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Alabama here! Thank you Tom!!

Barcelona! Tom any tips for fearful dogs? My dog is scared of strangers and the outside in general. He doesn´t shut down, but he pulls like crazy! How do you correct this? I see you use the prong collar a lot for fearful dogs but herre in spain they are not legal :(

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SINGAPORE!

Thanks Justin!

@@tomdavisofficial I would like to be able to teach the wait command.. Eg dog sitting by your side.. you throw a ball.. how does one teach dog to "wait" before."fetch " command.

The most important command hands down is a recall command. All the others are easy.

@@margaretmeaker2830 command to stay is stay. Or any command that was last given the dog should still be at that position(depending on how u train)

This is something I would love to see. I want to see his own little schedule for his personal dog.

Great suggestion!

Hello from central coast California! It will be 91 today!! I wonder the same thing, because my pup is 4 months (exactly today, happy birthday Ivy!)....and I wonder how much time I should be spending each day...all at once or throughout the day? Right now is so hard with the COVID thing, bc I don't know if I should try to practice also in some of the stores(dog store, feed store) where there are distractions.

I like this idea to

Great idea!!!!

Thanks man!

Ron I use GO PLAY as well. Australia 🐕🐕❤️

Didn't even realize! Thanks so much for watching :)

Thanks Ben!

Thank you Danica!

THANKS!

Perfect!!!

Me too ^^

Same!

We used to use "OK" as well until we heard the story that convinced us not to. A friend of a friend was walking his well trained dogs off leash. For simplistic reasons, I am shortening the story, but you will get the gist. While off leash they were about to cross a fairly quiet road to enter the off leash park when a car was approaching. One dog had already crossed the road (so owner had dog do a sit stay from across the road) while the owner and second dog stayed on the sidewalk. The dog that stayed with his owner was of coarse very eager to cross the road to be with his buddy and run & play, but he waited in the heal position. However, a human friend came along and as he approached the guy and his dog he asked his friend how he was doing. Without thinking, the owner said "OK". Sadly the dog thought the "OK" was allowing him to "break"so he darted out in front of the moving car and was hit. The dog lived thank goodness, but we no longer use that word as a release command. This was such a fluke however, if changing my release command could even just potentially keep my dog safe, I'll take it! I just thought I would share this story, you can take what you want from it or not:)

@@jenniferpepler5843 we also have a hand signal to go with Ok so we can avoid that problem. She has to have the hand signal and verbal ok in order to release from her command. Or just hand signal but never just verbal.

Perfect! Thanks for watching Kevin!

foreverdes I know, I pissed myself laughing

I wondered if I was the only one who noticed lol

I just kept replaying that portion of the video

Watch out PewDiePie

hahas nice!

Same. My one year old golden play soft bites when shes happy to see people and wants attention and to play even when it's not appropriate timing. With adults, the kids and strangers.

Then you want to watch a true dog behaviorist professional not this guy. In this order: Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer, Cesar 911 Brandon McMillan of Lucky dog Ranch ( was on CBS) he lives in southern California and his episodes are on CBS The dreamteam Victoria of "It's me or the Dog"

Tom has a video that talks about why that may be... I can't remember which one though...it may have to do with leaving littermates too soon ?

I usually go “AH AH” and replace my arms with a toy so they can mouth on that instead shoving the puppy away and yanking your arm away this can signal play time for him. With the toy they’ll soon transition off your arms and onto toys and associate toys more with playtime than nipping people.

@@user-qn8qh1qi8i making ah sounds, yelping or saying ouch excites him even more. We've tried to focus him on to toys to chew, but it doesn't really focus him off of the biting/mouthing. I'll watch a few more videos and try more techniques.

haha I was! I would be using a long line and proofing him in these scenarios. So if he tries to bolt you can set him up and catch him and correct him for doing so!

Haha i thought this too

That was my thinking as well, set him up to think nobody’s paying attention❣️ We had to do it with the automobile window rolled down, the door standing open for our RV and my aids automobile. Also while standing and enjoying conversation with the door wide open or not latched. It’s fun to think about potential training scenarios. You can even stage the distraction such as having your neighbor carry their cat to just out of eyesight and then let it go so your dog will want to chase it... basically anything that triggers your dog to lose control. When we begin this training the safety line needed to be on his neck collar. Now it can be clipped to his harness. The more we do this on purpose the more we all get to relax. Fortunate for me, Phoenixes former handler trained him with the command “DOG OUT!” Anytime he releases himself through a door way or over a threshold I can bark this command at him and he will do you an about face and return to me. When he gets to me he shows his belly and expects me to be 1000% on guard and in charge. I have no idea how this command was trained but I have been grateful for it more times than I can count. It’s very useful when we come up on a bunny rabbit dashing across our path, a kitty cat running from a bush, a dog not properly trained, playing with a puppy and the play getting a little too wound up... it was actually while playing with a nine month old puppy as large as he was that I learned he expected ME to keep the puppy away once Phoenix showed me his belly.

Thank you so muc Erica for watching!

Thanks so much Betty!

I put this video out for this question. Break your dog as often as you tell them to heel

Do you want your dog to be enriched by your walk, or are you looking for obedience? (and have the enrichment in the backyard for instance) An environment with higher stimuli requires stricter behavior, but a walk in a forest doesn't need much micromanaging. So in a forest you can heel and release him quick and often, which is great to get the repetitions, and it leaves plenty of opportunity to enjoy the freedom you give him. In a town or city their freedom is much more limited to what the situation allows, so it's important to be more conscious about their release. Bushes, pee spots, other dogs or people, food smells etc are good ways for him to enjoy the freedom you give him, and can be a source of frustration if you don't let him. Which you sometimes shouldn't. Sidenote; I personally don't command my dog to heel in highly stimulating environments, but instead reel in her leash. It's less frustrating for both if she's not under command when lots of distractions would otherwise push her limits. Then you have to navigate the crowd and over-manage them which just doesn't work and isn't really fair. Going around if possible is always better of course.

I think it is very much dependent on the situation and what you are looking to get out of it. Obedience and environment can both be excellent mental stimulation but are very hard to do simultaneously. If you are in a low risk area and you want your dog to be able to explore the environment and get enrichment that way, then a heel isnt necessary (as long as they arent being a jerk otherwise lol) but in a crowded area or heavy traffic or other possible dangers are present or if you are specifically working on obedience then heel would be necessary. It is also dependent on you and your dog so use your best judgement and do what you feel is best for your situation.

For my dog, she is expected to walk to heel until we arrive at a more ‘dog friendly’ area (forests, fields, parks etc.). Once we arrive she is put into a sit before she gets to ‘break’, then she can follow her nose, choose the direction, and enjoy herself for the duration. Then she gets put back into heel on the way home. I don’t expect a perfect heel position on the way there, because I know she’s excited to get where we are going. I won’t let her pull me (because she weighs almost as much as me), but she doesn’t have to be as far back as she would be when we are training. As long as she’s listening to me, stopping when I stop etc. then I am satisfied.

I would probably begin with a pretty consistent heel, until the dog knows and responds immediately. But once the command is really ingrained in the dog, then it probably is situational like the others have said!

I do almost the same thing. I do "free" for release, "I'm good" from individual tasks, and "play time" for taking him off duty.

Thanks Ros!

Can you let me know exactly what prong collar is recommended Herm springer has so many different kinds I have a Doberman but not sure

Thank you so much!

Thanks Tegan!

Thanks you!!!

Thank you Hayley! I appreciate you!