There's a LOT of dogs that covid put on the wrong foot like this. I saw it start in my own standard female and the only solution was to yolo it and bring her everywhere despite the pandemic. I've met a ton of dogs in a similar state of tune since then too.
Ton of dogs in a similar state, and a ton of young dogs being surrendered to rescues. I've had 3 under 10 months now, and an 11 month old coming in today.
@@NightLifeDJs1 what are you talking about? People stopped taking their dogs out socially and it's showing. I saw it with my own young dog being undersocialized and since then, others. Making shit up? Way to be the salty douche in the comment thread.
@@OnkyoGrady Ok you are not a covid on dogs expert so that leaves YOU LIKE TO MAKE SHIT UP. 1. Where I live the dogs parks are full, dog beaches are packed, I see them daily out for walks on my street so you don't speak for "people". 2) No where in the video does it say this is a covid problem, so stop blaming your dog problems on covid, seriously.
@@NightLifeDJs1 Not everyone lives where you live? As someone with a great dog I can totally understand where these people are coming from. Yes, they do take the blame for just not going out but people who actually like to take pandemics seriously are going to have this problem. Shocking, I know. Theres no need to be a dick about people who rather just not get sick.
Yeah, 8-9 months is SUCH a sensitive age. My dog had a different problem, he was over-socialized and put into situations he wasn't comfortable in and the owner trusted older dogs to "teach him manners" - meaning forcefully flip him onto his back, unintentionally hurt him in rough games etc. A bit after he turned one, he became extremely fear aggressive and was triggered by almost everything. At 18 months I was asked to take him because his situation had become unmanageable to the previous owner and they couldn't see how to work him out of it. Now, at seven years old, he's still not the best at socializing but has his few close friends and is capable of making new connections with other dogs. I'm still extremely careful which dogs I let him play with, though; took us too much work to dig through all the puppyhood trauma.
I'm doing exactly what you're saying in this video. I take my puppy that's sensitive to new smell, noise and that is afraid of dogs to everywhere I can to desensitize and socialize him. The hardest part was to find a mature and experienced dog who can deal with my puppy's nervous energy. I've talked dozens and dozens of dog owners during my walk and finally found three dogs that can help my puppy. After I watched this video, I became confident that I'm on a right track. Thank you for helping me!
I’m so blessed with a 3 month old puppy that’s so calm when meeting other dogs. He takes small steps during socializing. First he was scared scared, then he started getting interested in dogs, then he started to sniff every dog I let him meet. Now he checks them out, decides to sniff or not, lays on the ground and barks/communicates, if they give him a go he will play, if not, he’ll wait until we move again.
Wow that poor poodle. I feel for dogs that are not socialized or taken out their comfort zone. I have noticed that making my dog try new things has made him so much more calm and well behaved because he isn’t afraid. I think all animals are fearful and making them do new stuff and be in new situations makes them confident and that confidence makes a good doggo ❤️
This is exactly how my dog is. He’s a German shepherd mini Aussie mix who turns 2 this month. My fiancé just moved with his fam into a dog friendly complex and while it’s perfect it’s like planning a mission when trying to take him out avoiding every dog as hard as we can. I really hope I can help him :(
That is a super important session. Two of my dogs were acquired when they were older AND fearful and it is a pia to work with them to learn new habits.
I think one of the most telling things of a fearful dog, when juxtaposed to an aggressive dog, is that the fearful dog can react a bit, then repeatedly pull back and hide behind an owner or person they know. A truly aggressive dog isn't gonna do that nearly as much, if at _all._ Always watch your dog's body language to figure out whether or not they're scared and defensive, or actually angry. There is a surprisingly vast amount of things you can learn from how a dog is feeling or thinking by just watching them move.
Retraining my gfs 6 year old schnauzer has been a long process. Poor socialization combined with having been attacked by a bigger dog. I'll definitely be using some tips! We've already gone from completely dog reactive on walks to being able to take most hikes and 75% of walks with no issues!
i’m in the exact same situation, 4 year old schnauzer attacked by a bigger dog when he was a puppy, then covid came around and no socialization happened, i’ve been trying to socialize him now with very calm dogs that have been all female, unfortunately they don’t play with him like that. I’m not sure what to do anymore. i’ve noticed him trying to nip at them, charge etc
I really like your vids and the honesty in them. Pointing out where you went too far. I have a reactive dog that wasn't socialised, so this is motivating me to find other dogs.
Thank you! I have a very similar situation -- a Standard Poodle, undersocialized, 9 months old. I'm motivated to help my dog get over this, but it's so hard to find the right situation to help get started. Thanks for giving me a window into what it might look like when I can finally get my dog into a situation where he can meet other dogs, what body language is ok, what is too much.
Great info. With this covid disruption to dogs being able to get out and about more there unfortunately are many like this black poodle. Your work excellent and necessary hard core. Gets to the issue. Dogs are great teachers. Mieko is an angel.
It NEVER ceases to amaze me how many dog owners will say “But his tail is wagging, he’s just happy.” And my personal favorite “ only pitbulls wag their tail when they attack.” Tail wagging only means excitement. Nothing more. ANY dog breed!
Can you do a video solely on dog body language and what common signs mean (tail wag level, tail wag stopping, posturing, etc)? That would be a great help!
Literally just watch cesar milan. 90% of this guy’s philosophy is identical to his. Even the correction taps are identical to what cesar teaches his clients
One thing that some people get wrong: tail wagging doesn't necessarily mean friendly. It means getting ready for action. In a well adjusted dog, action usually means play. But tail wagging can also mean, "I'm done messing around with you--I'm 'bout to mess you up good".
Poor poodle. They're supposed to be super chill and lovey duckies... Happy to see that the owners are being proactive and bettering the situation. Testing his limits and pushing his boundaries a little further with each dog. ty for all the tips and saying that a dog park setting would be a terrible place for doing this.
Great approach. I've watched a number of your videos and I really like the balance of positive reinforcement and showing the dog where it sits in the hierarchy. It looked like your dog just about had enough of the poodle's behaviour. It beggars belief that people get a puppy but can't get their head around what to do next.
OMG this is my Dashound mix, she was a rescue dog . I learned so much thank you so much for making your videos. I think my daughter's dog would be perfectly great for this exercise.
YAAAASSSS! NEED TO HAVE THE CORRECT HELPER DOGS & SPACE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE DOGS! And in less than 6 months dogs like this absolutely end up becoming extremely overreactive, often fear aggressive, have no clue how to interact with other dogs (or with many dogs, don't know how to interact or exist in the world), have chronic high baseline anxiety & negative emotional state, can't be walked, owners are terrified & everyone is super stressed, frustrated, confusion all around. Plus the dog may have a bite record by then, generally not super serious or involving actual intent to injure, but a bite record is a bite record all the same. I also just love & appreciate that you don't correct dogs that are already living in an aversive emotional state & as you said, as far as they know they don't have any other option at all! This is a really really great video. You understand dogs have emotions and needs and natural dog behaviour & how to read them and that's not something we often see in this industry. Lots of obedience, lots of control & restraint, lots of management... not a lot of pros that understand how to work with behaviour vs training cues.
I have a rottweiler Siberian husky mix. He is such a great dog. We have been working with him. He snaps at some people even after they pet him and he is all happy. we got him right before covid so he didn't get too much exposure. now I'm scared to take him around. but he is great with my 3-year-old. I mean he is amazing. thanks for all the free advice.
I love seeing all the different kinds of dogs run around together. I used to show Lhasa Apso, with my Mom as a kid, and we had a gorgeous blonde stud that would bark like crazy because he spent a lot of his puppy life in a kennel. But watching Prince prance around reminds me of him. Just less hair.😁🤣 He was a champion and I loved seeing him get to the point where his hair floated just a little longer than the ground. As an adult I chose a weim. No hair. 🤣
Our 2 dogs are now about a 1.5 yrs old and very under socialized. One being a Akita/border collie cross and the other being a great pyrenese/red heeler cross, they are both big dogs. They are well behaved at home and excellent with our children. However one is good with people and reactive with other dogs and the other is good with dogs but seems quite reactive with people... alot of good pointers in this video that I am going to try implementing starting today. Really helps lower my frustration and up my understanding of what they may be feeling at certain moments when i would normally be pulling my own hair out. Thank you for this.
I love that it’s always us with terrifying working dogs that are trained well, my GSD has been trained and tempered to be perfect for socializing, not dangerous to other dogs.
There is no “ one fix” for such a dog and there’s no age limit to helping them. We adopted a retired show dog at three years old. We have many years experience with this breed, which can be difficult-Kerry Blue Terrier. We were his fourth home in three countries and he was very reactive to other dogs and men. We didn’t put him in reactive sit like in this video, which would have resulted in someone getting hurt. Instead, he was put into a reliable, consistent routine of walks, meals and play.
I have a Dobie/GSD/Rott mix and she is an EXCELLENT ambassador for unsocialized dogs. They can be as hostile as they want.... but damn sure they'll think twice before trying to bite her! My girl will just de-escalate the situation but she's such an alpha that no one tries to pick on her. And she's sooooo gentle with small dogs, and disabled dogs... and grumpy old dogs!!
Wish I’d seen this ten years ago. Now I have a ten year old with dog aggression issues. At six months he was great at the dog park, but added an insecure older dog to household. Following several uncomfortable interactions we stopped going to dog park and primary dog interaction became correction from his bigger sister. I should have continued taking him to the park without his sister, just avoiding the few aggressive dogs who show up.
My Henry, a yellow lab rescue, is now 15 yrs old. I fostered his litter of 6 at 8 wks old and kept him. I already jad 2 other labs. I took Henry to puppy kindergarden, dog parks, socialized him like I did the others who had no issues with other dogs. At 1.5 yrs old, Henry would randomly go after his housemates, for no reason that I could see. I hired 2 different trainers...nothing worked. He still is fearful of other dogs and I tried everything I could to help him get over it. I felt I could not rehome...I kept him and it was my responsibility to keep him. He is a sweetheart to me and other humans, but another dog? NO WAY! Now he is old and still cant be with other dogs...my other 2 have passed. I have to think that something with his aggression had to be genetic. When Henry leaves me from this life, if I have another dog that is fearful, I will be coming to see you.
I adopted a 3 yo mastiff lab two days ago. great recall. great manners. knows several commands. He's curious about other dogs, he wants to go to the other dogs but will bite any dog that comes too close to him. I live in a remote area- an island off the coast of Maine, I haven't found any trainers for this type of problem. Does anyone know of exercises I can try?
Thank you for these videos! So incredibly helpful. Can you explain what your next steps would be for a dog like this? Is it just repeating these sorts of sessions until they get over it?
This support my theory that the "actual" Dog Whisperer with Milan...was Daddy. Daddy was a non reactive steady Eddie AmStaff who radiated calm energy with the most out of control dogs. The few times he reacted were sorely needed and the dog clients were snapped out of their frenzy. Once Daddy passed, his show ended. It has never been the same.
I say my dog is a Covid dog for this exact reason. Took her to a preschool event and it went terribly. She needs socialization so badly. Thanks for the video
I have a 4 month and 2 week old german shepherd pup. She IS even a bit worse than this. I cannot find a dog or dogs to be around. Charly had a melt down yesterday and ran to a fence wall trying to get away. Charly was in quarantine because of serious health issues from such neglect. She's in our hands and she is mended and is doing great health wise but she hasn't been socialized at all. I always hope to meet other dogs.
Hello from Spain! I have a year and a half English cocker spaniel (golden) and this happened to him. We took him to a couple trainers when he was 7 months and saw his behaviour, and nothing… and now he is aggressive as you said. We don’t know what to do any more because he barks and bites like crazy when a dog gets too close and none of the places we took him to was any help
I have a small standard poodle and she is just like that poodle. She is three now and not well socialized. I took her to the dog park once after Covid restrictions were lifted. She wanted to meet other dogs, but was scared to death. She actually ran off to greet other dogs, but came running back in a hurry. Some dogs were just to aggressive. We got her to keep our old lab company after our other lab passed away. He was good and with her. He passed away last year in September. We decided to get another lab. He is seven months now and she dominates him. They get along good, but outside she will chase him down and Roll him on the ground. He eggs it on sometimes. They seem to be playing but I see his fur go up as he is running by. I really don’t want them to play that ruff. Q, my lab is getting bigger and definitely out weighs her now. I know one day Q will turn and pummel her. Plus I’m worried Q will think it’s normal to be chased and thrown to the ground and will do the same to other dogs. Now when I see them getting out of control, I put them back in the house. How can I stop her behavior. I know she probably is insecure. She does act like a bully. What can I do?
Prince is different. Gives the Mike Tyson vibes. That dog has no fear and has a will power of if u wanna fight I will win. The star of the show is prince….that dog is a GOAT 😂😂😂😂
My dog was undersocialized, but idk in a different way? She was a small dog, 12ish lbs, and she’d cower behind us and/or run away, only barking at them and not running if she was safe with a fence/railing/window between her and them. She could get used to some dogs if necessary, like if we needed a dogsitter for more than a couple days and the dogsitter had (an)other dog(s), but then next time, even with the same dogs, it would be straight back to cowering. Back when she was younger and we took her to obedience classes that had a bunch of other dogs, she mostly sat right under our chair, and the other dogs didn’t really come over much, other than a tiny, like MAYbe 4lbs pup who she cowered from even though she was like 3x as big as him. The only time she ever really growled would be once in a while when she had a REALLY good treat she thought we were trying to take, or if she was playfighting. She was such a good dog. Loved people so much, even if it took her a bit with other dogs.
I miss my black standard. She lived to be 17 and was so intelligent! She never loved other dogs but was never aggressive. I'm pretty sure she was just convinced she was a human 😂
I took my puppy too soon to a dog park and it was a disaster. I didn't know what to do or really even what I was walking into. It was a mistake and I wish I hadn't. I literally know no one with a decent dog to help me get him better socialization. He's an extremely hyper dog, which makes a lot of dogs like react negatively towards him. Idk I have finally given up and called a guy that runs a training business like Joel. I'm more confident training him from watching these videos, however I am not confident I can properly socialize him and I don't want to cause anymore harm. He's still young I don't want him to become aggressive 😫
A lot of trainers actually don't recommend taking dogs to dog parks at all! There are too many untrained dogs who are not under control by their (often clueless) owners. Unfortunately, this can result in dog fights and cause them to fear other dogs. It also can teach your dog to pull towards and bark at other dogs when on leash because they learn that other dogs= play time. Instead, you can have small play dates with dogs that you know and owners that understand dog body language and have taught appropriate play for their dog. Also, learn about body language and step in when your dog is being too pushy. Do this by making sure you can call your dog off of play and do some obedience training during play time so that they don't get too crazy. Also, going to a large space where you are far from other dogs (on leash) and ensuing that you can get your dog's attention and practice basic obedience or play with them in the presence of other dogs is another great way to socialize! Shows them that other dogs are good but they don't need to pull towards them. Also it teaches them to stay focused on you and listen to you even in the presence of other dogs. Once you achieve this and get consistent recall and obedience around other dogs, you COULD try slowly introducing the dog park again. Make sure you are your dog's focus outside of the park before going in. Do so at your own risk though because no matter how trained your dog is, others may not be.
@@christie8273 girl I will NEVER do that to my dog again lol big mistake on my part. I obviously want him to be socialized so his behavior is good, but even when I have him thoroughly trained and I trust him, I'll still never take him back. It was ridiculous!
We have a two year old bulldog mix. He has only been around our eight year old pit mix female. I just tried to rescue a two year old pit mix female and he wouldn’t have it. We did everything we could do, neutral territory introduction, walks, no toys or food around to be territorial over, and he just wouldn’t accept her. Your video just explained why. At 1 1/2 old the door slammed shut on socializing him, and now he’s aggressive.
My Winnie, she will be 2 in October, and this is exactly what happened. She was supposed to become my service dog. Unfortunately, we had a horrible trainer from Pets mart for just early basic training, but the trainer brought her dogs and didn't keep them in check. They were huge compared to Winnie (she was between 4&5 months old), and then covid happened. I've done my best to train her on my own, but there was a reason why we had training set up! She is very under socialized, and I've asked so many people who claim their dogs are "perfect" but never could help me out. And I may have to get a new puppy, if she cannot be trained properly,BTW she's a sheepadoodle.
I sadly got my dog at a year and although he was socialized with his siblings when I got him he acts like this with other dogs, he gets along with cats and other pets but not dogs at all. He was always bitten and hurt by his siblings so I assumed that was the reason but I want to get him to socialize with other dogs
Hey do you do you happen to make update videos on their progress? I would love to see how this dog acts in 3 months time. Animal behavior is so interesting to me.
My new stray is under socialized. I’ve had her for about 3 months. I’ve been getting her to listen to commands with and without leash, making sure she’s safe with kids/delivery people. I’m starting to take her out and I want to take her to a dog park, but whenever she’s in a big new environment(dog park), she gets super scared and just tries to sit on my toes. Idk where to find other dogs because I’m really shy irl
I wish there was someone like you Joel here in the uk, but I think I wouldn’t be able to afford them anyway. No, I don’t have problems like on this video, but your methods look great.
What do I do with my husky jindo mix who got attacked by another dog? I am having trouble with this. I really want to socialize but now he is a little aggressive.
It is so comforting to hear that 8-9 months is a tough age. My rescue has become super reactive over the last month to dogs and people. He was socialized quite a bit when he was with the rescue but I don't have any friends that have a dog so I'm limited to walking around the outside of the dog park. I've been working a lot on your loose leash method and I'm just hoping that helps.
My 9month old ACD goes to doggy daycare 1-2 days a week. Is that a good way to socialize if he hasn't had any issues so far? He is a bit reactive to strange dogs on our walks.
How did you calm the owners when theo growled? Because I see a lot of times that inexperienced owners are making the situation worse by getting nervous or yelling
Telling them what to potentially expect I think would probably help, but I can't speak for this guy. I just assume cuz it's common sense to just tell the folks you're working with what could happen and how to react or not to react.
I have two dogs, one is a year old and the other is four, Biscuit and Finn, Finn is the oldest, they’re both pretty unsocialized, we got Finn when he was three from a shelter and Biscuit when he was only 6 months, I’m 13 and I try to train them but it’s hard to socialize them, I don’t have a choice of where to take them to meet other dogs, the only dogs they can really meet is the neighbors dogs behind a fence or my Gramma’s dogs but even then that doesn’t happen very often, luckily they aren’t agressive, just a little scared about other dogs
I've had dog trainers that come to my house or I go to the training facility that will bring one of their dogs that is non-reactive and good with other dogs to introduce my dog to. Of course it costs money and kind of expensive to have a dog trainer but that was my only solution to do it in a safe environment.
Love, Love your videos - I haven't watched all of them yet BUT my question is - My almost 2 year old large German Shepherd is really aggressive to dogs that walk by our (his) fenced in property - When on a walk at our neighborhood park he's curious of the other dogs BUT doesn't go crazy like he does in his yard - Is this a normal protective reaction (my neighbor said it is) Is or not I don't like it. My other question is - Is it good to take him to meet the neighborhood dogs or could this make him bark more - Do you have a video to help me with this.
My dog is 4 and extremely unsocialized. She wants to be with other dogs but then when she is, she doesn’t know what to do. A dog will try to play with her and she takes that as an aggressive move and she’ll get aggressive herself. Still she cries and cries whenever she sees another dog, she wants to be with other dogs and it breaks my heart that I didn’t socialize her like I should have. Probably because I don’t socialize much myself, it’s always just been me and her. Sometimes I look at her and can tell she’s sad. It really breaks my heart. I’m at a loss, I don’t know who to turn to and meeting people with dogs who are willing to spend time with us is hard.
I have a pit/ bull mastiff mix. He used to be SO SCARED of dogs he would tuck his tail. I FREQUENTLY took him to the dog park, he was very friendly but like I said timid (toward dominant males) ANYWAY my neighbors dog attacked him, he fought back & won. Now he acts dominant too! He tries to hump all males now & he flipped a husky who tries to dominate him the other day at the dog park. I’m so sad I want him to be able to go to the dog park but I am to small to break up a fight. I need advice.
How many dogs do you need to socialize a 5 year old Mal/Dutchy rescue. Riley (who I haven’t met yet, he is coming next week) seems from videos to be a happy sweet active dog. Scared of the hissing cat, curious about horses. I have 1 GSD cross senior female and several neighbors total have a miniature poodle, a samoyed, another GSD cross and a chihuahua. I have a friend with another chihuahua and a rottweiler who could probably come to play. Will that be enough? Do they all need to come the same day? How often should they play together?
