I have Terrier mixes and Black Mouth Cur mixes. Both are highly prey driven and I am training them to ignore my chickens, ducks, and geese. You make "YOU" more exciting and inviting to the dog. I have a Jack Russell Pug mix that leaves my chickens alone. My Pitfall Lab mix leaves my chickens and cats alone. Reinforcement based training works. Even before I found Susan I was using reinforcement to train my Pitfall and Jack Russell mix to make me more inviting to them rather than the cat or the chicken. My Pittie now grooms the cats and the Jack Russell sleeps in the chicken area. I ask questions of this group because I want to learn more! Science based training works.
This is so so true. I am the odd one out at training as I use reinforcement only. It has made for uncomfortable moments with others but I refuse to change. My last dog has been a challenge but slowly and surely we are getting there. He is gradually turning into a beautiful dog.
We can’t hear this enough. Thank you Susan for saying it once again. I have moved to a area where dog training is all about the e-collar and the butt of a gun 😢. Locals just don’t get it.
Another great podcast, Susan! A growl is a communication from the dog. Many people do not understand that and assume that the dog is being unfriendly or aggressive. Should we as dog owner say anything to the child or parent to assure them? Sometimes I acknowledge my dog by talking to him “did something scare you? Let’s move on”. I say it loud enough for the ones being growled/barked at, an indirect way of telling them don’t take it to heart.
I’ve always had dogs and live out in the country. My dogs were mutts and lived mostly outside. I could take them anywhere. They weren’t always perfect but listened well. Now I have a Jack Russell and she gives me anxiety. Lol. I have to train the little bugger. I’ve never had such a difficult dog to connect with. But I’m not gonna use correctional training. So,,, one foot in front of the other. I realized early on how different this dog was, I thought of rehoming her, but that’s not me. I wrote in my journal that day that I would keep her safe. That was before I found Susan. I go back and read that to myself often. I almost laughed when you described the woman and the chicken event. I had a similar event, but not with chickens, with another dog. It made her worse. That was when I realized I was putting her in situations she was not capable of handling. So I’m enrolled in HSTD, I’m still afraid I’ll never get to the point I want to. We’re learning lots of things together, when I get lost I go back to the simple games we do well. Thank you Susan Garrett
You are bang on of course. I always get the comment from a trainer who says, but I train pre-Recallers dogs (dogs with issues). We go in circles. Sigh. And, I explain, I'm in the program because I wanted a program that would allow me to work with any of my fosters and my own dogs who have issues without ever hiring another trainer or attending another seminar or training school. Thank you, Susan and your team, for educating us to be kind to our dogs, and have fun!
I love this podcast! 😍 Twenty years ago, with my first dog, I believed the dominance training methods. It was so common back then... With my second dog, I came across a different approach - reward-based force-free training. My third dog is reactive and sometimes it's really hard for me. Your videos are like a warm cup of hot chocolate (vegan of course!) for me, soo comforting! Thank you! 💗
Thank you so much right now I have dogs rescue I'm so overwhelmed I'm training now I spend about 40 $ on treats to a week 5 dogs help help I just found you're podcast signed up last week on dog training class 300 it's so overwhelming I love em but overwhelmed I got diagnosed I went through chemo my dog pulled my wig off at PetSmart Im loosing it
Melanie, when we don't feel well, it is hard to manage that many dogs. 1. Get them tired out more. 2. Separate them and work one on one so they understand you are the one in charge. They like to feed off one another and do round Robin troublemaker. Lol. So control them by setting up a situation where they have minimal distractions. That dog at Pets mart wasn't ready for that level of responsibility. Try getting control at home in a room away from the others, then add a dog and have them sit and lay down for treats, keep adding a dog till they are all there behaving. It is a process and requires you to be a leader to step up. But your health is most important. If you have to rehome, there should be no shame. Keep the most obedient ones and call it a day. Human first, dog second. ✌️💗 Know your limits and be willing to ask other rescues for help placing the dogs.
seeing a dog that fears its person is just sad, my dog is my best friend she had my back when no one else didn't. even when i was homeless an lived out of a van she never left me, never ran away! protected me when i needed it the most. be fair be kind be someone your dog can look to an trust never yell or hit an you'll have a friend until the very end. my dog was never the most obedient but she had a good understanding on how to behave
I LOVE your belief about dogs. The alpha theory has been debunked many times, but it's still so pervasive in the dog world. I have a Jack Russell and Beagle mix, and people's first reaction is always "that's a bad mix", and yet, they're always surprised to see how my dog doesn't bark. Science is beautiful, and if someone thinks science-based dog training is being "in a lab", they don't understand what science is.
My dog is dog reactive. And just can't take eye focus off a new dog on the street. Not too bothered at the park and won't seek them out. I don't see how to fix this right now other than flooding him to make it seem the norm
You have to start in a sterile environment. You have to teach the dog to give you 100% focus and attention when there is zero distraction and then build step by step to the highest level of distraction. This takes time and most people look for quick results. This is why they never achieve success. Success for you is your dog having the permanent and reliable behavior of focusing on you whenever you ask for it.
Dear Susan, I love your work, your outlook and all you share. I want to train my dog (puppy coming soon) according to your training, am concerned about doing it on my own…is it ok to just follow you and never have a live 3 D trainer? Am afraid a trainer will have different ideas about training and I feel inside what you say is true and right. Thank you for any advice on this 🙏🏼
Hi! We have thousands of students in our courses that just follow them and have amazingly well behaved dogs, so yes for sure! Recallers would be an awesome classroom for you and your soon-to-be new puppy. And congrats! 💜
@@DogsThat thank you so very much for the encouragement. Then my little mini wiredhaired dachshund and i will be signing up for sure! How many weeks is a good time to start?
Nobody in their right mind thinks a puppy growling at a child is a puppy trying to “dominate” the child. Balanced trainers don’t go around denying that positive reinforcement works while beating and killing dogs. It doesn’t happen. To suggest otherwise is simply a lie. Also, dogs are opportunists capable of making their own decisions. they don’t “do the best they can in a situation with the education we’ve given them”. Dogs do what they perceive as most beneficial to them. For many dogs, inappropriate behavior is not due to a lack of understanding or motivation, it’s simply due to the dog having no reason not to act inappropriately.
RED FLAG: combining the words "dominant" and "leader" and then throwing in the word SCIENCE. I'm my dogs *loving* leader, just like I was for my children. Starting a video with a fear tactic - "dogs have been killed by training" - and then describing abusive tactics and implying that's how balanced trainers train (it's not) is disingenuous and misleading. 😞👎👎
I’ve always had dogs and live out in the country. My dogs were mutts and lived mostly outside. I could take them anywhere. They weren’t always perfect but listened well. Now I have a Jack Russell and she gives me anxiety. Lol. I have to train the little bugger. I’ve never had such a difficult dog to connect with. But I’m not gonna use correctional training. So,,, one foot in front of the other. I realized early on how different this dog was, I thought of rehoming her, but that’s not me. I wrote in my journal that day that I would keep her safe. That was before I found Susan. I go back and read that to myself often. I almost laughed when you described the woman and the chicken event. I had a similar event, but not with chickens, with another dog. It made her worse. That was when I realized I was putting her in situations she was not capable of handling. So I’m enrolled in HSTD, I’m still afraid I’ll never get to the point I want to. We’re learning lots of things together, when I get lost I go back to the simple games we do well. Thank you Susan Garrett
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Susan Garrett you are awesome and I am thoroughly enjoying every one of your podcasts! Thank you for doing what you are doing.
I have Terrier mixes and Black Mouth Cur mixes. Both are highly prey driven and I am training them to ignore my chickens, ducks, and geese. You make "YOU" more exciting and inviting to the dog. I have a Jack Russell Pug mix that leaves my chickens alone. My Pitfall Lab mix leaves my chickens and cats alone. Reinforcement based training works. Even before I found Susan I was using reinforcement to train my Pitfall and Jack Russell mix to make me more inviting to them rather than the cat or the chicken. My Pittie now grooms the cats and the Jack Russell sleeps in the chicken area. I ask questions of this group because I want to learn more! Science based training works.
Susan I love the way you teach and the way you think. Susan I love the way you are. Iam so glad I found you.....
This is so so true. I am the odd one out at training as I use reinforcement only. It has made for uncomfortable moments with others but I refuse to change. My last dog has been a challenge but slowly and surely we are getting there. He is gradually turning into a beautiful dog.
We can’t hear this enough. Thank you Susan for saying it once again. I have moved to a area where dog training is all about the e-collar and the butt of a gun 😢. Locals just don’t get it.
Another great podcast, Susan! A growl is a communication from the dog. Many people do not understand that and assume that the dog is being unfriendly or aggressive. Should we as dog owner say anything to the child or parent to assure them? Sometimes I acknowledge my dog by talking to him “did something scare you? Let’s move on”. I say it loud enough for the ones being growled/barked at, an indirect way of telling them don’t take it to heart.
Thank you for always speaking truth
You are awesome and thank you for everything you do!
You are so welcome, thank you for tuning in!
I’ve always had dogs and live out in the country. My dogs were mutts and lived mostly outside. I could take them anywhere. They weren’t always perfect but listened well. Now I have a Jack Russell and she gives me anxiety. Lol. I have to train the little bugger. I’ve never had such a difficult dog to connect with. But I’m not gonna use correctional training. So,,, one foot in front of the other. I realized early on how different this dog was, I thought of rehoming her, but that’s not me. I wrote in my journal that day that I would keep her safe. That was before I found Susan. I go back and read that to myself often.
I almost laughed when you described the woman and the chicken event. I had a similar event, but not with chickens, with another dog. It made her worse. That was when I realized I was putting her in situations she was not capable of handling.
So I’m enrolled in HSTD, I’m still afraid I’ll never get to the point I want to. We’re learning lots of things together, when I get lost I go back to the simple games we do well.
Thank you Susan Garrett
You are bang on of course. I always get the comment from a trainer who says, but I train pre-Recallers dogs (dogs with issues). We go in circles. Sigh. And, I explain, I'm in the program because I wanted a program that would allow me to work with any of my fosters and my own dogs who have issues without ever hiring another trainer or attending another seminar or training school. Thank you, Susan and your team, for educating us to be kind to our dogs, and have fun!
This was priceless. I’ve struggled with this in the past so it’s nice to be encouraged to stay on track and results will come. Thank you
I love this podcast! 😍 Twenty years ago, with my first dog, I believed the dominance training methods. It was so common back then... With my second dog, I came across a different approach - reward-based force-free training. My third dog is reactive and sometimes it's really hard for me. Your videos are like a warm cup of hot chocolate (vegan of course!) for me, soo comforting! Thank you! 💗
Thank you so much for your kind words! And thank you for wanting to help your dogs
Working with a very reactive dog and another dog who is a resource guarder. The struggle is really real.
I appreciate you and all you do for the dog training world so much!❤️
Yes it works! 🙂
Thank you so much right now I have dogs rescue I'm so overwhelmed I'm training now I spend about 40 $ on treats to a week 5 dogs help help I just found you're podcast signed up last week on dog training class 300 it's so overwhelming I love em but overwhelmed I got diagnosed I went through chemo my dog pulled my wig off at PetSmart Im loosing it
Melanie, when we don't feel well, it is hard to manage that many dogs. 1. Get them tired out more. 2. Separate them and work one on one so they understand you are the one in charge. They like to feed off one another and do round Robin troublemaker. Lol. So control them by setting up a situation where they have minimal distractions. That dog at Pets mart wasn't ready for that level of responsibility. Try getting control at home in a room away from the others, then add a dog and have them sit and lay down for treats, keep adding a dog till they are all there behaving. It is a process and requires you to be a leader to step up. But your health is most important. If you have to rehome, there should be no shame. Keep the most obedient ones and call it a day. Human first, dog second. ✌️💗 Know your limits and be willing to ask other rescues for help placing the dogs.
seeing a dog that fears its person is just sad, my dog is my best friend she had my back when no one else didn't. even when i was homeless an lived out of a van she never left me, never ran away! protected me when i needed it the most. be fair be kind be someone your dog can look to an trust never yell or hit an you'll have a friend until the very end. my dog was never the most obedient but she had a good understanding on how to behave
I LOVE your belief about dogs. The alpha theory has been debunked many times, but it's still so pervasive in the dog world. I have a Jack Russell and Beagle mix, and people's first reaction is always "that's a bad mix", and yet, they're always surprised to see how my dog doesn't bark.
Science is beautiful, and if someone thinks science-based dog training is being "in a lab", they don't understand what science is.
My dog is dog reactive. And just can't take eye focus off a new dog on the street. Not too bothered at the park and won't seek them out.
I don't see how to fix this right now other than flooding him to make it seem the norm
You have to start in a sterile environment. You have to teach the dog to give you 100% focus and attention when there is zero distraction and then build step by step to the highest level of distraction. This takes time and most people look for quick results. This is why they never achieve success. Success for you is your dog having the permanent and reliable behavior of focusing on you whenever you ask for it.
Dear Susan, I love your work, your outlook and all you share. I want to train my dog (puppy coming soon) according to your training, am concerned about doing it on my own…is it ok to just follow you and never have a live 3 D trainer? Am afraid a trainer will have different ideas about training and I feel inside what you say is true and right. Thank you for any advice on this 🙏🏼
Hi! We have thousands of students in our courses that just follow them and have amazingly well behaved dogs, so yes for sure! Recallers would be an awesome classroom for you and your soon-to-be new puppy. And congrats! 💜
@@DogsThat thank you so very much for the encouragement. Then my little mini wiredhaired dachshund and i will be signing up for sure! How many weeks is a good time to start?
Nobody in their right mind thinks a puppy growling at a child is a puppy trying to “dominate” the child. Balanced trainers don’t go around denying that positive reinforcement works while beating and killing dogs. It doesn’t happen. To suggest otherwise is simply a lie. Also, dogs are opportunists capable of making their own decisions. they don’t “do the best they can in a situation with the education we’ve given them”. Dogs do what they perceive as most beneficial to them. For many dogs, inappropriate behavior is not due to a lack of understanding or motivation, it’s simply due to the dog having no reason not to act inappropriately.
If my rescue pit not would've bit me in my mouth my Dr would've not seen I have soft tissue cancer my resource guarding dog maybe saved me
RED FLAG: combining the words "dominant" and "leader" and then throwing in the word SCIENCE. I'm my dogs *loving* leader, just like I was for my children. Starting a video with a fear tactic - "dogs have been killed by training" - and then describing abusive tactics and implying that's how balanced trainers train (it's not) is disingenuous and misleading. 😞👎👎
I’ve always had dogs and live out in the country. My dogs were mutts and lived mostly outside. I could take them anywhere. They weren’t always perfect but listened well. Now I have a Jack Russell and she gives me anxiety. Lol. I have to train the little bugger. I’ve never had such a difficult dog to connect with. But I’m not gonna use correctional training. So,,, one foot in front of the other. I realized early on how different this dog was, I thought of rehoming her, but that’s not me. I wrote in my journal that day that I would keep her safe. That was before I found Susan. I go back and read that to myself often.
I almost laughed when you described the woman and the chicken event. I had a similar event, but not with chickens, with another dog. It made her worse. That was when I realized I was putting her in situations she was not capable of handling.
So I’m enrolled in HSTD, I’m still afraid I’ll never get to the point I want to. We’re learning lots of things together, when I get lost I go back to the simple games we do well.
Thank you Susan Garrett
You are on the right path, Angelica, HSTD will give you and your pup a wonderful foundation!
Hang in there. This dog will make you a better trainer too! Hope that helps.