So you guys need to binge watch his channel. Even if the thumbnail isn't the breed of dog you are needing help with, or the title just doesn't quite reflect your situation, watch it anyway! He will give you so much info and advice on how to make the right plan of action to help your dog or dogs in EVERY video. Also, he's funny and entertaining 😉

Can you post more work with small fearful dogs? This was super helpful!

I just about lost it when I heard Thomas say “Auggie...excuse me.” Hahahaha damnit stop interrupting Auggie!

Pets and children, both pure liability. So to become the decision guiding "adult" in raising them. Love Tom's approach to "raising" a dog, much like "raising" a child to make good decisions. Relationship and practice. Wonderful stuff.

I’ve grown up with mini schnauzers my whole life and I’ve never seen a fearful one. I’ve always had the over confident ones lol. My last one tried to take down a horse total Napoleon complex lol

Made me smile seeing Jordy come in the building and jump on the matt

So I wasn’t brought up with any pets at all but I love them. I recently started volunteering at my local animal shelter because I’ve always loved animals as finally decided I’m going to get my fix one way or another. I’m watching your videos to learn from you and gain the experience I never had for a lot of scared doggies in a loud shelter. Thank you!

Thanks for the video! I would love to see you work with a small dog who is fearful/reactive with big dogs. I deal with this issue with my own dog and also see it happening out and about all the time. It would be greatly appreciated! Thank you again for all your hard work and dedication.

You can just see this dog's confidence grow exponentially in such a short period of time. Love your work!

I have tears in my eyes watching this video, Tom. I have exactly the same dog with the same problems. Mini schnauzers are very intelligent dogs, but very fussy and nervous if not socialized in early age. Mine is 3 and a half years old. I overprotected him since got him. He had bad experience being attacked by a Rottweiler couple of years ago. This made me avoid dogs, especially big dogs outside when with him. He is very fearful dog outside ( so do I as his owner ) and it is not working very well with handle him outside. Thanks for helping us with our dogs! Keep doing the great job and educate us how to be better dog parents!!

I adopted a very strong 5 1/2 year old mastiff about 1 1/2 years ago. He used to drag me around like a rag doll. Every one told me what kind of collars to use. i even got a harness that was promised to have no dog get out of....He was out of it in 10 sec. I took him to my local trainer and she told me that she had never seen a dog like him in her 20 years of training. She was the first person to tell me it was ok to put him in a prong collar. Every one else told me I was a monster to ever think about using a prong collar. The transformation was amazing. I used to have to call ahead at the vet and we would sneak him in on the cat side. He has to go in every month for meds for his Addison's disease. It was crazy. Now with my confidence up he is a really good on the leash and we can go for daily walks. It is nice to see a dog trainer saying the prong is ok and right by some dogs. Thank you. I still get some looks but I do not care. It is my job to keep him safe when we are out. I did not want his fear aggression to put him in a bad situation. Although I am not sure if he does have that (he was abused before I got him) When I do let him meet people outside of the house he seems to like it. How do I tell the difference between fear aggression and just never being taught to walk on a leash? Most people are scared of him because of his size and his bark so not many people want to meet him.

So right Tom. It is the people who want to ban all tools that are the problem. Great video . Thanks : )

I love da prong collar cause of u. I was against it until I saw u teach me thru ur video how to use it. Thx for ur help

Bless his little dog heart but you are correct it applies to kids!

Tom! This was SO helpful! Jordy is just like my dog. We moved to a new city and now she HATES going for walks because she’s so scared and reactive to every little thing. She pulls like mad because she’s so scared and she would literally run back home if she could. We’re seriously at our wits end trying to figure things out to help her. Not sure if you’d see this, but any input would be crazily appreciated.

Another awesome video! Notice the no luring with treats and lots of praise for a job well done. My pit/mastiff pup would probably sky dive if he got a 'good boy' rather than a treat for something new. I save the treats for the boring routine of a daily obedience session although now that we have been doing it several months he needs to give me several reps for a single treat...I'm a mean mom trying to ween him off those lol

Love seeing you work with some smaller dogs! Love to see how you build his confidence! So amazing as usual! People need to remember small dogs are still dogs! 🐶❤️❤️

I adopted a 2 year old german shepherd back in november who is EXTREMELY fearful of people (much more so than jordi) i havent been able to make any progress yet. I will definitely be trying put a prong collar after watching this video

Your understanding of "dogese" is amazing which allows you to develop great techniques to teach their people to teach them. I watched videos by other trainers, you're the best I've seen.

I’m an owner of a small fearful dog and always wondered how to approach building his confidence! Thank you! This video is so helpful!

Thanks for doing a small dog training session! Would like to see more.

Tom, you're amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

I'm really surprised why people are so against prong collars. They are such a great tool for training.❤

Love your energy, insight, understanding and perfect timing! Keep teaching us!!

Good to see a training video that is not dealing with sensationalist 'aggression' but helpful to nervous dogs in the real world. Best part was the little wag of his tail! From sad to happier dog.

It's so nice watching how lovely 🥰 you confirm this little boy he's doing right and overcome his fears at the same time 💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Love all your kind of training so much! 🤗

big fan my dude! just found your channel. Keep doing the great work!

I have a dog that I rescued over 3 years ago. To the best of my knowledge, she lived on the streets of SC. She is afraid still of everything, even after 3 years. I can't get out a fly swatter or vacuum or else she will hide. Just last week my husband started construction on our house by taking out some bigger windows and putting new ones in. She has taken now to hiding under my bed even when I am home. She used to sleep in her own bed in our bedroom. I work during the day and she's home alone although there is a cat here. What is interesting is that she loves it if I put on her harness because she knows that she's going for a car ride. Her temperament changes immensely. I take her to doggie daycare two days a week and she loves it. Without knowing what all she has been through, I have no clue how to help her with her anxieties.

It's seriously so amazing watching everything on ur channel and seeing how you are with every type of dog!! and even these fearful dogs that you feel would never get over their insecurities and live a normal happy life if it weren't for what you do!!! I know it's very unhealthy to love this way.. because I have a fearful aggressive yorkie mix and I've been trying everything I can to get him back to the dog he used to be. I watch videos from your channel like these and it definitely does help, but I really feel he needs more than that. He's 4 now and I've had him since he was 8 wks but the issue is I would bring him everywhere and he was very exposed to everything until we started a business and then were gone a lot. a lot of the responsibility was left to my kids to take him out, go play outside etc and this for sure has changed him. They would bring him out to pee for one second and go straight back inside instead of letting him hear things smell things etc. and it feels like overnight he became fearful of everything! and the toughest thing is with fight or flight, he is definitely fight so barks and barks until the scary thing will go away. Another thing is I've only had enough people be willing to help me with the exercises where you have someone sit afar and slowly move them closer with treats & positive reinforcement to show him he shouldn't be scared. But as you've said in your videos as well, their so scared so they won't even take their favorite treat in the world at that moment! I just don't know if this is even possible to do alone for as much as I've tried. I'd love to hear what you think!! I'm at the end of my rope and really need to figure it out because it just gets worse, we can't people over, and he freaks anytime I bring him outside so I'm just afraid he's going to bite someone!!! Thank you soooo much!!! Sry for the novel and look forward to hearing from you. Kristy Salvas

I’m in dog training school now and I really love your channel! Your style of teaching is great :) thanks for making these videos

Another great video. I love learning how i can be a better dog owner. I feel like this snapshot will help me out. Thanks for sharing and explaining. Really appreciate it. You do great work!

Thank you for the video informative as always

Yet another very informative video, don't know where you find the time but I'm sure happy you do! You're a wonderful person and your passion is so special. Cannot thank you enough.

Thank you for helping very stressed out small dog.

I really appreciate your channel. I mostly see you working with big dogs but it's still helpful for my little terrier mix. So I was rather happy to see this video! She's always been insecure and "aggressive" since I got her and one of her biggest fears is large dogs. True to terrier form, she prefers fight instead of flight. Consistency is key with her because the one day you slack off a little bit is the day she'll decide to rush an English Mastiff. I've tried only training with positive reinforcement and it's as you say... it takes forever and because of her tendency to be stubborn and regress without consistency, it was essentially ineffective. When I started to take a balanced approach, she started to calm down! She stopped trying to set the pace on walks. She started to check in with me whenever we approached a new situation that scared her rather than automatically resorting to aggressive behavior. It's been a huge improvement. The progress is still slow, because that's just how she is. But it's progress. We still have a long way to go with other dogs, men and small children (particularly when they come into our house.) But seeing her quickly take to this balanced training approach gives me hope. Thank you!

Great video, a very possative way to use a prong collar.

You are doing amazing as always

Tom you are an amazing trainer. I have watched you with Patrick & Brittany's dogs. You are literally the dog whisperer.

Lol. It's so hilariously cute watching a dog learn to step on a harmless platform

Still staying home and have discovered your videos...I love them. They are very informative and educational. (...and don't we all need to learn this before getting a dog.)

This helps so much! I have two mini schnauzers, one who has hereditary anxiety and significantly lacks confidence. I’m going to try these techniques and see how he goes!

You should do more videos on smaller dogs, to me they are way harder to work with and train.

Savages! 🤣 Tom thank you for making these videos❣️ You have made my relationship with my dog and my friends' 100% better. Would you please do a video on brushing teeth, nail clipping, regular tasks like that?

I enjoy watching your video because it is very informative.

I’m a groomer and find your channel filled with great info👍🏻🐾

So glad to see this video. I have a 7 yr old male visual who is afraid of ie: noises that I can hear and some that I don’t even hear and I will find him hiding behind the bathtub! I just need him to be more confident and not afraid!! Thanks! Deb Majerus

Thank you for your leadership and for taking questions. I know this is from 2019 but will ask anyway. Dealing with fearful small dog from hoarding situation. He is very nervous and barks at apparent noises and especially when someone comes in our home. Currently using an auto vibration bark collar but would like to help him over this hump. He will also start to shut down once leash is on so in order to get him exercised, I have been carrying him out of the house to the bottom of our driveway. Never thought of a mini-prong! All advice regarding barking has been throwing treats or taking him to another room with a Kong when someone visits. I am starting to go through your videos so hopefully will learn more. Whenever I watch or read information that talks about positive only training, there is something that doesn't sit right with me. When I listen to you, I think, yep...this resonates.

Great video Tom!!!

Hello! I recently rescued a chihuahua from a home who neglected/abused him. He is a very nervous/anxious dog in public . He barks at people even if they are far and if someone else is holding him, and I walk out of the room, he FREAKS out. He cries so loud as if someone is hurting him. I’ve been watching so many of your videos and excited to try some of your tips! Thank you for this new knowledge!

Thanks again for another AWESOME video. Binge watching! LOL

Hi, I hope you read this comment since we're in a similar situation with a dog in the neighbourhood. A Romanian, rescued dog, adopted at 10 months old, currently close to 2 years old. Extremely fearful, still can't walk in the street without peeing and pooping at the same time because of the fear/stress. Shuts down when a jogger / cyclist approaches but is still 30 meters behind. Shuts down as in, pulling itself (flight) as far as possible and waits there for the approacher to pass. The trainers says long leash and take it slow. Others say, take leadership make him feel safe and secure walking with you. The long leash is not realistic for walking since the dog flights into the bushes, also on the street that is not realistic and the dog isn't learning to walk with you or anything much. It great in a field but isn't preparing the dog for real situations. Of course we don't want to strain the dog's neck too much and keep it as enjoyable as possible so that's why I recommended a harness with a short leash attached to the hip only for situation where the dog has to keep walking. A longer leash attached to the collar for communicating your expectations / encouraging to keep walking. It felt like the dog was learning to walk as expected but still pees and poops so enormous anxiety. Why did I recommend that? Because I'm raising 2 insecure, recued dogs that were fearful their first walks and with men etc. With my first one (pup) I didn't dare to push him and let him explore at his own pace but that led to having to make his own decisions which in theory would lead to more anxiety. Aparently also in practice, what he did was stay in his safe space, come down, smell something, get frightened and run back to his safe space. My godfather (experienced with dogs and traditional raising techniques) then told me to just take the lead, go for a walk, ignore him the first 15 minutes and he'll open up. Exactly that happend, we had to drag him along the first 10 minutes before he started smelling things and seeing pidgeons, ... he opened up and walked beside me. Afterwards he was very playful in that same garden he was anxiously exploring before. With my second insecure, rescued dog it happend quite similar. I had to drag and encourage him for the first 10 minutes and once he started smelling things in the park he was walking perfectly beside me. With both of them their first walk they were attached to my hip with one lead with a harness. Back to the Romanian case, the dog is now on anti-depressants to ease the over-stimulation and the owner is torn between advices and hoping someone will fix her dog. I volunteerd to just walk the dog since I'm not a professional and help it get more desensitized. Aparently her trainer got angry because I pushed the dog too much and I find him a moron for his methods. So everyone's getting angry (due to inability to help or just being headstrong), no one's actually helping. The dogs is nearly 2 years old and can't enjoy a walk, says enough about the current methods. But of course this case is not solved by one trainer giving some advice every few weeks. That leads us to the owner which texts me things like "oh please walk our dog at times there's no traffic etc." or "I'm not sure it's a good idea to walk him today, he hasn't been doing good lately", ... the advice is giving but I don't feel it's being executed, seeing their struggle to get the dog into his walking gear and towards the door. It doesn't seem realistic for them either, timewise. Subjective conclusion of a non professional, there seems to be a lack of leadership, a lack of action, structure (a separated couple) and indoors. The dog does not really follow the owner through the house so might say something about their bond? Does the dog trust its handler with his safety, her guidance? Does having to make his own decisions for safety etc. give him more anxiety / flight? A dog on anti-depressants seems like a huge red flag for the situation it's in. A 2 year old dog not enjoying walks, another huge red flag. I hate to say it but assessing the situation, the owner and the dog, it might be better to put him in a shelter somewhere out of the city where they can work with him. We've got some good shelters here in Belgium. At first, I didn't want to believe that to be better for the dog and the owner but after volunteering with the dog, it does not seem the situation for him. Even if someone fixes her dog, if she does not follow up or not change her handling compared to how she handled the dog up to now, it won't get better. Also, she tends to change the person she takes advice from when the advice doesn't comply with what she's has the spine for. I'd say the more professional opinions, the better but she's being torn between conflcting advice and without plan of action (which a trainer should provide?). We're not doing a good job helping her either, honestly. I volunteered, he's just taking care of his cashflow. There doesn't seem to be too much content about these insecure / rescue types and not much clarity on how to handle them. I honestly bit my tongue a few times watching this video, wondering if even you had dealt with enough of these types. But as long as there's a plan it's better than without one. I'd prefer Tom Davis' or his crew's advice / opinions but if that doesn't happen, feel free to comment or trash my methods, I'm here to learn and to help dogs. Tom Davis' isn't touring in Europe anytime soon, I suppose?

Awesome dude. Teach that 2 some parents w/human kids. They could learn from u. U ever notice how some parents will say "he doesn't want 2 do that" well I think it's the parent who needs help in that area. Great video Thomas. I always learn something from u. I will b watching more. Thanks.

Love it... he will say to the owners, you took me to summer camp and they make me sign. LOL

I couldn’t have owned my dog without tools….and a trainer. I couldn’t walk her with a flat collar. The prong was a game changer and the progressed to an e-collar. We have 3 acres with no fence and now she can be free to run with the wind, chase birds and balls. We have an awesome life together!

This video was so helpful My small dog no longer wants to walk, puts her brakes on, and would try to run back home

super stoked to find content of SMALL fearful dog training! i work at a dog daycare where we have fearful dogs in general from time to time. watching your videos and seeing your usage of lead work and prong collars have helped me a lot as a dog handler, but unfortunately we don’t use prong collars during the pups’ stay, so do you have any other advice/tools to an alternative way of working with these types of pups without prong collars??

Love your methods i personally use my personal dogs to rehabilitate dogs i work with in the beginning especially with dogs like this then everything after is all me and the owners. Do you ever use another dog in your work?

Its great u did this w no treats! My dogs nit food motivated at alllll!

Hi There! We just adopted a dog and she's a beautiful 6-month-old pup, and she's been with us for 2 weeks now. We have a couple of problems that we are currently dealing with. 1. The dog doesn't want to get close to us and much prefers to be in a cage than to be outside a cage. 2. She is having a hard time bonding with us and won't accept any hand-fed treats 3. She is overall fearful of everyone and rarely eats her food when people are around. Seeing your channel really gave me hope that this dog will get better. Thank you

Loving it. Awesome.

I love your channel! I have 2 1 yr old dogs. Both females. 1 is a maltipoo and 2 is a pin-tzu. The pintzu ziggy has become very territorial of her cage. But before that, my daughter who is 31 would come home in the morning from work and ziggy started to nip her leg then jumped and nipped her butt. Then she started doing that with my 29 yr old son whenever he walked by she'd bark then go racing after him. Now shes territorial of her cage...to everyone except me and my husband. She bukkys the maltipoo pulling on her face and ears too. But shes very lovable and submissive she rolls over on her back immediately when she knows she did something. I know theres help for her, i have faith.

Hey, love your channel! I have a very small dog puppy, she is about 17 weeks now. From day one (9 weeks) she has been terrified of everything, taking 3-4 hours to pee in New environments and peeing herself screaming when another dog approaches. I think she had some kind of bad experience at the breeders with another pup because we worked through extreme fear of being touched at the nape, let alone a collar or leash. She is no longer afraid of people and more confident, but still easily anxious outside etc. We have a very balanced big dog that she loves, and she is big friends with the other dogs in the family, but other dogs are still a huge issue. She has very clear boundaries at home and does very well in obedience, but once another dog is around she won't take treats, engage and is just looking for the nearest hiding spot. Off leash she will warm up to new dogs after spending an hour or so whining, barking and running away. She wants to join in play but the second the dogs look in her direction or come closer she is gone. After a while she will start playing and having fun, but every time we go out it's like the reset button has been hit and we are back to square one. Should we just continue walking past dogs without interaction on leash and trying to get her to meet new dogs off leash? We are worried she will become fearfully aggressive over time, and since she is very young we want to do our best for her...

This channel gets better and better, I'm training my dog basically with positive reinforcement only but I find a lot of small "golden nuggets" in all of your videos, even if I don't have a large dog. What would you recommend to do for a dog who seems to be afraid/uncomfortable about being in new places outdoor, like large parks or out in the forests? I can't put my finger on what it is that scares him and it's a little heartbreaking.

The prong collar was a game changer for us! I have seen you use a safety clip and I love that idea. Where do I get the right one? I have seen them on line but yours look different. My dog is a 50 pound pit and I worry she will get away from me.

Thanks for this. Any specific prong collar recommendations or things to look for/avoid?

We had a Scnoodle & I recognize his Schnauzer stance.

First here. Watching before I go train my classes today. I am myself a dog trainer :D

Every single video is helpful. I had a dog this fearful and 10 years down the track she is still reserved, but has been a fairly confident dog for 8 of them. I still find that we need to approach new dogs (in an off lead friendly area with "Hello dog! Look - here's a friend!" but this type of training changed and saved her life. Is there a No Bad Dogs tshirt? I'd like to wear one to have other dog people question or think :)

Great vid. Thx. Question on command and correction/stim: With an ecollar aren't giving stim as you ask for a behavior? Is this different than what you are discussing in this video? Thanks so much. Just subscribed.

So wow! I get you building his confidence. What about training the owners? When does that happen?

Your the best

I’d like to use a prong collar. Which one do you recommend? I love all of your videos!!

Good job.

Just adopted a super frightened street dog that lost all her pups and was being attacked by other strays, she is not used to ever being touched or petted by a human. Been feeding her for 7 months and recently had her caught by a net and am keeping her in my garage. She allows me to touch her now but just goes wild if I try to put a collar or leash on her. Would really appreciate some advice, as with now u can't take her out for walks. It would be awful if she escaped and returned to the old street where no one cares for her.. PS. Thanks so much for all your help and advice you give on your videos. 🙏

Yay! Would love to see more work with terriers.....very hard to find on KZfaq. Must be super tough to train......🤨. Can you provide a link for the small prong collar?

Wow Jordi is going to be one HAPPY and CONFIDENT little man when you’re done with him!

Agree with some others here. Love to see more small dog training videos. Do you have anything to assist with course training for agility? Ie getting over tetter fear

ABC trainer here and everything you do with these difficult dogs is helping me to grow my basic knowledge of difficult dog which is my favorite challenge! How can I ask you a private question?

First of all I LOVE these videos and this channel and I'm so happy I found you! I don't usually leave comments but I have an almost 1 year old Havanese who barks at my neighbor's on walks. But only from a distance. If we walk up to them he goes to snif them out then actually walks away. The barking only happens to the neighbors but not a peep if we take him out to the pet store, or on a drive, etc. Just the neighbors. I was thinking that the sniff and pull away he does is just not always being around new people. But what about the barking??? I am able to correct him if we are going in the other direction or distracting but he just won't sit and leave it. Any tips?? Thanks a bunch!!

Impressive. I wonder if there's more videos about fearful dogs like Jordi.

Wow, great video. I now see a lot of parallels with my Benny. Been thinking for a while that I need to expose him to more situations and even some agility obstacles. Last time I had him in a group class, he basically wanted to get back in the car and hide. Which is opposite of his leash reactive self that I've been seeing for years. Any comments on my thoughts or do you have other suggestions ? Thanks Tom~!

Jordiiiii, this was the cutest video ever

Do you ever come to canada for seminars? Can you please!?

I just came across this video and I am so happy! I know it has been a while since you posted this but wanted to reach out anyway. I am adopting a miniature schnauzer this month from a reputable breeder. She has had her last litter and is being retired. I know she is 3 and is not leash trained. The breeder said she is sweet and friendly. I plan to use your method to train ( heel and place ) her and am wondering if you have any tips on getting her in a pool. I live in Florida and it would be wonderful if she would swim or float with me.

10:45 THANK YOU. I trained my dog with a prong, among other tools, and she’s perfect. People gave me a lot of crap for using a prong though. Even my own parents! Lol I can’t imagine the kind of ignorance you come across. Thank you for always being a reasonable and educational voice. Love your videos!

Great channel Tom. With the 30 foot leash they brought out treats. Was wondering why you didn't lure the dog inside with treats as opposed to using the prong Collar? The prong collar seemed to work good but was just wondering. So appreciate that these videos are available for free so that we can all learn.

I have a schnauzer mix, with similar issues.The interesting part is that is seems to be connected somehow to certain smells, or even seasons. She gets terrified when she smells barbecue. She also gets really bad in spring time. She was fine and balanced and hadn't shown signs of fearfulness in almost a year, at least nothing extraordinary. One day we stepped out, and she was in total panic. We walked in places she had walked 100eds of times, and she was suddenly terrified, even though there was no one or nothing in sight. That lasted for almost 2 months. First month was a nightmare, then I got the feromon collar, and it did wonders, she was back to her old self in a week or so. Although unlike this schnauzer she is obedience trained, off leash trained and just overall an easy going dog, and at the same time she is also very confident. When I got her, she was 1, found in abandoned house with her mum, she was terrified of everything and everyone. She used to show fear aggression towards men and kids. Every now and the her old self shows and she'll react towards some people. It's always against people who are afraid of or who just dislike dogs. Any who, when she gets scared like that, the best, or only way I've found that helps, is to ask her to sit, and just wait. If she is off leash she'll do it on her own, run to me, sit at my feet, "asks" for the leash and just wait. And the she has periods, like now, when she is completely fine. I've spoken to different trainers, and no one can give me a straight or what I find believable response to why this occurs. Have I overstimulated her? Or what am I doing wrong? Somehow, since her periods come and go I don't feel it's because of my energy or stress level. She is obedient and trained, with no reactive issues like barking or biting. This was a bit long, sorry about that :), but Id love to hear your feedback or view on a dog like this. I realise its difficult to say without having met her.. anyways thanks for a great channel, really enjoy watching your clips! I also love that you show the importance of obedience. A lot of "trainers" who focus on behaviour tend to ignore or not want to have anything to do with obedience training, which I've never understood. In my case obedience is what helps my dog to calm down, when she is stressed..

Prong collars need fail safes. They can fall apart and off goes the dog. All you need to make one is 2 slide bolt snaps and some paracord. Then it is attached to the flat collar and the prong collar. If the prong collar fails the fail safe gives you a chance to attach the leash to the flat collar, it is in no way a substitute for a collar attached to a leash. I saw somebody at the vet's office who had her dog wearing a prong collar like a necklace with no flat collar. I told her to have the vet show her the proper way to use a prong collar, wonder if the vet even knew. The problem with prong collars, choke collars and e-collars is that any dummy can buy one and use it improperly. Perhaps the places that make them illegal should change to requiring a license to use them. A license that requires proper knowledge to acquire.

Hello! I love your videos and techniques so much. I feel like they're the closest to what might be able to help me. I've watched so many videos and talked to trainers and feel that no case has represented his fear as close as this dog. Although, mine is not aggressive. He is the sweetest and wouldn't hurt a fly but is SO scared. He is also a rescue dog. I rescued him (Happy) with another dog (Camper) at the same time on June 18, 2020. I got him because when I took Camper out of the kennel they were in, he freaked out so I couldn't leave him behind. Camper is confident and has managed to overcome his trauma and is this dog's rock. However, Happy has only progressed very little. He is terrified of humans and runs from me and pees while he is running. He will poop while running too is he is really, really scared. I put him on a leash and he freezes and doesn't care about the pressure it puts on him, he will still attempt to push away. How can I help him over this hump of trusting me? I'm so lost and feel discouraged but feel like you might be able to help me. You mentioned in the video to comment with any questions, so I am giving this a shot. Any suggestions or anyway to talk to you? I will do what it takes to help him gain confidence and desperately need someone that cares enough to help him too, which I can't seem to find one near me. Anyway, thank you SO much for your time and all you do for dogs. #NoBadDogs ❤️

Love the channel and small dog training video. My wife and I have a mini schnauzer 12lb (Theo) I have an issue with Theo being fearful aggressive with basically any big dog and 50% of little dogs. I’ve been using alot of techniques in your videos more structured walks and prong collar and trying to positive praise him a lot. Have stopped prong collar because when he would lunge at another dog I felt he was squeeling loud. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.? With prong collar on though the walks are so great he is much more responsive and polite towards me.

Do wish I saw how the dog came in so I could compare him to mine. We got Jax, an 8 pound terrier mix, as a rescue after he had been abandoned. He came in and tried to bully our 80 pounder, until he was put in his place. He often displays fearful behavior around food, putting on a harness or leash, being picked up, and being left alone. We had to put up gates in the house because he could not handle being in any room with the door closed, especially if he was alone. He refuses to even enter a crate- no place he could be trapped. Lots of issues. He is not food or toy motivated- in fact he is afraid of all toys, and after a year of trying, he has just started to learn how to sit. He shakes uncontrollably at times for no apparent (to us ) reason. He will growl and bite when pushed to do anything he does not want to do, and refuses to be groomed. OMG, where do we start? I would like to consider bringing him to you, but I think he would have a heart attack. When he is not being fearful, he is an absolute lovebug. We have been trying these techniques for quite some time, but his biting is still an issue that disturbs us most. His little teeth are like razor blades.

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Tom, what about French Bulldogs? What tool is best to walk them? My client is using a harness, but he pulls! Can I use a micro prong on him? I'm nervous to use a slip lead. I don't have any experience with e-collars besides your instruction in Denver.

I adopted a 5 yr old Alaskan Husky.about a month ago from our local shelter. She is very strong willed. She hates coming in, She runs in, runs out and barks in my face. She is very scared and insecure. It is like she was punished for being in the house. I am going to try the prong collar and long line. When she finally settles down she is very loving and sweet. I have no idea what she went through in her previous home. I have learned a lot from watching many of your videos today.

Thank you for all your KZfaq videos! My dog can be reactive while on leash to dogs, runners and bikers. I used a prong collar to help communication what I wanted from him. We have been working on his reactivity and he is doing so well! I also think me being more confined while training him and while were out on the trails have helped too. I can now walk him by runners and bikers on a harness in a perfect heal!!! We will pass dogs on the prong collar in a perfect heal no corrections needed! The other day we pasted two hyper dogs, walked in a perfect heal no reactivity or pulling, and I heard the people say wow that's a good dog I was so proud!!

Can you please post more videos about how to work with fearful border collies/Heeler? The trainer at Petsmart told me that I have to understand that my 6mo.puppy will just never be able to be around other dogs.

Great video. Have a 20lb Cattle Dog mix who 'refuses to walk' in certain situations. Where can I find the type of micro-prong collar you used?

A puppy: what to do when there is a cat sitting between me and the toy?

Out of all the videos that I've watched with different people - you are the MASTER trainer. I have a VERY SKIDISH dog from Puerto Rico that was found sleeping with one 6 week old puppy sleeping on top of her. God knows what happened to her other pups etc. She is great with other dogs but petrified of people (including me)! She has escaped from situations 3 times since I've had her which has only been one month. I feel like she takes one step forward and 3 steps back. I hate seeing all of this fright that she has and I really want her to settle and be comfortable with me. She follows me but as soon as I turn towards her - she books it. She's 22 lbs and is like a bullet when she runs. She a great walker on her leash (as long as its just us) and always turns to make sure I'm behind her. I love her so much but I need some advise. Can you help me???

Perfection! Again! Love the new intro. More appropriate for the COOLEST! Trainer