My 5 month old pointer, lab x was lunging and jumping on dogs heads, training was difficult. Bumped into a dog walker who asked if i wanted to walk with them, all the dogs were checking her then one put her down, she got up and walked calmly with the pack and her behaviour has completely changed. What would have taken me ages to correct took 20 mins with the pack. She now meets other dogs respectfully without lunging. 🐾🐾
Sometimes a prompt and firm correction by an older dog (which looks violent to us) is the quickest way to put a stop to over the top behavior in puppies. I have seen lots of dogs in the dog park whose style of play is " I crash into you , you crash into me---hey this is fun!" Other dogs are extremely offended by that much physical contact with a strange dog.
@@melblacke5726 Yes, I could tell it wasn`t aggressive, just firm, thankfully. Hard to watch your pup being put down though, but she needed to learn manners and better to be from a balanced dog. she is so much better. and yes, teaching her to play well with different sized dogs so she can adapt level of energy to suit, it`s a challenge but worth it.
If this had been another sort of channel, we would have seen the problem but not the actual solution worked out in detail and in real life before our eyes. It jwould have been a tease and then "buy my seminar to see my magic secret patented genius solution." This is a very special place. Thanks.
Thank you, Joel, for yet another wonderful video. Everything about you clearly is real. No tricking the owners, no click bait for us. You have real-time experience and education. You give your help to all of us for free. Nothing is asked for from anyone of us except to Like, Subscribe, and Comment. I liked your “Get to Know Me...” video. Your life has been about animals! Take care!
Our lab is almost 3 years old, and he is still not able to meet other dogs well. He is super-high energy, and since he is our first family dog, we are learning as we go. This channel seems to be one of the best to help me learn the techniques of training. I've been using the blocking technique recently with good results!
This is exactly what I needed. I didn’t know there was a formal way of handling this. I was trying to do these things at the dog park, but it’sa different world there sometimes and people look at you like you are crazy a little bit (Although I would be a bit too mad). But now I actually know how to do it so hopefully I will feel a bit better about the interactions. It’s hard when you don’t know if you can trust the other dogs, and I don’t have trusted dogs to go be around. We will do what we can.
Finding a good park for your dog is like finding a good school for your kid. Maybe it's next door. Maybe you need to drive past five bad ones to get to a good one. Maybe Monday-Friday is usually good but weekends are too unpredictable. Maybe there's just those 2-3 dogs your dog has a bad vibe with. You have to use good judgment every single time. Be ready to leash-and-leave in case your dog, another dog, you, or another owner is getting too wound up. "This isn't where we want to be right now."
I have a 4 month old Aussie that plays agressive with my older Aussie, my older guy doesn’t like it, but doesn’t put an end to it.. should I correct this at 4 months?
Great advice. Your videos are unique. Much information about reactive dogs, aggression, and ways to handle them. Happy to see that subs are going up. Thank you, Joel.
Thank you for the content you put out. I’ve learned a lot about dog training from you. I’m working with my 3 year old pit mix that I adopted from the local shelter last year.
My Pitt Bull mix looks exactly like this dog and she behaves exactly the same way too!! This has taught me how to fix her dominance and rough edges!! Thanks for helping me out with this amazing work!!❤
I love your videos very much. They are very educational for those of us who don’t get to see a pack of dogs playing very often. I’ve noticed with some dogs who are allowed to play rough at home with the other dogs that live there, tend to want to play rough with strange dogs. That’s where all the friendliness falls apart, and dominance takes over and aggression begins.
Been following your videos for about 4 months since we picked up our girl from the shelter, and this dog and this video match ours more than any I've seen. Thank you for what you do! Very helpful instruction!
Thank you so much for teaching us this method. I am forwarding it to my husband because we have a lab mix and 100lb pit mix that plays too rough with our other fur baby, I can't wait to try this method with them.
Bandit is a perfect hunting dog... He is so dedicated in perfecting his craft. You can see with the moves he's pulling on other dogs. He's practicing grabbing his prey by the neck he even allows other dogs to practice on him too. Was an absolute pleasure watching Bandit in both videos he's featured in.
Beautiful timing for me on this behaviour. I just got back from 3 weeks of travel and have been retraining my now 11 month mini Australian Labradoodle. The dog sitter who stayed at my home ended up taking the puppy to doggie day care every day. She's well taken care of at this facility, but gets pretty wild and unruly there. I noticed her getting frenzied and not reading the other dogs and their play level at the dog park. Many don't match her energy and try to leave her as you stated. I can't wait to work on this and will start this morning! Thank you!!
My dog is just like this one but bigger and stronger ! It's been hard to even walk him let alone when we meet other dogs that don't want to play so rough and owners that are nervous or actually scared . Love watching your content , it's helped so much and although I have not been able to socialise him we can a least have great walks
My 8 month old standard poodle is a goofy, lovey boy but very physical and sometimes if he can’t run it off with a buddy he tries to play that way with me. This was great for showing me what to look for to stop. Now. Thanks!
I needed this one with Roxy. He 7 month self plays way too rough & my established dog doesn't help, he likes rough play. Good timing on this one. Thx again Joel
My pup (6 months) used to be like this too - way too much! I consider myself lucky to have found two dogs in my area who were really good in checking my dog and that really helped mine understand how to express her excitenment without being obnoxious. Still, this video is very helpful and I'm going to look for some other dogs to really get this down even better.
Thank youThank youThank you! My standard poodle puppy plays similar to this fellow & I had some concerns but couldn’t place my finger on it. This helped tremendously!
Years ago I had a dog would get overexcited in play and just be too much for others. I corrected him almost exactly as you do, but also took a page out of my horse training manual. When I corrected my dog for over-rough play and put him into a sit, I waited while he was breathing quick and panting, until he heaved a big sigh and released that excited energy for a moment. As soon as that happened I would release him to go play on that moment of relaxation. I think it helped a LOT in reducing the urgency of the play.
Hi, I use a lot of my horse training working with dogs too. Young studs ( 1.5 to 2 ish ) go through the jerk years. They still must be handled several times a day and trained. Turning them out with a big grumpy old gelding or two does wonders.
This is super helpful. I have a year old rescue mix and he loves dogs more than people. That said, he’s obsessed with dogs and sometimes dogs are not so obsessed back. It does make you sad like he’s the annoying kid in school no one wants to play with 😂 and I struggled to find tips on how to correct it. I feel like I do a lot of what you mention in the video, but the sit/stay I think would definitely help adding when I intervene. Thank you!
This is very helpful. Both of my huskys play rough and are often too much for other dogs. Especially if another dog is rough, they get even more rough. But even if they don’t mind it, I feel like it’s to risky to allow.
This was a great one! Joel: “Puppy Problems” series. Help us “nip” puppy problems from the beginning!! 😎 Great job owner!! and your fur baby is adorable!
Thank you, Joel! My sweet female 4 month old Golden goes after one of my 13 year old Puggles .... NOW ... I know what to do! Thanks for all the details in the correction ... particularly the reference to loose leash walking and the calm release. After puppy raising several service dogs, I am committed to early follow through & calmness. Many, many thanks for all that you share!!!
Love Joel's comment to the owner too about not making it too scary for the pup so he doesn't keep running away from the owner when the owner needs to follow through. Also love when the pup corrected himself. Yes there was a bit of a check in, but think he was also oh yeah that's right, can't do that and he was checking back in to see if he did good. Used the walking away technique for one of my CGC/Therapy Dog students, a somewhat reactive GSD pup. I had my 2 year old Dobe with his muzzle on on the path through the woods at the one park. So every time the GSD started sounding off, made the owner walk away from us and we would go the opposite way. The GSD knows me as the instructor too so she wasn't happy about me going away from her either. We made them sit about 10 feet away (the GSD finally understood if you react, you go away from checking out the other dog) then I told my 2 year old Dobe that she's just a puppy so don't want to scare her. He checked in with me. Do you want to meet your friend? The 3 second say hi then call away, then we walked to the enclosure where they could just run. They did great and will definitely sleep good tonight. Thank you Joel for all your sound advice and all without prong or shock collars too!
I have a 5 month old American staff/Lab who is great with other dogs and is very similar to this, I needed this video I needed thank you so much love it!
Oh thank you so much! I have a 2-year-old Australian shepherd and I live on a ranch. I have a 15-year-old dog that my young grew up with. My dogs are not socialized with other dogs and I did not know how to do what you just explained. I recently had a problem with my younger dog and now I see how I can work on resolving this.
Thank you so much for this video, I have a 7 month old pup exactly like Bandit and is behaving exactly the same when playing. I'm looking after my brother's dog in the morning which is going to be perfect to start putting your technique into practice
Thank you! you have been a great help with my puppy of 13 weeks and older dog of 11 years. I didn't know how to deal with this one, they both like to play rough, but he really bites her face, throat (nice loose skin ;-) and collar. He is much rougher than this older puppy in the video. I do stop the play when he does, but she keeps coming back to continue the play. She does check him and put him down a lot, but he doesn't really seem to care so much. Didn't know how to let them play without him losing it like this. Will try this method in their next play session. He's a really good puppy otherwise and a very fast/ smart learner. Really love your channel, there is so much out there, but you are the most clear and balanced in kind discipline.
Perfect timing. Just got in from a trip to the dog park with my 1 year old. She loves to be rough with other dogs. Sometimes she’ll chase and be chased or play keep away with other dogs but she’d rather wrestle. I notice when other dogs dog don’t like to play like that and it just make me feel bad for them and her. Sometimes we have to leave early (like today). I’ve been committed to training her and this is encouraging for me to see and know that my girl isn’t the only hardcore wrestler out here lol thank you
That was beautiful! That puppy was very impressive also! I love how after just one or two corrections he was already looking to y’all for approval of his behavior. What a good dog!❤ I think he is an American Bulldog puppy. Either way he is awesome and adorable.
That was spot on!! My 6 mo old Goldendoodle plays rough. He goes over the top and grabs dogs by the neck ( gentle- hasn't bitten hard) but he is rough. I am definitely going to start this training. Love it.
This is really helpful!! I have a new 6 month old puppy who was a stray and she is a pure mutt mix, haha. She plays so roughly though with my Bernese mix and tends to bite, jump and lunge in play. My Bernese-mix hates it because she isn’t a rough player but she’s young herself at 2 and she doesn’t know how to check her. My heeler who is 10 checks her all the time and she doesn’t mess with him. Knowing how to check her behavior and kind of snap her out of it will really help, thanks so much.
This puppy looks very similar to my american bulldog puppy (4.5mnths) who tends to play rough too. Our other dog is a 4.5yr old ddb (french mastiff). This was great to see. Our mastiff is a sweetie and doesn’t correct the puppy as much as I’d like. Ok now I have the tools to use!!! Thankyou so much 😁👍🏼
Awesome. I’m going to incorporate that technique in my daily training .. I have two, 2 yr old gsd males. They are brothers. One of them gets pretty rough. He is a big one.
Thank you so much for this video!!! My 2 month old gsd kept biting and jumping on my 2 maltipoo and i didn’t know how to correct him, hopefully now i can get him to play in a much friendly manner thank you 🥹
Thats SO funny you caught that 😄 my dog has never really messed with anything EXCEPT socks. No matter how many times I correct him, he will do whatever it takes to sneak socks lol
I am boarding a dog that I bred and he’s just awful about playing too rough. I no longer let him play with my other dogs. He just never gives up. I’m really grateful for this video! I think in his case he is being dominant. He was neutered at 6 months because of growling when told what to do.I can’t wait to try this on him! Thank you!
Hang in there. I know your pain. Lol. Last year I was struggling with the same stuff with my pup. Followed Joel’s teaching and just kept doing it over and over; the loose leash walking, and looking for social opportunities so I could stop him right away every time; I had to make him sit calmly in the yard when other people/dogs walked by instead acting territorial; I had play rules for him where he would have to stop/sit in the middle of play; he had to be patient and wait for me if we were going somewhere and in and out of the vehicle. There were several times we had to leave the dog park before him getting to play because he wouldn’t settle down. I had to build in moments to slow him down and make him have think, be patience and gentler into everything we did. Hiking on a 40 ft leash helped a lot because it gave us both time to just be at ease, practice some loose leash walking, change directions at my cue; and calm him down. My dog was tough, rough, over excited, domineering, and persistent but also incredibly loving and super fun and expressive - border collie/husky. I had to be more persistent, and it took a few months because I didn’t have many opportunities during pandemic, had obligations and knew few people with dogs I could practice him with. I had to learn not to feel guilty when I had to be firm (make him sit and behave with out rewarding bad behavior) with him in public because frankly it was very embarrassing. I really had to learn ti be more confident in my judgements- it was a huge growth lesson for me as well. People would look at us in either sympathy or a wide range of judgment. But at the end it was a big reward, he was finally able to play with other dogs, he was great with kids, was a great walker, could walk in petco, meet people appropriately and settle. He wasn’t perfect yet at that time but we were definitely over the worst, he listened great and I didn’t have to worry every time we were in excitable situations. He made a ton of progress and could finally have the rewards he needed from other dogs and social situations. Stick with it, believe in the outcome, calm yourself if needed and just keep methodically at it.
Excellent video, cannot wait to put it in practice. Thank you! We have two females, 10 month old lab mix who we did get fixed and 8-month-old purebred lab who is not fixed. Seeing behavior that we need to nip in the bud. Play is getting too aggressive with them
This is an awesome video. I'm learning so much about behavior through your channel. My doberman is nervous around strange dogs (getting better) but will rush them, panther like, be alpha/put her head over their necks -- I could never correct it because if I did with the leash, she'd get reactive. I'm doing e-collar training now and hopefully can take her more places and watch for that 'overly interested' behavior and correct it immediately. Thanks!
This is what I needed! As well as the previous video with the aggression signals. I took the advise of working at a doggy daycare to get my hands on more dogs, and it feels more like a delinquent facility than a daycare with dogs with all kinds of problems. I just struggle to tackle these issues when I don't have a leash and have constraints on how I can mark behaviours and I don't want to keep shoving dogs in crates as a result (especially dogs with issues that just lose their minds in crates, and begin crate-fighting). I would love to see how you manage a large amount of dogs in a space effectively.
Been using this method for the last few walks with our rescue and a friends adolescent dog. Seen big improvements if they are 1on 1, but harder to manage with multiple dogs. We will persist however as it is working. Thanks Joel.
Me too, my 6 month old lab wants to lord it over our maltese, looks and checks when im present, but when she thinks she's out of sight, ie the dogs are out, I'm in the kitchen she repeats the behaviour, hackles up. When I get there her hackles are down. Is it too late to correct the behaviour??
@@windywalcha I wouldn't let them out of your sight at ALL until the behavior improves. Yes, I believe that what you described was past the ideal correctable moment. You must watch like a hawk & 'mark' the behavior that instant... With a clap & a 'Hey!'...or a 'No!'... Something short & loud enough to get their attention in the heat of the moment. Follow the steps Mr. Beckman outlines in this video. It's solid gold!
Well socialized dogs are so good for helping training stuff like this, dog on dog interactions. My dog grew up around sightly older dogs, and one in particular, a tiny, spunky malinois named Melian, helped a lot to teach him boundaries as a puppy so he got used to not play rough before he got large enough for it to be a problem. He had a brief phase of reactivity after he got jumped by two dogs while I was walking him and he's never quite gone back to his usual playful self, he's a lot more reserved with other male dogs, but I think he bounced back from that reactivity that was bordering on aggression as quick as he did in part thanks to the socialization he got through Melian
another very interesting video, compliments, I have to understand the speech of grabbing the dog and not holding it back ... I'm solving the shooting problem, I have to start with the meeting with other dogs, at the moment unthinkable !!! i hope my doberman becomes like prince! congratulations for all the videos, they are of great help (I apologize for any errors, I use an automatic translator)
I once had 2 Staffordshire bull terriers and we rescued a lab/springer mix, she was only 6 weeks old when she was taken from her mother and we rescued her at 8 weeks, obviously I trained her in obedience but my 2 Staffys, they raised her, they really did, and they did an amazing job, as you call it checking, if Bo stepped out of line, the staffys let her know, I didn't have to teach bite inhibition, they did, playing too hard, they let her know, in the end I had 3 amazing well behaved, obedient, well balanced, socialised dogs, and then the staffys were never roo rough, they just warned her and she would submit and play softer,, no food problems, just perfect, toys were for everyone, watching all 3 play was just amazing to watch, all gentle, my staffies quite literally fostered that pup and made a dog out of her
Thank you for this... my roommate, (a seasoned dog owner that has that unfortunate habit of disregarding others less exprienced because he believes he's right all the time,) keeps trying to tell me our ten month old doberman's super rough playstyle is "fine" because the other dogs "don't mind it". He's leaping over other dogs, getting on top of them, swinging his arm up over their backs, generally trying to be a bully, and I'm legitimately scared this is going to turn into a serious problem if we do not step in and correct him on occasion, however my roommate sees it very differently and constantly dismisses what I have to say, and it's frustrating as hell. Hopefully I can sit him down and show him this later...
Great way to teach a dog when the other dogs won’t check it!!! Going to try this with my Bella, she gets a little too rough for others at the dog park sometimes 😂
I was wondering when would be the right age to correct this behaviour. My 6 month old pup has always loved to play rough, though I thought it was just puppy behaviour. Now I see that it is too much and I will step in and correct when theother dog appears overwhelmed. Thanks Joel x
This is what I needed. My 11 month old ACD mix is rough with my 7 yo Black Mouth Curr. But the puppy is also stubborn. I've tried correcting her a lot, but I need to be more constant for the sake of my 7yo. Thank you Joel! always love your videos
Sibling 3yr old Dobermans male female. They play rough. Big gentle male rolls to the ground to play low and my female goes crazy in seconds, flips out, bites hard then they fight. I’ve started the mark and grab before the frenzy ( the key) although she is still in full lip curl and snarling. I’m noticing the difference already breaking up the fight. The male knows I’m coming in, and now steps back. Nice tip Joel about the arm as leash ( loosen when calm) and the “ Head hold behind the ears” to calm. Amazing tips thank you Joel🎉💕
This video helped me answer a question I had about my two 7m old husky pups. They've always seemed to play so rough together and I was worried about it being too rough. Most of the time it's mutual, but when I see either of them trying to get away (and not immediately reposition for more play), I stop them.
Now that's one excitable dog! Like you said, not bad or terrible, but just needs to learn that sometimes it can be a bit much. Nice video and cute little dog :)
Great job. I could see the puppy processing the new information after that first collar grab correction. I don't even have a dog but I have been watching so many of your videos and learning and confirming what I already know. Thank you!
