I love when Joel had those solo arguments with the purely positive people. Even though there's no purely positive proponents with Joel it's a hilariously interesting scene. I'm guilty of having pretend conversations with my enemies as well...never change Joel.
@@BDTraining Boss man I have a small dog at home that’s always been dog aggressive. I’ve always wanted the standard size of the breed and plan to get a female this summer. Can your training methods get him to tolerate her? or will he forever go after her?
Great video, Joel. Sometimes I think we get our expectations too high when we want our dogs to meet other dogs and have playtime. With dogs like Dora, and one of my dogs is just like her, just getting them to tolerate the presence of another dog has got to be enough.
Fantastic methods!! If you have any footage of Dora meeting your trainers and the fence meetings, that would also be super helpful! You are the reason I took in a pitbull off the street 6 months ago! I had him meet my easy-to-meet Golden Retriever first and then I had him meet my dog-reactive other pitbull Charlie with Charlie on a Gentle Leader head harness. I do have a fenced-in garden area I'm excited to use for meeting neighbor dogs. You are such an inspiration🐾❤️
Dora and Prince look like 'old acquaintances' now, in that they are comfortable with each other, comfortable enough for each to cruise around doing his, and her, own thing in the company of the other. No being worried, no tension, no fear. Just relaxed. Very nice to see.
Hi Joel I just have to say thanks. Since I found you and got my reactive dog meeting other dogs she has gotten SO MUCH BETTER. We met two dogs at once the other day, no problem! Just a year ago I never would have thought that was possible.
I wish I saw more videos with smaller dogs because I have an unsocialized dachshund and am having trouble relating to all these “big dog” videos. I would’ve introduced my dog to new dogs during the critical socialization period if the vet had told me how important it is to socialize your puppy when you get them. Instead, I was told to keep him away from other dogs and people due to the chance of him getting sick and dying. The chance of a puppy dying that way is way less than dogs being put down for aggression due to lack of socialization. I did a lot of research, but I didn’t know about the critical socialization period until I started becoming a dog trainer myself. My dachshund is always super fearful of other dogs and is so quick to lunge. He’s never bitten another dog, but he lunges and goes to bite without biting. It’s scary to watch and I’ve been working with him on this for a while, but I haven’t been able to successfully introduce him to another dog without him freaking out and lunging. He has doggy friends, but it’s few and far between and I wasn’t there to see how my sitter introduced him to those dogs. I usually do a walk where the dogs start one in front and one behind (lots of distance between,) then slowly bring them closer using treats, commands, and just watching body language. My dog will be very playful and want to meet and play with the other dog, but the second that dog gets too close, he gets super freaked out and lunges. I haven’t seen a video that shows exactly how my dog behaves. These kinds of situations seem unique and not everything works for every dog. Obviously, if he lunges, I give a “ah ah” (correction) and always reward him for anything he does that is desirable; sniffing, looking at and not barking, walking closer in a friendly manner, curving, etc. but again, it’ll look good up until he starts sniffing the other dogs face. He gets spooked and lunges. I am terrified of him biting another dog or vice versa. He’s never done it, but it always looks like he will. Socializing unsocialized dogs is risky and scary, but I love my dog and I know he loves playing with other dogs. Working through this with him is a journey that I just have to go through with him and I want to succeed.
I think I am in the same boat as you with my chihuahua/dachshund mixed dog. He only gets along with my husky and two cats but that’s because they were here before him and he’s met them as a puppy. With people, he’s eh with. Recently we got a stray and after not finding his owners we decided to keep him but my chweenie is not making that so easy. Everyone is saying to let the dogs loose together and if they duke it out to just let them because “that’s just what dogs do” but I cant do that and let my chweenie hurt the maltipoo stray we found. If you’ve seen any videos with small dogs like ours please lmk😭
This is what we did with Chip. We were told "Pit bull mix. Very dog aggressive by breed." so we took it SUPER slow (for us.) We have neighbor dogs so, on leashes, we would slooowly bring them together to make sure there were no warning signs. We don't have fences or anything but we took it REALLY slow. And then it comes to pass that Chip isn't dog aggressive at all. Found that out when he pulled me over one day and ran and played with an escaped neighbor dog. Now they're the best of friends, he doesn't pull me off my feet anymore, and we don't worry about his dog aggression. It's all about common sense.
Makes so much sense! My 10 month is sweet to our older dog but barks at other dogs. I have been keeping her away to fix the behavior but instead I need to hang outside of a fenced dog park and let my dog meet other dogs through the fence. Thank you so much as always!
When a dog doesn’t like the reach over head from people or dogs (like you mentioned with Dora) - can you train that behavior out or if not how do you handle it?
The video when you let prince to your neighbour's to play with their dog was absolutely the gold footage of this channel and that video will stay with me forever ❤
You really are a great trainer. Love your channel. Question: How long do you wait to trust an aggressive dog towards other dogs without supervision? May that never happen depending on severity? Sometimes, I feel they are okay when around but like kids, when you walk out of room, it's game on thank you 😊
Was wondering the same. Will/could this translate into better behaviour unsupervised? Especially in a home situation 100% supervision isn't always possible.
I know you asked him but personally unless they’re 100% and fully proofed with all triggers I wouldn’t leave them unsupervised. In a home setting that’d just mean baby gates or crate training. It only takes one time and you won’t be there to step in. Better to be safe than sorry in situations that you can’t oversee imo
@@Airfun101 it’ll probably translate somewhat! But in a home setting you can just baby gate areas off or crate train to keep everyone safe when you’re not home
I watch Victoria Stilwell also, and she says you can never, ever trust another dog that has a serious bite history with another dog unsupervised, ever again. Too risky! Even if they get to this beautiful point of coexisting, you just never know what could set them off if you aren't around! That was her input, and makes sense to me! Maybe Joel will have a chance to weigh in
Joel, you are right!! I have a dog that would get testy with other dogs and I now have a dog that can have other dogs stay with us! All because of your videos! She knows I am the one that dictates things and if she thinks otherwise, we can do this all day! 😁 I also called a trainer that I didn't know was positive only, and she said she doesn't work with dogs that need behavior modification. They know they can't help in these situations. We are all thankful for your guidance as dogs with reactivity should not be ignored or put down. I have also used your leash and walking techniques and my dog is amazing. I cannot thank you enough.
Honestly this looks even better than really active play, that can get rough too and you have to be on guard to see when it gets too much, but with this chill behaviour the person can relax too. It's truly beautiful to see.
I'm trying to adopt a dog which has 2 bites on his record. We introduced him with a muzzle and he did growl a bit. But then he calm down. What's the best approach? This was their 2nd meeting. When do we tak the muzzle off?
Hey Joel! New to your channel. I have found a 4-5 year old Husky I found on the street. I have 3 male dogs, pit husky mix, and one german shepard husky mix, i tried to introduce one of my dogs through leashes. My male dog turned to let her sniff ajd she grabbed onto him and ripped his skin off his leg. I have kept them all seperated but am so afraid to have them meet. I live out in the country. I dont have a fence or gate. She has bit me as well but the first day i found her. Its been a week and a half wince ive got her. She is a sweet sweet dog and has the most love for me. Im so lost on what to do. Please help.
This literally probably won’t help my dog- shes 5 but she literally goes crazy when shes around other dogs and we got a new puppy and they don’t get along and we don’t even have a fence to do this with
Hi, does location matter? Like if it's one dog's domain? Or can this method be used at the aggressive dog's home, but meeting behind a barrier first as shown?
Thank you for creating this video and the message you delivered here. I'm working on introducing a 10wk old Malinois girl to a 2yr old reactive Malinois boy. I've been doing what you suggested, in general. This video will help me fine tune what I'm doing and hopefully I can soon stop splitting my time between my 2 mals :) There's no time for work, food or sleep!
@@No_Regerts69 it took about 3 weeks before they were allowed together without a fence between them and then still leashed. Once the reactive boy got used to her, they're great together. She's the more dominant of the two.
My dog only respects other dominant calm dogs, but reacts if a dog reacts to his drive. Can you make a video? He actually is very easy to train on the leash and other things.
Hey Joel! Love this video! I adopted a 95% blind American bulldog in June. The most gentlest creature I've ever had in my life. He gets along perfect with my cats and my three littles (dogs under 10 lbs) and loves every person he meets. He's very skittish and till he realizes it's safe. We just bought a house one month ago and another pitbull wondered up onto the property that was skinny and full of ticks. I ended up finding the owners and we are keeping him. He is a 10-year-old Pitbull. Again he is also probably one of the sweetest dogs I've ever had. He doesn't pay any attention to the dogs on the other side of the fence and he tried to introduce them. I'm not concerned that he will hurt any of my animals but Gunner, my blind baby, can't pick up on any cues from him and barrels into him and wants to be his best friend and he outweighs them by almost 15 lb. We're doing the fence introductions. We don't leave them alone. But eventually I would love for them to be able to swim and do all those things together on our property. Thinking of investing in a trainer that can help me. Any ideas?
Very helpful stuff, I am fostering an American mastiff mix that has a bite history with kids and dogs and he and my dog(English mastiff mix) were working on the fosters basic obedience currently, but I feel like things would be much easier with my dog involved
Thanks for sharing this technique. I have been struggling with accountability with my 3 yr old Rott and these videos are extremely helpful. I do have one issue that I can’t figure out. He goes insane in the car when we drive past a dog or if a person gets within 5 ft of the car. Not sure if this goes away after I do more training/work or I need to tailor something for the particular behavior?
My son has a two-year-old German Shepherd. He is not been socialized very well. I recently just got a new mini Irish doodle. She’s super extra friendly but he’s really aggressive. What do I do? She’s only four months old but he’s two years old.
Hi Joel! I'm trying to adopt a shy four-year-old into my pack of four. Three of mine have been quite accepting but the fourth has behaved quite aggressively. We've tried parallel walks and, though my guy has calmed a tiny bit, he maintains that intense focus on her. My property has two fenced portions - one inside the other, so it may be possible to use that for interactions. What do you suggest? Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
I have an older Jack Russell Terrier (JRT) who was fine when I first got him as a pup but over the years started not liking other dogs. Started with neighbors dogs being mean to him and then just not socializing. We just adopted a younger JRT and the older one (Hamlet) is having a hard time. We're making progress, they are smelling each other through the gate, we have the younger one sleeping in the crate while older one sleeps in bed with us no problem, but the younger one will still occasionally snarl and growl at the younger one through the gate. Any tips? It's only been a few days but I'm at a loss and we have a gate setup to where they are in the same apartment but separated.
So we are working with limited equipment. We have crates but only one. Would that be the same concept? Just put one in the crate until they all get used to him? Not all day everyday of course, but for a few hours a day until they tolerate each other. Problem is, we don't have fences, it's my dad's land and he doesn't want fences. So crates is about all the "gate" that we can put between them
Great video! Is this method also applicable for the introduction of dogs and cats? If not, can you please explain in a video how you introduce your dog to a cat that isn't used to dogs?
So I’m in need of help I have a male and female husky and we rescued a female Doberman and they didn’t tell us that she had just gotten pregnant but the female husky and the Doberman had gotten along up until the point the Doberman had her puppies now since all the puppies are gone they’re still not getting along we’ve already had to take the Doberman to the vet to get stitches and everything is there anyway we can get these two get along again
on a different note: in-front-dogs: might they not like walking on your side/behind you because then the human blocks a big part of the view and the scent of the human (so close by) is too strong? just a thought
I have a 4 year old GSD male who is incredibly reactive to dogs, people, etc. It's because of me; he bonded super hard with me to the point where I believe he resource guards me. He has anxiety meds because behavioral correction has only worked so well. I've trained every dog I've ever had since I was a child, but he has been a challenge. Last night, I got a 4 month old GSD male because I had the space, time, and love to give. His foster got him from a bad situation, and he needed a place to go. My older male CAN be with other dogs once he gets to know them. He was actually staying with friends who have two bigger GSDs for a few months during a crazy move a while back. So I know it's very doable. I'm introducing them slowly through a partially open door with leashes, correcting (as much as I can) any bad behavior. It's slow going, but I'm very determined to make this work. My question is- are there potential negatives to using this partially open door method for introduction? I don't have a fence, I live in a wooded area with lots of space. Puppy is currently hanging in my daughter's room and that's the door we're using for introduction. I'm holding my big guy back and letting the pup come out, so it doesn't feel like my guy is rushing in and "invading territory" so to speak. The barking is magnificently loud. Some lunging from both as they try to get at the other, but mostly because they seem to be cursing at each other in dog. I'll be introducing them properly tomorrow with my big guy muzzled. Little pupper likes to jump up, but he's only 20 something pounds, versus my 85 pound 4 year old. I can't wait for them to be best friends and I know they will be. I just want to make this as least traumatizing as possible for both.
I just gotta drop this comment here really quickly. I don’t really see why you need to bring up positive reinforcement trainers, hating on you and defending yourself before you even begin to post a video, making the assumption that they don’t work with bite cases. I work for a company of positive reinforcement, trainers, half of them used to be balanced trainers. We actually specialize with reactivity and aggression cases. There are 1 million ways to do one thing if you’re way works that’s great for you. Although I’ve learned over that when people need a tool to do something, it usually means that they don’t know how to do it without it.
After finishing this video, there are so many other ways that you can handle that. if a dog is so uncomfortable with another dog, maybe we should not punish them when they’re already scared, do you research learn more efficient ways. We all need to work on being better people towards our dogs. I am extremely confused on why you are hating so much on positive reinforcement trainers, so it really feels like there’s some sort of insecurity coming through😅😂.
Great information thanks Joel! Question: my dog (sometimes) tries to steal toys/sticks from other dogs. If they don’t give it up, he will be the aggressor and get mad at the other dog. How can I stop this stealing behavior?
I’m in this position right now !!! 6 year old lab/ German shepherd and a 10month old lab. The puppy doesn’t mind but the older one growls/ wants to bite through a gate.
Just about to happen in my house. My son’s friend (as instructed by my wife) is bringing his dog round. Our dog is highly reactive, I have said all of this and no one is listening. I trained my dog on various behaviours. But they are bringing this other dog straight into the house. And they think it’s a good idea!!!
With Dora, how long did it take for her to be ok being handled by you and staff? Have you pushed her triggers more to push her boundaries so to speak? How is that going?
I rescued a dog that is a Pit bull / Boxer mix and it was used to train fight dogs. It's been with us for a year (he's 2 years now) and there's been some accidents with my dogs (I already had 2). Now he's being getting better, he plays well and gets along with my dogs. But through the fence he is super reactive to anything. Would you have any advice for this Joel? I've watched a tone of your videos, even already got the Gentle Leader but still haven't found how to make him stop staring and attacking the fence. Thank you for all the work you do fo the dog community! Your videos are truly great and full of knowledge. Best regards
My son is coming to visit with his new dog. We have one crate. Should my dog be in the crate or his dog? My dog is the reactive/aggressive one. However, the dogs will meeting for the first time in my dog's territory. Just wondering if that matters.
Is it best to introduce the dog in a public place like a park? If so, do I put my reactive dog on a leash and the other dog too ? I’m having trouble rehoming my dog
My doggo has lots of trauma from when he was an abused puppy wondering the street. I don’t think I can train the scared out of him. However he’s great with other dogs with the exception of young, typically male dogs with the their balls still on. It’s like he sees a pup with balls and just wants to take him down. Older dogs, no issue whatsoever. I’m stuck! Any ideas?
Looking for some advice. I took my 8 year old Golden Retriever to a dog beach. He has always been friendly with animals and never would attack, even when a dog would try to bite him. When I was walking him to the beach 2 dogs were friendly and he got along with and 2 dogs tried to bite him. I wad with him in the water and someone asked if they're husky could say hi and was a female. As soon as she ran up to play he attacked and wouldn't stop. I've never seen him do something like that before and not sure what triggered it because the husky was very friendly. What can I do to avoid that from happening?
I'm generally leaning toward positive reinforcement, but I found it takes a looong time to shape a behavior while dogs have a lot of behaviors to be worked on. So I always thought, "With positive reinforcement, my dogs will never be completely well-behaved the rest of their life." So, realistically, corrective actions like what you preach is more realistic. I mean, most dog parents also work, have family, need rest, etc etc. So, if corrective actions are faster without damaging my two pups, I'd go with them. For example, my labrador puppy is highly reactive when meeting other dogs and that made me almost impossible to share social life with him. For him, I prefer corrective actions even with yanking his collar. Some humans I know can't even change their behavior with positive reinforcements method, I wouldn't put a higher standard to my two pups.
Does this work for 2 dogs that grew up together, never had an issue with one another, then suddenly started tearing into each other? I want to get them back to normal but I'm afraid they will hurt each other again.
My 10 year old nephew used to kick my dog and now whenever he raises his voice at us or we raise his voice at him she goes to attack his legs. Sometimes it just occurs randomly. He lives with us and it happens maybe 5 times a week. What should I do about it?
The dog learned to be aggressive to deal with its fear. So of course you need to show your dog in a safe way that there is nothing to fear. Treats are not going to show your dog, strange dogs are safe to be around. When you do this fence method as a safety you need to have a well-behaved/train dog like Prince on the other side. Do this sooner then later,. Do you really want your Dog going through live afraid? Do you really want to go through life being afraid what your dog is going to do next?
I don't know if you can answer this but I adopted a mastiff and she NEVER has had any issues with other dogs ( according to previous owners) and I took her home she's barking and bearing teeth at my other dog! Now I'm going to slowly introduce them through crates , gates , etc.. probably for atleast a month. I'm a dog trainer part time but this is the first time I've dealt with this
Hi Joel I’ve been binge watching your videos. My situation is I have a 5 year old female spayed Great Pyrenees MIA, 4 year old male neutered Great Pyrenees CHASE…a bonded pair…and a 14 year old deaf jack Russell mix. All has been fine….now we found a male Siberian husky (approx 1-2 yrs old) had him a couple days….located his owner and returned him. 4 weeks later the owner asked us to take him…we obliged. We call him Luke. We have had Luke since mid October. He had not been vetted ever so he has now had his shots, been treated for Lyme disease and been neutered. In November we noticed him bumping into things and fences etc. He is blind. Currently Luke is separated by a chain link fence from the other dogs. I want them to all be able to be together. I have had my male Pyrenees and Luke together recently and that has gone ok but we have not left them unsupervised. My issue is my female pry is very protective of me and jealous. When one dog starts barking/growling/jumping then it’s a 3 dog brawl. These are all very strong dogs. I want to have them all be in /out of home together running, playing, etc. currently Luke is in garage at night and in backyard during day. Is this something you could help with?
Great video I have 85 days old akita baby and 5 year old haiwanese dog. Both are male and elder one is neutered but they both are aggressive to each other we introduce them once a day.
This is amazing! What about if I want to introduce to my dad's new second dog? My dog already knows his first one and loves her, but hasn't met the male.
I have a neapolitan mastiff female that is really bad. Even with puppies. I got a new neo puppy in hopes she can have a friend to play with but nit going well at this stage. She is 2 and half and puppy is 12 weeks. Can you help with any advice. I would really have loved to bring her to you but wr are in south africa and have trued multiple trainers and so far no one can help. We trued early socialization but been like this since she was a puppy
If the dogs won't mess around while you are there,, then what's the deal when you are not present? Or do the dogs not interact with one another unless there is a human present?.. I only ask because my dog will absolutely leave the fence line alone when I am in the backyard, but once I go inside the house he'll scratch, growl, and bark at the neighbor's dogs.
I wish dogs could really speak as things change so fast. Our boy who has had a best friend for 8 mo is now getting into scuffles no major harm but it just isn't nice and we don't really know what's causing the problem all the sudden but originally we did the fence meeting for days then on muzzle and leash then muzzle only and that worked very well when he had no other dog friends due to him being to aggressive/reactive that were males.
Joel, I just found your channel a week ago, but it has already proven so helpful. I am in the process of introducing a new, older puppy to my home with an established dog. In reference to this video, what is the next step. This one takes us to supervised socialization. What is the process to get to unsupervised socialization. Is it just time? Thanks for all of your videos!
Hey, I have an reactive rescue dog I have been working with for the past 5 months. We just got off gentle leader and are working on existing around other dogs through a fence. My dog still barks and wants to go after the other dog when it gets too close to the fence. I think it is out of fear and she doesn't know how to approach the other dog correctly. What can I do in this case? For more background she is a medium size terrier mix and is 5 years old. She has stopped being tense around the fence line and doesn't fully launge like she has in the past.
please do the introduction to human with fear aggressive response. im just not sure what the next step is ..after correction . then we have avoidance.. how do we recover from stranger danger.
Hi Joel, I am adopting a 4 yr old female german shepherd. She was surrendered, due to the owner has died. I have an 8 yr old male german shepherd that is a little reactive to dogs walking by the house. But, there are two small dogs next door and they are friendly and touch noses through the fence. I will take your steps carefully tomorrow and introduce them through the meeting pen fence first. I really want to adopt her. She is super friendly, very active and affectionate. I hope my Max and Bella hit it off. We will take separate cars home from the animal shelter. I will need some help from you if things go south. Thanks for your excellent presentation video. It makes me feel a lot more confident on introducing them for the first time.
These dogs are as into smells as my dog was interested in the ball chasing to the exclusion of other dogs & so... not sure Dora during this pool session was just too tuned in to smelling to show her real behavior, tho clearly progress has happened if she bites some & wasn’t w/Princey. That’s good.
If I have three dogs and want to introduce them to another dog that we want to possibly adopt would we have to introduce them one at a time through a fence?
What do I do through the fence meetings tho? My dog is very stiff and alert with dogs through fences and is ready to bite any second how do I ease it? Or do I just stand and wait?
I really could have used the scene like the first time this dog was introduced to another dog how she was aggressive and how it was handled specifically that would have been great to see that because that's what I'm about to have to deal with
if i could i would fly over with my corso just to let you introduce him to other dogs, he is good walking on a loose leash beside me until we meet some dogs not all but some he go crazy af.
My dog couldn't wag her tail for a week after I left her in her roomy crate when I went on a short errand: she hurt herself reacting to a delivery while I was out. She reacts viscerally and hysterically to mail carrier and delivery people. (also all other dogs except one she has made friends w on our walks.) What to do about the hysteria re deliveries?
Why is it my dog only goes after me ? I do everything with her. When we walk together she's solid but as soon as I say no. It's on with her. She lit me up the other day . I just got an Ecollar with vibration and sound. I hope this works. She only does it to me. No other dogs no other people. I don't know what I did wrong . I've been training dogs for over 20 years . I do love her and will do anything to fix our issues. She is a Dane Pit Bull mix and weighs more than I do. I'm only 102 pounds she is well onto being 140 by the time she's a year old. 9 months now
I would like to ask a clarifying question: Is it ok for one dog to be in a crate and one to be out of the crate when they meet? How do you correct the dog in the crate?
Joel! i found an awesome chewing solution, my doggy has been on it for 32 minutes atm. take a rubber dog chew and put it inside a treat bag or bowl or something so it gets the treat scent all over it for 2 or 3 hours or more. hes still going lmao
I love when Joel had those solo arguments with the purely positive people. Even though there's no purely positive proponents with Joel it's a hilariously interesting scene. I'm guilty of having pretend conversations with my enemies as well...never change Joel.
I love Joel's new slogan (on his April Fools video), "Keep it positive, dude"!
😂- To both of you
@@BDTraining you're the best Joel. I'll always support someone that speaks from experience not hypothetical scenarios
@@BDTraining Boss man I have a small dog at home that’s always been dog aggressive. I’ve always wanted the standard size of the breed and plan to get a female this summer. Can your training methods get him to tolerate her? or will he forever go after her?
Great video, Joel. Sometimes I think we get our expectations too high when we want our dogs to meet other dogs and have playtime. With dogs like Dora, and one of my dogs is just like her, just getting them to tolerate the presence of another dog has got to be enough.
Fantastic methods!! If you have any footage of Dora meeting your trainers and the fence meetings, that would also be super helpful! You are the reason I took in a pitbull off the street 6 months ago! I had him meet my easy-to-meet Golden Retriever first and then I had him meet my dog-reactive other pitbull Charlie with Charlie on a Gentle Leader head harness. I do have a fenced-in garden area I'm excited to use for meeting neighbor dogs. You are such an inspiration🐾❤️
Dora and Prince look like 'old acquaintances' now, in that they are comfortable with each other, comfortable enough for each to cruise around doing his, and her, own thing in the company of the other. No being worried, no tension, no fear. Just relaxed. Very nice to see.
I feel like the purely positive people are helping to create this aggressive behavior by not correcting the dog at the first sign of misbehavior.
Hi Joel I just have to say thanks. Since I found you and got my reactive dog meeting other dogs she has gotten SO MUCH BETTER. We met two dogs at once the other day, no problem! Just a year ago I never would have thought that was possible.
I wish I saw more videos with smaller dogs because I have an unsocialized dachshund and am having trouble relating to all these “big dog” videos. I would’ve introduced my dog to new dogs during the critical socialization period if the vet had told me how important it is to socialize your puppy when you get them. Instead, I was told to keep him away from other dogs and people due to the chance of him getting sick and dying. The chance of a puppy dying that way is way less than dogs being put down for aggression due to lack of socialization. I did a lot of research, but I didn’t know about the critical socialization period until I started becoming a dog trainer myself.
My dachshund is always super fearful of other dogs and is so quick to lunge. He’s never bitten another dog, but he lunges and goes to bite without biting. It’s scary to watch and I’ve been working with him on this for a while, but I haven’t been able to successfully introduce him to another dog without him freaking out and lunging. He has doggy friends, but it’s few and far between and I wasn’t there to see how my sitter introduced him to those dogs.
I usually do a walk where the dogs start one in front and one behind (lots of distance between,) then slowly bring them closer using treats, commands, and just watching body language. My dog will be very playful and want to meet and play with the other dog, but the second that dog gets too close, he gets super freaked out and lunges.
I haven’t seen a video that shows exactly how my dog behaves. These kinds of situations seem unique and not everything works for every dog. Obviously, if he lunges, I give a “ah ah” (correction) and always reward him for anything he does that is desirable; sniffing, looking at and not barking, walking closer in a friendly manner, curving, etc. but again, it’ll look good up until he starts sniffing the other dogs face. He gets spooked and lunges. I am terrified of him biting another dog or vice versa. He’s never done it, but it always looks like he will. Socializing unsocialized dogs is risky and scary, but I love my dog and I know he loves playing with other dogs. Working through this with him is a journey that I just have to go through with him and I want to succeed.
I think I am in the same boat as you with my chihuahua/dachshund mixed dog. He only gets along with my husky and two cats but that’s because they were here before him and he’s met them as a puppy. With people, he’s eh with. Recently we got a stray and after not finding his owners we decided to keep him but my chweenie is not making that so easy. Everyone is saying to let the dogs loose together and if they duke it out to just let them because “that’s just what dogs do” but I cant do that and let my chweenie hurt the maltipoo stray we found. If you’ve seen any videos with small dogs like ours please lmk😭
This is what we did with Chip. We were told "Pit bull mix. Very dog aggressive by breed." so we took it SUPER slow (for us.) We have neighbor dogs so, on leashes, we would slooowly bring them together to make sure there were no warning signs. We don't have fences or anything but we took it REALLY slow. And then it comes to pass that Chip isn't dog aggressive at all. Found that out when he pulled me over one day and ran and played with an escaped neighbor dog. Now they're the best of friends, he doesn't pull me off my feet anymore, and we don't worry about his dog aggression. It's all about common sense.
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Makes so much sense! My 10 month is sweet to our older dog but barks at other dogs. I have been keeping her away to fix the behavior but instead I need to hang outside of a fenced dog park and let my dog meet other dogs through the fence. Thank you so much as always!
When a dog doesn’t like the reach over head from people or dogs (like you mentioned with Dora) - can you train that behavior out or if not how do you handle it?
Actually you should never go over a dog's head. Always under the chin first.
@@hurricaneheather1420 correct, with a dog that isn't yours... I don't think that was the question.
I think for all dogs it feels unsafe and just too sudden, I'd just always go for a chin rub first
The video when you let prince to your neighbour's to play with their dog was absolutely the gold footage of this channel and that video will stay with me forever ❤
You really are a great trainer. Love your channel.
Question: How long do you wait to trust an aggressive dog towards other dogs without supervision? May that never happen depending on severity? Sometimes, I feel they are okay when around but like kids, when you walk out of room, it's game on thank you 😊
Was wondering the same. Will/could this translate into better behaviour unsupervised? Especially in a home situation 100% supervision isn't always possible.
I know you asked him but personally unless they’re 100% and fully proofed with all triggers I wouldn’t leave them unsupervised. In a home setting that’d just mean baby gates or crate training. It only takes one time and you won’t be there to step in. Better to be safe than sorry in situations that you can’t oversee imo
@@Airfun101 it’ll probably translate somewhat! But in a home setting you can just baby gate areas off or crate train to keep everyone safe when you’re not home
I watch Victoria Stilwell also, and she says you can never, ever trust another dog that has a serious bite history with another dog unsupervised, ever again. Too risky! Even if they get to this beautiful point of coexisting, you just never know what could set them off if you aren't around! That was her input, and makes sense to me! Maybe Joel will have a chance to weigh in
Joel, you are right!! I have a dog that would get testy with other dogs and I now have a dog that can have other dogs stay with us! All because of your videos! She knows I am the one that dictates things and if she thinks otherwise, we can do this all day! 😁 I also called a trainer that I didn't know was positive only, and she said she doesn't work with dogs that need behavior modification. They know they can't help in these situations. We are all thankful for your guidance as dogs with reactivity should not be ignored or put down. I have also used your leash and walking techniques and my dog is amazing. I cannot thank you enough.
Thanks for this before I even finish watching
Honestly this looks even better than really active play, that can get rough too and you have to be on guard to see when it gets too much, but with this chill behaviour the person can relax too. It's truly beautiful to see.
It's a must for us to stay as calm as possible dogs pick up on the energy we put out.
I needed this video, my dog met a new dog yesterday and she lunged at it, I got in between and got bit. Will definitely be using this method
I'm trying to adopt a dog which has 2 bites on his record. We introduced him with a muzzle and he did growl a bit. But then he calm down. What's the best approach? This was their 2nd meeting. When do we tak the muzzle off?
You're an outstanding dog trainer!!!
Hey Joel! New to your channel. I have found a 4-5 year old Husky I found on the street. I have 3 male dogs, pit husky mix, and one german shepard husky mix, i tried to introduce one of my dogs through leashes. My male dog turned to let her sniff ajd she grabbed onto him and ripped his skin off his leg. I have kept them all seperated but am so afraid to have them meet. I live out in the country. I dont have a fence or gate. She has bit me as well but the first day i found her. Its been a week and a half wince ive got her. She is a sweet sweet dog and has the most love for me. Im so lost on what to do. Please help.
This literally probably won’t help my dog- shes 5 but she literally goes crazy when shes around other dogs and we got a new puppy and they don’t get along and we don’t even have a fence to do this with
Hi, does location matter? Like if it's one dog's domain? Or can this method be used at the aggressive dog's home, but meeting behind a barrier first as shown?
Thank you for creating this video and the message you delivered here. I'm working on introducing a 10wk old Malinois girl to a 2yr old reactive Malinois boy. I've been doing what you suggested, in general. This video will help me fine tune what I'm doing and hopefully I can soon stop splitting my time between my 2 mals :) There's no time for work, food or sleep!
How has it been
@@No_Regerts69 it took about 3 weeks before they were allowed together without a fence between them and then still leashed. Once the reactive boy got used to her, they're great together. She's the more dominant of the two.
My dog only respects other dominant calm dogs, but reacts if a dog reacts to his drive. Can you make a video? He actually is very easy to train on the leash and other things.
He's a rottweiler and border collie mix that I try to work every day. Loose leash walking is no issue.
Hey Joel! Love this video! I adopted a 95% blind American bulldog in June. The most gentlest creature I've ever had in my life. He gets along perfect with my cats and my three littles (dogs under 10 lbs) and loves every person he meets. He's very skittish and till he realizes it's safe. We just bought a house one month ago and another pitbull wondered up onto the property that was skinny and full of ticks. I ended up finding the owners and we are keeping him. He is a 10-year-old Pitbull. Again he is also probably one of the sweetest dogs I've ever had. He doesn't pay any attention to the dogs on the other side of the fence and he tried to introduce them. I'm not concerned that he will hurt any of my animals but Gunner, my blind baby, can't pick up on any cues from him and barrels into him and wants to be his best friend and he outweighs them by almost 15 lb. We're doing the fence introductions. We don't leave them alone. But eventually I would love for them to be able to swim and do all those things together on our property. Thinking of investing in a trainer that can help me. Any ideas?
Very helpful stuff, I am fostering an American mastiff mix that has a bite history with kids and dogs and he and my dog(English mastiff mix) were working on the fosters basic obedience currently, but I feel like things would be much easier with my dog involved
Thanks for sharing this technique. I have been struggling with accountability with my 3 yr old Rott and these videos are extremely helpful. I do have one issue that I can’t figure out. He goes insane in the car when we drive past a dog or if a person gets within 5 ft of the car. Not sure if this goes away after I do more training/work or I need to tailor something for the particular behavior?
My son has a two-year-old German Shepherd. He is not been socialized very well. I recently just got a new mini Irish doodle. She’s super extra friendly but he’s really aggressive. What do I do? She’s only four months old but he’s two years old.
Hi Joel! I'm trying to adopt a shy four-year-old into my pack of four. Three of mine have been quite accepting but the fourth has behaved quite aggressively. We've tried parallel walks and, though my guy has calmed a tiny bit, he maintains that intense focus on her. My property has two fenced portions - one inside the other, so it may be possible to use that for interactions. What do you suggest? Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
100% it's going to bite people after it left. You can look at it and know that.
You guys with your aggressive dogs BAHAHAH HE PROVED 0 here AS USUAL! 43 year old man thinks he has cornered the market on dog aggression lmao
I have an older Jack Russell Terrier (JRT) who was fine when I first got him as a pup but over the years started not liking other dogs. Started with neighbors dogs being mean to him and then just not socializing.
We just adopted a younger JRT and the older one (Hamlet) is having a hard time. We're making progress, they are smelling each other through the gate, we have the younger one sleeping in the crate while older one sleeps in bed with us no problem, but the younger one will still occasionally snarl and growl at the younger one through the gate.
Any tips?
It's only been a few days but I'm at a loss and we have a gate setup to where they are in the same apartment but separated.
So we are working with limited equipment. We have crates but only one. Would that be the same concept? Just put one in the crate until they all get used to him? Not all day everyday of course, but for a few hours a day until they tolerate each other. Problem is, we don't have fences, it's my dad's land and he doesn't want fences. So crates is about all the "gate" that we can put between them
Great video! Is this method also applicable for the introduction of dogs and cats? If not, can you please explain in a video how you introduce your dog to a cat that isn't used to dogs?
Going to try this with my dog who is aggressive towards my Mom’s 2 rescue dogs bc when we visit it is nightmare keeping him away from them
So I’m in need of help I have a male and female husky and we rescued a female Doberman and they didn’t tell us that she had just gotten pregnant but the female husky and the Doberman had gotten along up until the point the Doberman had her puppies now since all the puppies are gone they’re still not getting along we’ve already had to take the Doberman to the vet to get stitches and everything is there anyway we can get these two get along again
That's a very handsome Doberman!
I have people that don’t know how to be serious wit their dogs and let them run all over them u gotta keep ya dog far away from those owners😭
Yep people create bad situations and then expect nothing to happen.
I really wish I could bring my dog to you.
She has latched onto a dog and a person.. funky situation bahhahahahaahahahahahahahha
on a different note: in-front-dogs: might they not like walking on your side/behind you because then the human blocks a big part of the view and the scent of the human (so close by) is too strong? just a thought
I think your right about blocking the view.
Dora is stunning! Also, looks just like a cow 🐄
Introducing a new puppy to the household dogs?
I have a 4 year old GSD male who is incredibly reactive to dogs, people, etc. It's because of me; he bonded super hard with me to the point where I believe he resource guards me. He has anxiety meds because behavioral correction has only worked so well. I've trained every dog I've ever had since I was a child, but he has been a challenge. Last night, I got a 4 month old GSD male because I had the space, time, and love to give. His foster got him from a bad situation, and he needed a place to go. My older male CAN be with other dogs once he gets to know them. He was actually staying with friends who have two bigger GSDs for a few months during a crazy move a while back. So I know it's very doable.
I'm introducing them slowly through a partially open door with leashes, correcting (as much as I can) any bad behavior. It's slow going, but I'm very determined to make this work.
My question is- are there potential negatives to using this partially open door method for introduction? I don't have a fence, I live in a wooded area with lots of space. Puppy is currently hanging in my daughter's room and that's the door we're using for introduction. I'm holding my big guy back and letting the pup come out, so it doesn't feel like my guy is rushing in and "invading territory" so to speak. The barking is magnificently loud. Some lunging from both as they try to get at the other, but mostly because they seem to be cursing at each other in dog.
I'll be introducing them properly tomorrow with my big guy muzzled. Little pupper likes to jump up, but he's only 20 something pounds, versus my 85 pound 4 year old. I can't wait for them to be best friends and I know they will be. I just want to make this as least traumatizing as possible for both.
How is the progress so far?
Hate this man. Talks to his friends like this too .
I would like to see her with another female.
What a pretty dog
I just gotta drop this comment here really quickly. I don’t really see why you need to bring up positive reinforcement trainers, hating on you and defending yourself before you even begin to post a video, making the assumption that they don’t work with bite cases. I work for a company of positive reinforcement, trainers, half of them used to be balanced trainers. We actually specialize with reactivity and aggression cases. There are 1 million ways to do one thing if you’re way works that’s great for you. Although I’ve learned over that when people need a tool to do something, it usually means that they don’t know how to do it without it.
After finishing this video, there are so many other ways that you can handle that. if a dog is so uncomfortable with another dog, maybe we should not punish them when they’re already scared, do you research learn more efficient ways. We all need to work on being better people towards our dogs. I am extremely confused on why you are hating so much on positive reinforcement trainers, so it really feels like there’s some sort of insecurity coming through😅😂.
I'm working on funding to take your course I'm just in disability so funding tuff I'd be honored to be mentored
I’d be honored to have you
Great information thanks Joel! Question: my dog (sometimes) tries to steal toys/sticks from other dogs. If they don’t give it up, he will be the aggressor and get mad at the other dog. How can I stop this stealing behavior?
My pit too! He’s very jealous too. Wants everything to himself
Can someone do this for humans?
Does this tactic apply to correcting an older dog who’s mean mugging/growling at a new puppy through a gate/crate?
I’m in this position right now !!! 6 year old lab/ German shepherd and a 10month old lab. The puppy doesn’t mind but the older one growls/ wants to bite through a gate.
What about barrier reactivity?
Just about to happen in my house. My son’s friend (as instructed by my wife) is bringing his dog round. Our dog is highly reactive, I have said all of this and no one is listening. I trained my dog on various behaviours. But they are bringing this other dog straight into the house. And they think it’s a good idea!!!
With Dora, how long did it take for her to be ok being handled by you and staff? Have you pushed her triggers more to push her boundaries so to speak? How is that going?
I would love to see/hear details on this too. Also, for when she started meeting dogs through the difference fences, to see that and how that went.
I rescued a dog that is a Pit bull / Boxer mix and it was used to train fight dogs. It's been with us for a year (he's 2 years now) and there's been some accidents with my dogs (I already had 2).
Now he's being getting better, he plays well and gets along with my dogs. But through the fence he is super reactive to anything. Would you have any advice for this Joel? I've watched a tone of your videos, even already got the Gentle Leader but still haven't found how to make him stop staring and attacking the fence.
Thank you for all the work you do fo the dog community! Your videos are truly great and full of knowledge.
Best regards
Hello any day to contact you for a paid session !? Thank you so much love the videos
My son is coming to visit with his new dog. We have one crate. Should my dog be in the crate or his dog? My dog is the reactive/aggressive one. However, the dogs will meeting for the first time in my dog's territory. Just wondering if that matters.
Is it best to introduce the dog in a public place like a park? If so, do I put my reactive dog on a leash and the other dog too ? I’m having trouble rehoming my dog
My doggo has lots of trauma from when he was an abused puppy wondering the street. I don’t think I can train the scared out of him. However he’s great with other dogs with the exception of young, typically male dogs with the their balls still on. It’s like he sees a pup with balls and just wants to take him down. Older dogs, no issue whatsoever. I’m stuck! Any ideas?
Looking for some advice. I took my 8 year old Golden Retriever to a dog beach. He has always been friendly with animals and never would attack, even when a dog would try to bite him. When I was walking him to the beach 2 dogs were friendly and he got along with and 2 dogs tried to bite him. I wad with him in the water and someone asked if they're husky could say hi and was a female. As soon as she ran up to play he attacked and wouldn't stop. I've never seen him do something like that before and not sure what triggered it because the husky was very friendly. What can I do to avoid that from happening?
I'm generally leaning toward positive reinforcement, but I found it takes a looong time to shape a behavior while dogs have a lot of behaviors to be worked on. So I always thought, "With positive reinforcement, my dogs will never be completely well-behaved the rest of their life." So, realistically, corrective actions like what you preach is more realistic.
I mean, most dog parents also work, have family, need rest, etc etc. So, if corrective actions are faster without damaging my two pups, I'd go with them.
For example, my labrador puppy is highly reactive when meeting other dogs and that made me almost impossible to share social life with him. For him, I prefer corrective actions even with yanking his collar.
Some humans I know can't even change their behavior with positive reinforcements method, I wouldn't put a higher standard to my two pups.
Does this work for 2 dogs that grew up together, never had an issue with one another, then suddenly started tearing into each other? I want to get them back to normal but I'm afraid they will hurt each other again.
My 10 year old nephew used to kick my dog and now whenever he raises his voice at us or we raise his voice at him she goes to attack his legs. Sometimes it just occurs randomly. He lives with us and it happens maybe 5 times a week. What should I do about it?
The dog learned to be aggressive to deal with its fear. So of course you need to show your dog in a safe way that there is nothing to fear. Treats are not going to show your dog, strange dogs are safe to be around. When you do this fence method as a safety you need to have a well-behaved/train dog like Prince on the other side. Do this sooner then later,. Do you really want your Dog going through live afraid? Do you really want to go through life being afraid what your dog is going to do next?
I don't know if you can answer this but I adopted a mastiff and she NEVER has had any issues with other dogs ( according to previous owners) and I took her home she's barking and bearing teeth at my other dog! Now I'm going to slowly introduce them through crates , gates , etc.. probably for atleast a month. I'm a dog trainer part time but this is the first time I've dealt with this
Hi Joel I’ve been binge watching your videos. My situation is I have a 5 year old female spayed Great Pyrenees MIA, 4 year old male neutered Great Pyrenees CHASE…a bonded pair…and a 14 year old deaf jack Russell mix. All has been fine….now we found a male Siberian husky (approx 1-2 yrs old) had him a couple days….located his owner and returned him. 4 weeks later the owner asked us to take him…we obliged. We call him Luke. We have had Luke since mid October. He had not been vetted ever so he has now had his shots, been treated for Lyme disease and been neutered. In November we noticed him bumping into things and fences etc. He is blind. Currently Luke is separated by a chain link fence from the other dogs. I want them to all be able to be together. I have had my male Pyrenees and Luke together recently and that has gone ok but we have not left them unsupervised. My issue is my female pry is very protective of me and jealous. When one dog starts barking/growling/jumping then it’s a 3 dog brawl. These are all very strong dogs. I want to have them all be in /out of home together running, playing, etc. currently Luke is in garage at night and in backyard during day. Is this something you could help with?
Great video I have 85 days old akita baby and 5 year old haiwanese dog. Both are male and elder one is neutered but they both are aggressive to each other we introduce them once a day.
This is amazing! What about if I want to introduce to my dad's new second dog? My dog already knows his first one and loves her, but hasn't met the male.
I have a neapolitan mastiff female that is really bad. Even with puppies. I got a new neo puppy in hopes she can have a friend to play with but nit going well at this stage. She is 2 and half and puppy is 12 weeks. Can you help with any advice. I would really have loved to bring her to you but wr are in south africa and have trued multiple trainers and so far no one can help. We trued early socialization but been like this since she was a puppy
If the dogs won't mess around while you are there,, then what's the deal when you are not present? Or do the dogs not interact with one another unless there is a human present?.. I only ask because my dog will absolutely leave the fence line alone when I am in the backyard, but once I go inside the house he'll scratch, growl, and bark at the neighbor's dogs.
What about rough play, we grab, hold and let him go back to play. How do we stop rough play when the other dog does of mind ?
I wish dogs could really speak as things change so fast. Our boy who has had a best friend for 8 mo is now getting into scuffles no major harm but it just isn't nice and we don't really know what's causing the problem all the sudden but originally we did the fence meeting for days then on muzzle and leash then muzzle only and that worked very well when he had no other dog friends due to him being to aggressive/reactive that were males.
Joel, I just found your channel a week ago, but it has already proven so helpful. I am in the process of introducing a new, older puppy to my home with an established dog. In reference to this video, what is the next step. This one takes us to supervised socialization. What is the process to get to unsupervised socialization. Is it just time? Thanks for all of your videos!
Hey, I have an reactive rescue dog I have been working with for the past 5 months. We just got off gentle leader and are working on existing around other dogs through a fence. My dog still barks and wants to go after the other dog when it gets too close to the fence. I think it is out of fear and she doesn't know how to approach the other dog correctly. What can I do in this case? For more background she is a medium size terrier mix and is 5 years old. She has stopped being tense around the fence line and doesn't fully launge like she has in the past.
please do the introduction to human with fear aggressive response. im just not sure what the next step is ..after correction . then we have avoidance.. how do we recover from stranger danger.
Hi Joel, I am adopting a 4 yr old female german shepherd. She was surrendered, due to the owner has died. I have an 8 yr old male german shepherd that is a little reactive to dogs walking by the house. But, there are two small dogs next door and they are friendly and touch noses through the fence. I will take your steps carefully tomorrow and introduce them through the meeting pen fence first. I really want to adopt her. She is super friendly, very active and affectionate. I hope my Max and Bella hit it off. We will take separate cars home from the animal shelter. I will need some help from you if things go south. Thanks for your excellent presentation video. It makes me feel a lot more confident on introducing them for the first time.
These dogs are as into smells as my dog was interested in the ball chasing to the exclusion of other dogs & so... not sure Dora during this pool session was just too tuned in to smelling to show her real behavior, tho clearly progress has happened if she bites some & wasn’t w/Princey. That’s good.
My dog barks at any dog behind a fence or on a leash, however, if they are both off leash and without barriers he is fine. What is that behaviour?
If I have three dogs and want to introduce them to another dog that we want to possibly adopt would we have to introduce them one at a time through a fence?
What do I do through the fence meetings tho? My dog is very stiff and alert with dogs through fences and is ready to bite any second how do I ease it? Or do I just stand and wait?
How do you get your 5 month old Siberian Husky to not talk back to you. I'm not ganna lie it's so cute but worries me a little.
'preliminary' is the word Joel is looking for, not pulminary, meaning of the lungs :)
What a fantastic statement.......'when they can show they can meet with other dogs......' then
Thank you for this. I will try this. I hope this works if both dogs are aggressive.
I really could have used the scene like the first time this dog was introduced to another dog how she was aggressive and how it was handled specifically that would have been great to see that because that's what I'm about to have to deal with
New quote: "I dont care, it works, they don't work with it, so they need to keep their mouth shut. " Good point lolz
I just adopted a dog and she is so sweet! But she keeps lunging at my older one and this is SUCH an amazing help!
if i could i would fly over with my corso just to let you introduce him to other dogs, he is good walking on a loose leash beside me until we meet some dogs not all but some he go crazy af.
My dog couldn't wag her tail for a week after I left her in her roomy crate when I went on a short errand: she hurt herself reacting to a delivery while I was out. She reacts viscerally and hysterically to mail carrier and delivery people. (also all other dogs except one she has made friends w on our walks.) What to do about the hysteria re deliveries?
Thank you so much!!! This has helped me 🎉 I appreciate your videos!!
This is so helpful. I wish I had another dog to work with for my reactive pup.
Why is it my dog only goes after me ? I do everything with her. When we walk together she's solid but as soon as I say no. It's on with her. She lit me up the other day . I just got an Ecollar with vibration and sound. I hope this works. She only does it to me. No other dogs no other people. I don't know what I did wrong . I've been training dogs for over 20 years . I do love her and will do anything to fix our issues. She is a Dane Pit Bull mix and weighs more than I do. I'm only 102 pounds she is well onto being 140 by the time she's a year old. 9 months now
Honestly I'd get a call with Joel if you can't go there in person. Your dog is super young, it's better to get a handle on this now.
I would like to ask a clarifying question:
Is it ok for one dog to be in a crate and one to be out of the crate when they meet? How do you correct the dog in the crate?
Joel! i found an awesome chewing solution, my doggy has been on it for 32 minutes atm. take a rubber dog chew and put it inside a treat bag or bowl or something so it gets the treat scent all over it for 2 or 3 hours or more. hes still going lmao
Is this the same method you would use when introducing a new puppy to your dog?
Can this work with crates as well? We don’t necessarily have a gate
This was very helpful, I’m glad I found you.
Im just gonna like before i watch cause i know its going to be a good vid