Helping Dogs Deal with Fear and Phobias - Dog Training & Behavior
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- Dogs may often have unnatural fears and phobias that we can't understand. This video deals with helping dogs to adjust and get through their phobias in a fair manner.
These fears can be for strange things such as people, being touched or things in their environment. I've had clients who's dogs spook over bicycles, sounds, sights and just about everything else.
In this video I show how my own dog, Goofy, had an issue with balloons. I found this out when we were walking past a store that was just opening and they had a bunch of balloons outside. He freaked out and wouldn't go anywhere near them.
The next day we began this program that is shown in the video. Within 5 sessions Goofy was able to walk by and accept balloons without any issue.
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This goes for the human race as much as for dogs.The only way to overcome our fears is to rationally understand that there is no real threat in the situation and expose ourselves to the percieved threat.Your videos are fantastic!
Brilliant information. One of my rescues was very scared of plastic bags. He's quite a slow learner so it took a few weeks of regular exercises to get there but now he LOVES plastic bags (because great things come from them). Whenever we bring the shopping in, he now 'checks' all the bags to get his treats.
Thanks for the advice! I've adopted a 7 yr old yorkie, she spent the first 5yrs in a horrible puppy mill. Gracie "was" afraid of her food bowl, but not anymore!
As always solid, serious and straightforward information. Thanks for your videos!!!
How fun was that! I just love watching my friends learn.
Absolutely love this! Thank you!!
I can’t begin to thank you enough for all the great videos there is no reason in the world why somebody should have a dog miss behaving all the answers are right here so grateful for you sharing and putting him on video be well my friend
Amazing - I wish I had been able to watch this 15 years ago when we previously had a Golden Retriever!
This channel is simply amazing thank you so much for your AWSOME videos
Great video, I'm following all your training videos, trying to absorb as much as I can, making notes and connecting dots...👍👍👍
Great video! My female GSD is just like that, but with everything 😔, I’m definitely will do your free exercises with her! Thank you!!!
This is amazing!
Great video! One of my Shepherds LOVED playing with balloons. It used to be one of our nightly or rainy day rituals. We'd try and keep the balloons off the ground and pass them back and forwards to each other. And yes, the balloon game was played in a structured environment and were picked up as soon as they broke. Whenever I'd say "balloon time" he'd go berserk with excitement. :)
Great job. !
Excellent advice. My dog has a fear or running/Splashing water. There’s a small fountain up near our daily walk that I’ve slowly brought her towards and she’s a little more curious of it, especially since seeing one of her friends up there.
I’ll try this technique in my bathroom with the tap running as it’s much louder than the normal sink.
Thanks for this.
Good problem solving
Great work
Your the coolest .....
Damn this is good!
This helped a lot with my GSD who has a phobia of buffalo horns (don't know why, honestly) and it's taken her from where she'd bolt as soon as she smelled it to being able to sit next to them on the shelves, still a little scared, but nowhere NEAR as bad as she was!
This is very helpful! Our 3month old lab pup is scared of the TV even though it’s only used 1x a week for samurai movies. Loud music doesn’t faze her one bit. Maybe she doesn’t like Japanese 🤷🏻♀️ will try the food thing, she is def. food motivated. Soon she will be learning the bushido code with me. 🐸
thank you for this video
my puppy is afraid almost of every thing, i will try this method and i am sure it will work
will update soon hopefully
thank you again
Excellent as always sir.
Can a dog see red balloons like we do ? Just curious.
they say that dogs have a red green color blindness, but the dog is not fearful of the color, but the shape and movement. they can see that just the same!
Great video and advice Robert. How would you apply this method to a dog that has several severe audio phobias? (Cars, motorcycles, sirens, etc.)
Cody Patey ... recordings starting at very very low sound levels..... thunder, fireworks, door bell... etc. BTDT, it works.
my 3 months Okami is so curious he inspects everything he sees, i bet if a zombie invasion took place he'll go for their boney parts...
Great job . Very nicely done :)
He's sooo cute
My first dog was afraid of people so I tried to socialize her by asking strangers to give her treats, that was absolutely horrible idea. Dog was unpredictable when she grew up didnt know if she was approaching stranger for treats or she will get spooked and bite them. My 2nd dog workingline gsd had great temperament I never let stranger give him treats and rarely let them pet him, but always trained him in crowded places using food. He turned out great ignores other people dogs and everything else
My dog used to go nuts with those scooters everyone is on now. So I started having him jump over the parked ones that were on the sidewalk...he's now so much better with them even while moving
I have a 90lb Shepherd who has fears of my air fryer...I guess it makes a noise I can’t hear when it’s going. The minute he sees me put it on the kitchen counter he goes to my husband and starts panting. My husband takes him outside while the fryer is going. I think this is a big mistake and that the dog should just get used to being in the house while the fryer is on. Today I left it on the counter not running and noticed my dog was very calmly standing next to the counter. I usually put it away when I’m done with it but I’m thinking maybe I should just leave it out on the counter until he doesn’t pay attention to it. Also, I think my husband needs to stop taking him out right away so he can get used to it. Does this seem to be the correct tact? I love your videos by the way...you break things down and make them doable which I greatly appreciate!
Hi Robert! Great video, thank you gor sharing, Any suggestions for a dog that started to have fear of his water bowl after leaving him in a different house for vacations, I have tried different bowls from different materials, but the only way he will drink water is if we pet him and stay with him while he drinks, we have tried to not pet him until he eventually is so thirsty that he will overcome his fear but even after two days without drinking he will just bark at the bowl and not drink any water. I also tried putting a small towel on him, and leave the room. he thought the towel was me and kept drinking than I tried with a smaller towel until it stopped working, Any advice from anyone?
What if my dog is fearful of passing cars, and nervous when on walks?
I had a dog that was scared to death of fireworks. Every new year and july fourth was a struggle. But she loved to retrieve, so we started playing a game with bottle rockets. I would light one and send it, then wait a bit and send her. Of course, they would pop before she could get to them. Problem solved. No more phobias of fireworks.
My dog is deathly afraid of down Pillow’s. I can’t even get him to come in the house. Actually anything down cannot be in the house. I’m going to try this.
Love the video. I just found out that the 1 year old German Shepherd/ Belgian Malinois that I rescued is dead scare of her harness . She runs every time I try to put it on... not show how to help her out .
go slow
what about this sort of thing but outside? my dog is terrified by all trucks, she freezes and tucks her tail. not sure what I can do.
How do you get a 6 month old Malinois puppy & a 10 month old German Shepherd to stop barking at people and dogs ?.
How would you do this with loud noises like the vacuum or fireworks, the mower. Anything loud?
You reproduce the sounds (recordings) in a lower volume and short periods of time and pair it with food and treats.
I have a big big problem, my 2 year old malinois is scared of loud noises, gunshots, fireworks and then she jumps at me over and over, out of control, she does not stop. It's like I'm a boxing all. I have to put my arms in front of me taking the beats to protect my nose and face. Twice I fell. Please help!
Hi Robert, is this a form of flooding e.g exposing the dog to a fearful stimuli repeatedly with the hope that the dog will eventually become desensitised or habituated to the previously feared trigger? Another possible approach could be to break things down into stages and have the food bowl further away from the balloons and over several days gradually shift the distance of the bowl closer to the feared stimuli? Just a thought. And think Goofy is a great lad!! Take care
Robert we are having an issue with food aggression with our Belgium Malinios. She is getting better by me continuously removing the food bowl while she eats. She used to growl by merely walking near her while she ate but that has subsided. Should I continue the food removal during her eating. I now can actually put my hand in front of her mouth now although this makes her want to eat faster. When I get a hint of a growl I remove the food right away. I stroke her back and head while she eats. Can you address this question on ask me anything.
Robert, is there a way to adapt this technique to the fear of storms i.e. thunder and lightning?
yes, although a little harder. use some decent speakers to play rainstorm/thunder sounds and use the volume as a means to control the situation. You can replicate the storms as loud or quiet as you need. Start with small sessions and associate it with eating just like in the video, be careful not to give up and be warned, a real thunderstorm could set your dog back because it'll probably be more intense than your computer/tv speakers. stick with it and they'll get through it (I had to do this for a friend and it took months because of how often it storms here)
Did you leave the food there in the first couple of days when he was really spooked?
I was going to use this method to get my Ruby used to loud bangs. But did not have to. I got one crazy dog she already loves fireworks. I think a bit too much. But I did use this method of getting dogs over a phobia with my Ruby. Ruby is a rescue and I got her when she was 1. When I first got her she was scared to death of brooms. So I am pretty sure she was abused. When I first got Ruby and I did not want her in a certain part of the house all I had to do is lean a broom against the wall in the area and she would not go any where near not even if there was food. Eventually this became useless keeping her out of other parts of the house because she finally over came her fear for the most part. She still does not like brooms but has no problem walking by one now.
I love your videos! I've got a 1yr female GS that has always had a phobia of car rides... To the point of throwing up. Any suggestions, please?
How many sessions did you do each day
2. One at each meal.
Could i do this with a gun? My corso is not deathly afraid just will exit stage left when i pick one up. I have one next to her food bowl, but she knows that it is inanimate until i pick it up. Should i just carry it around all the time with her on a leash? I coach trap shooting and both my daughters participate, she will go to meets and tolerate the blasts but i would rather her know its OK and not have irrational fear. Thank you sir
How would we do this with a dog that is super fearful of loud noises? She now knows when we are about to put in a movie because the subwoofer gets loud. She starts pacing and shaking and either comes to sit by us silently freaking out or she runs to another room. She even freaks out if we let her out back and she hears the shooting range that's miles away. Very small "pop" sounds from the guns, not even loud and she wants to come back in. She's a rescue pit from Cali and we are sure her owner hit her and was possibly very loud with it.
She's come a LONG way in the year we've had her, but she's still young and I'd like to get her over her fears.
Do you have any advice for a dog who is terrified of busses, trash trucks, etc when on walks. Her shelter was near a bus depot and I can't help but think they're related.
She shuts down completely and wants to pull me back to the apartment.
Robert was Goofy’s only water under the balloons?
yes
I could barley get my dog to eat, wouldnt work for him. :(
Some dogs are more afraid or have less self confidence and it will take more time. Same goes for dogs that are really picky eaters. One of my dogs I think around 8 years ago, when ever she got one treat, she wouldn't eat her food. To the point of vomiting empty stomach instead of eating, waiting for the better food. 4 Days later she started eating when she was again offered and realized that she will start to starve if she doesn't eat her regular food.
Could you suggest any way of adapting this technique to fear of firecrackers?
I am about to start using tiny ones while treating my dog but I'm pretty sure he won't feel anywhere as scared, which is good but leaves the unsolved issue of loud ones.
I cannot imagine a way of exploding fireworks at home while he eats without making a mess and since they don't bang continuously, I worry that may reinforce his fear.
That’s just ridiculous
My dog Kipper was found in a field when he was 8 weeks old, then lived with a fellow who slept all day and worked all night, so has little exposure to many things. We worked with him and he is not the same dog as he was when we got him, but he wants to attack cars, trucks, garbage and recycle trucks when they come by. We live at the end of a dirt road so everyone uses our driveway to turn around. He's better...he doesn't want to attack plastic bags blowing down the road, but that is about it. We have tried everything. He is now on anti anxiety meds, which has helped a lot, he's way more relaxed...but vehicles still seem to trigger him. His hackles are up, his tail is going a mile a minute, and his ears are back. All the meds have done is make him more manageable when he escalates. Walking is out of the question, he's wrapped his leash around me more than one, and 66 pounds of escalation is a lot when you weigh as much as the dog. My trainer would yank him with a choke collar. I prefer your method of teaching them confidence. Any suggestions?
I figured out how to use the same method with Kipper that you did for the fearful shelter dog. Seems to be working. Thank you for sharing your most helpful videos.
I was attack by men and she was by my side and broke off of her leash. And ran home. Know I do not have any control over her when I want to walk her . she was a stray so she had a fear of men when I got her. I did some work and now it is all out the door. Please help me.
My dog (she)
My 1.5 y o golden is afraid to get out of the car, especially if it is near other cars. How to help this?
Hi, I watched your video about fear and phobias. I would like to ask you how to do when the things making the dog fearful are many: pushchairs, other dogs, kids, joggers, skiers and all people dressed with bright fluo colors. I would like send you a proper question for "ask me anything", but I don't know how to. Thanks for answering
What breed is goofy?
Malinois
Any tips for my dog being afraid of over passes
What happens if it's a more transient fear, like vehicles?
I have a blue nose Pit who runs away from getting in a car. How can I help cure her fears?
start feeding him in and around the car!
Awesome. Please help. Puppy terrified of cars. We have to walk in neighborhood. I made the..its ok mistake ..in beginning. We also drive to woods trail she loves but how to get her to stop. Her reaction is to run at car on th lead.
Thank you for everything. I brought a puppy mill setter home and u have really helped train me the right way. My husband wasn't participating and mocked me for listening to "you tube trainer"..she got away from him and I went out after hearing him frantically yelling and was able to recall her one call. She is 7months old. Thank you sir. Taking your online class..teaching me so much. Jealous of that sun ..cold here in Wisconsin. Bless you and yr fam...btw..she jumps in..but whips head to follow w eyes each car going by. it's not my car..she jumps in..its passing cars. On lead she will lunge and bark..same in car.
How would you go about doing this for a dog afraid of fireworks, I am currently training a PTSD service dog and this is my first time doing something like this. I have tried using little poppers and trying to show him it's not scary, but he still trembles. I can however play fireworks noises on my tablet and he doesn't care. If you have any advice it be greatly appreciated.
Richelle Gardner fireworks is very rare. Why would u need to solve that fear? It’s very trivial..... and unnecessary. Waste of time.
I think every dog would be scared of fire works. And there’s nothing wrong with fearing something....That’s like trying to get rid of your sons fear of spider.... it’s unnecessary. Just accept his fear and move on.... unless of course you are a spider hunter and u NEED to bring ur son with u (for some reason). There’s no use in getting rid of fears that aren’t a life changer.
I the beginning, can a small trail or a few bits of food leading to the bowl be tried ?
Would you recommend this with an insecure dog? I recently adopted a 7 yr old pitbull-bulldog mix that was pushed away by the mother as a puppy. She is very sweet, but also very insecure. She is terrified of a lot of things for example, bubbles. Even food/treats won't coax her. I want to help her but I don't want to traumatize her.
Great advice but how would you correct a fear of riding in a car. My female is fine until the car starts moving and then she freaks out
We just brought home a rescue Yorkie/corgi mix, 3 yrs old 10 lbs. He is fine with our 4 lb chorkie female but is terrified of his reflection in the mirror as well as other dogs even neutral non reactive dogs. He goes off, barking and lunging and doesn't stop. We've been trying to expose him so he learns that there is no threat, but he gets so upset and worked up I don't know if i should let him bark it out or if the severe distress would be tramautic
Did you ever get this resolved? If so what did you try? I got my dog at 6.5months. At first he was fine with his reflection. Then at 10 months he started freaking out. It’s the same with his shadow too (at 11 no)
Great video, little thought, why don't you feed him off the ground? All my dog's (medium to large) are fed of the ground, as advised by a great vet many years ago.
What about dogs that are very sensitive of noise, panic when they hear loud noises (for example a balloon popping) and thend to avoid objects that make loud noise and are very spooked by them?
What about hard wood floors
I love these stupid dogs goofy is huge bekgian shepherd and afraid of ballons mine is an nearly 90 lbs dutchie who is afraid of the cloth line
My dog is scared of his food bowl he takes for ever to eat how do I stop that?
How could someone use the same approach to over a phobia in an outside environment?