This dog reminds me of a little girl I once knew. Her mother came over to my house and the girl, who was 4, just helped herself to go in my fridge and get stuff out. I told her to get out of my fridge and my kitchen. Neither the mother or the kid could believe it. At home, she was allowed to get into whatever she wanted. It never occurred to either of them that the rest of the world wouldn't find that cute. Some people just let their kids and dogs run the show.
Can you imagine if we did that as children? The beatings would have been legendary. I am not saying it is right- but we never even SPOKE around other adults.
I’ve had the same issue w a neighbors kid, neighbors cows, neighborhood cats… Its not acceptable what ever your species is. Rules are in place for a reason - not just the “aggressive” breeds.
It always amazes me that the owner just stands by and watches the bad behavior. Like loud kids in restaurants, parents that are oblivious. Prince is a special animal and thank you for your videos.
It's the consequence of getting brainwashed by ultra positive trainers with advices like "ignore the bad behaviors of the dog instead of punishing". Happened to me, it's very easy to get to that point, even for owners who are initially very well intended.
@@charlotteschissler1717 while looking for dog training videos from Joel, upstate and fenrir I keep getting so many dog training advertisements...ofc all of them for positive only, all these bs claims about fixing all unwanted behaviour with treats and whatnot. Majority of people in the comments sadly keep praising this (none of those people claim it's actually worked for them, just that theyre using these programs), but sometimes there is that one or two people who go "can you please show us a dog that's actually been fixed by your positive only program?". Surprise surprise, they never reply. It really is ultra positive brainwashing, playing into people's emotions sadly.
I don't even own a dog, but I'm addicted to these videos of Prince interacting with "problem" dogs. The commentary on how to correct behavior is really interesting too.
My lab / pit does the same thing; he thinks it’s hilarious lol. Also he loves to take my shoe hostage. Doesn’t chew it but just loves to mess with me 😂
Sometimes when you go to a trainer for the first time and the dog does the behaviour that you are trying to get rid of, and the owner does nothing, it’s not that they think the behaviour is ok, it’s just an awkward moment. You don’t know if you should do what you normally do or let the trainer take the lead and you end up doing nothing, which looks really poor. That’s my experience. The Gentle Leader is 😊
I saw another trainer using your methods. I have more respect for them now because they were strictly positive reinforcement and they showed open-mindedness. You're affecting training positively.
As a retired guide dog mobility instructor, it was wild how many people expected the dogs to just DO the things. I relate to you motivating the owners to really get involved.
@@tash2166 I am with several dogs for many years. But before I even had my first dog, I spent time learning how to discipline dogs first before getting a dog. Just some due diligence before getting a dog goes a long way. That goes with everything else in life.
Owners did great with the walk into method. You could see the dog thinking “oh my I am on the outside”. This is a great example of the dog trying to control the situation. It was great to see that process!! Also Prince is a great guy and I love seeing his goofiness come out. As a Dobie owner they are so goofy but people dont always see that side of them.
Seeing the owners constantly reinforcing the bad behavior and ignoring her fixating behavior - it is so depressing - the first go at Prince the man didn’t move quickly at all and then while the man was being addressed the pit ran right to mommy, expressed frustration with the muzzle, and mommy moved toward her and COMFORTED HER, which is exactly the worst encouraging of bad behavior. This just reaffirms her bad behavior again and again. As usual Prince is an absolute superstar.
Also I hate to say it but her constant and aggressive frustration with the muzzle happens every time she doesn’t get her way, which tells me she intends to bite (or at least threaten to bite) and is extremely frustrated that she can’t respond by growling and biting.
Yes, she's hard headed but the key is for the owners to have clear expectations for her behavior and to learn how to communicate their expectations to their dog. I like the comparison to how you discipline your kids. Discipline for the hard headed one will probably take more than a hard stare and a threat. You may have to do some laying on of the hands. Whereas the more sensitive one responds to a look and a raised voice. The goals are the same but you have to adjust your approach according to personality of the child. It's the parents responsibility to read each child and adjust their approach accordingly.
A thing I came to learn around dogs and different owners, that is on display here aswell: dogs constantly monitor their surroundings for body language cues - from other dogs, their owners, people in general. Dog owners often don't do this. We're concentrating on other stuff and don't have an eye or headroom in our mind for what the dog is doing. When the dog does something unwanted, we didn't see it coming and we're not fast enough to react appropriately, so the timing is always off. This was a main learning for me with my last dog: always keep a half-eye out for what she's doing, constantly monitor her in the background of every situation and change your focus in time to react on time. In Joel's session here, the owners make great progress from standing around talking to him, unaware of what the dog does around them, making them slow or non-reactive, to being "on" the dog and what it's doing at all times/most of the time. When she's better trained and timing of corrections becomes less of an issue, you can relax more.
I teach Martial arts with kids I have learned the best learning tool for most ages is repetitiveness. I've also used it with training my dogs and find that is the best learning tool I have used. I love the way you train these dogs you seem like a professional and your videos have great explanations as well.
I love to see this type of content, shows how love and time will make any dog an amazing companion . So many breeds out there but we all got the same loving heart. Coming from a corso and Pomeranian 😯😯
I appreciated when you said it doesn't matter what word you use (re dominance) because the method is THE METHOD. Nice! And you're right...the method just works.
One of my 3 Staffordshire bullterriers Rosie had similar behaviour to this. Mostly the doing what she wanted and bullying our other dogs. I had been doing pretty much what you said in this video, I wasn't letting her get away with it but wasn't really getting anywhere. What I feel is really fixing it for me is your loose leash method. She was a puller and then transitioned to out front walker. my other 2 dogs got it straight away and were heeling in just a few sessions. Rosie fought me the whole way. it took months and it's ongoing but I got her there and as a result the leadership I developed there the improvement in her other behaviours, leave its, stays and dominance is getting incredibly better. thank you
This is a rescue. Good for these owners, thanks to them for taking on an imperfect dog rejected by others and struggling in life. They seem more than capable.
@@pmlm1571 wasn’t questioning these particular owners. Was asking a generalized question as to whether or not he has had to have that conversation with clients.
@@pmlm1571 they need to know what they are doing. If the dog nips someone walking around that dog could be labeled as aggressive and sent to be put to sleep.
They are really smart couple they will win with love. This dog really is a good dog for them to keep them safe and true friendship she just needs lots of love and patience. Mama gonna shoe her who's boss.
Love another pit video and a dog being stubborn. Always good to see that training isn't always a quick 5 min thing and that as an owner you have to make sure you learn to train the dog properly, its not all on the dog.
I wish people wouldn't bash the dog-owners in these videos. They have rescued a dog (a difficult dog), and they are paying good money to learn from a top trainer. Plus they probably read these comments. How shitty for them.
Forgot to add, love the fact that you don't care "why" people get so hung up on "why is my dog doing this?" I always say who cares why. Just fix it, what ever "it" is. Don't get trapped in the why.
👏👏👏👏👏Beckman's way is the best! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It would be nice to see the afterstories of the most difficult cases you engage with. Clearly there would be a progress while at your magical facility, but how many of the hard cases actually turn into the perfect pet and completely forget about their old habbits? 🙂 I am planning to take my 2.5 y.o border collie to a boarding camp to help him recover after his been attacked..as although i do follow your methods and there is an improvement, I can't get the timing right yet and I feel having a professional to help would be beneficial..any boarding advices/experiences would be great! ⭐⭐⭐Respect from London⭐⭐⭐
@Москва-Петушки you don't see magic, you feel the magic 🙂 magic comes different to all of us and based on your reply i assume you either have a very difficult dog issue that takes longer and a strict hardcore to fix it or you might not have a dog with challenging issues and you can't truly appreciate the effectiveness of Joel's methods. I would also like to see aftercamp stories but in reality that is down to the individual owners dedication. 🙂 Stay safe👍🏻
Super helpful thankyou for sharing your knowledge… So far the lead training in walks has made life so much more fun, recall is better and now we’re ready to introduce my two (miss 5 and master 6) to my partners dog age 10 … Before watching your videos We had no idea how we were going to tackle this 👍👍👍
This morning a Boxer on an extendible leash doing his thang. I was with my two on normal leads, walking and "popping" when the lead went taut. Learning from Joel. The woman with the Boxer was totally passive. I felt a ripple of irritation. Zero education going on, just a walk to the poo and wee corner, basically. I'm in Spain. A man was mauled to death in the small town where I live. People keep dogs on their fincas, no education. For that reason we don't walk in the countryside.
I really appreciate how you don’t bullshit your audience and clients. People need to know that dogs no matter the bread have the average intelligence of a 7 year old child and any breed can send someone to the ER or worse if their behaviour is left unchecked. I’m a dog trainer myself and I had a guy asking me earlier today do I use positive reinforcement or not, I told him I use mixed reinforcement so both positive and negative as well as behavioural rehabilitation because although positive reinforcement can make a difference for certain problems using positive only can take 10x longer than what it would if the owners or myself as a dog trainer instead just gave a firm correction to the dog and like you said “show the dog what’s up” so many people mistake dominance/controlling behaviour as something innocent and harmless and it’s completely irresponsible. My own Labrador got attacked last week by a 130lb GSD, when the woman came into the dog park she asked if there were any intact males (which my Ruben is) and I told her yes, she then explains that her dog is not so good with intact males but for whatever reason decides to unhook his leash anyway and the first thing her dog does is make a B-line for my dog and not to play, my dog done what he could to avoid him but this dog just wouldn’t take the hint from my lab, he cornered my dog and within a split second had his jaws around my dogs neck and it’s paws on his back, luckily as a dog trainer I knew how to handle the situation and the woman managed to grab her dogs collar and get him off of mines, but when I explained to her that the behaviour needed corrected and that I had to put the dog into a down/surrender state she told me and I quote “I’m not going to let you manhandle my dog and force him to lie down” I told her “fine, but you have to otherwise the behaviour goes unchecked and he’ll do it again” then she went on to explain how she is apprehensive and nervous to do that with her dog because of his size, to which I put it harshly to her that if she is too nervous or afraid to handle her own dog and show authority and assertiveness then she shouldn’t own the dog. I kind of felt bad for her because I see her often when I’m out and I know she treats her dogs well so I gave her a hug as she was quite shaken and gave her my phone number and told her to contact me at some point so I could help her out with the issue. I’m yet to hear from her so far but hopefully she takes me up on my offer and she can learn how to be an assertive and confident pack leader, otherwise I’m afraid that her dog will escalate the behaviour and it might not turn out so well. Luckily there was no blood drawn from my dog and her dog didn’t do any damage, but if my dog was a chihuahua per se then he wouldn’t have stood a chance.
I absolutely love this video. ❤The owners are brilliant, firstly to come to you for help, but also to embrace what you are telling them so enthusiastically. I love it because it just shows how, without being violent in anyway, you can teach a dog that a behaviour is not welcome. Dogs really need to know who is boss. It's actually good for them in the long run. I think it was really good for the owners to feel empowered to act more assertively. Thank you Joel! 🐾
I am also a trainer and if you want some outside examples of your method working let me know. I use it and send my clients your videos as visual reminders of our lessons. They absolutely love it.
Love your videos, they make "real" sense to me with a mix of positive reinforcement and actual correction. I have a 4 year old Anatolian Shepard and just brought home an Anatolian shepherd puppy a few weeks ago. He is still jealous overall and I dont trust them together yet because I dont want something to go terribly wrong. Advice? I wish I was closer to you I would bring him over. Over all he is a great dog but gets nervous and anxious easily causing him to act like a jerk. I dont want to train the agressive "out of him" to where if there were an actual threat I would want him to respond. I tried to socialize him younger and recently realized the mistake was that he was always the bigger dog and whenever he got upset and growled the other dog owners in the puppy class were scared he would hurt the other puppies. He also seemed to become way too overstimulated in a class setting so that didnt last long. Thanks in advance for any advice!
I rescued a American pit and Shar Pei mix puppy and I see a lot of these dominant signs. Thank you for this video. Now I know what to do to stop it while he is little. He is very pushy LOL my little fur baby
If my husband wasn’t so adamant about giving my sweet girl away I would surely come to California all the way from Texas for my APBT mix. She is pretty much like this dog. I adopted her when she was 2, she is turning 3 in June. She basically drags me everywhere. She loves to be in control. She is stubborn. She is super hyper and rough with other dogs to where the dogs will attack her because she isn’t a fighter. When she knows a dog is scared of her she taunts the dog. She doesn’t like to listen outside of the house. She is an angel inside the house though. I left her home outside of the crate for the first time yesterday and she did AWESOME! She cried due to separation anxiety but she chilled out because I feel she knows I won’t leave her forever. It breaks my heart that my husband really wants to give her away because no one has ever tried with her or kept her, and I know that’s gonna break her heart when she figures out we aren’t coming back…that the humans she loves are gone. I want her to at least be rehomed to a loving home who will work with her because she is super smart, sweet, and fun. Although I understand the reasons why my husband wants to give her away, I pray he has a change of heart 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
First i suggest you watch every video Beckman has posted, valuable examples to watch and mold your body language because your dog is watching your body language. some things you should try….tie her to you with a leash so she has to follow you around, that demotes her, you are the alpha. outside she has to be on a leash and you attached to it, if you play fetch she needs to sit and wait for the command before she goes after it, have her on a 30’ lead so when you give the come back to me…i use run run, when my dog hears that heads back…because sometimes i left her smell the route she took, play the leadership game, dog on a leash and walk backwards…the dog has to follow you and then change and walk straight into the dog…that is a displacement…what an alpha in a pack would do, then resume going backwards. Do this a fews times and end it, but do this a few times if not every day, this changes the dogs brain, my dog is only 10 months but now we’re in learning to take a walk and she needs a gentle leader, i give her the option but after a few changes of direction if she doesn’t settle in she gets the gentle leader….again she’s not in charge, i will stop the walk and just stand, for no reason and she has to wait for me, she doesn’t have a reaction to dogs but i have had a couple dogs in the past that did, i would make sure to go by those houses so my dog had to practice no reaction, i started by stopping far from the dog but close enough so they could see the dog, and make them sit and say leave it, over and over we did this, getting closer as the days passed, behavior conditioning takes time and patience, the dog needs re-wiring….the minute the dog looks away from the dog it’s focused on give praise, i actually don’t let my dog focus intently…i have a border collie and one of their traits is to hard focus on prey, another dog can be orey, so i don’t allow her to stare at dogs walking by, she gets the leave it command, i require she turn back to me, or back to what she was doing. it’s been very challenging because i have a wrought iron fence, so people can see in and they were calling my puppy over, getting her all riled up, i asked people to not do it, 2 people were cool with my request, several walked off and now won’t even look at me when they walk by….and i’m good with that 😂…every experience is a moment to teach impulse control, running hard to a fence to greet people was teaching her that she can do that in other places, pulling on a leash while on a walk to get to people or other dogs…so teaching impulse control will bleed into other situations. Your dog is not in charge, for the meal time, when it’s time for bed etc. i only wish i could teach the people impulse control. since they wouldn’t stop i had to build a low corral fence so she is stopped a few feet from the wrought iron, ridiculous i had to go to that extent. I would seek out a trainer if you need help, i too rescued a dog, 2 years old, he’d been in a crate most of his life, so i step by step worked to re-wire him. This was after i’d learned all these methods from a trainer, if you see it as a challenge to you, it will be rewarding. good luck!
Thanks so much! She is better now. Listens more. The time I wrote this we had a new puppy as well, so it’s been a battle but my pit is still doing so much better. I am planning on taking both of my fur babies to a trainer because the puppy is a problem!!! She listens to no direction whatsoever. It’s bad. I feel like I’m doing everything wrong with her. Thanks for the tips!! Definitely getting to work
@@sistersouldier7773 my puppy had me in tears, but hearing Joel say she’s a baby helped me remember that, so i used redirect 99% of the time. also i keep a daily log on my dog, she goes to sleep 1 hr after waking in the morning, like clockwork, and that continued for awhile, could only be awake for an hour…she never “looked” tired, but would go straight to sleep, i use a spa suite youtube channel for her name, a behavioral connection…that music means sleep, now at 10 mos she can be awake about 2 hrs, i don’t push it, i know when it’s close she’s going to get bitey and cranky, just like a child. we have flexibility, but with a timeline structure. i finally figured out where i note her feeding i added an ok to play because of the danger of bloat, before i would try to remember…can she fetch now? anything you can do to remove remembering helps, because i’m working a job too…luckily i am working from home, that prevents lots of issues…best to you…glad it’s better, i’ve been there with a puppy and me in tears…sorta like when i had baby twins…some days you run out of steam 😂!
Well, that's what they've come to Joel for. Good for them for seeking help and good training. Shows they love their dog and are prepared to roll their sleeves up.
Agreed. Dogs need to be shown and told that they are not Alphas. If they are Alphas the owners will have a very very hard time keeping them under control. It's like a kid... you need to set boundaries and discipline but you still love them. Remember that dogs are not human and folks that think their dog are like human will have their dogs controlling the situation.
Yes, this dog needs firm boundaries. I see this when people adopt dogs and feel sorry for what they feel the dog may have experienced prior to them adopting. They never set boundaries and make excuses for the animal's behavior or blame the animal's reaction on circumstances, such as when the woman said the dog didn't like wearing the muzzle. This dog will push the line constantly. I'm doubtful this woman is capable of seeing the behaviors, being quick enough to deal with the behaviors, and reacting every single time. Basically, the dog does not recognize her authority. The woman will need to really step it up to keep ahead of this dominant dog. Hopefully she'll seek more sessons with you.
@Pigeonsandpoultry When my kids were growing up we had a small ranch raising chickens, turkeys, rabbits, a few pigs and we had competition horses and, of course, dogs and cats. We also kept a garden for veggies and traded some of our produce for fruit from others with orchards. It was a great way to teach the kids responsibility and where their food comes from. They helped with every part of the ranch. Studying the animals and their behaviors as they matured was extremely beneficial. As you know, it's not a matter of feeding and cleaning up after animals, it's knowing what they need to be happy and do what comes natural to them. And, giving them space to roam and interact with each other instead of keeping them in small cages or in small pens with cement floors (the pigs). It taught my kids compassion and to be grateful for a better way of living. That's what I like about Joel. He takes the time to know each dog and teaches them according to their needs. Good luck with your dog. Consistency will pay off for you.
I have a 6YO Rescue Bully Mix female with similar behavior. She tries to boss all other Dogs and people. Mostly with forcing attention and rough play. I enforce boundaries with her and disrupt her trying it with other Dogs. Its the never quit attitude of the breed. She's calmed down quite a bit in the 3 years I've had her. Especially if she meets new people I have to direct them to not let her invade their space.
Amstaff/staffies (full or mix) tend to be very needy. But it's also in their nature to be very protective ("nanny dogs"). This video is great though showing how to correct that.
Perfect example of to much dog for owners of this caliber, kudos for them trying with all these trainers that they went with, but at the end of the day they need a non power breed dog. These are my thoughts and feelings.
On the Gentle Leader ur corrections are always timed so perfectly with exactly when the dog hits the end of the leash! So perfect! That's actually really tricky for me to get right. Just takes practice?
Thanks a lot for your video! Could you please make one regarding the best way to introduce dogs to home cats? This is a topic that is not widely covered by trainers and because your experience with various animals you probably would have a lot to say :). One of the issues is that in a lot of cases the aggression may come not only from the dog, but from the cat as well (or only from the cat). What should be done then?
I dont know why i stopped giving dogs my hand, i just did. I always knew they will either accept me or not and since im not a trainer and dont work with them, i just ignored them and let them choose whether or not they wanted to interact. Strangely it also seems to work with pigs to a degree, as ive encountered a couple large males with huge tusks known to gore ppl, that just came to see what im about then walk away.
When I pet my old dog, my new dog often wants to come over possibly because of jealousy and she wants my attention too. I just give her the off command. Then after petting my old dog, I will go to my new dog. And my new dog is making a lot of progress on this.
Thank you for explaining us the importance of the rehersals and the pathways in the brain, why nobody talks about it? We know this is how it is also with us but when it comes to animals everyone is on denial. Why are we on denial?
Yeah with you here. This dog is going to snap at some point and it won't matter how you've tried to train it. It's genetically predisposed to be the way it is and it's going to kill something or someone.
@@peterhughes8699 it’s hard to tell when you can’t hear them. It makes it easier to assume. From what the viewer could see was people reacting through speech with no idea what was being said
