Will is the only person on the planet who can simultaneously walk 4 large dogs and yet have a free hand to carry a walking stick!

I have 2 heelers that just will not chase a ball, then I found a herding ball. Changed my life, thank you heeler mamma

i used your techniques to teach my rescue dog to walk with me on lead and everyone constantly compliments what a well trained doggo he is. thank you so much for your videos!

Hey, Will! I've literally watched hours of your videos in the past two weeks when I've had my Pitty all of a sudden decide to be VERY picky on who he loves and who he hates, which scared me to death. I've spent as many hours on your skillsets, and YOU are changing our life! I'm not in a position right now to afford a professional k9 trainer, but I have the patience and time to put in. The rewards I've seen are SO fulfilling! YOU are amazing, and I'll forever be gracious! Thank you SO MUCH for what you do! Love, April and Gunner, Nashville, Tennessee

My rescue mixed breed loves mental stimulation. He's got some bit of Border Colie in him surely. Best way to make him happy tired is to have pack migration to my parents, then do some obedience (he absolutely loves everything that involes waiting, when I put him in sit/down and stay and walk away, you can see energy in him while he waits for break command so he can sprint towards award). And at the end he can do what he enjoys the most, which is just sprinting in circles around my parents elderly Rottweiler (She is a sweatheart, 11 years old, and my puppy respects her immensly). This kind of evening makes him incredibly happy and amazingly tired.

Will you are hands down the most Amazing dog trainee trainer!! I learn so many great things from you every time I watch your videos. I have a 6 month old yellow lab who is so well trained already that we get complimented every where we go! Thank you doesn’t even begin to say enough for the amount of money, time, and frustration you have saved all of us who follow you!!! You are a God send to the animal world!! We love you for all you’ve done for us! THANK YOU!!!❤🐶🐾

We have 5 dogs in our family (myself ,my son and daughter) What a privilege to have the socialize and play together ❤️

Most underrated dog "training" channel on KZfaq, not even joking! Love it.

Will, I’ve gotta thank you. We found your video on the adolescent phase and I think that, along with your other videos are going to save our relationship with our 2 year old lab! He is actually brilliant and friendly and well trained. He’s just gotten to a point where he’s also brilliant about getting into all kinds of trouble. Thank you for showing us how to be firm and consistent leaders with him through this difficult phase so we can get our dream dog out of it on the other end.

Do you have videos on how to teach the fetch and “drop” for play-time? 🇨🇦

My 11 week old Lab puppy picked up fetch right away. He's good for about three throws and then plops down to rest. It really works.

Perfect. Now to just get my boy to bring the ball back! Thank you for all your videos they have helped wonderfully for our high energy, biting, pulling, resource guarding, no training at all, 1 yr old rescue!! He is an entirely different dog with your help : )

You have fast become my go to place for advice and guidance. Our nine week old golden retriever is responding well to all the training/guidence, I am proud how quickly I am learning to be a 'pack leader' :)

We have a border collie. I take her to the ocean where she runs in the surf for an hour.....very quiet on the way home. We get into our yard and she heads right to her frisbee and will play catch till your arm falls off.😂

My dog's heel has become so much better! Thank you! Hopefully you can do a video about how to teach your dog to listen to you in different environments. Especially because of emergencies 😊

Knocked it out of the park with this one. also I love seeing Eileen be her big beautiful self

Finding somewhere to run them off lead is a problem for me.

I recently found you as I was doing research into how to help my highly anxious/ aggressive whoodle, and your videos have given me the confidence I think I need to help her. I'm so glad I found this channel!

So wonderful to see such happy dogs! Well done, Will!

I have a cattle dog staffy x and it wasn’t until about 6 months ago she suddenly became interested in the ball. It’s so easy and she loves it. Her recall has improved, she is learning stay, so much better than before. I’m very inexperienced but this trick has been helping so much.

My toy poodle loves fetch so much, especially a Frisbee, its the best way to tire her out especially combined with tricks/obedience too.

Love your videos. Not only train the dogs but lots of help to owners as well!

great info. Always a pleasure to watch you work. You and Tom Davis are game changers! ❤

So love the way you are with the pups Will. Thank you so much for the continued wealth of knowledge you give to us. My boy Tobias appreciates it. He is a 20-Month-old English lab and goes everywhere with us and is the perfect Service dog for my partner. Thanks for all your help.

Pack play gives Max the most joy! But we just have to limit it because of his hip dysplasia! Roll on replacement number 2! Even when it’s limited he’s happy and exhausted and if he’s happy I’m happy!

Always a pleasure to watch

I adore Miss Eileen! I try to catch every video with her in it, we'll be getting our own EM shortly and can't wait for the adventure to begin 😊

could you do a video on marker words? yes, good, break, wrong, no, ETC. whatever you use and when you use them?

I love watching your pack walks, it just looks right

Love your information!

I love Yr method of training, thankyou

I do fetch up and down the stairs with my Boston Terrier, it helps him build muscle and tire him out!

My German shepherd loves playing fetch. Every time b4 I throw the ball I ask her to either go behind me to run on to the ball or do middle then she can go get it. Love the videos Will helped so much

I love your videos Will!!!! I also love to listen to your accent/voice 😂😂I’m from Texas 😬😬 I’d personally never allow my Golden puppy (7 mos)off lead. She’d see a squirrel and never return!

HI Will, I love watching and trying all your dog training techniques. Currently working on walking on a loose lead and getting my strong border collie to accept that I am the leader and not to be fearful/anxious on lead walks. Your tips are working well so far. Just on the retrieving a ball, my dog loves to retrieve the ball but not bring it back. Instead he finds it more fun to come zooming past you ( we call it 'buzzing the tower') and waiting for you to chase him. Which, in all fairness, we have done this in the back yard at times. So probably our cues are confusing. Anyway, would love to hear your advice. Lisa

Question for you…what if you need to let the dogs burn off a bit of the super crazy energy before you can loose leash walk? I have one dog I need to pre exhaust before we do leash work, and I’d like to find a way to make him calmer at the start.

nice video!!! Keep up the good job!!! Thanks for sharing :)

On the the of the hardest things to teach a Dog is to behave , chill , relax and not bark while you while your away from home. Grace my Lab X Staffie cross has had Sep Anx since the day I picked her up at 8 weeks. Honestly I must of watched every KZfaq tutorial out there ! Leaving her with a bone , A pigs ear ,it could be a pound of fillet steak left on the coffee table as soon as I left she would ignore her treats until i returned . I would depart and enter my home with no eyes contact and with no fuss , starting off with 1 minuet leading up to 15 . Any more then 15-20 minuets and Grace howled. I reached out to a Dog trainer and she told me throwing or launching a ball raises her Adrenalin and that Adrenalin stays in her system several hours hours after a walk . Leaving a Dog thats not calm before you leave isn't a good idea When ever I need to leave Grace I dont throw the ball on a walk prior . I also close the blinds and leave her in one room (as instructed by the trainer) She has just turned 3 her anxiety is still there but down by 30 to 50% . I also bought a motion censor camera with a Mic and speaker so I can watch and talk to her via my phone when im away ( when she is about to bark or howl) Will , please could you make a video on Separation anxiety as I would love to hear your thoughts on the subject.

Love seeing Eileen

Your videos are great. Where is the fetch ball in your store. Can't find it. Thanks

Absolutely gorgeous English mastiff 😍😍

After doing your Perfect Puppy course my daughter's dog went from 'perfect puppy' and became the crazy adolescent dog - but this crazy teenage behaviour is being cured by your tricks on tiring the dog mentally and always behaving the same way with him (consistency) - so now he is so much calmer and even does one walk every day totally on the lead!

wonderful dogs. what breed is poppy? and great video

I absolutely love watching your videos - just genius Will 👌

Thanks for these videos. I'm a British expat in Japan and we just got a lovely Shiba join our family. He's been incredibly responsive after following your videos and advice despite thier reputation for being stubborn. The only issue I have right now is he nips at my youngest daughter a lot. I've tried very hard to get her to be calm and consistant but as shes only seven she doesn't quite have the patience down. I've also told her to stay standing and not go down to his level. Right now he's only a little pup so it's not an issue but nervous it will grow into a problem. I always remind the kids we should disengage when he acts that way and try to calm him down but wondering if there is more I should do?

Ditto on the fetch, I had a golden that could not say no to a good game of fetch, she would run so hard even when she was dead tired, I knew when she was tired because she would not give the ball back. I would have to take it away from her and I would do at least 2 more throws just for good measure then we would go to the pool for a relaxing swim and a cooling off.

Any tips on training to actually bring back the toy? I've got a Staffy-Ridgeback mix that will bring it back once or twice, but then doesn't want to come back anymore. Instead he wants me to chase him, which is not the end of the world but I'd like him to properly learn it. I've tried 'leaving him wanting more' but then he stops even bringing it back those first time(s).

How much exercise would be excessive for pups...?

Before I started watching your videos we got our first dog a black Labrador puppy and we named him Sulley. Small world lol

I have an 8 month fox Red Labrador. Lead walking is improving but he leads walks about 1/2 a dog length in front. Should I correct this and if so how?

mate You are my new guru I'm collecting rescue dog in 2 days time and until than I shall be looking through all of your videos here keep on doing a great job mate

Hey i have a question. Are Amstaff's just as good with kids as Staffies? For some reason AKC rates them 3/5, but Staffies 5/5. The AKC is pretty accurate, at least with the Doberman, Bullmastiff, Rhodesian ridgeback ect... All of which ive researched and came to the same conclusions as their ratings. But not sure how accurate the AKC is with the Amstaff.

me watching this bc im getting a purebred blue heeler in a few weeks and these things have infinite energy

Hi Will, is it possible to create content for people who live in cities/apartments and having every day access to a field to tire their dogs is impossible?

@Will Atherton Canine Training some dog trainers say dont Play fetch with your dog as it conditions them to chase after moving things. Is that even true or not. If so, should i only do it somes or should the dog learn to only chase things that i throw and nothing Else?

I have recently got a boxer puppy we got our daughter for her birthday. He was 9 weeks old when we got him and having had a mature boxer before we thought we were well ready for another perfect pet in our lives,however he is far from perfect!!!in fact he’s a daily nightmare!!! I feel like we’ve got off on the wrong foot down to my natural reaction to his unbelievable bad behaviour and although I’m now having watched most of your videos adopting a completely different approach he’s not responding and I’m afraid he’s never going to respect us and change which is going to result in us having to get rid of him which will devastate my daughter but he’s now 5 months and getting a big strong dog and she’s terrified of him unless I have hold of him on a tight leash. Any advice on how to get him to behave please 🙏

My dog used to love to run with me. She seemed to automatically switch into we're a pack mode. I clipped her lead to my belt but she always naturally paced herself in step with me.

Love your videos, I have recently rescued a Malinois and she loves fetch but i sturggle to get her to drop the ball she is approx 9 mnths old she sits on command however due to being young she gets distracted very easily any tips and tricks to get her to drop the ball

Y si no hay un lugar combo el que muestras?

I have 2 American bullies one 12 Months male and the other 9 months female. They’re always trying to get ahead of the other for the leading positions and constant pulling when I walk Them both of them . When I walk just one dog they’re fine, focused and not pulling at all. I just want to be able to walk both dogs without hassle.

Did anyone else spot the "Come on Eileen" at 6:36 😂.

Do you think it’s possible to teach a beagle fetch? Mine struggles very much and we’ve been working on it a lot

so what do you do if the dog only doing a few fetches then bored with it?

Hello, we did this with out German Shepard and lab pit bull mix and it led to a fight as my German Shepard didn't want to share the ball

Hello Will, is it engaging for your dogs mind to let 5hem sniff about when on a lead walk rather than having them walk beside you (not that mine has mastered that entirely just yet) ? Kindest regards, Joanne 🐺

With all due respect, Will, you need to train Treeing Walker/Plott hounds. No such thing as an easy migration, my friend!

Love your videos and your philosophies, in particular "guidance and direction", " loving leadership" and "pack migration". One comment to the game if fetch in the video: I think it is not a good general advice to "just throw balls for your dog" without any "rules". To really tire out your dog and prevent him from getting crazy about movin things like thrown balls, having to wait until allowed to "break" is essential - at least for dogs with high drive. Finally, Riley is absolutely amazing - very very lovely and great lab! 😃

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Is that brown dog with the white throat and chest a mix and if so what?

Hi Will.. Do you mind me asking what the approach would be to train a three year old springer we've just rescued to play fetch ? She just won't entertain a ball. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Recall and walking to heal has greatly improved due to your training videos 👍.

My Whippet loves chasing balls when I throw them but he never brings them back.

Great thanks Will Love your videos really appreciate your guidance I’ve ordered 2 slip leads from your website at circa £50, ordered 3rd June said it would take 3-7 days and I’m still waiting To be the pack leader I need your slip leads please 🐶🙏 (ordered under my name 👍)

I’m still trying to figure out the best way to tire out a miniature pinscher/rat terrier/chihuahua mix breed.

I have a rescue GSD x Lurcher, she'll play ball all day in the garden or the dog park but won't play out on a walk? she's brilliantly well behaved now and stays beside me and ignores other dogs and people, I just feel just a "walk" isn't the best exercise for her?

My lab mix will, most of the time, chase the ball, but you won't be getting it back without trading for something...any ideas on how to train fetch with a dog who would rather just chew everything he can and can get very possessive over balls? Hoping by learning fetch he'll learn tennis/similar balls are for fun play with humans and not edible chew toys to guard with his life.

Your English Mastiff is so gorgeous.

I just got two golden doodles and they are WILD, I hope this videos help

So funny I have a roll model dog . Remi. Ex pig hunting dog. Record by himself held 142kg of very angry bore. Well socialised. Down at tne Sunny Coast visiting a relly. Did the towny thing and eent to the dog park. Well, Remi had the best time of his life. 9 yrs old and very fit. Every time a new dog arrived be it 5kgs or 50 he'd greet it and PLAY. Tired dog was an understatement. He didn't move from when I got home until the next morning and that was only to move from the lounge room floor to where Cousin Graham had his breakfast coffee and biscuits that was very genorously shared. That arvo Coming to the park? I reckon he managed to lift one eyebrow and that was it. Next day he was good but he tempered his enthusiasm and still had a great time. I'm a part time animal behaviorist. Horses. Dogs and children and they all work o tne same program. Thanks Will for giving me the confidence to go back out there to help our community both animal and human.

It’s close to the forth of July here and there are a lot of fireworks 🎇. I have two labs and one gets really scared 😳 and starts shaking. The other one is fine they are brothers. Is there anything I can do to help him from being so scared 😱

How do you keep the dog interested in the game of fetch? After a few throws my dog usually gives up on the ball

Is playing fetch (with a ball or freesbee or whatever) good for all breeds? I'm asking because my border collie gets easily fixated and has a very high level of emotions. The behaviourist I'm working with claims that border collies shouldn't really play fetch as it might lead to even more behavioral problems and actually get them even more excited and fixated instead of wearing them down.

What's the best way to tire a French Bulldog?

I know that fetch is supposed to be a simple thing to teach, but my dog will chase the stick or ball, and just refuse to bring it back to me. She wants me to run after her to get it!! She's absolutely not interested in treats, so how can I train her to bring the ball back?

I have a mastador (Mastiff-Labrador with a little Pit) anyways I'm always trying to learn more and more on her breeds and what's better for her. Her father was or is a full English mastiff, I think her mother was the mix with lab and pit so what I'm wondering is do I go off her fathers breed more or her mothers or does it even matter? She definitely looks a lot like him other then she's black and white and he looks just like your English mastiff. She's six months old and we just got her fixed and I can definitely say she's using it to her benefit🤦‍♂️ Anyways like I was saying I just want to train her and help her be the best she can be but do I go off her breed or... Plus she's going to be huge once she's fully grown so I need her to be trained for that fact in general plus I have grand babies who live with me who could ride her like a horse 🤣😂 One last thing thank you for your content it really has helped with a lot of her training up till this point. 😊

I've been told Border Collies will run for a ball all day, every day. Repeated exercise is how they train race horses. Running after the tractor, running after the sheep, it's their forte. Our game of fetch includes some sniffing out. My garden has several fences and walls. I throw a ball on a rope over one wall, she has to run around to that area and find it. There may be long grass, it might be under an evergreen bush or hung on a branch. Its very windy around here so sometimes my throw isn't good and I can't see it hung up in a hedge. She can smell it and I can bend or prune so one of us can find it. She loves the working together! The ball on a rope type means you can use different muscles as you throw over arm, under arm, over your head, backhand, between your legs. She has to guess, read my body language, to predict where it's going. I don't get RSI in my nearly 70 year old shoulder. Thanks for the video.

I really wish I had somewhere to go like where you are too many people and dogs about and I don't like letting her off

My dog (7months lab) loves to go fetch but he doesn't want to learn how to let go, i have to open his jaw everytime... 😅 Not convenient at all ! Can you help with that ?

Will, can you please do a video on playing tug of war with your dog? Good idea? Bad idea? If good, how can it be done without teaching your dog to fight for his toys with you?

New subscriber from Georgia USA and I'm struggling with my pup. Would you do a video on training your family to not detour your efforts to train. Do we train the whole family Or do we have one person doing the training? For reference, my my dog's parentage is heritage is Chesapeake Bay retriever/chocolate lab Father. Yellow lab mother with papers.

Can you please tell me how you get your girls to play together? I have 2 girls and they both get to excited then a bit snippy.. I have an older American staffy (9) and a young English staffy (17 months) and my older girl is grumpy sometimes and my baby it's so excitable. I would hate for them to get into a proper fight. I can't walk them both because they pull and criss cross. I'd love to be able to walk them both together. I feel horrible because they don't get out nearly enough.

Hi Will, I bought your leash training course…on day 3 with a HIGHLY DISTRACTED dog. Food is not enough lure for her attention…any ideas would be hugely welcomed. Amy

I have a Vizsla puppy. If 10 minutes of fetch wore out my dog I'd be thrilled. I stand on my hill and launch it about 600feet. It will do fetch for hours.

Although I do really like your content feel like this specific video ultimately was a big let down for me. Both methods require very specific things, a dog thats motivated to actually play fetch and also a group of friendly dogs with a big enclosed space. Some content around beagles/hounds would be appreciated. Keep up the good work 👌, bit envious as this advice is spot on, just doesn't apply to me 🥲.

I tire my chihuahua with teaching tricks and taking him to play with other toy breed dogs off leash ^^ love his happy face when he run to play tag with them

I'm sorry, were you talking? Queen Eileen 🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Anyone able to give some advice about a dog that refuses to engage with other pooches for pack play?

Come on Eileen! 😂

How to deal with dog drool ?

I had a Sheltie years ago, that LOVED to play fetch. She was a very high energy level dog and an hour walk wouldn't tire her enough. Here's an example: My brother used to hike the White mountains here in NH; he took our German Shepherd mix and our Sheltie hiking up Mount Washington, 6,288 feet, an 8 hour hike. The German Shepherd mix was out for the count. Not my Sheltie... I played fetch with her for 2 hours after that hike!!! She had incredible endurance!!!

Lab puppies: We are fast enough to come back before your every new paraphrase.😂😂😂