How to STOP your dog barking/ lunging at visitors & dogs; aggression

you [Music] [Music] [Music] I'm on my way to meet the new clients called Cathy who has called me in to help with the problems she's experiencing with her German Shepherd dog jazz Cathy is going away for a much-needed holiday and in that time I will be staying in the home and addressing Jazz's undesirable behavior Cathy has told me jazz is constantly protecting the house and the garden and she barks and lunges as soon as she feeds other dogs inside the house and out on their walk Cathy cannot handler anymore and has no idea what to do so Cathy tell me about jazz what are the problems all made about star other dogs she will cry bark lunge to get at them you see - Matt the window she left the curtains down up and dragged across car park on which summer how do you cope well a lot of people in the group they said to myself and say this I use pinch color right which I was given by thee and God it used to Tainan what she like in the garden what does she do that she'll wet put on late now in gardens we let loose to run and she will come three foot off the floor jumping fences just jumping nothing there we can't see anything what you like in a house with strangers and they didn't come in anymore we're gonna their grandchildren the smaller grandchildren it sounds serious if it become a real problem become that much problems we can't get out of it and she's gonna have to go it is clear the situation has got too much for everyone Cathy has been given some really bad advice by the other dog trainer but she isn't giving up on jazz yet I just hope whilst Cathy is on a holiday I have enough time to communicate to jazz that I'm cabled enough to provide for all of them age says she doesn't have to it is not done by force or control this is done by being seen to step up to a leader role and taking care of each situation in which jazz is concerned the first thing is first I have to bomb with jabs or positive attachment forms between us before attempting to address any issue as we start to become acquainted in order to fulfill Jazz's needs the next job is to identify what areas she perceives as being potential dangers so I can now take charge in these areas which are the front window the door the gardener and outside on the wall in order to make the problems more easily manageable I make Jazz's world smaller through reducing the areas that she believes are necessary to protect in doing this will allow jazz to feel safe and it gives the time in a comfortable space to get some much-needed rest bite I further manager situation by slowly reintroducing her back to the other areas where she perceives the problems to be but this time she will see me stepping up to the role of detector to do this each time she barks I will say by saying good girl or thank you in a calm confident angle if jazz carries on barking because she still believes it is a problem then I'll go and have a look at what she's barking at my physiology of being calm will demonstrate that I'm okay with it however if jazz feels it's necessary to carry on barking once I have looked i will isolate her this gives the time to calm down and reflect on what just happened each time I go out in the garden I check out the dangers so Jaz sees me taking care of the situation so she doesn't have to by communicating like this I listen to a natural instincts and needs of Facebook by being seen to be aware of each situation and taking care of thank you are saying thank you I demonstrate that it's a good thing to elect me changes by looking is a clear sign clay I'm here and I have no problem with it and by isolating I interrupt her old patterns of behavior to teaching new ones over time she looks my reaction go follow my leader being Tom however something tells me this is going to take some time yes get your old job back thank you the more lessons I perform the quicker I can show jazz but I will take care of and safety needs girl once Jeff starts to look at me for a reaction this is giving a time to think and to assess my language regarding her safety needs once she comes and sees me taking care of each situation this will give us confidence in my abilities as a leader [Music] once she accepts that I provide for her safety needs inside the house and the garden it will put me in a better position for her to trust my decisions outside but there is still much work to do the first day we venture outside I have to prove myself worthy as a leader by avoiding any stress of threats jazz may encounter in order to teaching new responses and skills I begin by getting jazz to watch and follow my moves when I speed up I need her to speed up when I slow down I need her to slow down when I turn I need her to turn I have to get jazz in the habit of looking at me in preparation so if danger does present itself she is used to following me through Cathy's previous physiology of hanging on to jazz to the University taught to free and so far to warn others away so in order to teach jazz a new response to perceived danger I will exercise the safest defense response of flight by quickly going in the opposite direction over the days I will keep eating these experiences of flight so jazz stops relating going out on walks with danger and instead gets many new lessons with me that you won't have to take charge as I'll do it each time jazz doesn't react we are getting closer and it's a tick for a positive experience in the days that follow I assess Jazz's state and is becoming calmer so I decide not to turn away this time but to take a step forward by seeing a dog and to keep on going in the same direction black background jazz has now learned for the first time it sad that we can walk past the dogs be it a long way away and there will not be a problem I need to reinforce this message many times so she really starts to understand the situation clearer this will only happen with numerous positive experiences as the experiences build over time I start to get closer as you can see from a face and body she's still a little unsure and in a heightened state but we are making progress after the experiences yesterday I feel jazz is ready for another step forward in the right direction so I arranged to meet a friend with a dog who I know won't scare jazz this will speed up the process allowing me to put many lessons in one go in getting closer as you can see if jazz pulls I take her away to interrupt her state I want to keep a focus on me and the tree so I can further desensitize her two dogs and change your experiences I keep her focused until I can feel her completely relaxed on the lead whilst trying to get closer step by step once jazz is calm this gives the time to assess the situation that this dog is not a threat and then finally she meets a dog on lead with no problems the next day we go out I can feel her relaxed more on the lead and I see the change in a physiology I still stay at a safe distance because if any dogs frighten her we could have a setback [Music] so I think casually walking past other job lesbian know that I am making the decision it is clear jagged state has harmed after many positive experiences the aggression has now turned into curiosity I let them eat another dog as I can tell she is ready but it has to be careful not to let the physiology crowd another dog's face as acts potentially caught the problem each source language needs assessment with an appropriate reaction one dog bark such as joy move away the other is comfortable with the situation do we meet but avoid leaking head-on always giving the option of flight [Music] after many encounters chad has worked out that dogs are not a threat so the next suitable dog I mean I now feel it's time the lesser off the link and have a great [Music] you over the days that followed jazz looks to me for reassurance when meeting other dogs I reassure it's okay it is at this point I know she trusts my decision following me wherever I go now jazz has given up the leadership role it becomes clear that she can now be relaxed in other dogs company giving her the freedom to play it is a real joy to watch a dog go through the transition from constantly protecting the health from danger and scared of other dogs to adult with no responsibilities but can now enjoy life [Music] you

Channel: Nigel Reed

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Length: 13min 4sec (784 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 15 2017