Massive Great Danes Cause Chaos Everywhere They Go! | Full Episode USA | It's Me or The Dog

on this episode of It's Me or the dog Victoria meets newlyweds Josh and Ashley and their three massive Great Danes Henry Jackson and new puppy Charlotte oh my gosh the dogs are wreaking havoc at home it was probably the most insane greeting I've ever had in the car shut up stop it and at work it's very unprofessional this cannot continue and it's not going to continue Ashley's obsession with the dogs I crossed my legs on the safe and I'll do whatever I want to as Josh at a breaking point I never would have pictured myself doing this can Victoria convince Ashley to take a step back I think you get as much separation anxieties they do it or will their three Great Danes leave their home they're probably running around they're probably eating the sofa cushions they probably knocked over the coffee table and their marriage I can't in shambles tear up our door Victoria Stillwell has been training dogs in Great Britain and the United States for nearly 14 years today she's on her way to meet Josh and Ashley Fort and their three enormous Great Danes it's important for owners to form a close bond with their pets but if you don't give your dog some level of Independence you might find yourself in a very unhealthy relationship and that could have serious consequences we're newlyweds Just Married over a year and we already have three massive dogs Henry Jackson and Charlotte I would love if I had it my way to have 20 or 30 dogs just running around the house just open my own rescue however Josh says he will divorce me if I bring home any more so we're going to stop at three Victoria begins training she'll spend the day with the family observing their issues come here when I first rang the doorbell I Heard lots of bugs and then the door opened and it was Madness oh my gosh Charlotte started fighting with Henry the couple was trying to keep the dogs back but they couldn't keep the dogs back the dogs flew out of the door the trees fell everywhere the dogs ran around the porch I got nearly got knocked over it was probably the most insane greeting I've ever had hi hello come on come on guys that was a greeting and a haul isn't it though come on in and grab a seat before they take it from you okay when I finally managed to get in and sit down the dogs were either fighting over me or fighting with each other and and then playing and then licking and slobbering and trying to get on the sofa and it was very difficult to have a conversation with all of them being there oh gosh a lot of dogs nibble at your ear but but but he is gentle right he's very gentle it's like this he's the gentle one Henry is not gentle but he nips it's not cute and it's not funny and it's not gentle okay so tell me tell me about other stuff that's going on they really have become our children they're so needy which I just I guess I love that that I'm just they absolutely couldn't function without me what do you think about that I'm I'm not on the same page as that Ashley does think these are her babies no question and neither one can live without each other the three of them go absolutely everywhere with me because I feel like I'm neglecting them if I leave them home without their mommy I I just hitting me no sir I always want her to pet me we have voices for all the dogs Ashley started to speak in some different voices a very Southern Voice for Henry are you sir that has a redneck a somewhat demented British accent for Jackson I crossed my legs on the sofa and I'll do whatever I want to and a very princess like accent for Charlotte hi pretty pretty princess a little cookie but funny another off-the-wall habit Ashley has adopted is cooking gourmet meals for the dogs twice a day I buy a 10 pound thing oh ground beef and Josh got this for me every Sunday whoa that's a hunger me that is a hunk of meat right there Josh do you like cooking for the dogs um no I don't honestly not at all it's uh I think it's I think it's a bit excessive I don't remember how I got suckered into this because I never would have pictured myself doing this I'm getting hungry I don't know about you I have no problem with the dogs being on this day seems it is and I think he in a way gets very angry that Ashley pays him so much attention and I think he's had enough along with home cooking the dogs also get constant companionship from Ashley I take three dogs everywhere I go if I go to the grocery store they come and sit in the car if I go to the gym sometimes I'll bring them with me when I go to work they come with me when I go to my family and friends houses they have to come with me I will not leave them get back once all the dogs were in the car and Ashley got in and I tried to get in Henry put his head out he did not want me near that card he was being Ultra protective stop it Ashley does yell at the dogs a lot in the car but the yelling just has no effect on the dogs whatsoever they don't listen to her and the yelling makes their behavior worse Oh Henry would you stop barking if they see anybody walking along the street they go ballistic especially Jackson oh no oh dear I mean it is that's that's effective we're on a windy Country Road she's driving with one hand as she's trying to push the other dog through the back and I'm nervous we're gonna have an accident and when Ashley stops for a quick errand the dogs pose another kind of danger if Ashley wants to stop at the supermarket she leaves the air conditioning on the car running but the window's down for the dog so anybody passing that car has a huge Great Dane head lunging out at them that is a massive liability I have been in many cars with very difficult dogs but I have to say this gets the prize for being the craziest car ride I have ever been on that's it shut up another place the dogs accompany Ashley is to work every single day all three of the dogs come to work with me because I refuse to leave them home alone during the day hey how you doing hi nice to meet you hi Adam hi I'm Ashley's dad and I'm also the boss man here okay because that's what they tell me hey stop is not attractive when we walked into Ashley's work I saw that the dogs have pretty free reign in the office what is it like working in an environment with these dogs these guys are pretty Rowdy and at times you know it's hard to do business here because we do get some public traffic in here and I'm afraid that somebody's going to get bit especially maybe by Henry you know which is going to create another problem for me in Allen Ashley's father the owner's eyes it's very unprofessional and I agree it is and we cannot seem to get a handle on them hey quit so tell me what's gonna happen this cannot continue and it's not going to continue and so if we can't get this worked out then you know I guess you'll just have to stay home with the dogs hiring your daughter well no I would never fire her I would retire her when my father told Victoria that he would read quote unquote retire me I was quite quite shocked you know I always kind of look at this as a joke and for him to actually say that to her is kind of a wake-up call for me it was very upsetting what is it going to mean to you Ashley if you if your father retires you as he puts it so nicely oh gosh that would just be a huge financial burden for us you know we're newlyweds we just got our first house it would just be a huge strain it would just be horrible Josh and Ashley they're newlyweds they shouldn't start their marriage off like this they now have three dogs huge dogs at that massive liability exhausting taking over the home and work and the car and every single situation it's a nightmare coming up Ashley laughs off Victoria's concerns that's easier you're saying the ride in the car it's easier will she realize what's at stake you have no life you can't have friends over you might get fired from your job [Music] Victoria Stillwell has spent the day observing Ashley and Josh's chaotic life with three Great Danes now it's time for her to sit down and confront them with the facts this has been a very interesting day sure craziness and you live this every day every day there is no doubt in my mind that these dogs are very very much loved but they are out of control [Music] now Ashley there's one thing that causes a lot of problems for dogs and that one thing is that when people treat them like human beings and you've gone over the top it's too much because they've taken over your life now you have admitted they are your children you feel that they can't exist without you they exist without you fine they've got each other I was extremely shocked when Victoria made the point that the dogs can and will function perfectly fine without me that was a huge eye-opener and Josh would you say any of this is taking a toll on your marriage I I would it's taking a lot of time out of our marriage which is that's the most frustrating thing for me the the fact that we are prisoners to these dogs let me talk about your situation at home when I came through that door oh my gosh what's happening is you've got three dogs all very excited redirecting all their excitement and frustration on each other okay hi there hi it is an accident waiting to happen I hope you've got great homeowners insurance because you're in for a lawsuit like that now Ashley I have never been as nervous as I was driving in your car oh there it goes oh dear if you go for a trip to the convenience store why do you need to take your dogs it's easier to just to just fight them off that's easier you're saying the ride in the car is easier now you are very lucky you work for your father but your father has got to the point where he's saying I'm gonna retire my daughter nice way of saying you want to be fired then you're going to be in financial difficulties because you can't support a mortgage just on what Josh earns so then all the pressure is going to fall on him the situation is out of control for so long you've been enabling the dog's Behavior you've been treating them like children you have no life you can't have friends over you might get fired from your job this is pure pure Insanity pure Madness I have only a very very short time to rein in three completely out of control dogs if I do not have your 1 000 commitment this is not going to work [Music] are you ready to get started we're willing to do it absolutely absolutely okay let's do it to begin Victoria wants to give new puppy Charlotte some basic training I used to love getting up every morning early when it's still cool and walking Henry and Jackson but now that we have Charlotte there is no managing her so we have just put the walks on hold indefinitely now remember it's hard for a little pup to have the self-control but she has to learn it if she doesn't learn it she's going to be an out of control adult part of the major reactivity is that these dogs aren't getting out so Victoria wants to start with walking one on one the first challenge is to stop Charlotte from wandering off I'm gonna use this wall and I'm going to walk up and down this wall so she's got really nowhere else to go whenever Charlotte pulled come on I went up in the other direction so that a pulling wasn't reinforced she realized that if she wanted to get to where she wanted to go she'd have to walk well on the leash oh my gosh I don't think this is possible then Victoria introduces a command to encourage Charlotte to stay by her side close good girl close let's go close good girl when she pulled I used a vocal correction of an ah could go up turn the other way well as soon as she came up to me I was close to me I said close reinforced him for that good girl when I wanted Charlotte to stop I said stop it stop put my foot in front of her as if to say when I say stop you have to listen to me let's go stop [Music] stop oh it was really cool to see Charlotte do exactly what Victoria told her and it just showed me that we were never persistent enough now it's Ashley's turn get up no oh don't let it get to where she wants to go let's go good girl close Charlotte Charlotte wasn't focusing on Ashley very well she's really got to take that that leadership role stop stop I don't want you to jerk like that you might have to put a tiny bit of pressure but I want you to do more body language okay close stop good I want Ashley and Josh to reinforce this training again and again and again because the dogs need exercise they've got three rambunctious dogs here yeah these dogs hardly get any exercise at all Charlotte you are going to be walking well on a leash perfectly very can't wait me either coming up Ashley has to take a step away I want you to go out for a couple of hours but will her worst fears come true they're probably running around they're probably eating the sofa cushions that probably knocked over the coffee table Victoria Stillwell has begun basic training with Ashley and Josh's out of control Great Danes stop [Music] address the dangerous situation in Ashley's car first thing I did with the car was to put up a reliable divider so that the dogs couldn't knock it down and that's not the only change she's made oh wow an order for Ashley to get some so that the dogs would focus on Ashley and this is lawful it's not against the law because you can still see out of your wing mirrors but I've blacked out the back of your car here the reason why all of them are going off when they see people come it's the visual stimulation when you cut out the visual stimulation then you're going to have dogs that don't react so much come on the modifications have an immediate impact nice to be able to get in without my head bitten up no barking the dog's gonna be able to see out now but as soon as Jackson or any one of them bugs this is closed and will cut their Vision off completely okay I'm going to operate the curtain so you just drive the first few miles are surprisingly calm do you keep saying quiet yeah good I like just to say quiet good so they stop at the market to continue the training enough five seconds of quiet wow good quiet [Music] very good Ashley gets to test what she's learned when a friend stops by to chat yes you've got dogs enough now ignore them keep talking how are you I'm great how are you doing good doing some shopping today oh yeah yeah right now they got five seconds of quiet you open it up good quiet I think that is a miracle curtain I've never seen the dogs behave so well in the car I never imagined it was possible and I will be using that curtain daily I can't believe how good they were your challenge and this might take weeks it might take months is to have all the panels off and you're controlling those dogs with your voice there's no reason why the dogs need to be controlling in the car anymore it's gonna be a while though before all the dogs get it but I believe that in the future they will back at the house Victoria wants to address the dog's outrageous greeting Behavior [Music] the dog's a ritual of behavior and I want to do a ritual for you that you can use with guests that is going to be a little time consuming to begin with but it's gonna become a habit and it's going to keep your guests safe I had a friend that the dogs know but I have nipped before come to the door get up calmly take them all into the bedroom the goal of this training is that when the dogs hear the doorbell instead of rushing to the door they go to the safe place which is the bedroom and everybody can be more relaxed hi Sandy okay I know what you tell this magazine just to look at I wanted George to bring Henry up first to greet the guest because Henry is the most problematic so I wanted him to see guests coming in as a good thing rather than a bad thing now if you go and get take Henry back into the room bring Jackson and Charlotte out oh dear Michelle it jumps when you stand up and ignore each time Charlotte jumped up on Sandy the guest Sandy stood up and just ignored her so that she was boring for Charlotte and eventually Charlotte just walked away now they've lost interest Josh you let Henry out again let's come up to the guest and they're crowding the guest Ashley and Josh can get up put their bodies between the dogs and the guests and tell the dogs to back up get back try not to physically touch the dogs just tell them to back good well it was a whole lot better coming in the house and not having the dogs all up under you so it was much more pleasant to be able to come in and visit I want you to take back your space right it's just 100 better than what we've been doing the result was fantastic so it's I I'd be more than happy to do it whatever it takes whole ritual is just basically not allowing the dogs to get to the crazy level it's all calm now that the dogs are learning to relax when people come into the house Victoria wants to show Ashley that they will be just as calm when she and Josh leave the house these three dogs are so dependent on me that they can't even function without me for a work day I've left them with Josh before when he was off and he said they were crying and begging and waiting for me the entire eight hours I was gone well now I want you to go out and I want you to go out for a couple of hours and what I've done is that there are some cameras up here that's going to record what your dogs do when you leave okay let's see I was a little worried about the destruction but more so about just leaving them and how they would feel while I was gone do not spend a long time saying goodbye to these dogs in fact all I want you to do is to say goodbye and go no longer see you later are you gonna be okay exactly what I do because that's feeding their anxiety that's gonna make them anxious all right say goodbye bye guys bye and come I want Ashley and Josh to be able to leave the dogs I'm not concerned with the dogs being anxious I am concerned that Charlotte will chew while Ashley and Josh head to a coffee shop Victoria checks in on the dogs [Music] these dogs are not suffering with separation anxiety Ashley however isn't faring so well they're probably running around they're probably eating the sofa cushions they probably knocked over the coffee table [Music] I think Henry's probably freaking out his mommy and his daddy left and we didn't even say bye I think he's sleeping there wasn't any major anxiety and eventually all three of them settled down and lay in the sitting room I'm really anxious and I'm ready to go let's go come on hey so um it was a really severe case of separation anxiety one of the worst I've ever seen and it was yours because your dogs just went oh my gosh I knew it I didn't know that was coming it's kind of sad that they don't miss me as much as I thought but I'm just still relieved I would rather be able to leave them and know they're okay so kind of bittersweet coming up will Ashley finally let go you need to detach your touch yourself slightly it's not having worked Ashley and Josh's Great Danes at home now Victoria wants to restore calm to their workplace one of the biggest problems that the couple is having is at work there's nowhere really for the dogs to go I want to create a safe haven for the dogs there's a particular room on the property where the dogs can go to where they can have a little bit of time to themselves in a bit of space welcome to the calming room there are going to be only two dogs in the room at a time because three dogs in here would be too small you have to deal with one dog out there which is much easier dealing with three you can do your work right and when they come in here it's their time of Zen now we really weren't using that office for much of anything but just kind of a storage space and if that's a space that will work well for getting better behavior from these dogs and I support that fully whilst they're here I'm gonna put this music on that's great yeah and this is a special calming CD for dogs why is it special for dogs well the amount of notes per minute actually lessens a dog's heart rate and calms the dogs down I'm so excited about it because we need all the help calming them as we can get [Music] you can hear that help with the notes come [Music] I feel relaxed already [Music] so I don't think the dog should be in here for any more than half an hour at a time without being taken out to pee without being taken out to run around how long do you think we need to do this I see this going on for a very very long time I mean I would like this to become part of life okay I would like to become the norm I was I was a little surprised that that was a uh this is a forever thing this leaving him in the back office is Forever This is is not an excuse to bring the dogs to work every day I want you to try at least a couple of mornings to leave the dogs at home I think I can do that wait at first Jackson and Henry are a little concerned but just seconds later they settle down that gives Victoria a chance to work one-on-one with Charlotte this is the training that I want you to do with every dog and I'm going to show you with Charlotte and it's your job to start training with the other dogs but I just want them to go to their bed when you say go to your bed I'm not sure that Charlotte's gonna take that very well she needs you one-on-one time as a pup and this time can be her quiet time here just a vocal command paired with a treat to encourage Charlotte to stay on her bed stay [Music] I'll stay stay oh my God I'm going to be working here today I'm not angry with her I'm not going to be angry you better good girl stay we usually yell at her so that's very different than what we've been doing because she's quite sensitive to stay there's a lot of self-control for this dog stay [Music] after a few minutes Charlotte started to pick up Victoria's training and I'm just shocked at how smart she really is now it's Ashley's turn to give it a try take it away Charlotte girl whoops girl on your bed good girl stay very good girl stay girl stay foreign what's it like to see this little out of control crazy Charlotte I can't believe it listening to you and having some self-control it's unbelievable it's a different dog right there never seem to do that I can't believe she's staying for me I was very proud of Charlotte I thought she did very well she actually stayed on her bed and I think that we're going to make a lot of progress with her I'm leaving you now for a little while and you have three unruly dogs so you have a lot of work to do first of all at work it is your duty to keep your employees safe it is your duty to keep your father happy right you need to detach yourself slightly it's not good for these dogs to be so dependent upon you all right you need to be able to let go I would like you to take Charlotte out and carry on with the walking training with her I like to do with the same sort of thing with both the dogs okay and I want you to walk each dog separately it's been a pleasure working with you good luck and I shall see you upon your return you've got a big job ahead of you thank you so much for helping us yeah you're welcome good luck bye I really feel like I've given Ashley and Josh a lot of options and with which to train their dogs I think if they follow them there's no reason why the whole family can't be successful coming up I've seen a little bit bye guys Ashley heads to work without the dogs I am leaving the pill for a half day but what will she find when she gets home Victoria Stillwell has left Josh and Ashley for a few days to continue the training on their own so far the dogs have continued to make progress in the car [Music] the dogs behaving perfectly Ashley is able to concentrate on the road even with the curtain open and the back panel removed the car training went very well I can actually drive and focus on what I'm doing and not worry about getting in a wreck every time we hit the streets very good puppies back at the house the couple has a friend come over to work on the greeting routine [Music] while Josh removes the dogs Ashley gets their guests settled how are you Jennifer I'm glad to have you sit right here she needs a magazine I have faith back yeah that's perfect perfect [Music] Henry oh he's doing so good good boy that's awesome it worked so I'll let the other two out now okay okay sounds good encouraged by Henry's calm Behavior the couple allows him to stay while Charlotte and Jackson are let out back back good boy that's right after just a few moments all the dogs lose interest there we go yeah match this as I had in the past so it was a much more enjoyable visit within this time later in the week Victoria Checks In I can't wait to see how Josh and Ashley have been getting on with their homework today the couple has brought the dogs to the office to attempt the new routine stay [Music] throughout the day Ashley and Josh rotate the dogs between the calming room and the main office hey damn okay [Music] continue to work all the dogs individually you are well on the way to having three calm dogs in the office and that'll make the boss very happy later in the day Ashley and Josh leave Jackson and Henry at home in order to practice with Charlotte on the leash let's go she still has a couple problems but let's go let's go let's go let's go close it takes some work but Charlotte quickly catches on he is doing awesome well done you time that perfectly and now you're going to be walking that puppy with no problem at all but a passing car reveals a serious new problem oh my gosh I hate how she does it we have to work on that yeah oh dear that is very dangerous we are going to have to put a stop to that immediately back shot back at the house Josh decides to save some time by walking Henry and Jackson together see this is not a good idea to leave her by herself what are we gonna do just we have to for now should we let her out here no she can jump up she's gonna tear up our door Josh I can see you're trying to cut Corners here but leaving Charlotte alone is not a good idea this is why I haven't been taking them for walks anymore we'll be back Charlotte this is just a nightmare oh my goodness Charlotte has gotten out oh my god did she jump the fence this is not gonna work here I don't have three hours to spend walking I don't either each dog individually just go inside forget it come on this is a and this is what happens when you push the training too fast the next day Ashley feels ready to leave the dogs at home while she heads off to work I've seen a little bit hi guys this is great I think herself from the dogs for a little while morning Barry how's it going good morning Ashley it's going pretty well how are you doing no dogs today but as the hours pass by Charlotte instigates some trouble hey guys who did that even though this is a setback Ashley you can't give up now you have to remember Charlotte's just a puppy I'm on my way back coming up Ashley and Josh want to throw in the towel they kind of have decided Well maybe we just can't leave them until she's older Victoria is returning to Ashley and Josh's home to follow up on where they've gone wrong in her absence foreign [Music] oh gosh it's so nice to be able to walk in space it was so nice to walk through that door and not be jumped on or mauled by all of the dogs let's talk about the uh leaving them here now I know there was a problem leaving them here they destroyed the entire cushion there's a million pieces of cotton I told you they would not be anxious right but I said I don't know if they will chew she is still a puppy she's still gonna chew so it's something we're gonna have to address we kind of have decided Well maybe we just can't leave them until she's older no that's absolutely not what you do you are so emotionally attached to your dogs that anything that they do that you Dean that oh my gosh they're stressed oh my gosh they're doing this oh my gosh they're doing that you are panicking let's gear ourselves up for what happened at the uh for on the walk totally Josh I have never seen two people so out of control it was not pretty it was not frizzy what's this oh they'll be all right walking them all together I jumped I jumped the gun do you know that is the biggest mistake people make and their dogs fail because of it yeah so why can you not walk them one by one what if we take Charlotte one way one of the other dogs the other way oh it'll be an absolute nightmare let me tell you in the back of my mind I knew it wasn't going to work but I just had to see for myself she quickly set me straight and said we're talking months here if not longer straight away Victoria wants to address Charlotte's dangerous new habits oh my God which requires a new command I wanted to teach Charlotte the word leave it leave it a closed hand work out how she's going to get it out my hair he takes a nose away from it she's gonna get it leave it I'm gonna do an open hand now so she can see it and smell it leave it good girl leave it [Music] oh it's working leave it I love teaching leave it to smart dogs because they get it so fast and literally within five minutes she understood what the word meant so that meant I could go out on the road and use it Charlotte said good girl good girl good girl leave it leave it good wow very good oh my gosh now Victoria has Ashley try okay leave it Charlotte leave it good very good good girl I don't think she's gonna do it for me yeah yeah you see it was absolutely shocked when I did the same command and it still works feels good doesn't it just it does doesn't adjust and your dog's listening to you and respecting you Ashley was so delighted at Charlotte's progress I think now she sees how important it is that she becomes a real leader to her dogs back inside Victoria has a simple solution for the couple to use while Charlotte is still in her puppy stage so I put these baby gates up because you need to leave Charlotte in a puppy-proof room while she's still at the chewing stage when you go out leave the guys in there as usual Charlotte comes in here and you can put um any of her dinner here a bit of her meat and a bit of the dry food pack it in nicely and he's really gonna chew to get the food out here yeah I'm definitely more confident that leaving now will be much less of an issue because now Charlotte can't tear anything up and that was really the only the only issue we had left I want you to continue everything learned do you the codependency thing's got to stop these dogs can be successful without you you can have a life without them you have a great life with them too it's so important that Ashley distances herself a little bit codependency is not good for anybody and if she can she's gonna be happy and her dog's gonna be much more confident [Music] everything's really good the training has gone very well Victoria has given us some great tools stop and it's made mine and Ashley's life much better Josh and I are so happy with the changes we've made at the dogs we have time for each other we can go on dates we don't have to be constantly stressed and arguing about the three dogs [Music] look nice now it's so quiet in here Josh there's no barking nobody's stressed out anymore yeah too overall the work situation is so much better no one's stressed out anymore we can have the dogs there thanks for watching if you love it's me or the dog and want more dog training tips and tricks visit my official site positively.com and if you're interested in learning more about becoming a dog trainer check out the Victoria Stillwell Academy links to both sites are in the description see you online

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Length: 41min 14sec (2474 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 05 2023