AGGRESSIVE DUTCH SHEPHERD ATTACKS ME AND HIS OWNER 

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I was impressed that you reached out to another trainer for insight. So many won't do that! Both you and the dog gained.

So refreshing to see owners actually understand that dogs are more than just "fur babies." They understand they need help and are willing to do whatever it takes for the best of their dog.

This dude is a great dog owner. Not only does he care so much about his dog's well being, but he clearly is taking every step to keep both his dog and the people interacting with it safe.

*So impressed by this obviously experienced man reaching out for help.* *Too many people have their ego wrapped up in their dogs and how they ‘look’ versus ‘behave’. This was a pure privilege to watch.* 🙏🏻

It’s so wild to see how well trained Leo is and yet how out of control he can get. Such a great example of how unique every dog is

Tom, you were already my favorite trainer bro. I know my opinion is trivial but this video just elevated you to the next level, if there even was a next level. All I kept thinking while watching was “what if this dog just can’t be fixed” and you had zero problems asking for help. Networking with your colleague. Man, that is NEXT LEVEL and responsible and an example of doing what’s best for this dog. Keep learning and keep teaching us. I appreciate it

I’m really loving the new format! With blurbs of you cutting in to the training sessions and giving further explanations. Awesome. You’re the best Tom!

I always appreciate seeing someone very sternly talking about “you don’t need to pat every dog you see”. Service animal handlers deal with folks not realising that keeping your hands to yourself should apply to everything. Not all dogs like people or socialising with them. Great message manZ

I am glad to see the owners so willing to work with him, however I'm shocked that they were really thinking this working dog could ever be happy as a house pet. This dog means serious business. It's so clear that he is immensely frustrated and has never had a healthy way to release that. Also how you explained the dog daycare emergency and the Airedale trying to break it up lmao 💕💕 Edit: this dog should be in the Ukraine military rn. He's a boss.

Tom, nice to see you run into a dog you were trying all options and tools with, but seem to running into a wall. I like that you reached out and conferred with another trainer for a fresh outlook and discovered a new technique that sure seemed to work with Leo. Thus we all learned something new today. Thanks for being humble.

What impressed me about this video, is that the trainer, realised where the redirected aggression was coming from ( Frustration) and that the corrections with the e collar and the prong we making things worse, so he reached out to someone more knowledgeable with these particular dogs and then went to scatter feed. Also, he was honest to the owners and told them there is "no fix", just management in those high anxious moments..gave them the tools to deal with this in a more humane way. I like that he realised his usual methods were not suitable for this particular dog and was willing to change it up completely. Well done! As he said, always a student, always something to learn..the trainer that stops learning or feels there is nothing left for them to learn, that is the time they should hang up their leash!

Excellent Video. Props to the owners to seek out another training method! Every single Dog owner SHOULD watch this.👍🏻🐾🇨🇦

What a great example of different tools you can use to better the dog and train the owners. Phoning a collogue was such a great idea to think outside of the norm. Great job Tom and owners!

Great video! I've worked with Belgians for 25 years and I learned some great tips on this. The scatter feeding was a great idea! At first I wasn't sure if you were rewarding bad behavior, but saw instead you were rewarding focus and distracting at the same time. Thank you!

I LOVE THIS!! I am trying so hard to muzzle train Odin because of these exact same reasons (thanks to the recommendation of Tom’s team). & EVERY time I go out, EVERY TIME, EVERYONE wants to touch, pet, approach Odin. I’m just trying to keep everyone safe, but people just won’t STOP!!

THANK YOU!! I often bring my dogs out in public and don't like when people ask to pet or just pet without asking. They are not on display for humans.

I don't know how it is in the US but here in Estonia we have a problem people(mostly children) coming up and petting without asking. So here we try to promote to people asking the owner and sometimes it's okay. My dog very social and friendly so I let them pet if they ask. So you should always ask and respect the answer "no" whatever the reason might be. Sorry for my bad english.

As a German I love these “Platz” very much 🙏😂

Congrats to finding a workable solution for Leo! Working with who your dog is creates a more meaningful relationship and leads to a meaningful life with your dog. Not everyone is the class clown or wants to be bffs with everyone. Much respect to Tom and his team for knowing that and helping jill and Ken (and Leo)!

My grandson lives with me. His other grandma lives out of state. She will come for visits throughout the year. Since her last visit, we got a new dog. He is now 9 months old. He is fantastic. He barked to tell me someone pulled in the drive. Then calmed down. They came in, and he went about his business. He was fine with them being there, but he did not want them to pet him. He went off with the boys, they had one of my grandsons cousins with them. She had the nerve to tell me, to bring him to her so she could pet him. I was like, I’m not forcing him. He has to let you be here, but does not have to let you pet him. He is playing with the boys. And I am thrilled with his behavior. She got mad. Too bad.

Love this video. Great owners that accept that beautiful boy and have patience and didn't give up on him. Love this

I feel for him. I get harassed almost every time I take my dog out because of his muzzle/vest or whatever training collar he has on. It's really tiring, but you just have to ignore them. In the beginning it used to really get to me though.

Thank you for explaining that the dog wasn't going to change. Also, thank you for the "scatter" technique! I've been trying to figure out how to deal with my GSD when he fires off. What you showed the owners to do I am going to work on. Zach doesn't redirect, but just does everything he can to get to the other dog including trying to eat the fence. Thanks again!

Fantastic, dedicated owners with realistic expectations and thanks to you, a true plan that makes sense for their life and family. I think what the client said at the very end was perfect and shows how clear and fitting your message was for them once you figured this handsome Dutchie out. Absolutely love this particular session because I think a lot of trainers follow you at this point and this is the sort of dog *most* owners aren’t trying to work with on their own but with the help of someone experienced who still may be stuck with this level of behavior. Awesome job 🙂🙌

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT WORK, both from Tom and the owners; high-level stuff right there. Thanks so much for showing the power of scatter-feeding.

Thank you for this video! My GSD is similar (not as aggressive) but she has bitten me. Over the last 6 months we’ve worked hard and have significantly improved the situation. No attacks whatsoever for the last 6 weeks. Now I’m focusing on her severe reactivity towards people and dogs. Your videos have helped immensely! ❤

I'm trying to watch as many videos, and get as much info as I can about dogs with aggression. We have a foster dog that gets over excited and directs at my husband. We are going to start working with a trainer in a week, so Im hoping we can fix this. We are his last hope. Every once and while, he with growl and show his teeth at me when I tell him no, and he glided t want to listen. We can't even get him on a leash or harness because when he sees them he growls and shows his teeth. Thank you so much for sharing these videos

My dog wears a muzzle when off leash at the park and not because he is reactive but because he is a poopscooper🤣🤣🤭🤢

"Stop patting other people's dogs. It's not your dog." Big thank you! The number of times I've said this and the amount of negative I get in return! Great to hear you say this. The other one, "Can my dog say hello to your dog, he's friendly!" No! My property, he's on a leash. Every walk is a training session, I don't welcome it. I got the dog for me. It's just me and the dog. I didn't get my dog for the neighbour or the person down the road. I didn't get him for their (or their dog's) entertainment. I'd hate it if people felt they had the right to pat me without my permission. Not your property - mine!

Thanks for your videos Tom. From Far North Queensland, Australia! I've seen some wonderful, very misunderstood dogs & your videos give me hope, that there are people (owners) willing to do the work but also, someone is willing to not just teach dog & owner, but learn from dog too.

Your training points out something I haven’t seen before. Understanding dogs can get frustrated when they are relearning. Even though your techniques are consistent each dog has their own triggers and boil points. Others try to hard to have cookie cutter. Thanks for sharing

most valuable lesson unleashed this episode. when diff methods fail work with what you've got. simple and yet most would never truly think n get this gem. thx tom!!

This couple should also consider taking their pup to a local Schutzhund club. Schutzhund combines not only bite work, which everyone recognizes-man with arm sleeve, dog runs and latches on-, but also tracking, and obedience. The Dutch Shepherd needs a job to do and mental stimulation; why they’re prized military dogs.

I'm getting 1-2 Borzoi puppies this spring. Maybe a chat about litter mate syndrome? I've got my situation set up to prevent it, but most people aren't. I used to train. With my health taking a dump and being in a wheelchair has limited what we do, but we're still showing, racing, and he's my legitimately, owner trained, trained and properly behaved service dog. I can still train.

Stop asking to pet dogs. Fully agree there. We have actually made it clear to many people that we are training our dogs not to accept everyone petting. In reality one loves everyone while the other wants to keep COVID distancing (though getting better in accepting others in his space). But we prefer to keep people at a distance, so thank them friendly for their compliments but petting is not allowed.

Love Dutchies. They were one of my favorite breeds to work. There's really ONLY a one thing I can share about this video... Dutchies, much like Belgian Malinois, need something to do, something to keep their attention or keep them active. They are high drive dogs. A good comparison would be asking a kid with ADHD to sit still on their hands and not talk all day everyday. Unless that person is comatose, it ain't gonna happen. The best way I can describe a dog's psyche to my clients is they're much like a human child's until they reach the "senior" stage in the life cycle. Certain breeds require more attention and training than others.

wow, these people really love that dog. good how u handle this! and hope they live long and happy !!

I love this video so much because it shows the resourcefulness and humility of a great trainer. The owner is clearly an excellent trainer, but when he came up on problems he couldn't solve, he consulted Tom Davis. And even though he was making great strides with this dog, Tom then consulted his friend, trainer Forrest Micke. Where a novice can be defensive about their skills (or lack of) a great trainer cares most about helping the dog.

Currently experiencing this my sheppard is nice with me and my family but I haven't been able to leash walk him as he's become very reactive and is still in tact

I love that you said that there is absolutely no benefit to the dog for strangers to pat him.

What a great video. I use to help with the K9 Team back when I was on the job. I mostly acted as the bite dummy doing decoy work for apprehension and tracking. I always had a desire to be a K9 Officer but never went that route. This video reminded me so much of that level of training. I really respect Tom and his teams dedication to the dog and to it’s owners. Everyone would benefit from his instruction no matter if them and their dog had issues or not.

The dominance factor is real, people cannot be afraid of their dogs and they will try and get away with every little thing. I’m learning this my self, I have a 3 month of show line Shepard, he’s most definitely mischievous. But the more stern I am while he’s a pup the better his adult life will be.

Im sooo happy for a video like this because this is what me and my Mali are heading into and its getting to this critical point. Im going to rewatch a couple of times and make some notes because I believe in myself and my dog and we can work through this together. Thank you for putting this out there for everyone to learn, especially those of us having the same troubles

I think the lady, under the direction of an experienced trainer, she needs to handle a different, already well trained dog, and get her confidence up and timing spot on, and her confidence will help her be able to train, work and live with this on. I learned to train on a retired SchH3 dog and the dog taught me a lot and improved my handling skills dramatically.

Brilliant teaching once again. Thanks Tom

I have a dog like this no trainers over here will work with her because she is dog and people aggressive. she doesn’t leave the house without her baskerville muzzle. She was a rescue dog from Spain it’s just so sad for her. Wish we had someone like you 💜

Luv these transitions,amazing!!!,thankyou,I watch all the different dog trainers...

Learning so much, and realizing where I am making mistakes.

"What motivates hi.." "FOOOD" Relatable.❤

Fixing a dog is not a fix all for behavior issues 😂 It’s so funny when I hear people say it and trainers say it. It immediately tells me there skill level and true knowledge.

My female collie mix began to develop stranger danger around the 2 year mark. She’s extremely obedient on leash. I’m sick of people trying to approach her! Then they seem offended when she cowers and barks. Not to mention large off-leash dogs with zero manners and recall bombarding her. My goal on walks is for her to completely ignore/be unfazed by other dogs and people.

It makes me so happy to see the level of dedication from these owners!

What is the brand of the treat pouch I really like it. By the way amazing job!!!!

I had to „dogsit“ a very similar dog to this , who also redirected to me when I corrected him, also he wanted to fight with me and thought this was all big fun. I was almost at my Whitt’s end . I will try the food scatter thingy 😊

ever since i got my own dog, I have never thought about petting someones dog when theyre out. You never know their threshold!

I really appreciate your work and I found your channel by accident a few days ago. I have a Great Dane kennel in Sweden 🇸🇪👍🏻

Absolutely love every SINGLE video of yours so knowledgeable and you know how to read the dogs and alot of owners lack there but I Absolutely love you and your team are bringing all this knowledge about the best animals in the world

Got here so quick. Haha.

Just want to say thank you so much for sharing all this knowledge. You are truly appreciated.

I agree with the not petting rule. However, I don't think someone asking if they can pet your dog is an issue (as long as they respect you saying no.) I think that everyone should be watching your videos (dog owners or not,) lots of great lessons to be learned, you have a ton wisdom!

I really like the way you explained dominance. My dog is not intact. He will fight you when he doesn't want to do what you tell him to do. He will bite (not break the skin) and jump. I got him to stop doing that during walks or training. But if he is excited that is a different story. He will bite the leash, me, furniture or anything else around until you let him go do whatever he wants to do. He ignores my commanding tone and would get angrier if I smacked him. Anyway, that's why I adopted him, so I try to avoid situations where he is extremely excited and forced to sit in one spot. Fortunately, he is my best buddy, loves other dogs and people, and doesn't need to be on a farm like this dog.

Thank you for teaching us!

Thanks, good video - I have a rescue Dutch with a similar challenges.

Impressed with this in many ways. If I can add something it would be to bond first. I would love to take Leo out in the bush for a long trail run where we can be completely alone and get our built up energy out, work the frustration out of our body’s, clear our head in nature, sniff together, sense together, explore together. Hunt together! Bond and become one in the elements. Leo would never direct onto his people like that if he loves them, lives for them and is at the ready for them. These dogs need an astronomical amount of exercise or else they can be a anxious mess. There natural and raw instincts make them less able to be domesticated as a “pet” but rather equality, pack relationship filled with love. You always remain a calm, fair, confident, on the ball and loving. Know your baby’s inside and out and predictthem before they do.

Important stuff. Thank you for going over this.

No way that no dog I'm taking care of going to be biting me. Period!

Leo is one of those dogs that MUST BE FIXED! Then about 4-6 weeks he should mellow out. Right now his reactivity is causing his adrenaline to rise and that intensified his aggression. It looks as though he loops around and around causing more adrenaline and so on.

I have been watching these videos for the 2 years we have had our GSD. We have learned so much, but still have a lot to learn. Now I am beginning to understand fear aggression and how to handle my GSD.

Okay what an amazing technique!! This is actually mind blowing, how this actually changes the dogs behavior. Great advice

It insane to me that a professional dog trainer told this guy that he wouldn't work with the dog and to put him down. Like what is your JOB for?

I learned a lot with THIS one! Thanks. No Bad Dogs!

I am so glad I found these videos! Thanks Tom! I'm not sure scatter feeding will work for my GSD but its worth a try. I have tried offering food when she is being beligerant and she just got worse.... She definitely does not like being told what to do (sometimes) and will fight me. Also, she cant pick food off the ground with her current basket muzzle that we always use in public because she goes off then redirects at me! I certainly identify with a lot of comments in this video. Like, why do people get freaked out about my dog when she's wearing a muzzle? She would be a lot more dangerous without it! And just because I am a women doesn't mean I cant handle my dog! I am actually very fit and strong. In addition to the muzzle I wear a heavy leather belt around my waist to which the leash is attached in case it slips out of my hands or she goes off while I'm tying up a poop bag. I'm doing everything I can to keep everyone safe.

We adopted a GSD who has food aggression, but only around my husband. Of course we never tease him about food, but how can we stop him snapping at my husband?

What a amazing Trainer.

Thanks for keeping it real with the training bro! Mali's and Dutch Sheps are complex and need a lot of work!!! Really enjoy your style of training

My Czech-bred GSD is just like this, a constant work in progress. We get dirty looks and comments when we walk with a prong collar and muzzle. I can walk him with a loose leash through a crowd of people now without a muzzle but Reuben is still incredibly reactive to other dogs and will redirect on me if we get too close. He used to redirect with cars, bikes, all people, kids playing with a ball was a huge trigger. Thank you for this video, I'm heading out to try scatter feeding right now.

Ahh I don’t think anyone understands ‘No Pet!’ 😅😂 I only have to walk Rosa - our afghan hound in the city centre and you have passers by and shop workers running out of shops queuing to pet her… she’s never too impressed and being the crazy 11 month old puppy just wants to walk🙈… our cavapoo - Raphael- is always ready to step in and hug any hoomans in need🤣

Enjoyed this one. Good job Tom and Team Leo!

Wow, never seen a dog wanna bite/nipp that frequent. Frustration,dominans and abit evil is hardcoded in that dogs DNA. He even tried to bite without growling or showing it, sneaky sneaky...

Thank you for that sentence. Stop asking people to pet their dog. Well, at least you can say "no" for your dog in such a case. I had - and still have - the problem that random people just do touch my dog (8 month old aussie girl). She is very afraid of men. If I'm walking her and men are passing by, that's no problem. But as soon as they start to interact with her, looking at her and stuff... she get's really scared and aggitated. I met so many people that just touch her without asking. And then I'll get pissed, because I'm seeing my dog in an unfomfortable position. Even though she's turning her head away like "Hey, leave me", they follow with their hands and touch her. When she was a puppy and I carried her on my arms, there was a man just stepping in front of me and touching her. He hurt my personal space as well. Without asking me. I was so angry and speechless at the same time. So thank you again for that sentence. It's so important. There are types of dogs that don't really care (my old girl that died last year with 17 years was such a case). But insecure or sensible dogs can really take damage from such unwanted and incorrect actions of other people... and then it's the owner that has to fix it again and the dog's the one that suffers. I think it's time that people start understanding that a dog is not just a "thing you can pet", it's a living, breathing animal with feelings, a whole personality and if you're at least asking something, BELIEVE and accept the owners statements. Because that's another thing people start nibbing at. Like you just don't know your dog. Like they know better. Damn. This comment wasn't supposed to be so long... but anyway. Thanks for your great work! Greetings from Germany. :)

I am very guilty of asking to pet every adorable dog I see. I do judge based on if the owner is walking toward me or avoiding. Also never ask when the dog has any type of vest on.

What do you do if the dog does not show interest in the food that is thrown and does not un-fixate from the distraction?

Muzzles are great tools when it comes reactive dogs but sometimes you have desensitize dogs to them. Also make sure it fits right. Any dog can be pushed past its limitations of patience and reactives dogs have way less limitations than non reactive. The muzzle is there so that if there is a snap there isnt a full on bite which can make things go south really bad depending on breed. Obviously a pug isnt going to really do much but a dutch shepard will.

I subscribed over this video. Finally someone who can understand there is genetic nature in dogs. Training is multifaceted and never one size fits all. Most importantly results take attention and attention takes time!

The key is to be the DOMINANT one in the relationship

YESSS YESSS YEASSS ! I’m obsessed 🤩

I use the scatter method with Luna. I have to be honest. If Luna was that hard I really don’t know if I would have the patience.

Victoria Stilwell would have told you that to end the dog's frustration they need to put him to work. "search and find" or a place where the dog does an obstacle course.

I just discovered you and I feel like I may have a spark of hope. As I sit here at 4am in the morning freshly bitten by my son's aggressive dog. I have helped cared for him along with my 24 year old son whom he lives with. Until the past three months, bc he has come to live with me due to my son being out of town for work. You have the most knowledge and best videos that I have came across, and I've searched alot! He's bitten three trainers and honestly I was at the point that I had accepted that he will only be able to be around the two of us. Now that I have found you I pray you are at least willing to have a conversation with me to help me make some decisions bc I'm not in upstate, I live in Wilmington NC. Please if you have a moment I am willing to pay for just a conversation. I love this dog dearly 💞 and will not put him down or give up but I need change. Thank you in advance for your time! The dog is an American bully and three and half years old

I’m watching your videos because I have a rescue German shepherd who is fear aggressive. He seems to be protective over me and tries to bite my husband. I haven’t seen a video yet with a dog as determined to bite as Oakley. I see the dogs in your videos calming down and Oakley doesn’t calm down. I can’t afford a professional trainer so I’m working with him myself. I’m running out of hope for him and afraid he will have to be put down if he can’t overcome his aggression.

That jumping up behavior does not look like dominance. My dog does the same thing when he's feeling very insecure. This dog is showing all the same signs, especially the whining. Also, that behavior has probably worked for him in the past so you're probably right about that part. I agree that it probably is frustration as well.

I have a Dutch Shephard that used to have too much energy until I got an electric bike. He will run next to the bike and try to "shepherd" me. Run him a mile on a bike path and he will be too tired to be aggressive

People get soooo butt hurt when I tell them no, when they ask why not, I ask why. To which they never say anything nice afterwards.

He nailed the shepherd traits

I've grown up with dogs nearly my whole life. about a year ago I was walking in my neighborhood there was this guy ( horrible owner of a Belgian Milionis ). The dog actually looked scared and timid with its tail tucked. well as I passed the dog went at me but didn't get me. The owner said it's a trained guard dog (doubt it) and I walked to close to him and that was why he did that. Been around Belgians in the Army and they didn't act like that. I noticed the two out walking a few more time and the dog responded the same way to everyone or dog they passed. I haven't seen then since and hate to think what happened to the Dog because of its owner. any suggestions besides 311?

These owners need to learn to correct even his wining and curiosity. As soon as he looks or begins to think of an outside distraction, he needs to be corrected immediately! You need to show this dog that you are the true alpha and pack leader!

For the collars thing, always keep seatbelt cutters

Hi Tom! I live in Standish Maine. from what you’ve described with this dog here, That is my dog! My 90 pound American bully Moose 🫎 is confidently insecure. I’ve been watching so many of your videos. I’m so excited to learn that you are in New York now, and I really really hope to get there one day! I rescued my dog two years ago I went through different trainers, all positive only and it’s been absolutely ridiculous. I think that only made my dog a lot worse! once I started watching your videos, and a couple of other people that are not all about positive because that’s not even how I parent lol it makes no sense to me what so ever and actually the same trainers came from the rescue where I rescued him and that just said a lot to me he was there for four months His owner died of a drug overdose and he was found in the same hotel room with his owner who was deceased. A few days later he was locked in a bathroom, scared. just a really crappy situation and with the trainers at the rescue where I got him he didn’t even walk on a leash for them or anything. They actually told me that I was the first person that they actually watched him Walk beside and look up at me and behave himself really but he’s been an amazing dog. We just have those little issues with stranger danger type stuff and people coming over to the house but I completely understand now that it was my energy of being nervous because they basically instilled in me that he was reactive and biting it other dogs and I did witness it firsthand a few times. I’ve had dogs run up on us and the times where I was scared and nervous and not confident at first were the ones that were just a crappy situation, but I have to say from everything that I’ve learned so far it’s consistently getting better. I did just purchase the 280c e-collar of yours and I’m so excited to try the technique with the pager because I think this is gonna make a world of a difference, and I do use the 2.25 Herm Springer prong … I quickly learned. He wanted to go after everything that moved when I first brought him home. I don’t think he was used to being outside at all and after doing the math he had been with his owner for three years and when I got him was just at the time when Covid lockdowns were just letting up and so I don’t think he was socialized at all but yet he’s always had excellent manners when it comes to food. He has no food aggression or anything like that that I’ve seen. He leaves our food right alone it can be right in front of him he’ll drool, but he won’t go after it , he waits at the door for me to go out first for me to go down the stairs for me to tell him when to come in or out of the vehicle. He’s a really good boy so Tom I appreciate you so much and all you do for people you really are making a huge difference in peoples lives so thank you Tom!!!!❤❤

Omg I totally LOVED these owners, they are responsible, sensible and smart people! I'm sorry they couldn't really help Leo be a sociable puppy but he gave them tools to work with and live responsibly with what they had when other trainers straight up would say to euthanize or give him up.