Thank you for this. Also, makes a point for the so called professional dog outing people who call themselves trainers yet take groups of 4 or 5 dogs out into public, no leashes, no e - collars and let them run up to people having trained dogs and service dogs on leash. They get angry when you tell them to keep their dogs on leash or under trained obedience control. People pay them to take their dogs out with no idea the danger they create.
I’ve watched for years, utilized a lot your free advice for mg new dog before and after getting her. Got her at 3 months and she’s turning 5 years old next week. You were saying the same thing back then. Found out that she prefers not to be approached by strangers. Utilized this exact approach from day one, and continue to bring her “pack” whenever she goes to a restaurant or brewery with me. She understands I don’t let people pet her, and that she is to relax and lay on her “place” which happens to be a towel. Will utilize this approach, and many of your others, for the rest of my life.
You are completely correct in that so much published info about early socialisation with puppies is about creating positive interactions with other dogs and people, rather than about teaching social ignorance and focus on the handler as the priority. It was funny watching Kevin in the background being typically Ovcharka like. He's a top dog!
The audio and video quality in these last few videos are CRISP! Spot on as usual, you have a gift of being able to flesh out complex ideas concisely. Love seeing puppy girl's progress!
This helps me feel so much better about not wanting to have big conversations with people, so now I can say “Yeah, No……my dogs in training”🤓 It would be a win for both of us!
You’re so on point with this. This is what I do with my Mal. Now, she is crazy focused on me. Reminds me of leerburg speaking on who should pet your puppy and Michael Ellis on socializing pups.
I love all your tips, and I bet GS owners appreciate the breed-specific advice. Now if you could build a troop of Cotons de Tulear, your channel would be perfect for me!😂
I sure wish I'd seen this 2 years ago when I adopted my working line female 2 yr old. She's leash reactive and has anxiety. She has calmed down a lot and choosing to ignore dogs more and more. I really think dog trainers should call themselves dog OWNER trainers. It is imperative, I believe, that a potential dog owner understands they need the correct education in HOW to train their dog in order to have a happy, well balanced and obedient dog. I have my dog's back. I think she knows it -- finally. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful video, wish more owners would grasp this and have the same engagement and control with their dogs as you and your trainers demonstrate 😊 Thank you for always giving us top-notch, relevant content
This true 1000%. We pulled our puppy out of a dog group and letting him be off leash in the early stages because we saw him learn bad behaviours from other dogs but also the bad behaviours his breed is known to exhibit also began to show. All the training we had done so far became undone and it had a domino effect on everything, at home and outdoors. Luckily we stopped while he was 7 months old but to restart wasn't easy, upside to the difficult journey undoing the mess was that he was young and easier to get under control therefore. Today, his 5 years old and never once had an issue off leash with him outdoors or indoors. Thank GOD because we have come across so many untrained dogs with owners that kept them off leash from the get-go and let them run free in groups, and it's not pretty, especially with the serious breeds some of them have. It's not just the dog, when you start training late, it's the owners, it's a battle with them and with themselves to stop thinking like they are so used to thinking and stop fighting the changes. It's not just the dog but the owner that ends up developing the worst habits that trainers have to tackle with in order to reach to their dog and help them. Getting through some owners for trainers is not an easy task, especially if the trainer really cares and won't give up on their dog. Bless them.
Absolutely love this video. Socialization is something I failed miserably at due to ignorance which I'm still trying to address. My dog has made improvements over time but at this point he's 2 years old and I am still failing him. I appreciate the education about what socialization really is, turns out I've made a lot of mistakes. Luckily I don't think that I can't repair that, just going to take more work and I'm eager to put that work in. Thanks Haz!
Truely the more you do the harder it is. Get a towel and make him be on his place and perform corrective action if he gets confused as to where he must be. Then reward him and repeat. Good luck, don’t over think what yes and no mean.
Just bought your book! We just adopted an anxious dog who submissively urinates and is stranger aggressive. I also have a Czech bloodline GSD that I raised as a puppy that I have no issues with and would like to potently train for sport and would join a club if I had more money. Thanks for the book! And at a great price!
Think you are great. Could you recommend someone near Hartland NB. I had to move from Windsor ON and am planning to get a puppy soon. I want to be organized before I get it. Thank you
I didn't know this 7 year ago I let my gsd meet people and all dogs when he was a pup then eventually I stopped him from meeting things and he became more and more reactive then I got a new very high drive gsd lucky lockdown happened so didn't meet people dogs and now I'm more fun than any of them and he's not reactive so that was the light bulb moment for me 😊
I'm a trainer, but I'm young and don't have a huge property like you do. I never want to train under anyone else because I can see the flaws in everyone's methods. But I've been subscribed for a while and I don't see anything wrong with yours. If I lived near you I would had loved to try and work for your program. How do you choose your trainers?
Interesting. I rescued a 2 year old dog that's confident, but anti social. She can and will interact with other dogs and be around other people just fine. But she doesn't like to be touched or called by strangers, nor will she accept food (treats) from strangers/vet. Instead she focuses on me more on those situations. I've never experienced a dog's "loyalty" (or disdain) with this type of intensity before. She has come a looooong way since we got her, but I don't see her changing too much more. I literally have to tell people to not touch her and if I don't, she will tell them herself. She's not a biter, but she's an asshole for sure.
Because it’s teaching them to be neutral around other dogs. Socialization isn’t letting your dog greet every single dog . That could easily lead to excitement reactivity
Thank you for this. Also, makes a point for the so called professional dog outing people who call themselves trainers yet take groups of 4 or 5 dogs out into public, no leashes, no e - collars and let them run up to people having trained dogs and service dogs on leash. They get angry when you tell them to keep their dogs on leash or under trained obedience control. People pay them to take their dogs out with no idea the danger they create.
File a complaint about an unleashed dog with police.
I’ve watched for years, utilized a lot your free advice for mg new dog before and after getting her. Got her at 3 months and she’s turning 5 years old next week. You were saying the same thing back then. Found out that she prefers not to be approached by strangers. Utilized this exact approach from day one, and continue to bring her “pack” whenever she goes to a restaurant or brewery with me. She understands I don’t let people pet her, and that she is to relax and lay on her “place” which happens to be a towel. Will utilize this approach, and many of your others, for the rest of my life.
You are completely correct in that so much published info about early socialisation with puppies is about creating positive interactions with other dogs and people, rather than about teaching social ignorance and focus on the handler as the priority.
It was funny watching Kevin in the background being typically Ovcharka like. He's a top dog!
The audio and video quality in these last few videos are CRISP! Spot on as usual, you have a gift of being able to flesh out complex ideas concisely. Love seeing puppy girl's progress!
This was a great reminder of the best way to get your dog/puppy to focus on you versus focusing on the environment! Thank you
I’ve been saying the same thing for ages now, so good to see another trainer say the same thing
Watching from Swaziland all the way from Southern part of Africa.
She’s such a beauty!
Build engagement with your dog, you must be the most important thing.
This helps me feel so much better about not wanting to have big conversations with people, so now I can say “Yeah, No……my dogs in training”🤓 It would be a win for both of us!
Haz, your puppy is beautiful! Great video topic.
4:23 ... Love that. We were Keeper of a Triad of Dobermans... ~Such lovely Creatures. They have their habits of course... But, Great vid.*
great video. ive always explained socialization as not just "puppy play time" but more "can i rely on my dog in the presence of other dogs".
I would word it as "my dog know to trust and focus on me, knowing that nothing would being harm or more satisfied would happen"
You’re so on point with this. This is what I do with my Mal. Now, she is crazy focused on me. Reminds me of leerburg speaking on who should pet your puppy and Michael Ellis on socializing pups.
I love all your tips, and I bet GS owners appreciate the breed-specific advice. Now if you could build a troop of Cotons de Tulear, your channel would be perfect for me!😂
It was good to see just how fun you make training, that's something I discovered way too late, but have incorporated into my training with my dogs.
I sure wish I'd seen this 2 years ago when I adopted my working line female 2 yr old. She's leash reactive and has anxiety. She has calmed down a lot and choosing to ignore dogs more and more. I really think dog trainers should call themselves dog OWNER trainers. It is imperative, I believe, that a potential dog owner understands they need the correct education in HOW to train their dog in order to have a happy, well balanced and obedient dog. I have my dog's back. I think she knows it -- finally. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful video, wish more owners would grasp this and have the same engagement and control with their dogs as you and your trainers demonstrate 😊
Thank you for always giving us top-notch, relevant content
This true 1000%. We pulled our puppy out of a dog group and letting him be off leash in the early stages because we saw him learn bad behaviours from other dogs but also the bad behaviours his breed is known to exhibit also began to show. All the training we had done so far became undone and it had a domino effect on everything, at home and outdoors. Luckily we stopped while he was 7 months old but to restart wasn't easy, upside to the difficult journey undoing the mess was that he was young and easier to get under control therefore. Today, his 5 years old and never once had an issue off leash with him outdoors or indoors. Thank GOD because we have come across so many untrained dogs with owners that kept them off leash from the get-go and let them run free in groups, and it's not pretty, especially with the serious breeds some of them have. It's not just the dog, when you start training late, it's the owners, it's a battle with them and with themselves to stop thinking like they are so used to thinking and stop fighting the changes. It's not just the dog but the owner that ends up developing the worst habits that trainers have to tackle with in order to reach to their dog and help them. Getting through some owners for trainers is not an easy task, especially if the trainer really cares and won't give up on their dog. Bless them.
Aspiring for this level of impulse control /discipline with my soon to be 6 months Border Collie/Gsd mix
Thanks for sharing real training, including the necessary shout. It's obvious that dog is having a ton of fun. There are limits though
Absolutely love this video. Socialization is something I failed miserably at due to ignorance which I'm still trying to address. My dog has made improvements over time but at this point he's 2 years old and I am still failing him. I appreciate the education about what socialization really is, turns out I've made a lot of mistakes. Luckily I don't think that I can't repair that, just going to take more work and I'm eager to put that work in. Thanks Haz!
Truely the more you do the harder it is. Get a towel and make him be on his place and perform corrective action if he gets confused as to where he must be. Then reward him and repeat. Good luck, don’t over think what yes and no mean.
Always great useable information!
Thank you so much for this information. I’ve been doing a lot of research on a larger breed dog before getting one.
Thanks for the help because my dog is now trained❤❤❤
Keeeeeevin ❤
Those GSD you’re breeding are 🔥🔥🔥🧬
I have a German shepherd Australian shepherd mix and im definitely going to be doing this
Just bought your book! We just adopted an anxious dog who submissively urinates and is stranger aggressive. I also have a Czech bloodline GSD that I raised as a puppy that I have no issues with and would like to potently train for sport and would join a club if I had more money. Thanks for the book! And at a great price!
Socialization is the most important thing in dog training
Great stuff! I pick and choose who "Sarge" meets and who he doesn't. First check is the dog second is the owner...
Thank you
i dont understand the leash corrections for no reason thats the only thing im confused about
This explains structure in the most simple terms. Thank you so much.
Great video. What are you using for food reward?
Think you are great. Could you recommend someone near Hartland NB. I had to move from Windsor ON and am planning to get a puppy soon. I want to be organized before I get it. Thank you
Hi from Slovakian living in UK
I didn't know this 7 year ago I let my gsd meet people and all dogs when he was a pup then eventually I stopped him from meeting things and he became more and more reactive then I got a new very high drive gsd lucky lockdown happened so didn't meet people dogs and now I'm more fun than any of them and he's not reactive so that was the light bulb moment for me 😊
Great video
true words
YES!!!!!!
Bouncy bang! ❤❤❤
Calm owners have calm dogs, but agreed the person has to understand it's dogs body language
I'm a trainer, but I'm young and don't have a huge property like you do. I never want to train under anyone else because I can see the flaws in everyone's methods. But I've been subscribed for a while and I don't see anything wrong with yours. If I lived near you I would had loved to try and work for your program. How do you choose your trainers?
Something that’s always thrown me off is trainers taking pet dogs into service animal only stores to train
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Interesting. I rescued a 2 year old dog that's confident, but anti social.
She can and will interact with other dogs and be around other people just fine. But she doesn't like to be touched or called by strangers, nor will she accept food (treats) from strangers/vet. Instead she focuses on me more on those situations.
I've never experienced a dog's "loyalty" (or disdain) with this type of intensity before.
She has come a looooong way since we got her, but I don't see her changing too much more.
I literally have to tell people to not touch her and if I don't, she will tell them herself.
She's not a biter, but she's an asshole for sure.
The size of the head of that Caucasian 😳
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Are labradoodles really that tall hes almost as tall as Kevin 😯
Depends on what they were actually bred with
@1packatak so your are suggesting he might be mixed with something else other than poodle and lab?
Could be a bernidoodle too
Is it ok for a 1.5-2 year old dog to play with squeaky balls??? Will that ruin their ball drive for non-squeaky balls?
That poor dog
So socializing a puppy means teach it to listen to the owner around other dogs? 🤦♀️ how come is it socialization? To me it is obedience training.
Because it’s teaching them to be neutral around other dogs. Socialization isn’t letting your dog greet every single dog . That could easily lead to excitement reactivity