Charlie is improving every day since this session. We are super thankful for your help Joel…! We needed you to show us the obvious. We watch your videos regularly but this session helped us tremendously!

That lady showing affection during the aggression is a fundamental reason why this dog is how it is.

I love how you can see the owner improving over the course of the video! You're not only a good teacher for dogs, but also for humans!!

“If you don’t have a video helping a dog like this you don’t get to have this conversation” lol well said

I love how Joel seems and sounds so serious and even a little grumpy, but he's actually super chill and sensitive to subtleties like energy and the unfathomables of relationship dynamics.

Honestly, more dogs are like this than owners want to admit. Usually people get them as cute pups and as they get older they become unruly and scary. they get rid of them instead of fixing the problem. Kudos to this owner for tackling the issue with joel (Mr. Wonderdog) by the way... when he snapped at Joel I almost tinkled my pants. Lol 😅

I almost think Mom needs to do this. He's clearly her dog. She needs to convey strength to him as well. Plus, there's got to be moments when Dad isn't around. She's got to demonstrate she's in charge too.

I'm so glad to see you touch on the topic of the mom comforting the dog. Comforting your dog during or directly after an undesired behavior just reinforces that behavior. It's so difficult for people who don't train dogs to grasp that concept. Love your videos, Sir. I'm happy to say that you're one of the trainers/behaviorists that I watch to continue learning as a handler.

Tough love is still love. A thousand corrections hurts less to do to your dog than the pain of seeing them get put down because they bit someone. Good on these owners!

10:57 This moment was key, I think. He growls and is hyperalert at Joel, then gets petted, reinforcing his alertness. When Joel moves, he lunges. This guy is all about his mum

Damn, he’s so freaking good. He can actually understand the behavior while it’s forming in the dog’s mind by body language and changes in the breathing, eyes and ears, this guy knows his shit. And it’s how 99% of people need someone like him teaching them how to do it. It’s such a pleasure seeing him working with dogs. Keep going Joel! I love your videos and as soon as I’ll have a dog your lessons and what you’re teaching me will be absolutely astonishing!

"you have to get the mechanics of it" this is exactly why I recommend this channel to literally everyone. You can talk all day about "energy" but people don't get it, they need practical, actionable advice so they can fake it until they start to understand what it actually is.

I love how you tell the other trainers that have a problem with your methods to post a video of themselves working with similar situations and THEN you can have a discussion. Way too many critics out there just talking trash without the capabilities to actually fix the problem using their methods.

More people need to see this channel

I adopted a 4 yr old GSD. Male and neutronic. He had a bad life. He is 6 now. I am a 54 yr old lady and I DO respect love. Your video is spot on. My boy, Bruce now, has the life he deserves.We have come a long way. My 5th GSD in my lifetime. The energy I exude makes him relax. Joel you are amazing in what you do.

IMO this is the best video yet. You explained to everyone throughout the reasons behind what you're doing. My GSD same problem. These owners are awesome and thank you!

Joel, you are helping this dog and these people to avoid a tragedy or at least an inconvenience! Dogs can’t bite people who are being nice. It’s dangerous for the dog! Thank you for this lesson.

Never clicked a video faster lmao

Great to see the owner’s improvement. His speed and intensity on the correction needed serious improvement, and he did seem to get better. If he keeps it up, the problem will improve. This dog needs hard core, black and white boundaries until he understands his place. Amazing job, Joel! Hopefully owners will keep up with it.

I don't have a dog Joel, but have been attacked and terrorised by dogs a few times over the past couple of years and have learned so much about voice control of dogs from you in your videos that I am able to quiet down most I come across. So, thank you. I am very grateful.

The way kalvin grabbed your hand to his face made me melt 🥺 so sweet

Watching you have to shake it out is so relatable. I started my training career in the Protection Dog sector. Watching you work with this dog brought me back to working with protection dogs whose owners don't keep up with the training. Or those super hard dogs that don't give a flying expletive about you. I can completely understand having to switch from being a tyrant to being benevolent in a split second. From a trainer/handler stand point, the decompression speed is so important. I hope that other trainers watching this see that. This video provides a great example of what it means to be a human who loves dogs but also having to relay a tough and "hardcore" message to a dog that is wired to fight back and fight through it. And that it is OKAY to do so. It saved that dog's life. Kudos to the owners and kudos to your staff.

I can see the guy getting out of his comfort zone being the "mean" parent as you say. I think it takes a certain person or enough experience to just be inherently no-nonsense where the dogs (or kids) know you mean business, but also able to be sweet 95% of the time as you stated. Love the video

Good on them to save this good boys life.

Joel + team, this was INCREDIBLE, and so valuable! I'm so grateful to you and the owners for sharing. Definitely one of the better displays of intentional energy, making communication *crystal clear* for the dog. Bravo!

What a great vid! Can’t stress enough about how energy is relevant whether it’s the dog’s surroundings or the energy felt through the leash.

When I talk to owners with difficult dogs, I always tell them to look on this channel, if they want to have a better behaving dog. I tell them to follow what you do and say and follow to your instructions and guarantee them, that they will find improvements in their dogs behaviour.

Nice Video. However, I think the problem is with the mom and the kid. She seems very nice and likely fusses over both the kid and the dog. Hard to tell with videos but that dog seemed to be a momma's boy. I have noticed with dogs I have trained that sometimes a person likes a dog keeping people away.........often they don't even realize it. The impression I got with this dog is.......I don't care what corrections these guys are giving.......momma pets me and loves and she is more important than these guys.

Whoa Joel. That dog scares me. You are SUCH a good trainer to take on a dog like this. I would have NO clue what to do with this guy. Wow. ❤

This is a great dog just tragically misguided, and very understandably in the circumstances. I'm glad they are getting good improvements now, well done to Joel and the family.

This is a “we’ll do this all day” kind of video 👍🏼💜

It’s so interesting how the simple fixes help so much. Being consistent is key 🐶

I think "Protection is noble; resource guarding is obnoxious" is my new mantra. You've helped us overcome jumping, door lunging, and knocking people over when playing at the dog park. We recently adopted a kitten and the resource guarding (food, attention) has increased. We'll use this lesson to teach him his limits.

So great! This looked like an exhausting session, so pleased to hear he is still improving 🎉 there are countless aggressive dogs in my area and the owners aren't even trying to improve the behaviour. Many even laugh while their dog lunges at mine. I love this channel ❤

Great stuff Joel, although my 2 year Golden (Dave) isn’t aggressive towards people he WAS reactive/aggressive to dogs when I re-homed him at 8 months due to him not being socialised by his previous owners. Right now I’d say he’s 95% fixed (as a result of using your ‘reactive dog’ videos…THANK YOU!). I’ve taken on board how you were able to improve this lovely German Shepherds behaviour and will be using some of your techniques in this video to improve Dave’s behaviour further. BIG THANKS FROM CAMBRIDGE UK 🇬🇧

That dog's mind is so amped up, he's probably never been truly relaxed. Being able to tell the dog to be cool when it's time to be cool, and that they aren't in charge is one of the toughest emotional hurdles for most owners, because they aren't able to escalate to the necessary response. Loved the video, but I would've gone to side-submitting the dog relatively soon. This guy does something to a child or grandma... ooh. Sometimes it only takes a couple roars & some jiu-jitsu and these guys change real quick... when they aren't being hurt and that they finally met their superior penetrates to the ego. Great job as always, Joel.

OMG! The first 20 seconds scared tf outta me!!! Glad he had a muzzle 🫨🫨🫨

The attitude of the person has a direct influence on the level of respect the dog will give to the owner. It's the first thing you will notice on any of these videos.

This is an amazing video for so many reasons! Joel's experience at reading a situation and adjusting is exceptional. It seems quite clear to me that Calvin understands what is needed and hence his own actions. The dog IS clearly protecting Calvin by protecting his parents. Dad, I know it's not your natural way to be more harsh with your dog's behaviour, and your way probably makes you an amazing parent for your special son, but even Calvin understands. Just practice it and you'll see that it will work and everyone's life (including your dog's) will be way better for it. PS. I'm sure Joel told you but try to react faster when he growls or lunges. Good luck with everything and thanks for letting us be part of this important change.

Nerves of steel Joel. I love these hard work videos teaching the dog he's not responsible for 'protecting' the family.....he'll chill and become a happier dog. Wd owners for making the effort.

Really appreciate this as most of your videos seem to show fixing dogs with other dogs, which isn't something most of us have the resources to replicate. Keep up the great work ✌️

That was an intense session and the dog had a great transformation

Damn, this dog is so obsessed with his lady mom, she is the reason behind all that aggression and growl, i think she should correct him and not the man standing, because everytime he comes back to the lady she pets him and he feels he must growl again and attack everyone who comes close.

Master-class. You are so patient in explaining and showing exactly the moments that matter.

Yes! This sir is a pro at teaching and explaining the many different aspects of dog behavior and training. And yes, energy is everything. 😊

Been wanting to see more on how to handle human aggression. Thank you so much for sharing this.

Amazing video for the people who think correction is possible only with painfull treatment like chocking/shock treatment

We’ll do this all day 😊

The minute I saw them arriving with their son I felt that the case with this dog will be him trying to protect his brother (even tho people mostly seem to ignore him.. ) oooof what a puzzle, great job 🙌

The most important lesson I learned from Joel's videos is the "Hey, do you really think Im messing around?" energy and attitude.

I learned something new in regards to meeting people and petting. Wow, I would have a hard time with that. I've always thought petting would provide a sense of calm, but I now see how it could be taken as overstimulating or reassuring the dog's assumed place as protector, AKA the unwanted behavior. Good notes for the future! 🤓📝

My dog does that three step forward thing and now I have a correction method. Thank you to you and the owners for this video

Thanks so much for all your videos! They've been extremely helpful to me in working with my 2-year-old Belgian Mal/GSD/Black lab mix. He's 83 pounds of boundless energy and he's super protective of our property, but all your advice and my work with him is really paying off! 🙂

The amount of disrespectful, destructive and DANGEROUS behaviours that I see the MAJORITY of Dog owners letting their dogs/"babies" get away with; Is absolutely DISGUSTING ! We need more of these training techniques, and education disseminated globally !

From a pure learning perspective, this is the best video you've ever made. Keep up the fantastic work!

My heart! This dog looks so much like my dog 🥹I miss that face

I think it is great that the owners have commented on this video because a couple of detractors think that the dog is only good on video and regresses. So now that you have customer feedback, they are basically complaining into the wind.

This was super cool to watch! Great work.

I love these videos. It reminds me of what I need to do when a start getting a little to relaxed with my GSD of 8 years.

Wonderful to see such conviction and clarity. It is done now and there will be no more fooling around with me. This also works well for me when I train dogs.

Talk about an eye-opening beginning!

Great job, I learn so much from you

Excellent Excellent video!! This is why I subscribe. Love this. Great work.

It’s fascinating watching these sessions. You are training the owners as much as you train the dogs.

Amazing video. My male GSD is 2 1/2 and reactive to strangers coming up to me. Thank you so much. I know I will watch this several more times!!

Excellent, one of the best including the owners to work on the dog so well done to everyone, well timed corrections , great video as usual

Fantastic video!

Greetings from France ! As always, very interesting. Thanks a lot for this awesome content. Dog training is all about intention and your video made it very clear. Please keep posting videos, it's a treasure for dog owners like me !

Great video. I am super interested in changing my energy. I never understood how, but you explained it perfectly. The hardest part for me is the timing. I have 2 rescue GSD and this was very informative. As always thank you 😊

Thank you for this video .

This was really cool! Never give up; some dogs just take a bit longer plus we're not as good at it as Joel is. After 18 months of working with my 11-yr-old rescue Rednose Pitbull, I for the first time could actually bring him into the vet office waiting room! I had to use the Gentle Leader, butt-flip, fingertips on the neck, staring into his eyes, finger snap, yes. But my boy was lying down in the waiting room! Hurray!!!!!! Other customers were even talking to him and saying how beautiful he is and asking his story. Thank you, Joel!! 🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️

How true your remarks about energy! Perfect work with the owners! With the dog for shure. Like always! I know how the energy of this kind of bark feels, you handle it the right way! Respectful greetings from Austria!

An excellent lesson, thanks so much.

Excellent session. Good luck to the owners, keep up the great work.

This video is perfect information for my situation thank you so much 🙏🏼

Such an intense session, well done Joel

14:08 your breaking that concentration while reminding him of his place.

We allready know and admire Beckman as a trainer but the customers were great❤

This is one of, no it is the best video I've watched regarding this subject matter. I follow / watch the top trainers in the country and aside from Dog Daddy, Joel is is not afraid of this dog going at him, he's on lock with this dog's issues....Salute to you Joel!

I have a 1y Newfie Sheppard mix, and he is resource guarding and getting protective and playing a dominance game towards me and even my wife now and these videos are helping, there is a long road ahead but if you could put more for large dogs and newfies I would appreciate it, I love your videos you are straight to the info and show the corrections, my wife and I applaud you and cannot believe we found your channel! We are binging your channel.and correcting the best we can, we are considering a muzzle which I am against, he is showing improvements, but still trying to push past our commands and nearly bites us when he gets protective or dominant/protective, jeep the videos coming along of great info

Great job Beckham 😊

Crazy that i dont even have a dog (unfortunately…), yet here i am watching these, goes to show how amazing and informative your videos are tbh

Im starting a job at a dog training facility soon, your videos are very helpful!

I noticed, everytime the dog was walked away by the owner and told to sit, he only obeyed after he repositioned himself in a way he could watch "mom" while sitting or laying down. I was wondering if that was the reason he didnt seem to be getting better - because he modified the command so that he eventually decided about how and where to sit.

I learn alot from your videos, thanks for sharing.

You spot on. ❤

You're awesome buddy 🔥

Dog training= Dog owner training.

I was wondering about the petting because I know a dog should not be rewarded when it is behaving badly. Glad to know that you were just testing the dog at its worst and that you then told the owners that they should not be rewarding him for bad behaviour.

Bro, the pod needs “no nonsense Daddy” T-shirts

My sister and her hubby have a dog like this, it’s not the dog, it’s them… they don’t know how to handle him! Needless to say, people are weary about going round to visit. Great video Joel! 😊👍

Working with dogs can be so fascinating. I have learned so much from them just spending time with them. My pack is 3. 2 german Shepherds 1 male working and a female show and a female coonhound. Pack dynamics are so fun to watch. How they interact to get my attention is so different. When I introduced my female shepherd (4years) to my male (3years) it was tense. Some things that I thought she was doing to trigger a reaction from him were actually actions I was doing that caused the trigger. Did not think something so small would elicit reactions but it just goes to show that paying sttention to all the details and your dogs at the same time are very important. It takes patience, confidence and assertiveness to get through to a dog. That's what creates the "energy" Joel talks about.

I also think she needs to be "Bad Mom" sometimes because he's definitely more territorial over her and their son.

Leans in: He's a nice german Shepard, isn't he? Charlie: GGGRRRRR 😅

That owner is so good with this dog!

Nice! Was just about to ask you guys when you’re gonna post a vid about human aggression

Anyone else finding these newer videos are super quiet compared to other videos? The voice over intros are at a decent volume but when it's live audio from the session, its really quiet and if I go to another video or it goes back to the voice over it's super loud and blasts my eardrums. Maybe the editor can bump up the volume on the quiet parts? Love the videos and will keep watching, just wanted to point this out.

Looking forward to more of this dog's videos

Need to start calling out these "critics" more. Joel's right... if you can't deal and train a dog with similar aggression issues, then just hush please. If you can't back up your words like Beckman's video's then we don't need to hear from you. Press record and show us all what you would do and how you would do it, on a real dog with real issues. If you can't... then why are you speaking? Thanks again Joel for the vids, and know that you are doing great work.

Thanks Joel. I will try this with my people aggressive shepherd. Hello from Australia 🇦🇺