Victoria shocked by Blood Bath Bulldog Attacks! | Full Episode | It's Me or The Dog

it's the battle of the Bulldogs in the Odom household French Bulldog Rufus and English Bulldog JoJo are at War on a daily basis and three-year-old twins Bella and Lily are caught in the line of fire Jenny is I am exhausted I I need help but husband James offers little support I do what I need to do and not much more and even has plans to train their newest puppy Wolfgang to attack it's good to have a dog to actually neutralize the attacker can Victoria open James and Jenny's eyes to the danger they are facing they are going to have a huge shock on their hands or have they already passed the point of no return bringing a place to Canario into your home is sheer Madness and if it grabs them it kills them Victoria Stillwell has nearly 14 years of experience training dogs on both sides of the Atlantic today she's on her way to rescue the Odom family from a desperate situation dogs are essentially territorial creatures so introducing new dogs into a household needs to be done very carefully expecting newly acquainted dogs just to get along is not only foolish it can result in you and your animals getting seriously hurt [Music] Jenny and our twin daughters Lillian Bella and our four dogs Rufus is the oldest he's a French Bulldog JoJo who's an English bulldog Wolfgang our youngest he's a Presa Canario Sally he's a black lab mix when Rufus attacks JoJo it can be pretty vicious he latches onto his face and holds on really hard [Applause] what's happening in my home with my pets it's taking a toll on me physically I get migraines oh it's just in the emergency room last week I am exhausted I I need help Victoria's first order of business is to observe the dog's behavior for the day [Music] hello oh my goodness hey how are you about time thank you for coming to our home we're at dogs everybody's in the yard I can't even ask them yet well let's go meet them okay let's go when I walk into houses I'm normally greeted by all the dogs but I walked into Jenny and James's house there were no dogs around I thought this could be interesting well this is our family right here this is Rufus no send Shelley hi and this is Wolfgang Wolfgang oh Wolfgang is a Presa Canario which is a very very powerful dog at the moment he seems to be a fun lovable puppy but he's going to go through many different Behavior changes and I hope they can handle him when he's older and now we want to introduce you to Jojo come on over unfortunately we have to keep him in a cage JoJo's kept in here why because Rufus will attack Rufus will attack JoJo so we can't let them vote free at the same time or they'll be a problem oh dear profess on a leash he won't attack him okay he told me that long as Rufus is on a leash he doesn't attack JoJo so I asked her to put Rufus on a leash and then take JoJo out so I could see how Rufus behaved around him feeling circling and he looks for a moment help me help me help me so it does happen when he's on the clock that's a first that's a first wow what's going on let's put we'll put him back in there for now I'm sorry JoJo Rufus why it's really worrying to witness a dogfight in the first place but it's even more worrying to witness a dogfight with a dog that bites and holds biting and holding during a fight and then ragging is extremely dangerous and can cause severe injury and in certain cases death actually a few days ago Rufus actually attacked Wolfgang and did some damage to his ears he had bloody ears and he did yeah it was pretty bad so it's escalating yeah the situation between Rufus and JoJo is very very bad but now Rufus has attacked Wolfgang and I want to get to that relationship before it goes to the same route as Jojo and Rufus once the dust settles Victoria sees the enormous impact the fighting has had on Jenny your reaction now is this something that you experience all the time then well it takes it just doesn't happen right away but afterwards I start feeling depressed about it absolutely okay it's a lot yeah okay Jenny is not alone in her concerns three-year-old twins Lily and Bella also have an opinion on the matter a dogs fight oh my gosh she's so cute I had a chance to meet Lily and Bella the twins very cute little girls who told me that they're scared of the dogs they don't like Jojo because JoJo fights okay I think the children seeing the fight was pretty traumatic for them they are pretty scared of him right okay tell Victoria what happened with Wolfgang when he bit your finger okay and she started yelling that and crying that the dog was eating her slowly okay the price of Canario because of what it was bred to do has a high chase Instinct has quite a high prey drive and certainly could be stimulated by Small Things running around including children and that scares me [Music] if Jenny is powerless inside the house it's clear she has even less control out on a wall wow wow wow because Rufus had fought with JoJo while Rufus was on the leash Jenny didn't feel comfortable taking all four dogs together so I took Rufus while she took the other three dogs JoJo heal please heal JoJo heal heal heal heal heal so have you taught him to heal I thought I had okay this is not right JoJo come here you surely oh Shelly okay see everybody mind your places heal as Jenny's trying to control all the dogs in a leash she's issuing all kinds of commands like back and heal and no and stop and calling the dogs names and of course the dogs aren't listening to her wait why doesn't games ever walk the dogs I don't think you know that this is enjoyable to James and it is to me you know not this situation is not this situation I take on everything in this house I am the Alpha and the Omega in this house and I understand that James he's more of a loner he loves to work in his workshop and I say okay go ahead I I feel like I have more patience and I want to teach them right now I think I have chaos yeah come on you you you're right about that stop assistant everybody stop I know Victoria thinks I have absolutely no control over my dogs and guess what it's true I don't back inside Victoria wants to hear James perspective on his involvement with the dogs so James I kind of get a little sense from you that you take a back seat with the dogs yeah pretty much um I I do what I need to do and and not much more Jenny's taking all the weight of those dogs on her shoulders but Jenny's having a tough time and the dogs are fighting yet James still doesn't do anything so what kind of training have you done with Wolfgang we have had no training with Wolfgang at the moment Wolfgang is supposed to start training next week and he's going to do canine training I got Wolfgang the Presa Canario for protection I'm going to send them to K9 training and I think that would be the answer for me feeling uh more self-assured when I'm out with my daughters what do you mean when you say canine training you know it's good to be able to have the dog for protection to actually be able to if she is physically attacked neutralize the attacker I think Jenny and James don't really understand the breed that they've taken on in the Presa Canario and I think they are going to have a huge shock on their hands when they see how big Wolfgang is going to get and how powerful he will be I have a responsibility to keep my family safe and protected I I think training Wolfgang to become an attack dog for this family is sheer Madness I don't believe this family has what it takes to live with and train properly a breed as powerful as the preser Canario I think it's incredibly stupid incredibly irresponsible and poses a real danger to the children coming up I'm extremely concerned Victoria doesn't hold back you are in for a very very difficult time can James take the pressure I don't want to be stressing my wife out what's going on Victoria Stillwell has spent a day observing the bloody Mayhem that James and Jenny's dogs are causing in their home now it's time for her to give the couple a reality check first of all JoJo you bring him into your home and from day one there are fights with Rufus and that's psychologically damaging to both dogs I think that Rufus is very intimidated by Jojo and now he's being intimidated by Wolfgang Wolfgang's getting older Wolfgang is going to reach his sexual maturity at six months old that's not going to be pretty unless you get hold of the situation you're the ones that choose your friends for your dogs you have to make sure that everybody does get on and when that doesn't happen you have fights like this happen all I'm worried about is that JoJo now psychologically is getting very used to being attacked and now is attacking back and that could be translated onto other dogs going to the twins they're scared of Wolfgang because he's in that nippy bitey stage which is just with every puppy they're scared when they see fights between Jojo and Rufus and you know the dogs are going to sense that nervousness whenever they're around them now I want to come to Wolfgang I think that bringing a Presa Canario into your home with two young children is sheer Madness the price that has a high prey drive it's taught to Chase other dogs of its property and if it grabs them it kills them and the high prey drive means that the pressure can be extremely impulsive and prey drive can take over which means the two little girls running around the house I'm extremely concerned appraiser can be a great dog in the right situation if it is trained well it is literally 24 hours a day supervision and working training every day James I don't really see that you have much relationship with these dogs so is this going to be on Jenny to do because I can tell you now with your disassociation with your dogs you are in for a very very difficult time and potentially extremely dangerous animal I don't want to be putting my family in danger I don't want to be stressing my wife out I love my wife I love my family laughs I'm here yeah to lay it out of the line and say this is this is the deal this is reality but I want to be ultimately here to help you and support you and set you back on the right path but I will still tell you there's still things that I need to do with Jojo and Rufus to see if this situation is salvageable I think I'm putting myself in a ridiculous situation hoping and praying that everything will be okay I got the wrong mix of dogs if I must get rid of some of the dogs then I must well that's again you're going to be your choice that you make I am not going to make that decision for you I give you information and the next three days I'm gonna take you through what you can do JoJo should not be stressed out anymore so I think that JoJo has to go but it's the best thing for Jojo okay well if you've made your decision I completely respect that I had planned to do more work with Rufus and JoJo do more assessments and see could they live together already would JoJo need to be re-homed but she wanted to re-home Jojo even though Victoria said she would continue to work with Rufus and Jojo and she left it up to me I felt it was very selfish of me to keep JoJo here with the heart-wrenching decision made on JoJo's future Jenny calls her friend KJ who has offered to take JoJo into his home I think that JoJo's going to be a better off moving with me because he's going to be the only dog in the household he's going to get Soul attention at least he won't have to worry about being left out at the place he calls home so time to go on bye bye I'll see you later see you see you later KJ it was sad to see JoJo go and of course Jenny's very upset by it but JoJo is going to be so much more successful so much less stressed separating is not easy no it's I know that it's the right thing to do I know KJ is going to love him I just know everything's gonna work out although JoJo is gone Victoria is still concerned Rufus May redirect his aggression to Wolfgang here we start with Rufus now we know that he doesn't have a lot of self-control I want to teach him a little bit of impulse control you see instead of Dashing towards things if Jenny and James ask him to turn away from something he'll do so I want to teach him that the only way he's going to get this food out of my hand is to turn his head away this is teaching him now to control his impulses Victoria wants to catch the behavior good before offering the reward [Music] showed me how smart he was because almost immediately good he was turning his head away he had made the connection I turned my head away I get the piece of food now Victoria adds a command to the action I have to get it as he's in the act of doing it turn away [Music] good he turned away and he looked at me that's what I want Rufus is doing so well Victoria wants to take it a step further I want him to either take a step back or go to the side so this is even going to be harder for him now I was wondering how in the world is this dog gonna know what to do she's not telling her what to do turn away good boy when I saw him back up I said that's it it's easy going from here now Victoria has James take over turn away and surprisingly Rufus responds to him immediately and that was a huge ego boost to me I felt about you know 10 feet tall right then for somebody who really didn't have much interest in the dogs he now understands how to communicate with the dogs and I think that's a massive breakthrough for him next up is Jenny away you say turn away yes keep let's keep it keep it consistent Rufus turn away good that's awesome beautiful one more time it's really important that Jenny and James stick to the turn away so that that will connect to an action and hopefully negate any kind of emotional irritation the dogs would have with each other coming up Jenny and James witnessed the strength of a full-grown Presa Canario extremely a hard bite can they prevent their sweet puppy from becoming a terror I don't have any words to describe what's going through my head with JoJo gone and Rufus is training underway Victoria can focus on Wolfgang but first a lesson that she hopes will hit home with Jenny and James I want to take Jenny and James on a field trip where they will see what it means to own a protection dog the Jenny and James I want them you to meet some amazing people this is Robert and the reason why I wanted to bring you to meet these people is because they have some amazing dogs and they're also some of the best trainers in the world I'm hoping that when Jenny and James see how powerful the Presa canario's bite is that they will be further put off from doing protection and attack training with their own dog the idea is anytime that we have a dog that does any form of bite work it's extremely important that we socialize so that the dog doesn't see everything is I have to go and bite this or I have to go and bite this we're going to go ahead and get the presser out now let me get suited up and uh we'll be working for you it came out and saw Robert with the bite sleeve on he wanted to get him so basically as you can tell she can't hold him back now that he's committed look at that imagine me with kids trying to hold that dog yeah we're going to teach him to heal this is an extremely a hard bite it's a game it's a toy but that's somebody's arm and it's been a real situation and he had bitten for real devastating I'm gonna breath in your arm at worse what I think Jenny and James were really taken aback by the power of this doll how big the prices bite was and how it had crushed the sleeve I'm glad now that we have decided not to attack train Wolfgang I definitely saw how having it around other people if something went wrong how terribly disastrous it could be this is okay if you're working the dog every day of the week you're a responsible owner you work the dog and you're knowledgeable in what you're doing people who don't understand these dogs and the character of the dogs this is a horrible combination it made me think of my situation at home and if Wolfgang ever did that to anybody I can't imagine the devastation that my dog would cause with attack dog plans ruled out Victoria wants to kick start a much safer training regime for Wolfgang the price of Canario can be a handful and if it's not trained properly it can be a real danger so it's vital that training starts right now Wolfgang's first lesson in obedience is the sit command okay so what I'm doing just getting the dog to figure out how am I going to get this treat out of her hand I think the Wolfgang might have a little bit of a difficult time because of his Youth and because of his lack of training good what he's doing is following a hand signal and I train the dogs to follow hand signals as well as vocal signals so now he's already learned that that means sit I'm going to put the word to it Wolfgang did surprisingly well learning the Sid command he took to it pretty quickly I was pleasantly surprised by that nice nice now Jenny takes over [Music] sit good boy beautiful beautiful I love the fact he's following you his Tail's wagging he's having a good time okay now let's go from there and let's teach him to lie down before she adds a command Victoria waits to catch the behavior she's looking for down good boy up down good Wolfgang as I thought highly intelligent dog very focused down loves working and got the set and the down so fast but just because Wolfgang is smart doesn't mean he'll always listen when it came to my turn to get Wolfgang to lay down it was definitely a bit of a struggle see that's it let's open it down there you go it's almost almost party you know what's there down good boy very nice it took some time before he finally got it but he did get it and that felt good with Wolfgang responding nicely to obedience Victoria wants to add another valuable command to his vocabulary the most important thing you can teach your puppy is the recall so that when you ask your dog to come to you they come if you build up a recall when the dog is Young and inclined to follow you it's going to be solid when the dog gets older and wants to go away from you and I'm just going to walk around good boy and each time I walk away from him and he follows me I tell him good boy if you just stagnant with your dog your dog gets bored especially a puppy like that but when you're moving around you're always changing the picture you're always making it different the dog responds now that Wolfgang is invested in the training Victoria turns it into a game now James I want you to kind of put your hands on the ground and call his name and then call him to come to you okay say the word come good boy good boy beautiful good boy lots of love and then when you say come release him each time Wolfgang came to a person lots of love and petting and praise good job honey good job coming up rufus's training grinds to a halt he's resisting now can Victoria get things up and running Victoria Stillwell has abolished James and Jenny's old views on training and even has combative dog Rufus turning the other cheek why now she wants to get Wolfgang on the same page Wolfgang and Rufus have fought in the past and I don't want it to happen again because Wolfgang is soon going to grow into a very big dog and that could be extremely dangerous for Rufus when the dogs are in a situation where there could be a little little bit of tension all you need to do is to say turn away and both dogs will turn away from each other I'm going to do the same process as I did with Rufus is going to have to see how am I going to get this out of this girl's hand good luck yeah right Wolfgang is a puppy so I thought it was going to be a big challenge for Victoria he's impulsive he doesn't really uh know what he's doing Turn Away good boy I can't believe it turn away good boy I'm gonna make it a bit harder for him I'm gonna show him the treat so he out the ante turn away good now that Wolfgang is getting the hang of it Victoria has Jenny try good turn away good job That's My Boy very very good it takes so much willpower for a puppy to leave a piece of food wow you really did it and you're a puppy I'm proud of you outside Victoria must tackle another major problem so we've got these two dogs that pull on the leash and I want you to be able to walk both of these dogs together at some point but James now I want you to be involved in the walking Wolfgang and Rufus are the main offenders on the leash so Victoria will concentrate on that so I want him to learn he can't surge ahead of you he can't pull you I have a nice loose leash if he starts pulling go Wolfgang let's go and I walk off in the other direction just for Five Paces good boy and then I turn around again the dog finally begins to realize if I pull I get taken off in the other direction but if I don't I get to where I want to go Wolfgang Rufus oh good boy good boy things are going well for Wolfgang but Rufus has proven to be more of a challenge come on Rufus this way let's wait let's go look he's resisting now okay just just pull him a little bit [Music] now let's turn come on let's go now look at your leash lovely lovely lovely all right let's turn back okay let's go good boy now he's really listening to you brilliant the fact that Rufus is responding better to me mix walking him seem less tedious and less uncomfortable for me so I feel much more in control now it's Jenny's turn to take over the reigns with Wolfgang good boy this experience of both the dogs walking with each other as well brings a positive experience for both of them so hopefully that means you know there's a good relationship between these dogs I think they're going to see that um one dog is calm now the other dog is calm there's no sense to pull not urgency and that's going to be a relief for me good boy Wolfgang good nice walking nice loose leashes good I like that I've never been able to walk my dog with two fingers Victoria is leaving Jenny and James for a while but before she goes she has some homework for them James when I first came here I was really worried about your disassociation from the dogs they'd like you to work on the Walking very important Jenny does need help no doubt about it and you've shown now you've proven that you are incredibly good with those dogs continue with the turn away training with both dogs I would like you to continue on with the training with Wolfgang I would like it if you could get some people that Wolfgang is unfamiliar with and get them out on walks to come and say hello to him as well as having people coming in and out of here all positive so that he really gets pleasurable Association I want Wolfgang to be very sociable with people ever comes into his house if they're welcomed he is very friendly with because this is going to ultimately keep people who come into the house safe and keep the twins safe Wolfgang needs it so much he is the most amazing little puppy just don't let me down good luck and I will see you soon thanks okay bye-bye see you well let's do it coming up Jenny gets creative with Victorious commands we won't say turn away anymore get his attention with no leaving everyone else confused no Victoria Stillwell has left Jenny and James with their dogs Rufus Wolfgang and Shelley now Jenny wastes no time in getting on with Wolfgang's training both inside the house and out okay sit good as Victoria requested Jenny has invited some friends over to give Wolfgang positive experiences with new people very friendly good and it's not just Wolfgang getting positive experiences even the twins seem to be happier around the dogs shut up good boy good boy and Jenny is far less stressed since victoria left this has been a peaceful household there have been no dog fights the dogs are understanding my commands awesome later in the week Victoria checks in I can't wait to see how Jenny and James have been doing without me and sees that James is keeping up his side of the bargain good boy good boy very good James nope boy I definitely am enjoying the dogs more now that I've taken more of an active role in their training and their caretaking no no good boy good I love the fact that the dogs are being walked Walton James I'm really glad to see you're putting in the beginning good boy I used to be the one that was in charge of everything taking care of the animals I'm on easy street now James has really picked up the pace I'm going to show you how to take care of Wolfgang okay James isn't the only one helping Jenny out with training Jenny has decided to get her housekeeper involved but at the same time she changes the rules we won't say turn away anymore and then you you know make sure attention get his attention with no no okay what are you doing no no good that's like a tournament won't turn away good Jenny I can't believe you're doing this I taught the turn away come on for a reason changing the word to know is just going to confuse things we can all do the same thing so we all on the same page I don't want to start confusing him with different comments all right this is a mess and things only get worse when Jenny tries to sell James on her new technique I had a situation where I was trying to train Lupe to teach Chinese in a way so at this point we're just gonna say you know no no until she gets you know what she's looking for and he's been understanding that when it comes to the training I kind of was the one that changed the rules a little bit to suit my needs and you know James followed no you know you have to continue good boy continue what do you mean say no over and over again yes yes no that's what you're with the word no and trying to get his attention that's what you are supposed to do Jenny what are you thinking you should never repeat the command over and over again like that you're just teaching the dog not to respond the first time say no Jenny insists James try it her way but it's clear the dogs are confused no no James is frustrated no yeah come here and progress has ground to a halt doing without them now how do you expect the dogs to learn if you can't even agree on a technique it's Madness sit no no I feel like it might have been a mistake to do that it might be kind of confusing to use no I wish we had been able to stick with the original turn away command when we tell him no he knows that what he's doing right now is not what we're looking for it's not working come on okay this is ridiculous you are well on your way to being back to where you first started I need to get back before it's too late Victoria is returning to Jenny and James home to get them back on track with their training hello oh thank God hello guys am I glad to see you as soon as I got through the front door Jenny said thank goodness you're here because she knew she'd made some mistakes okay so tell me about the situation with your housekeeper Lupe I went up to her and I tried to train her and I saw she was comfortable with simple yes no commands but using the word no no is used in so many other situations it's going to be confusing does that mean I turn away what does no mean using it too many times teaches the dogs not to respond the very first time you say it and can set the training back what we're going to do is going we're going to refine some techniques today there's still stuff to do before I leave you all right so let's let's get on that wonderful okay great all right Victoria's first task is to find out how much damage has been done by abandoning the turn away command so I now want to refine what we've been doing we're not going to use the no anymore and to keep everybody happy instead of using the words turn away we'll do turn now I don't know whether any of the training if he's going to pick it up again or whether using the no has uh caused him to regress a little bit we'll see turn um Rufus kept on laying down when I asked him to turn because he didn't really know what the word meant he hadn't heard turn away for a long time so he was just completely confused turn [Music] turn good I like that turn head away turn good I like the turn good boy we're back we're back finally Rufus did it I felt like a million bucks now Victoria wants to add Wolfgang to the mix to reinforce the positive experiences Wolfgang and Rufus have together turn turn turn good ten good ten good when another dog sees another dog getting the reward they work harder in situations like this where I've got high value food and they're both maintaining a lot of impulse control in the presence of another is amazing because it means I don't care whatever situation you're in you you maintain impulse control with each other now that Rufus and Wolfgang are getting along Victoria wants to work with Bella and Lily so they can begin to see Wolfgang in a more positive light I want it to just address this um Wolfgang relationship with the twins and I know that you girls are much more comfortable with baby Wolfie aren't you yeah I want to show you something that you can do that is really fun and do you know high five shower high five oh right sure high five Bella good do you want me to teach Wolfgang how to high five too would that be cool I want the girls even though they're three years old to learn how to do a simple high five with Wolfgang because I really do think that that's going to strengthen the relationship between them all I'm going to put him into a set and put my hand out there and I'm going to wait for him to put his paw on my hand and when he puts his pore on my hand high five good boy high five up high five good boy yeah yeah is that cool yeah high five obviously the girls will never be left with the dogs on superflies but it's really important that they see that they can have interaction with their dog that's so important now do one of you girls want to put your hand out to do a high five with Wolfgang do you want to do that come on Let It Rain that's better put your handout okay now you ready we'll do it together high five nope high five good is that cool seeing the dogs and the girls getting along together so well made me feel good because I want to have a great deal of cohesion and unity in my family he gets his treat for being a good dog close your hand very nice I'm proud of you oh my go ahead as a mom that is exactly what I wanted I want to be the mom with the stroller and the dogs and you know what I'm 99 there so I'm Gonna Leave You Now when I first came here I came into a house that was full of stress dogs fighting owners out of control you've gone from having a confrontational relationship to having a relationship based on cooperation and that's what it's all about I want you just to continue being consistent being on the same page helping each other helping these dogs grow and living in this house with your daughters and feeling comfortable about the animals that you have here I would just say try not to stray from the techniques and good luck I feel empowered in my life now I feel like I have control over the situation in my house you can't beat that you know I really feel strong I definitely feel that I can take a stronger leadership role with maintaining the training for the dogs all right see you guys bye but now I think Jenny and James are back on the right track Jenny is not stressed anymore and James wants to be part of his dog's lives he's seen the results he likes what he sees he has a relationship with them foreign it was Mayhem chaos my stress was through the roof everybody down walking down down good everybody and now with dogs that are trained the dogs that are listening I feel like I'm on easy street I'm in a stress-free environment JoJo was settling in quite well he no longer has scratches on his head he doesn't get bullied so he just all around seems to be like such a happy dog now Victoria definitely made me see how important it is for me to be more involved for the dogs sit I take care of the dog for the most part I train them down thanks for watching 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Length: 41min 21sec (2481 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 24 2023