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My one Dobe won't eat his lunch unless it's in his snuffle mat. Sara Ondrako has a video on how to make a snuffle mat with a pocket - great fundraiser for shelters too. I just do a double knot so the strips don't fall off in the wash. Please supervise your dog if you might think they might eat the mat. So pick up once they get all the treats out. Hope that helps

So great! Will fwd to my FETCH students as even though their dogs aren't resource guarders, should help get the message to the dog, the fun is with us, not playing by yourself. Thank you so much! Hope that helps.

This is why we look at Neuroscience when it comes to emotional needs. While he may be focused on the ball, he might be more tired and using the ball to relax himself. Instead, you're increasing dopamine when we he's trying to settle himself. Each time he gets the ball, he lays down. He's using his ball to increase the Parasympathetic Nervous System influence. He wants rest. Going you'll get the hint.

Such lovely training.

I love your energy with the pups. im sick of having Americans tell me how to train my dog we need more uk trainers. this format is awesome and can take you a long way.

Excellent work! It takes patience and breaking your training goal into tiny steps to be successful 🙌🏽🔑

This technique makes a lot of sense, but my dog is highly reactive to everything and very tenacious. The moment she sees a rabbit, squirrel, another dog or bird , etc., she lunges towards it to the end of the lead and will keep yanking and barking at it until her 'target' goes far enough away. If the target doesn't leave, she'll start coughing and choking because of the intense pulling and barking, and then I have to physically manipulate and drag her into the house so she'll calm down - all while trying to keep her from redirecting to me. Essentially every time she's outside - even just for a few minutes to do her business - there is a 'failure event' that just reinforces her reactivity. I've been doing some window training from inside the house, but even that has a high failure rate.

Honestly, that Spaniel is too much dog for that guy :D. Tell him to go hunting, either for birds, bed bugs or whatever to harness that drive

Cesar Milan....The Dog Whisperer teaches this method much quicker and easy to do. This is taking too long to correct. U have to use the lead the owners use in the dog shows...and as u notice those dogs never leave the owners side. He isn’t treating the behavior & he will keep pulling.

OMG! This is brilliant! Am going to try this with off course in Rodeo Dog class to see if this works - almost like a recall without begging or even calling them. Fwding to my students! Hope that helps.

Beautiful coaching as always, and what a fab dog dad. He learnt so fast! Love it. 😍

🎉 after our webinar series on separation anxiety related behaviour my training was enhanced by watching your methods of observing the dog and human. So, grateful for your work spreading awareness of these techniques!!!

Thank you for how you framed having a friendly dog as an actual positive. Where I live there are many people and I don’t want to discourage him but not every person has had a positive experience with dogs in their past. I usually just tell him he can say hello or leave it and just tell the person to please only pet him (reward) when he has four on the floor. Not everyone listens but enough that he is learning the rules.

Super patient with the handler. Nice.

I have a 3 year old border collie. We´re out and about 5 hours a day, sometimes 6 during the weekends. I´m in the process of teaching him that when the harness is on, he gets to pull. I normally will be power walking with him or running so it does me no harm whatsoever. When I clip the leash onto his collar it´s different. He knows we´re are going for a well paced walk (increasing your pace can help greatly when training to walk to heel depending on the breed you have). It´s not natural for a border collie to walk slowly like a human, and so upping the tempo to something more akin to him walking fast makes a lot more sense. He´ll walk much closer to me this way, not perfectly but if I can get him to 90% then mission accomplished. It´s meant to be the joy of the day, not chore of the day as they say. I only go for walks with him after he´s been running around, burning off some of his insane levels energy. The calmer he is, the easier he is to train

It's excellent to see a non-trainer try this for the first time. It can be very difficult to get the timing right and remember all the steps initially. Practice makes proficiency for all of us!

This video made me a subscriber :) Absolutely love that you advocate for the dog's comfort first, including walking them on a comfortable harness, which is obviously still possible with a loose leash, as you have proven.

Cheerful little ears, Hello everyone, I've been putting your tips into practice for a few days now and am amazed at how much has changed since then. I have two Galgos from the animal shelter who often get stressed in an urban environment. I have always been advised to give them guidance and to structure their walks. They should walk "properly" on the lead and I shouldn't constantly give way when they want to lead the way. Unfortunately, this meant that not only the dogs were stressed, but also me. Since your video, our "laps" now look completely different. We stroll more and I let the dogs sniff, I wait until they look at me again, reward them and they stroll on. This way we cover less distance, but gain more experience. All three of us are less stressed and the dogs seem happier, their little ears bobbing happily instead of sticking to their heads. I'm now trying to approach everything more slowly and carefully and pay more attention to their signals, which is a good feeling! THANK YOU for your helpful and inspiring videos.

For anyone reading this: I know that dog training can be difficult sometimes, but you're doing great. Keep up the good work, and your dog (and your own sanity) will thank you for it! ❤️💕

Brilliant explanations Chiraq! Interrupt and redirect. “ no” has zero meaning without that! 😎🐾😍

Thank you so much for this training session. I have a dog that steals balls and then only wants to sit and chew them, I had an awful time where it seems that everyone was throwing balls at him on purpose. I felt like crying. Today I thought change of tack lets leave the drop it for awhile and do something else, we both loved it and we are both much happier dog today.

If I hear one more u tube trainer say “Dogs pull because they have four legs & move faster.” Lol

For anyone reading this: I know that dog training can be difficult sometimes, but you're doing great. Keep up the good work, and your dog (and your own sanity) will thank you for it! ❤️💕

I think some of these techniques will help me work with my GSD Murphy to improve how he is on the lead. He's 31kg & pulls hard, so we use a slip collar with a lead to walk him & it gives us the ability to handle him better. I've found that purely positive reinforcement doesn't work for us with Murphy because he does some things that require correction, he has made drastic improvements in just a few weeks with use of clearer communication, giving him more guidance on the lead via the slip collar & building a foundational relationship through play. However, I will be taking some bits of your advice to add to our training, so thank you. I'm glad that positive reinforcement only training works for some, but with our big boy, it just wasn't getting what we needed to help us & him be more confident & less stressed. A balanced approach, with positive punishment alongside positive reinforcement, has changed our lives & we now have a calmer, happier, less frustrated & reactive GSD 😊

love this Chirag and its given me a lil boost as its exactly how i teach my clients :) As you're a trainer i admire and learn from that's very encouraging and made my day :-) Looking forward to seeing more on this new channel!

can you cover what to do when the dog pulls backwards from you?

Dr Uhde from Belgium or Brussels has a great video on how harnesses are better as far as the healing T-cells being in the neck area. Plus most people don't use a slip lead correctly, let alone put it on correctly anyway. Will fwd this to my students - thank you so much! Hope that helps.

I love the "smiley lead" concept❤

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I have a leash that i connect around my waist and have free hands to treat and click. I just wish it was a little longer but i need it this way because my dog is reactive to other dogs. He's getting better though.

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This is great. What is that treat he seems to like? Squeezable pate or something?

I like this method. I'm going to try it on my dog that still pulls and see how it works. Wish me luck

Thank you for this lesson. I was told not to use a collar on a Chihuahua but all the training videos have dogs with collars. This is the first I've seen where the trainer teaches the dog to walk using a harness. Do you have any tips on how to get my Chihuahua to stop eating things off the ground while on a walk? She wants to eat the palm tree nuts from the sidewalk.

As a Dogteacher myself I'm stunned everytime, how you teach things, because your approach is THAT different than anything els I've seen before you. You are awesome, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

I am so happy about your channel! It's lovely to see how happy and friendly you can train dogs and how willing they are to join in and learn so quickly. THANK YOU this is a great video!

What a great film, what films or TV shows have they got coming up in their acting careers?

Haha the incident, love it!

Love this!

Gorgeous wolf dogs! I never knew about them! Lovely film 🙏🏼☺️🐺💕

Loving this! More of this content pls 🐕 💨 also the production value is ten on ten. I wonder what breeds the they come from ?

What a wonderful video. Natalie is such a lovely lady who really knows her stuff and adores her wolfies (and other animals). If you ever get the opportunity to meet or attend an event where Natalie and her wolf-dogs are, grab the chance! You won't regret it! Hope to see them all again sometime this year, in the fur and flesh! ;)

Great watch! Will be sharing with my family as we are all animal lovers 🐕

Yayyy, I was wondering if there would be new videos! So excited. ❤😊

What a great video! And it's sooooo well shot! Really heart-warming stuff!

Great video loved this very interesting! 😊

Such a great piece about these beauties and Natalie’s story. So beautiful!

Mr Bond is a player… great video! Loved the visuals, editing and the overall story. Looking forward to the next one.

Lovely video