These are a few clips from an appointment I did yesterday. My client contacted me because she was having some serious problems with her 18 month old GSD (Loki).
Upon arriving at the clients house I could instantly hear all hell breaking lose. I was told to come in from a distance and was greeted by my client in a panic trying to restrain Loki and him giving me a fearful display of aggression. I say ‘fearful’ but I would describe this dog as being more ‘unsure’..
My client went on to voice her frustrations, not only with Loki’s behaviour but at herself as she said “I have had this breed my whole life without a problem but I tried this Positive Only approach with Loki and look where it’s gotten me.”
I explained that we do not need to dwell on the past and we moved onto showing me Loki’s behaviour outside. This was much different! Loki was far more sure of himself with other dogs and it was apparent that this reactivity was not only a conditioned response but it was in fact a self-rewarding behaviour.
I’d seen enough and we went to work.
This video is a 1 hour behavioural assessment (before and after). This is by no means ‘problem solved’ but it is one hell of a step in the right direction.
NEITHER YOU OR YOUR DOGS NEED TO LIVE LIKE THIS, PEOPLE.
I look forward to seeing Loki’s continued improvement.
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