began applying your advice on “what to do about puppy biting” when she was about 9 weeks and we have noticed a significant reduction in her intensity, she lets go very quickly when we let her know it hurts now and is mostly a lot calmer, one part there I couldn’t even walk around the house with shorts on because she seemed so fixated on biting everything that moved, but your advice seems to have changed this... i can see the energy we put in to her, is the energy we get back from her both in the long run and the momentarily... It seems she really is a reflection of my behaviour towards her in many ways, it’s very though provoking. Your videos have provided us not only with guidance on what to do but reason as to why it matters why we should do what we do, this makes a world of difference and I’m so grateful and so encouraged to put into practice what you teach! Thanks again you guys are amazing! 😊
Ian, your teaching style rocks. We are training a rescued pitty jack to one day be my personal service dog. You are training US by explaining the “whys” behind the techniques. And they are working so well. THANK YOU!
Ian, you are amazing. We have had our rescue pit-mix for a month and a half, we have paid two different trainers-- you make soooo much sense and WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOU --
Hi Ian, you got this! I appreciate your practical and compassionate approach to dog training. Just got my pup 3 days ago and today we busted through the 'home sick stage' and started to really begin to build our relationship, I caught my pup, Alo, looking for me when we were in the backyard! The thing I wish I would have realized most on full day #1 is his need to nap. I took him out for an outing in the neighborhood and he growled at a 9 year old child who was being very respectful. He is only 8 weeks old, a shepard collie and usually a bit too submissive, (I saw his bio-mom step on him several times, she was very careless around him and his brother...) I went home and looked up how much time a young puppy needs to sleep, about 20 hours a day! I had played with him for about 4 hours that morning with only a few short naps. This was an eye opener that I wish I understood. You may have addressed this, and other important info about getting a puppy that I missed. Another thing is he came from a very quiet rural setting and I live in a city not far from an airport, the trucks, planes and automobiles are scary! I have been comforting him when it happens but wonder if I am 'babying' him? Finally, I feel confused in my attempt to be alpha, I am trying and have some things down. Tonight when he bit too hard too many times I said 'ouch louder' and turned away. He went silent and after a long pause I yawned and turned back to him, he licked my hand and stretched to get his belly rubbed, which I did. Any more on that? Alpha for Alo? I want to be amicable alpha.
Thank you so much, Ian, for giving such precious advise. You are one of my heroes now. I have just practised this with my 10 weeks old Pomeranian and he understood within 2 minutes that crocodile biting is an unwanted behaviour. My 13 year old daughter watched and also trained our puppy in the way you showed us. She is delighted how well it works out. Here you have 2 new fans and followers from Northern Germany. Danke schön.
thanks Ian I've just watched your videos about harnesses and leads and you have really helped me with my dog and going for a walk. she used to just pull but know she's calm and trained.
HUGE help in training for therapy dogs! Especially given chemicals and/or pills anywhere! Hats off to you! Ya, hand feeding... totally worth it.... make sure you carve out dedicated time :) Admittedly had to hit rewind when you said that!
Your videos are fantastic. As you stated, there is tons of conflicting advice out there but I love how you connect your training methods to love and logic - everything makes total sense. We are struggling with puppy biting but I think all the training around mouth control in addition to the ABI will help us. Thanks for your work!
Wow another excellent tutorial ! I trained my late dog in obedience, support and agility and thought i knew what i was doing, but im about to get my next dog and know that i want to improve on a few details i got wrong. You cover exactly that - like still hand feeding the treat after dog leaves it on the floor. I learn something new in every one of your posts - who says an old dog cant learn new tricks !
Your videos are incredible; so much information that is actually correct. I only wish I would’ve found your channel when I first got my dog. He is now 8 months old and I’ve basically re-set training with tips from your videos. Hopefully I will have a well-behaved dog in the near future.
Even if this video is 4 years old, I taught this to my 9 week old puppy with this technique this week, and in two days he understood everything, even when I dropped it! Great technique, great training.
Have been enjoying your videos. Thanks! Would love to see you do a video on making a rescue dog feel more comfortable with their new home. I recently acquired a female dog from a kennel and that's all she knew. She is so timid and afraid of everything. We have had her a month now and she is slowly coming along but its going to take a long time for her to get to know the real world out there. Thanks again.
Simpawtico Dog Training has become my dog training bible. Thank you Ian for making these videos simple, understandable and bite size. I would like to know how one would go about reprimanding a dog to learn that a certain behavior is not preferable? How do you ask your dog to stop when there are guests around? And how do you teach a dog to settle quietly if they are not food driven? Is there a way to make their food more appealing to them without upping the anty of the food?
Love your videos! Have a 9 week old Frenchie pup and today we started this session. after two meals he will now rest his head on my wrist patiently staring at the kibble in my palm for a good 5 - 10 seconds waiting until I say "take it". This technique works so well!
I'm so pleased to discover your videos!! They zero in on many of my concerns and are a great refresher for me. Bella is different from my other dogs that grew old with me. She is about 5 years old and has her own history. We are learning together! You provide such common sense!! Thanks so very much!!
Just tried this with my 8 week old Lab and boy o boy was it so much fun! I was surprised how quickly he picked up on it. Thank you so much for these great videos
Greets from Italy, i just subscribed and i love your videos. I'm about to become a first time dog owner in two weeks! It's going to be a Jack Russel pup, and i already know it's not a great beginner dog but he really needed to be rescued and well... here we are. The guy at the dog kennel is all about the "yeah you gotta be the alpha of your pack and assert your dominance" and frankly he creeped the hell out of me. By watching your videos, and one other channel, i'm starting to understand exactly why i didn't love what he had to say. Anyway wish me luck, and keep making these videos! Thank you!
Hey there! First, congrats on your new little buddy! As you know from my vids, I LOVE my little Jack Russel. He's a riot! And good for you for rescuing! And second, yes, you are SO RIGHT about what that guy said. Good for you for listening to your gut. GOOD LUCK to you and definitely let me know how it goes!
Definitely the clearest videos on you tube to follow (and I've looked at lot) - really helping withy my extremely wilful Husky X GSD I rescued recently!
Thoroughly enjoying your videos, and am already finding them SO HELPFUL as I train up our new 8-week old Weim...I couldn’t get her to DOWN until watching your video. This morning at breakfast, we got it using your technique!! Thank you!
Great videos man. I hope you get the subscribers you deserve. Well produced with a great knowledge base behind them. I would love to see a video on helping dogs be more independent (ie. being OK with staying home alone). That topic has been a struggle with my pup Gordon (5 months). He's a dream in every other facet. Keep up the good work. Cheers!
Hi Sam! Thanks for the kind feedback! And that's an important topic, for sure. Check out the Kong video on my channel to get started with being alone, and I'll be doing more videos on that topic this year. ;)
Great video! My Great Dane puppy needs more practice taking things gently as she grows and is developing her adult teeth. I will be sure to use your advice! How about a video for jumping and biting when playtime gets them all hyped up, including nibbles to your pants or the back of your shirt and sleeves?
I've been working with my dog and she listens to me pretty good. Will she eventually extend that to my family members or is it necessary for them to work with her also?
Thank you so much! I have a half-mix German Shepherd puppy and she is to much snappy and will slurp everything that falls on the floor. Will definitely start the training today!
This is great. I'm 4 weeks in with my now 12 w/o Jack Russell Terrorist. He's getting annoying with grabbing leaves and sticks from the yard to bring inside, then running away when I try to get them. He's small and clumsy so I can catch him but it won't be long. Anyway, vids like this make me excited for the end of naptime because we can have some quality training time. He's so cute - I can't wait till he's a bit more like the little bugger at 4:54 though.
Watching your channel from Germany. Man, I've seen a ton of dog training videos on YT but yours belong to the best I found! You seem to follow a very smart and dog-friendly approach similar to the principles of Ian Dunbar (who I respect a lot), you explain very well and clearly and on top those videos are so well produced! Great job, Ian! I certainly will continue to watch! Just one little suggestion for improvement: I'd love to have sound in those scenes where you interact with your dogs to get an even better sense of how you communicate with them. Other than that: Just thank you for bringing these extremely helpful videos into the world!
Thank you for the generous praise! It means a lot. And thanks for the suggestion. I've actually been thinking about that myself. I did some in the Drop It video, but I think you're right, there needs to be more audio in general. 😉
Tried this with my little dude today and he did super well! He's about to turn 14 weeks and we're still struggling with bite inhibition. Your channel has been a fantastic resource and has already calmed my nerves MANY times. I wish I'd found it on day one!
Such great videos! This is something I've been working on with my almost 2 year old Great Pyrenees and there a lot of tips to make her even better! I adopted her from a farm only a few months ago so we have to break a lot of bad habits and teach new good ones. The biggest problem I'm having is how territorial of the house she is. We usually have to gate her off into a separate area so that guests can come in the house. And she does not like that! A video on guest manners and interacting with other dogs even would be helpful!
I have a blanket I use during training it helps when I'm teaching something new because I can move it to different areas or with me on the go and then I can phase it out like I do with treats and it helps them to generalize the cues a lot faster!
Wow!!!!! Awesome information for my new baby Doberman thank you so much I really appreciate all your videos and all the information good stuff God bless you and yours always I'll keep watching!!!!!👍
Love this information! In the past, I was a 4-H Dog Agilty Leader, where jumping heights are restricted for the safety of the dog. Could you address the jumping heights that are safe for dogs? I've never seen any trainers online discuss this very important topic, (allowing dogs to jump too high can eventually cause permanent damage to the dog's skeletal structure, to where the dog has to be put down). And also show how to keep dogs from jumping up on couches & beds? Thanks! Your videos and expertise is amazing!!!
Thanks so much for this. I just got an 11 yo Chihuahua and 5 yo Shih Tzu and they both picked this up SO fast. They'll do anything for food and praise lol
Best training video on the topic by a mile. I would recommend to add in your videos “what to train before doing this” and “what to train after doing this”. I find the training sequence to be extremely important and your videos step by step in progression is fantastic. Great job and thanks for sharing
You provide great training for us humans! Thank you Ian! I wonder, since you asked, could you do a video on early signs of resource aggression? Thanks for all you do! Oma and Alo
im working on that too. i think the same principals in this video apply. if i catch her starting for the leash i say leave it, if she already has it, its drop it. both of these things are gonna take some time and saintly patience lol
for us the older he got and the more he got used to walkies he stopped mouthing the leash. you can also use a tap on the dog so he knows it's undesirable behavior or redirect its mind to something else more desirable - depends what fits you and the dog most. i usually give "negative feedback" when he does something that crosses my boarders, some say it's HORRIBLE :D i say this is how he learns how to behave and what to do and what not to do : ) btw, did you have any luck? i see it's been a year : )
this is a very good training video I have a Saffie Labrador cross she is about 5 years old on the 17th of January this year I will have had her 4 years, like the other day I dropped a hot chip on the floor she pounced on t then she made herself sick, I must teach her not to take things off the floor till they are hers, thanks for this video.
I love all your beautiful video they are so much fun and beautiful to watch cause I’m learning so much. Thank you so much for taking the time to post this beautiful video.
Your videos are great! I'm excited to start using some of these tips. Can you do a video on how to address counter surfing and jumping on people? Is this a more advance training on "leave it"? My dog also likes to sniff inappropriate parts of people when greeting. I'm not sure how to address that too. Is that a leave it command?
Hi Brianna! You certainly could use a Leave It for that, or even counter surfing (if you're there to see it). The more things you practice it with, the more your dog will generalize it to mean more and more diverse things and situations. As always, though, I recommend coming from several angles. In other words, don't just rely on the Leave It; for example train a great "Say Hello" or Sit for Greeting as well to counteract that crotch sniffing AND jumping on them. And, you can always take any behavior as advanced as you like, which I think is awesome.
Hi following from Ireland :) After browsing through videos yours are so well done and easy to follow I had to subscribe. Only thing I would say is that instead of constant voice over during clips of the commands being given I would like to hear the actual voice used at the time the commands are being put into practise, in order to gauge the tone you use with the dog and see an actual example. I am the proud new owner of a dalmatian pup she is 2 and a half months old and in one week she has been trained to go toilet outside and she is also now content to settle in her cage at night. Is she old enough at 6 weeks to learn these obedience tricks? Take it, leave it, drop it, sit, stay, etc. Thanks in advance :)
The most recent ones have audio of the practice being done. I will try to do more like that as well. Also, I'm confused: two and half months would be 10 weeks. Is she 10 weeks or 6 weeks?
Simpawtico Dog Training Oh I'm sorry! She is 10 weeks, my mistake, I was being chewed on at the time of typing the first message 😅 Also thanks for info on the newer videos I will check them out. Thanks for reply 👍
I am new to puppy world, our pup is 7 months old, he is potty trained, and crate trained, among tricks and such. I feel I have sooooo much work to do with take it, leave it etc and appreciate all the tips. I am also new to your channel and have not really looked at all the videos. You may have a video on this or not but wanted to throw it out there, I don't know why they get soo much eye buggers, that if I don't clean it on a daily basis it starts to stink up. I think a video on best hygiene practices for puppies and older dogs? thanks
Thank you for your fantastic videos. I wish I knew how to schedule a one and one appointment to help our little puppy with his separation anxiety which has made crate training like hell for us. :(
I like this a lot I will do mine without a non reward marker , because I don't think that's necessary. If they don't get it right I just try again so they really are thinking . But with that said. I really enjoy your videos
Just want to say thanks for getting straight to the point with these videos , other channels jump around and then want to sell you a book
Hey thanks! Glad they're helpful!
Zak George LOL
@@ragnarok6799, yes exactly!
I like Zak, he’s got his style and it helps. I do love Sypawtico for the streight-to-the-point-edness!🤣
i’m literally obsessed w you showing us from the dogs POV what saying gentle over and over every time is like!
In my opinion, this is a vital skill for any puppy or dog to have. Not only is it for safety (stop them from eating things, or chasing things), but it also helps to build impulse control. And it's so versatile, to help with many different behavioral issues.
For sure. It's one of the main things we teach in our Puppy Classes!
With methods like these, I've been teaching my parents 7y.o. mini Australian Shepard to not snatch food from your hands and to not steal food from other dogs. The side effects of training like this have been amazing and the restraint she learned here has carried over into other aspects of how she conducts herself.
YES! That's exactly why I love these exercises. Great job!
Really?!?! 7 years. Old? I live with the dumbest dogs ever because their owners are lazy butholes who don't care about their well being. Sad to say but it's true. I don't really care to train them since I honestly have grown to almost hate them for their nightmarish behavior and because they're not my effing dogs but if this can be a start I would do it simply to get some peace and perhaps even make the dogs less miserable. I don't want to see. Them. Suffer at the hands of lazy owners but alas they aren't my. Dogs. I don't like big dogs. And it's not my. Responsibility to train them. I wish more. People would understand how much happier dogs are when they have structure like this 😢💯💞
@@SarahSkinnyJeans Despite the old proverb old dogs can actually learn new tricks. I'd wish for you to find the motivation to train them a little. It's not the dogs, that are to hate, but the owners.
@@BeccaBuckLebowski they are smart too. I know they are. It's just like blegh. Why get dogs if they are going to ignore them and leave them untrained.
I have other things going on in my life. It's just exhausting. I'm sure the poor doggos at exhausted too
@@SarahSkinnyJeans Did you have a talk with the owners about the issue? A civil talk, I mean, not yelling and fighting over it (no offense!). Because it seems to be quite an issue. And if you guys live together that sort of problem has to be solved.
Your videos are very professional.
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Thank you so much for this video! I have a 12 week dachshund puppy. I started hand feeding her lunch and dinner today. For lunch, I said "take it" with each piece (or pieces) from an open hand. She also had to be seated and look at me for each piece. For dinner, about half way through, I started holding my hand closed and saying "leave it". After several handfuls, she would just sit and wait for me to open my hand and say take it. She also had to look at me with each piece. It was amazing to watch her go from agitation (because she was so hungry initially) to calmly waiting for me to give it to her. Thanks for the step by step actions. I'll continue to do this and transition to her "leaving it" when it's visible in my hand or on the floor, etc.
Recently discovered your videos and you have a lot of great tips for dog owners! The only one that I found so far that I would challenge is the "Leave It". Personal preference only, I wouldn't let a dog take an item after telling it to leave it. If the dog was to have the item after, I would use 'wait'. Leave it is something I use for items that are off limits like dropped pills, chocolate, macadamia nuts, unknown items on the street that has caught their interest, etc. Wait means it will be allowed to have it eventually. Wait I use to teach a little self discipline / impulse control. Wait to go outside, wait to approach their dinner bowl, wait to get into the car and as a result, when I say wait in a dangerous situation, they stop and wait and it prevents accidents from happening. Leave it has stopped them from picking up tainted meat pieces in the dog park.
Look forward to watching more of your videos and have already been recommending them to people who have dogs or are in the process of adopting one!
I can see the usefulness of this approach... the training isn't too different or much more, either.
This is something I don't understand either, too bad he doesn't respond to why letting a dog take an item after telling them to leave it. I can't wrap my head around that one!
I put my deposit on my baby right after his parents were bred. It's been months, I'm very close to bringing him home and the anticipation is killing me! I've always rescued adult rotts from rescues, this is my first baby. I've been watching & reading training advice for half a yr, I'm enjoying yours the most. You've answered most of my questions without having to actually ask them, which finding the answers to all my questions has been so difficult with so many different opinions and training methods. I've found that we're of like mind in approach. So I just feel compelled to say Thank you. 😁 Getting this puppy feels a lot like getting ready for a child. I'm so excited but very nervous too. I just want to do everything right! I've tamed and trained the worst of the worst adult rotts who've been abused and neglected, who could have easily eaten or maimed me....yet doing right by a baby frightens me more. it's strange.
Makes perfect sense. Repair work is easier and more straightforward than getting a fragile, blank slate. That means screw ups are on you, not someone else. I get it; it's scary. Good luck! You've got a good attitude going in!
Your "take it" instructions completely informed my relationship with my Great Dane X. He was always very gentle, with a soft mouth, but your views on how to use it properly brought us closer together. Thank you so much for your insight, instruction, and care in this regard. I love your channel.
Glad it helped! And thank you for the kind feedback!
We are bring home our first puppy on March 9th and I am beyond grateful that I stumbled upon your channel! This is just so much helpful information.
The way we teach "Leave it" at the shelter where I volunteer is not give a dog the item that they were told to Leave so that they don't get the impression that "Leave it" is temporary. This is relevant for toxic items.
Probably mixing it up is OK once the behavior is learned, but I'd be inclined to teach that once Leave it is used, that the item is not offered until it has left their mind.
You pack a lot into these videos and I am very grateful for all your awesome tips. Many thanks!!
Hi George. Yeah, I get that a lot from other trainers. While I see that it's an intuitive approach, in over ten years of teaching it this way it doesn't really play out that way. I've never worked with a dog that didn't "get it" because I used the same food reward as the decoy, especially once we start to move into non-food decoys. They're a lot smarter than we generally give them credit for. Thanks for watching!
@@SimpawticoDogTraining Thank you for taking the time to reply with your great advice borne of experience - I am so glad to have discovered you!
Sure thing, mate! Thanks for commenting and sharing!
The “leave it” command is one of the very first command I teach. Living in a city, there are all kinds of nefarious items left around. It is also useful for teaching your dog to ignore your kitties.
Also helps if you have a reactive dog and you are trying to train them to ignore other dogs. My older dog is an alert guard breed, but if I tell him to "leave it" he does a lot better at ignoring other dogs. Before I trained this command he had no clue what I was asking when I was trying to get him to ignore other dogs, but once I trained the command, at least he knew what I was asking, and would comply sometimes.
Follow this guy, don’t waist your time anywhere else. His stuff works great.
I just adopted a sweet rescue pup who is 18 weeks old. Your videos have been an absolute savior!!! Crate training is going beautifully, he is learning basic commands like sit, down, take and leave it (thanks to this video!). The one thing I am struggling a lot with right now is his nipping/biting my hands while playing with toys. He is extremely gentle with getting treats/kibble out of my hands but when we are playing with toys he bites my hands. I have read many articles on this and I know he is in prime teething mode but I would love to know the most effective strategies to discourage it. I have read that you should not take you hand away but instead make a high pitched yelping noise to let him know its too much. This doesn't seems to be helping very much. We also try to always have a chew toy on hand to give him (which he loves) instead of our hands but he still wants to chomp down on our hands too. More tips for biting inhibition during play time would be great!!
I watch and apply your tips religiously. Thank you so much!
Perhaps adding a patreon or paypal at the end for tips from thankful subscribers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You explain things so well!
Im so encouraged! We have An 11 week old English Bull Terrier and we began applying your advice on “what to do about puppy biting” when she was about 9 weeks and we have noticed a significant reduction in her intensity, she lets go very quickly when we let her know it hurts now and is mostly a lot calmer, one part there I couldn’t even walk around the house with shorts on because she seemed so fixated on biting everything that moved, but your advice seems to have changed this... i can see the energy we put in to her, is the energy we get back from her both in the long run and the momentarily... It seems she really is a reflection of my behaviour towards her in many ways, it’s very though provoking. Your videos have provided us not only with guidance on what to do but reason as to why it matters why we should do what we do, this makes a world of difference and I’m so grateful and so encouraged to put into practice what you teach! Thanks again you guys are amazing! 😊
Ian, your teaching style rocks. We are training a rescued pitty jack to one day be my personal service dog. You are training US by explaining the “whys” behind the techniques. And they are working so well. THANK YOU!
Thank YOU, Tammy! Really appreciate the feedback!
As a new GSD puppy dad, these videos are priceless. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
Ian, you are amazing. We have had our rescue pit-mix for a month and a half, we have paid two different trainers-- you make soooo much sense and WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOU --
I'm so happy to help! Best to you!
We hand fed our Boston/Pitbull puppy once with this method and he starting biting much softer towards the end. Excellent video!
What I love about your advice is that it is all based from a dog perspective, and not a human perspective. I just subscribed!
Welcome!
The little puppy is vibrating with energy! I truly appreciate your videos- they are informative, instructive, and doable. Thank you!
Hi Ian, you got this! I appreciate your practical and compassionate approach to dog training. Just got my pup 3 days ago and today we busted through the 'home sick stage' and started to really begin to build our relationship, I caught my pup, Alo, looking for me when we were in the backyard! The thing I wish I would have realized most on full day #1 is his need to nap. I took him out for an outing in the neighborhood and he growled at a 9 year old child who was being very respectful. He is only 8 weeks old, a shepard collie and usually a bit too submissive, (I saw his bio-mom step on him several times, she was very careless around him and his brother...) I went home and looked up how much time a young puppy needs to sleep, about 20 hours a day! I had played with him for about 4 hours that morning with only a few short naps. This was an eye opener that I wish I understood. You may have addressed this, and other important info about getting a puppy that I missed. Another thing is he came from a very quiet rural setting and I live in a city not far from an airport, the trucks, planes and automobiles are scary! I have been comforting him when it happens but wonder if I am 'babying' him? Finally, I feel confused in my attempt to be alpha, I am trying and have some things down. Tonight when he bit too hard too many times I said 'ouch louder' and turned away. He went silent and after a long pause I yawned and turned back to him, he licked my hand and stretched to get his belly rubbed, which I did. Any more on that? Alpha for Alo? I want to be amicable alpha.
Thank you so much, Ian, for giving such precious advise. You are one of my heroes now. I have just practised this with my 10 weeks old Pomeranian and he understood within 2 minutes that crocodile biting is an unwanted behaviour. My 13 year old daughter watched and also trained our puppy in the way you showed us. She is delighted how well it works out. Here you have 2 new fans and followers from Northern Germany. Danke schön.
thanks Ian I've just watched your videos about harnesses and leads and you have really helped me with my dog and going for a walk. she used to just pull but know she's calm and trained.
Fantastic!
HUGE help in training for therapy dogs! Especially given chemicals and/or pills anywhere! Hats off to you! Ya, hand feeding... totally worth it.... make sure you carve out dedicated time :)
Admittedly had to hit rewind when you said that!
I'm in the process of adopting my first dog. Your videos are such a big help. I'm so excited about bringing her home.
Fantastic! Good luck!
Your videos are fantastic. As you stated, there is tons of conflicting advice out there but I love how you connect your training methods to love and logic - everything makes total sense. We are struggling with puppy biting but I think all the training around mouth control in addition to the ABI will help us. Thanks for your work!
Wow another excellent tutorial ! I trained my late dog in obedience, support and agility and thought i knew what i was doing, but im about to get my next dog and know that i want to improve on a few details i got wrong. You cover exactly that - like still hand feeding the treat after dog leaves it on the floor. I learn something new in every one of your posts - who says an old dog cant learn new tricks !
Happy to help!
Your videos are incredible; so much information that is actually correct. I only wish I would’ve found your channel when I first got my dog. He is now 8 months old and I’ve basically re-set training with tips from your videos. Hopefully I will have a well-behaved dog in the near future.
You still started when the dog was young! How’s the training going now? (Hopefully you see this 😅)
Even if this video is 4 years old, I taught this to my 9 week old puppy with this technique this week, and in two days he understood everything, even when I dropped it! Great technique, great training.
That is awesome!
6:20 omg the editing killed me! great video!
These videos are so good. Very well explained and love the demonstrations shown. Why anyone would dislike these videos is beyond me.
Great delivery! great endings in all your videos. Very professional. Thank you.
Have been enjoying your videos. Thanks! Would love to see you do a video on making a rescue dog feel more comfortable with their new home. I recently acquired a female dog from a kennel and that's all she knew. She is so timid and afraid of everything. We have had her a month now and she is slowly coming along but its going to take a long time for her to get to know the real world out there. Thanks again.
Simpawtico Dog Training has become my dog training bible. Thank you Ian for making these videos simple, understandable and bite size.
I would like to know how one would go about reprimanding a dog to learn that a certain behavior is not preferable? How do you ask your dog to stop when there are guests around? And how do you teach a dog to settle quietly if they are not food driven? Is there a way to make their food more appealing to them without upping the anty of the food?
Love your videos! Have a 9 week old Frenchie pup and today we started this session. after two meals he will now rest his head on my wrist patiently staring at the kibble in my palm for a good 5 - 10 seconds waiting until I say "take it". This technique works so well!
I'm so pleased to discover your videos!! They zero in on many of my concerns and are
a great refresher for me. Bella is different from my other dogs that grew old with me.
She is about 5 years old and has her own history. We are learning together! You provide
such common sense!! Thanks so very much!!
You're so welcome, Becky. Best to you and your doggie!
Just tried this with my 8 week old Lab and boy o boy was it so much fun! I was surprised how quickly he picked up on it. Thank you so much for these great videos
your videos are helping me prepare for bringing my puppy home in a few weeks! thanks for the great content
My pleasure! Thank YOU!
Greets from Italy, i just subscribed and i love your videos. I'm about to become a first time dog owner in two weeks! It's going to be a Jack Russel pup, and i already know it's not a great beginner dog but he really needed to be rescued and well... here we are. The guy at the dog kennel is all about the "yeah you gotta be the alpha of your pack and assert your dominance" and frankly he creeped the hell out of me. By watching your videos, and one other channel, i'm starting to understand exactly why i didn't love what he had to say. Anyway wish me luck, and keep making these videos! Thank you!
Hey there! First, congrats on your new little buddy! As you know from my vids, I LOVE my little Jack Russel. He's a riot! And good for you for rescuing! And second, yes, you are SO RIGHT about what that guy said. Good for you for listening to your gut. GOOD LUCK to you and definitely let me know how it goes!
Definitely the clearest videos on you tube to follow (and I've looked at lot) - really helping withy my extremely wilful Husky X GSD I rescued recently!
Thanks for that! Glad it helped!
Randomly saw this. The attention detail deserves a sub for sure
Thoroughly enjoying your videos, and am already finding them SO HELPFUL as I train up our new 8-week old Weim...I couldn’t get her to DOWN until watching your video. This morning at breakfast, we got it using your technique!! Thank you!
Thank you! Can’t wait to try this with my super smart working puppy! She loves having a job
Wonderful!
Great videos man. I hope you get the subscribers you deserve. Well produced with a great knowledge base behind them. I would love to see a video on helping dogs be more independent (ie. being OK with staying home alone). That topic has been a struggle with my pup Gordon (5 months). He's a dream in every other facet. Keep up the good work. Cheers!
Hi Sam! Thanks for the kind feedback! And that's an important topic, for sure. Check out the Kong video on my channel to get started with being alone, and I'll be doing more videos on that topic this year. ;)
Check out his Kong video!
anxiously awaiting your experience on this topic. oxoxoxoxox
Leave it and take it. Fantastic coverage of important skill especially for safe travels.
Thank you so much I did take it for about 2 minutes now he knows that then I did leave it for about 4 minutes it worked thank you so much!! 😄
Well done!
Great video! My Great Dane puppy needs more practice taking things gently as she grows and is developing her adult teeth. I will be sure to use your advice! How about a video for jumping and biting when playtime gets them all hyped up, including nibbles to your pants or the back of your shirt and sleeves?
yes please - me too!
Me three!
YES! So great - just did this and pup was SUPER responsive!
Great job!
Best training videos on RUclips by far.
Thanks!
Can you train other people to not encourage bad habits in your dogs lol
OMG I wish!
I've been working with my dog and she listens to me pretty good. Will she eventually extend that to my family members or is it necessary for them to work with her also?
I keep a spray bottle, not for my dog but for bad humans loljk
the family should work with the dog as much as possible
I need this for my family orz
Thank you so much! I have a half-mix German Shepherd puppy and she is to much snappy and will slurp everything that falls on the floor. Will definitely start the training today!
This is great. I'm 4 weeks in with my now 12 w/o Jack Russell Terrorist. He's getting annoying with grabbing leaves and sticks from the yard to bring inside, then running away when I try to get them. He's small and clumsy so I can catch him but it won't be long. Anyway, vids like this make me excited for the end of naptime because we can have some quality training time. He's so cute - I can't wait till he's a bit more like the little bugger at 4:54 though.
I love JRTs so much! Good luck with your little dude!
Great motivation to help my dog and I to work together
Love the way you present so many techniques so clearly.
3:20 LOL. Super helpful as always. Thanks Ian!
Watching your channel from Germany. Man, I've seen a ton of dog training videos on YT but yours belong to the best I found! You seem to follow a very smart and dog-friendly approach similar to the principles of Ian Dunbar (who I respect a lot), you explain very well and clearly and on top those videos are so well produced! Great job, Ian! I certainly will continue to watch! Just one little suggestion for improvement: I'd love to have sound in those scenes where you interact with your dogs to get an even better sense of how you communicate with them. Other than that: Just thank you for bringing these extremely helpful videos into the world!
Thank you for the generous praise! It means a lot. And thanks for the suggestion. I've actually been thinking about that myself. I did some in the Drop It video, but I think you're right, there needs to be more audio in general. 😉
Also forgot: Ian Dunbar's a huge influence on me. Good catch on that!
Yeah, I noticed the sound in the "Drop It" video after writing the comment. Loved it! Thanks again, you are doing an awesome job!
THANK YOU for this, it's so easy to understand and the demos (with text!) are extremely helpful!
Tried this with my little dude today and he did super well! He's about to turn 14 weeks and we're still struggling with bite inhibition. Your channel has been a fantastic resource and has already calmed my nerves MANY times. I wish I'd found it on day one!
Such great videos! This is something I've been working on with my almost 2 year old Great Pyrenees and there a lot of tips to make her even better! I adopted her from a farm only a few months ago so we have to break a lot of bad habits and teach new good ones. The biggest problem I'm having is how territorial of the house she is. We usually have to gate her off into a separate area so that guests can come in the house. And she does not like that! A video on guest manners and interacting with other dogs even would be helpful!
I’ve watched a few of your videos and they’ve already helped me sooo much, definitely subscribing
This has been so successful with our Shih-Poo puppy! Also your Kong video-thanks for the great training for us humans! 👏🏼
You're so welcome!
I have a blanket I use during training it helps when I'm teaching something new because I can move it to different areas or with me on the go and then I can phase it out like I do with treats and it helps them to generalize the cues a lot faster!
Good idea, Selby! Especially since new surfaces can weird a dog out. That's a good way to help them feel comfortable and focus on the task at hand. ;)
Excellent video once again. I so wish you lived in the U.K. I'd be the first one to sign up to your classes!
Thanks, Pat!
Wow!!!!! Awesome information for my new baby Doberman thank you so much I really appreciate all your videos and all the information good stuff God bless you and yours always I'll keep watching!!!!!👍
Very great videos man! Utterly impressed! I get goosebumps everytime i watch this guy cause hes so good
Your channel is awesome!! Your sense of humor is refreshing. Thanks man.
Thank YOU!
Wow! This is super useful... Thanks Ian!!
Love this information! In the past, I was a 4-H Dog Agilty Leader, where jumping heights are restricted for the safety of the dog.
Could you address the jumping heights that are safe for dogs? I've never seen any trainers online discuss this very important topic, (allowing dogs to jump too high can eventually cause permanent damage to the dog's skeletal structure, to where the dog has to be put down). And also show how to keep dogs from jumping up on couches & beds?
Thanks! Your videos and expertise is amazing!!!
Just wanted to say thank you for what you do. Very helpful
You're welcome! Thank YOU!
Thanks so much for this. I just got an 11 yo Chihuahua and 5 yo Shih Tzu and they both picked this up SO fast. They'll do anything for food and praise lol
Great video I love that you take it in slow steps
Best, clearest videos ever. Thank you so much!
Awesome video! Very informative and on point as always!
Best training video on the topic by a mile. I would recommend to add in your videos “what to train before doing this” and “what to train after doing this”. I find the training sequence to be extremely important and your videos step by step in progression is fantastic. Great job and thanks for sharing
Amazing content and depth of knowledge brother!
You provide great training for us humans! Thank you Ian! I wonder, since you asked, could you do a video on early signs of resource aggression? Thanks for all you do! Oma and Alo
Is there a video on teaching a dog not to bite the leash while walking!! That is something I need!! Love this video too 😊
im working on that too. i think the same principals in this video apply. if i catch her starting for the leash i say leave it, if she already has it, its drop it. both of these things are gonna take some time and saintly patience lol
Cassidy Garrone catch a stick.😂
for us the older he got and the more he got used to walkies he stopped mouthing the leash. you can also use a tap on the dog so he knows it's undesirable behavior or redirect its mind to something else more desirable - depends what fits you and the dog most. i usually give "negative feedback" when he does something that crosses my boarders, some say it's HORRIBLE :D i say this is how he learns how to behave and what to do and what not to do : )
btw, did you have any luck? i see it's been a year : )
ruclips.net/video/lDZpz448uMU/видео.html He references that he uses "drop it" for leash biting as well.
My dog starts playing tug with the leash while walking in the middle of the road
Please do video on counter surfing. We keep empty ecept when taking or putting in oven. Golden goes to visit and gets food at friends houses.
can't wait to see the drop it video!
Here it is! ruclips.net/video/lDZpz448uMU/видео.html
Hey Ian,
Can you please create a video about managing multiple dogs.
Thanks
Hi Don! Do you mean in general around the house? Or out in public together?
Around the house and in public.
Thanks Ian
this is a very good training video I have a Saffie Labrador cross she is about 5 years old on the 17th of January this year I will have had her 4 years, like the other day I dropped a hot chip on the floor she pounced on t then she made herself sick, I must teach her not to take things off the floor till they are hers, thanks for this video.
You're welcome!
These videos are superb! Thank you!! Gonna start teaching these to my 4 month old Aussie!
I would love a video about barking!
Your pro tip @8:42 is a helpful one - Thx!
Welcome!
Learned a lot from your videos
Thank you for this teaching. Solid guidance for me and my new pawfectly wonderful puppy, Sadie von HoneyBear!
Please please please do a video on separation anxiety! I need help!
Dane Wilkes I agree. my dog loves me toooo much.
His video on Kings touches on separation anxiety. You should check it out.
Nate Gross you mean kongs?
Celine Xie yes.
Other people just teach leave it but you also teach take it
I like that
This is a great vid! Thanks Ian! ~other topics: how to get my dog to ignore other dogs on walks, stop barking, stay off
I love all your beautiful video they are so much fun and beautiful to watch cause I’m learning so much.
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this beautiful video.
Your videos are great! I'm excited to start using some of these tips. Can you do a video on how to address counter surfing and jumping on people? Is this a more advance training on "leave it"? My dog also likes to sniff inappropriate parts of people when greeting. I'm not sure how to address that too. Is that a leave it command?
Hi Brianna! You certainly could use a Leave It for that, or even counter surfing (if you're there to see it). The more things you practice it with, the more your dog will generalize it to mean more and more diverse things and situations. As always, though, I recommend coming from several angles. In other words, don't just rely on the Leave It; for example train a great "Say Hello" or Sit for Greeting as well to counteract that crotch sniffing AND jumping on them. And, you can always take any behavior as advanced as you like, which I think is awesome.
Hi following from Ireland :) After browsing through videos yours are so well done and easy to follow I had to subscribe. Only thing I would say is that instead of constant voice over during clips of the commands being given I would like to hear the actual voice used at the time the commands are being put into practise, in order to gauge the tone you use with the dog and see an actual example. I am the proud new owner of a dalmatian pup she is 2 and a half months old and in one week she has been trained to go toilet outside and she is also now content to settle in her cage at night. Is she old enough at 6 weeks to learn these obedience tricks? Take it, leave it, drop it, sit, stay, etc. Thanks in advance :)
The most recent ones have audio of the practice being done. I will try to do more like that as well.
Also, I'm confused: two and half months would be 10 weeks. Is she 10 weeks or 6 weeks?
Simpawtico Dog Training Oh I'm sorry! She is 10 weeks, my mistake, I was being chewed on at the time of typing the first message 😅 Also thanks for info on the newer videos I will check them out. Thanks for reply 👍
Excellent video as always! Would love to see a video on teaching fetch!
I am new to puppy world, our pup is 7 months old, he is potty trained, and crate trained, among tricks and such. I feel I have sooooo much work to do with take it, leave it etc and appreciate all the tips. I am also new to your channel and have not really looked at all the videos. You may have a video on this or not but wanted to throw it out there, I don't know why they get soo much eye buggers, that if I don't clean it on a daily basis it starts to stink up. I think a video on best hygiene practices for puppies and older dogs? thanks
This is gr8! im using this for my dog!
Thank you for your fantastic videos. I wish I knew how to schedule a one and one appointment to help our little puppy with his separation anxiety which has made crate training like hell for us. :(
You are so awesome!! Your videos are sooooo helpful!!! Thank you :)
You're very welcome!
I like this a lot I will do mine without a non reward marker , because I don't think that's necessary. If they don't get it right I just try again so they really are thinking . But with that said. I really enjoy your videos
Awesome tuition.Thank you.