Are you a fan of my training style, but can’t travel to Kentucky to see me in person? No worries! I offer an awesome online dog training course, which includes access to an array of exclusive videos and content, personalized coaching, journaling, and in-depth mentoring and evaluation by yours truly! If you just need some an advice or have a couple questions you need answered, I also offer professional consulting by the hour. Both of these great services can be found here: www.kentuckycanine.com Thank you all for your remarkable support over the years! I cannot express enough how grateful I am for your appreciation and patronage of this channel, my training style, and my kennel. Always remember, it’s a great day for a puppy-sized adventure!

I live in an old folks home. Actually, my wife and I are the homeowners. If Honey wants to visit, we old folks would love to have her. What a good dog!

One of the best tips I ever got from you Stonnie was “go to the dog park early” I love using my dog to meet fun and good people in my community but I wasn’t having much luck at the dog park (I’m in a city) but I saw that video and started making sure I was part of the before work and right after work crowd. Suddenly I found my local suspicious dog park was full of good people and I met so many of my neighbours. Really appreciate the advice sir!

I adopted a dog that was abandoned at 6 months because her owner failed miserably to socialise her with other dogs. It takes a lot of effort to face the difficulty but the improvement has happened!

I agree regarding socialization. I've made this a priority and my dog loves meeting new dogs. One of the people we met early on invited us to join a daily play group. He gets to play with his friends and I get to interact with their owners, who I otherwise never would have met.

Stonnie, i really love this new advice on meeting people and building communities. I agree that we've become lonely, isolated, and mistrustful. In addition to the great dog training advice, youre modeling how to have a friendly interaction with other handlers! Thanks for this and for "being the change!"

I have followed uncle stonnies instructions, my 3yrs black lab don’t jump on anyone in the park.😎

Lawn is on point!

Charlotte is such a great helper! She’s learning amazing skills. Wonderful to see 😊

I took my dog to all positive dog puppy socialising classes , and all the dogs were in little cubicles cut off from the other puppies. The trainer didn't agree with dogs mixing , I didn't continue. I wanted my dog to be able to mix . He's a bit older now he's got his friends who he sees regularly. He does have some dogs he doesn't particularly like , I cam almost 100 % predict the dogs he won't like

That was a million bucks of information in a short time. Thanks, Stonnie, for all the great information. I appreciate your attitude very much.

as first dog owner I followed your key advices: environment socialization and meet new dogs and people. at 3,5 years Blake has developed as a polite, funny and easygoing blacklab. until 3 years he tended to jump too much to people, just for joy. In the last 6 months he has been much calmer. thank you Stonnie, I will always be grateful

Just adopted a 1 year old black mouth cur who, thankfully, loves people. Just trying to work with him and with the people we meet, to make sure he stays down and sits before they pet him. Many people say they don’t mind but I do!

When any aware and competent human like yourself tries to expose and correct untruths in any field, most people that believe these untruths will be resistant to their exposure. Trusting the coach is a requirement to gain the knowledge and expertise of the coach. Thank you Stonnie for opening new doors to a type of training that works, and eliminating the training concepts that do not.

Stonnie, I have used your techniques training my 9 month old deaf pit bull. We’ve only had her since New Years Day. Yesterday we took the dogs on a 4 mile walk and then popped into Home Depot on our way home. We were approached by a couple that trains service dogs (in the early stages) and they told us our dogs were better behaved than some professional trainers that come in there to train. That is entirely due to you and your videos. Thank you so much for your wisdom. ✌🏼🕊️💜

Seems like you are teaching life skills along with the dog training. Great channel.

Dog training socialization Masterpiece. Thank you, Stonnie!

That’s such a well-behaved puppy!

Stonnie just talking his usual common sense dog training.

This is excellent. I live in a very socially insular country and brought my dog from the States in a region where people are outgoing, friendly, and dog owners always let their dogs greet each other if it's safe. My dog is just as lonely as I've been! We're moving and getting a second dog this year. Loneliness is indeed an epidemic and I'm glad you spoke about it.

Thank you Stonnie. I've posted before to you about my adventures with my now 3 yr old Red Dobie girl Lucinda and my old border collie Jezebel. The more freedom and socialization a dog, especially a working breed gets, the better they do. My dogs have behaved better than most of the kids in my community do. Taking Lucy to as may places and meeting as many people has made her an amazing girl, no surprize to anyone who knows dobermans. Teach your dog the same manners you would if you do or want kids. It comes down to the simple question of Who drives this bus?

My black labrador is 5 months old and he looks so much like that little girl... anyway we have been socializing him and he loves the attention and other dogs! I like your teaching techniques!

Love your video's, making the world a better place

Stonnie is the Mr Rogers of dog training ❤

Completely agree, I cant help but feel bad for the dogs when they are expected to be automatons

Back tie is great for teaching stay too

Just a note on your backties comment: it’s something I’ve thought a lot about. 95% of dogs I train have worked with other trainers. None of them have used backties, or long lines for that matter. All I do is teach recall on a nature walk, using a long line. And then backtie them and teach stay and being calm and respectful. I learned it out of necessity to train my own dogs. I believe most trainers today learn training from KZfaq, not through perfecting their own craft

That’s a fine looking fox red lab ☺️

Hi Stonnie, im raising a guide dog ; Sheba is a 13 female month golden/retriever mix. For the most part she is a calm attentive polite dog and we've accomplished that by doing exactly as you say by getting out there in new situations and places everyday. Last week i contacted our paramedic service and they offered to meet up and desensitize around sirens, inside ambulances etc. It was a great experience for them and us. As you may guess, we walk ALOT and for the most part walk by other dogs out in general public so Sheba is learning to remain focussed. I will interact with other people and their dogs if they appear to be having difficulty or if somewhat reactive. I'll offer multiple walk bys because Sheba is pretty good at it. That allows the other handler the opportunity to practise a sit or a calmer walk by. Of course only if they want it. I do have trouble with jumping sometimes, it's not all the time. . Back tieing practice starts tomorrow. PS she does have regular dog playdates and i love your philosophies and style

We just adopted a black lab mix. We think possibly mixed with great Dane but we aren't sure. He has a very mellow personality and also very gentle. Your videos have been super helpful.

Love your videos Stonnie. Picking up so many good tips and realizing some of the mistakes I've made in the past.

I've been wondering the same thing- it seems like I rob my dog of joy. The online dog training world is a trip and a half; sound bites disguised as education, pride disguised as truth. With that, many thanks to your channel, and the few that power it, from Cass and Bear 🐻

More good advice….thanks!

Stonnie You are a Great Dad 😊 Enjoying your videos

Great pups. And your little helper's growing like a weed.

Oh, I want this puppy!

My wife on i just discovered your channel! We both so agree with your techniques and, have used many the same training methods with our sometimes stubborn 19month old black lab husky mix "Ruby". We really appreciate all your insights and, tips. Keep up your great work bringing knowledge and, training to all us dog people. New sub from Detroit, MI

My momis 03 yr old, I am working with my lab to get use to cane or walker. Your advice really helps

We are so happy we found you! Out of all the trainers we have looked at you stand out way above the rest! 🙌 Our Aussie mix is now 2 years old and we have noticed a difference already in his behavior by following your instructions. Looking forward to more videos!

Beautiful to watch and listen to! Biggest Fan from Norway! Love theese longer sessions, thank you for everything you do! Stay Blessed fam!❤

Always making sense thanks Stonnie 😊

Another excellent vid Uncle!

Such great informative videos. Thank you

Thanks dude!

This is fantastic Stonnie. I feel like whenever I’m going through something with my dog you post a video about it 😃. I have a super friendly and social Catahoula mix. She’s 1. I’ve been training her with food and she’s a good girl. Social and friendly. We have two kids and she’s great with them. She knows commands and listens pretty good. But not the most polite when meeting other people and dogs. More polite with dogs than people actually. Never aggressive. Just over excited and I cannot break her jumping up. At this point she’s better than a few months back but I can’t seem to break that behavior in full. After all she’s 70 lbs. I feel like that was my fault for taking her to the dog park super often early on. But this video was super helpful. I’ve research a lot in her breed and work her everyday. But any suggestions on the jumping up and meeting dogs politely after puppyhood has past is really welcome.

Thank you 🙏

Nice stripes. I know you wanted someone to say it, so there, I said it.

Fantastic video title

*Shared!!* 🌱🌿🌸💕

My 2y/o dog I adopted 5mo ago loves to nip. Started out by chasing the other dog, playing, then nippy out of excitement which brought distress to the other dogs trying to get away. I leash him immediately when this happens and afraid a fight might break out because of the way he plays. I think I could learn a lot from your videos as Jackson is a lot of work between food possessiveness/greed, whinnying constantly for attention, and separation anxiety.

Great video. I had a friend who was a dog trainer for an assistance dog program. She usually had a foster puppy in training and she had two adult labs of her own. She decided that the dogs needed to believe that she gave permission for everything so, for example, she would shout out the command "Drink" when she saw them drinking. She also decided that they should only get pieces of their cheap, generic kibble for training rewards as good tasting stuff should be reserved only for very critical lessons. The dogs were not allowed to play with other dogs and be dogs because that was determined to detract from their focus on their owner and being a service dog. Maybe there is some truth in that. I will say that observing the training and these dogs made me very sad for any of these pups who found themselves predestined to become service dogs. Some failed out of the program because of anxiety and that was more than you might think but what dog would want to be micromanaged and brainwashed into being a robot so to speak. Anyway, here is the point I was leading up to: Her own pet dogs were the two most uninteresting, boring, unthinking labradors I have ever met and yet they were considered to be very well trained. They were kept in crates for large parts of the day and had no idea how to entertain themselves or play with each other. They simply looked to the owner or me (when I was dog sitting) to pat them and throw a tennis ball. I could not stand to be around these two dogs because it was sad to see how two initially vibrant little puppy souls, bred to be active and smart had been so dumbed down physically and mentally. Yes, they could do a few tricks but how sad is that? The biggest highlight of their day was to eat their cheap bowl of kibble and then to eat their own poop when let outside.

My 4.5 month gsd barks like mad at other dogs, doesn't seem fear based, but could be. I've been out with him everyday since I had him at 12 weeks. Once he's introduced to the other dog he'll calm down, but that initial stage is so hard.

Where can I get that exact same leash? Love watching your channel. Thank you for so much information.

Hey stonnie - love your videos! Would love to see a video about how to manage high drive/energy pups. I have a 1 yr old working lab and he’s amazing, but i struggle sometimes with him becoming overstimulated when we are training. Ie its hard to keep him calm and focused - any tips?

@stonniedennis Where are the "All Labs want to be..." T-shirts? My Chessie and Silver might not like it, but I would rock one.

Do you ever train chihuahua’s? I’ve had 4 in my lifetime and I was able to train them all to be good citizens except my current dog Gus. He has not responded as well to my training. He is really reactive. He is 3 years old. I’ve tried lots of things. He is smart and trains well for some things but I’ve had very minimal success with his reactivity.

Recommendations for treats you use for rewarding?

Uncle Stonnie, I have a lab cross the exact same age. He’s suddenly started going through a fear period with strangers. He balks away or goes on the “aggressive barking” warpath. Any suggestions? He’s exposed to many dogs, people and environments so this has come as a surprise.

Such a calm pup! Gotta ask-is she an English?

Where did you get that vest you are wearing? I really need one😅

Ok what if you have a shy dog? Tips?

My fox red is 3 and I think is fearful of bicycle riders. On walks, if bikes come by, I try to calmly move her off of the street, distract with treats, and if she's calm after bike passes, is praised and we continue our walk. Prob l em is it doesn't always work. And she's quite strong, pulling toward bikes. How can I learn how to help her to be calm around bikes? Thanks. Love your videos.

I feel this type of training is great! However, where I live in Michigan a lot of people do not want dogs to come greet them . If so then these people will comment on the dog owner and say your dog needs some training ! I have two young male littermates and they get overstreed when they are out together and I don't know what to do with them.

Stonnie can you direct me to videos where you start the course from zero? Every video I've Seen they already know what's expected and it's challenging for me to figure out where and how to start. Thanks

What are you using to treat? Bil-Jac

So how do I help my dog not get scared during thunder storms. I’m trying to train her to be a hunting dog she can handle gun shots but not thunder

Did you just heard of the Cricket, 14 month bird dog in the South Dakota that was killed because he was having fun!!!😢

Is what is dog crack

How do you get the dogs to not bark ? You never hardly hear any of them

Dog= god’s best creation ever

I'm getting my family a chocolate lab soon, anybody got any non human names?

This is a big deal for me. I live in Seattle and people with a Lab (and many other breeds) will cross the street when they see me and my chihuahua coming toward them. Look people, let me be the judge of my dog’s safety. It happens that my dog is extremely outgoing, loves big dogs and wants to say hi to every dog she sees. l think it’s ridiculous that people can’t spend one minute to let their dog sniff my dog and say hi. If they don’t become BFF, that’s Ok. Now, many people like to interact but about half are anti-social (looking at you Millenials) 😮 Get over yourself and let your dog become socialized. 😁👹🐶🧑‍🎤

get a better dog....thanks Socrates. sharp as a cueball. and If I work hard, life is great.

Question ❓ service dogs dont get socialize. They serve the person 24-7. ( Barbic in my opinion) I know the police dogs have a park area but even those dont get to socialize. The drug sniffing dog - cant mingle. The farm dog - nope. Many breeds don't like the crazy dog park arena of death and dog fights. So my point.....do they all really need it for more love? Honestly dog daycare and socializing is a modern concept -no....

I want the dog to stop staring. That’s rude and he walks into cars. Neutrality please. 🙄