My Dobie is 14 months , and a friend of mine is a trainer , she introduced me to your chanel, so I can understand better. My boy is a go go go , can't relax boy, and it make him not to be able to learn , he can't relax , but now that I started to do these exercises, he is slowly changing . 🙏🙏🙏 thank you for this.
I love these ideas, and have been working on them with my 11 month old lab. He’s verrrry excitable, has a lot of energy and is reactive. I’m a bit confused with one thing though. To practice the calming behaviours, does that mean that we completely ditch exercise? My pup really needs fetch! Is that too stimulating? How do you meet their physical needs unless you do some exercise?
I know this is a slightly late response, but from my knowledge of working with dogs for the short time I have (3years) is that it will help to teach a time and place for the energy. So outside is where we play fetch not in the house. Also having playtime and exercise followed by calming activities will help them learn how to calm back down.
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Others have told me that this is a good education but man it's about a thousand words of blah blah. I'll keep watching but he talks far too much for me. I'm resorting to the transcripts to try to get his point(s).
Calmness changed our life! We had a pacing, barking constantly doing dog. We now have a calm content dog who can definitely still play with us when appropriate
You can use whatever the dogs enjoys most as a reward - praise, petting, play, toys, etc. However, try changing the dog's food, because it's maybe bored of its food, or dislikes it.
This is so great. First, I'm already doing two of three (active rest and calming activities). Our first greyhound, whom we have had for 2 yrs, loved to do his 'cat patrol' -- which is look out the window and bark at a cat. I was able to train him to 'cat alert' me -- which is basically see the cat and then come and get me, where we then look at the cat and say "oh, nice kitty." no barking needed, just looking at the cat. It's now transferred to walks -- we see a cat, and we just see it. LOL I just adopted a second greyhound less than a month ago. Poor thing was really unsettled for the first two weeks, and the third week started to sort herself for a moment. But, the one thing we haven't sorted is her 6-7 am barking. I discovered two days ago she's responding to barking dogs outside. During the day, there are lots of barking dogs (as a off lead dog exercise area is across the street from us), so we've been able to keep her from barking during the day. But, this 6-7 am is. . .not great. So, now I'm up at 6am and as soon as the neighbouring dog barks, I'm doing calming things with her (I've found that she's not that food interested (unless it's high value treats and not regular food) so what seems to work is brushing and giving praise/calm words. "You're ok, everything is ok" seems to work really well. Just as "oh, nice kitty, pretty kitty" seems to work for cat patrol. Anyways with any luck, I'll be able to sleep until 7 am again -- my normal waking time, as we wake and go for a walk (7.30). So far, I'm calming and then keeping her on schedule to 7.30. I do all my housework, because I can housework and say "you're ok" and do calming things with her. Still, I'm looking forward to getting my hour of sleep back! LOL
For anyone reading this: I know that dog training can be difficult sometimes, but you're doing great. Keep up the good work, and your dog (and your own sanity) will thank you for it! ❤️💕
It's great content, thank you. I would have enjoyed it even more if Tom had a more calming energy to him though, I don't mean this in any nasty way whatsoever but I for one find the forced smiles and exaggerated intonation a little exhausting. Justna suggestion. Keep up the good work
It would be more helpful if, instead of lecturing owners, these videos showed HOW to achieve this. ie. take a real hysterical, barking dog (not one that's already been trained!) and show how you calm them down. Not when the dog is calm already but when it's crazily barking we need to be SHOWN HOW to do this with a real dog. Lecturing people in an abstract way, just makes owners feel bad when it doesn't work. It's like saying turn a dog away from another dog when you're outside - there are so many dogs round here, I'd end up standing on the white line in the middle of the road - there ISN'T anywhere without dogs!!! I need practical videos that show WHAT to do, not an abstract lecture!!
People seem to just want an instant fix, which there usually isn’t. It takes hard work and lots of training. I don’t get it? This video tells you EXACTLY what to do and how to do it.
Timing is key to make sure you are rewarding the moments your dog chooses not to bark. The more you calmly reward those moments the more they will happen. If you want to know more about how to overcome barking struggles why not check out our Bark No More Playbook. gameforthat.absolute-dogs.com/BarkNoMore
Hi. My lab is calm at home and very chilled he is only barking and over excited when out at training. Either obedience or hoopers. How can I grow calmness there? Trying to do a down stay is a nightmare, but at home he is fine.
well... My dog chooses to jump/climb over the puppy pen as soon she finishes her kong or chew stick. Before she was able to do that she just started zooming in the pen, trying to destroy the blanket in there... or the hardwood floor. So much about choice 😂 (we now have to build a safe lid or sth to put on there)
Love the content and ideas, but I’m struggling to get my dog to have any interest in calming activities. He chews or licks stuff for about 5 mins and then moves on to the next thing (usually my jumper). Any ideas??
Hey Kayte Thanks for getting in touch. Calmness takes time to grow, keep at it! Try downloading our free Calm eBook: game.absolute-dogs.com/calm44148328 Or check out our Calm Course here: absolute-dogs.com/product/calm/
@@absoluteDogsofficial thanks for the pdf, that’s really helpful. I’ll keep at it! I know all dogs are different, but is there an average time for these things to embed? Buddy is 14 months old now and he’s getting better, but it’s still a struggle!
It really does depend on the dog. It also depends on how long they have been practicing the behaviour you are trying to change. The more they rehearse something the longer it will take to change it. 🙂 Keep going with the calmness! You've got this! 🌟
My dog can't calm down enough to eat even his favorite foods when he gets too anxious/overexcited. He can't tolerate being touched either. I wish I knew how to help him relax. These tips will work perfectly for the puppy who's started barking out of frustration though.
try adding distance between the things that make the dog too excited or anxious, until they will be calm enough to accept food. Decrease distance over time (days or weeks, not minutes xD )
I have a shih tzu who gets in and out of the car with no problem, however when we reach our destination he whines like mad until we get him out! During a long journey he will fidget and put his bottom up onto back of seat like in a phynx type position! Vet has no idea why he does this! Any advice would be very welcome thank you!
Thanks to the active calmnes, after walks, games,..... we make Quincy rest by foodscattering, ignoring and he knows to sleep as he wont get the present doesn't mean access.
@@MindyCoxDogBehavior oh thank you very much I am in the USA And could not find that exact thing on Amazon I do see some Lich mats on Amazon are they similar? Or is there something great about the one that you just recommended is it have a calming lotion in the mat or is it just that they lick so that is calming thank you
Hey Donna, Great question! Here's a super video about conditioning our dogs to body handling for husbandry: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SDeBvirgdqc.html
Any tips for a dog that is anxious from past treatment? My rescue I think was abused, when I got him he couldn’t settle, (fostered a year before adopted him) was afraid of day to day noises, keys, things in the kitchen, if keys fell. Fearful of being leashed if poop bags and water bowl clipped on leash got near him. Now accepting of those things.
These principles sound good and I’ve been trying to use them in calming my saluki, but just wondering where does exercise fit in and how much should I actually be giving my dog?
Hi thanks for watching and giving the games a go. Have you given our podcast a listen? Check it out here www.buzzsprout.com/761645 We have one on fitness. It is more low arousal and works with calmness whilst mentally and physically stretching them.
