I don't get it - the lady with the Weimaraner said she loves to travel? so why on earth would you get a dog, especially that breed??? that makes absolutely no sense😕🐾🐾
Given how far away her holiday is, she probably liked to travel but doesn't travel any more often than the average bear. The usual things lie money and work and such dictate these things. People with dogs take holidays too
I used to have a rescue that carried his own lead. He would walk to heal though so we were fine with just one. I can’t imagine him not having his lead on at all.
Six minutes in and seeing people want to murder a beautiful 4 year old German shepherd just for wanting to play is crazy. He just needs proper breed fulfillment, poor bubba.
Thank-you! Graeme seems like a great trainer, yet I'm not sure why he doesn't address with owners their choice to get, say, a border collie (puppy?!) when they're not athletic, or a GSD - another hard-driving working breed - when the owners aren't either willing or able to fulfill his perfectly natural desire to run & be intellectually stimulated. If you and your dog aren't the right fit? Responsibly re-homing the dog to an appropriate owner who's researched the breed & knows and *wants* the qualities that comes with it, is hardly the same as failing, or admitting defeat. Yes, it can be hard - but it can also be a wise & loving thing to do.
Beautiful working dog. You see what the dog needs. A game of tug of war. It’s so easy when you take the time to play and understand your dog. Give your dog a job or they search a job😂
@@Lionforaday While they made bad choices, that ship has already sailed and there's nothing that can be done. Rehoming dogs is actually hard. Most people want a new puppy and some shelters are just too strict, so the dog ends up in a cage. Plus they love the dog and want to keep it, like they want to keep their difficult kids.
I have 2 rescues. Number one was worse than Oakley. He was abused, caged and beaten with zero training. He’s now a beautifully trained dog who gets miles of hill walks daily. He even ignores sheep. There will hopefully always be a home for a “problem” dog.
@@MsJubjubbirdright. That ship has sailed, but I think there’s still hope. First, I’d get rid of that lead completely, and use one that isn’t as enticing to chew. Perhaps a chain lead. Not a choker. A regular collar with a lead made of chain. Or … I’d consider changing to a double lead harness for a while. In the interim, I’d continue to play tug with an acceptable rope or toy. Redirection works very well in many situations, but sometimes it takes time.
a lot of people on this show, any dog show really, just have no clue how to handle dogs. Do these people just not do any training with their dogs? I went on puppy course and 2 obedience courses with my current dog (who also happens to be my first dog) and she is so good because of it.
That poor beautiful weimaraner puppy. She deserves an owner who will appreciate her. That woman should just volunteer at a dog rescue or dog sit. The mum calling the dog nasty said it all.
I do hope Graeme reads these comments, and hears how many of those commenting zero-in on the problem right-away. WHY are people acquiring dog breeds that are so poorly suited to their profoundly sedentary lives?! Well, we all know why - the puppy is either cute, or of a breed that's currently trendy. Today's breed du jour are French bulldogs - bad enough when you consider that many of the pups must be born by c-section - but at least better than the earlier craze for Australian shepherds 😳! In the various DBVB episodes, we've seen - owners who seem surprised that schnauzers bark 🤣 - a border collie (puppy!) described as "highly anxious," which would probably be a STAR on a sheep-farm 🐑 - a hard-driving GSD w. an intense play-drive trying desperately to give himself the physical & mental stimulation he craves 🐕🦺 - a Weimaraner puppy - a hunting breed! - cooped-up all-day w. no walks, no socialization w. other dogs, and no mental stimulation 🦆 Two other dog behaviourists who have shows come to mind - Cesar Millan (of Dog Whisperer fame) & Victoria Stillwell (host of It's Me or the Dog). Both these trainers are quick to ask the uncomfortable question of owners: "Why did you get this dog? Why this breed?" And both often identify lack-of-exercise as one of the major contributing factors - if not THE factor - in solving a dog's "problem." Indeed, I saw Cesar live once, and recall him saying, "People think I work miracles, when a lot of the "miracle" is me taking the dog for a brisk 45-minute walk, or a 30-minute bike-ride, before we 'work on the problem.'" He noted that by then? The problem was often either greatly reduced - or gone.
Time and again, dog owners have told me that they don't want their dogs to get too fit, needing ever more and longer walks. No, we don't want you to take our dog, neither. We prefer her to be the menace of the neighbour with an ever growing bite rate on dogs and human trousers. This is my neighbours' dog, and before her owner forbade his wife to work with me, she was gorgeous. Last week we met by chance, as they walk that troublesome dog ever less, it's a vicious cirlce... anyway, we meet in the street and my sweet darling ex trainee by now goes mental any time a dog walks by and at some unpredictable humans, too. It was the female owner and she let me hold the leash while we stood talking, and I had the dog happily calm in almost no time. Of course I had worked with her before, but the owner was impressed, of course . "My husband's not going to allow you training her, or even just take her on walks, though", she said, and shuffled off, dragging the dog who threw a heartbreaking last look out of golden eyes at me...
I totally agree. The German dog trainer, Martin Rütter, who is also seen a lot on television, constantly says that people don't think about the breed of dog when they buy a dog. He repeatedly explains the nature and needs of dog breeds. The two women's German Shepherd is completely unused. He can't get rid of his energy and fixates on the leash. It's just sad.
there's no point making people feel bad about a choice that is too late. They'll just be resentful and not want to work with you, which doesn't benefit the dog. May as well work with what is already there. I do wish people would stop treating dogs like a fashion accessory though.
@@MsJubjubbird Normally I'd agree, especially with more permanent choices, like having kids. With a dog though, there's the option to re-home, right? I totally agree with you that it's risky to put the owner on the defensive, and of course people make mistake and there's no shame in that. Addressed respectfully? I think an owner can be allowed to maintain their dignity and even feel positive about choosing in the best interests of the dog by offering it a better life. And? There's perfectly lazy dogs out there - there's two sleeping across from me right now! So I believe there really is a dog (or two!) for almost everyone.
@@Lionforaday Cesar’s methods are suspect. His methods of pushing a dog into “calm submission” often results in the dog shutting down. Plus, his dog Junior bit a woman, bit other dogs, and killed one dog. Thats not training I can trust. Victoria Stillwell, on the other hand, is fantastic. Excellent suggestion.
Are you missing something here? How about some serious EXERCISE & socialization with other dogs!?! This is a hunting dog - a highly intelligent working breed - who's cooped-up with a single working woman & sometimes her older mother, neither of whom acknowledge the dog's need to be exercise, perhaps relying on "the big backyard" to do that for them. While Weimaraners always looks sad & anxious, I think *this* dog actually *is* legitimately lonely & bored out of her skull. The owner had enough sense to not have kids, knowing that she prefers to focus on herself, yet didn't have the sense to look for an older, calmer dog - one that might be OK with being home alone during the day, and one her mom could easily care for on her upcoming "2-week all-inclusive." 🙄
@@Lionforaday Hello & yes I did miss mentioning proper exercise and training for Tinkerbell. But I'm not entirely sure whether that warrants such aggressive tone-bordering on taunting-from a fellow Internet user like you. I won't add anything because obviously you care about dogs and you do have your points. But this aggression really puts me off making any sort of comments or trying to communicate online.
It wasn't exactly the same but we used to have an American bulldog that did very similarly with the lead as Oakley. Even with a chain lead she would grab and shake it, happily hitting her own head or us with the lead, and it was incredibly embarrassing. The only thing that worked was to go back to the house and wait everytime she grabbed the lead, had to be more stubborn than her. Don't think that would work with Oakley though because the lead is the fun part to him, but for my dog the walk was what was getting her so excited.
It would work as part of the training. Oakley looks very much like a working line GSD and he obviously wants to work and is very under-excercised. He needs and outlet for his energy and will to woek. He'd love bite work but he also seels to be able to enjoy the dummy. Once he realizes the behavior gets him no where training him like you did he'll learn impulse-control and then needs to get the dummy work (or anything else) somwehere on the walk. So he gets what he craves for (working) after he behaved and calmed down. I own a white GSD. Great dog, super sweet and chill but he gets what he needs. With other owners he'd just be like Oakley
Dogs like the first one: i use a chain lead - then it feels bad to bite it and we can practice loose leash walking with a lot of rewards. and from time to time then i pull out a tug-of-war-toy because they like the game so much. but it is no longer the lead that is used. when they are more trained i even use the hand strap of the lead to play. but this is a thing after some months of good behaviour on any lead so they would not mix things up again. but the chain lead is a good thing to use because i had not to correct the dog so often - environment (the chain) does a part of it and my corrections are not like constant nagging ;)
addition: as i can see from the stature and colour of this german shepherd: he comes from working lines - no wonder he worked with you for 4 hours. i would have liked to be there. i am not better than you. but i can deal well with calming down this kind of dogs. the worst was a puppy from a working line that i rescued at age 40 days - all of the litter except one allready dead and she was not half the weight she should have had. she had like 2,5kg and she had also a crazy and serious prey drive. and she was into bikes. can you imagine a 2,5kg dog, biting a tyre and not let go - this is deadly. i trained the little dog by taking my bike into my flat and push it just an inch. this was enough to trigger her drive. then they drive came still and she let go eventually or i even took a bit of beef to change her mind. we worked on the first 5 inches/10 centimeters like a week till she could see it roll and not get that weird look in the eyes like being hypnotisized. i could feed her besides the bike roling a bit back and forth. and eventually we could go down to the yard. i would push the bike slowly and she would eat treats out of my hand. it was deep winter and very icy in this year - this was our good luck, because so there where few bikes and the few we could allways manage to handle. the winter was also very long in this year and so till the dog was a few months old and REALLY fast (she ran with all sizes of dogs like whippets and barsois and in between), she was no longer triggered by bikes. only a few years later she barked and chased away a biker in the forrest who passed us very rudely on a small path and allmost pushed me down the hill. but this was ok. i hope he learned a lesson.
I had that exact thought, to use a chain lead, though of course it is going to have leather or nylon hand-strap - I think the trick to that might be to spray the strap with vinegar, so it's not so pleasant to bite! Personally, I'd never - not ever - allow the dog to play with the hand-strap; it's just too easy for a dog like this to revert back to old habits, even after months - or years. I liked your idea of taking the tug-toy along - as long as the dog isn't constantly searching for it. The play drive in a GSD is very strong - but a quality that's a pain-in-the-a** when you're trying to have a quiet walk, would be a God-send when you're doing search-and-rescue.
@@Lionforaday i have an old german herding dog here besides me in the office. even more drive than a german shepherd. everyone in the office thinks she is soooo quiet. i want one. i tell them: see her outside. my dogs know perfectly they can live their drives and instincts but not in the office. office is a time to rest. quiet walks? no - they are working dogs - time outside is for working - only in the evening when everything has calmed down we do too and have a quiet one. it is important to choose a dog knowing the instincts and find a way they can use them.
Leanne has a yard but her dog is in her house the entire time and she wonders why she can't get away from the dog without going out to sit in the car? Does she need Graeme or just some common sense?
So basically people get dogs and do absolutely no research on how to raise them. Please educate yourselves when getting a dog. Make sure the dog is going to fit your life style and make sure you are able to fulfill the needs of the dog you get.
I had a very energetic and territorial dog as well who barked a lot (I had no experience), her behaviour made me lonely but I loved her very much, her son on the other hand is the most quiet, relaxed dog (I suppose his fathers' genes) so genetics plays a huge part, too now I will be very careful when choosing a new one😂
Graeme always solves it by not only teaching the owner what to do but also by giving the owners the confidence to do it. An unorthodox way to stop your dog barking in the car is to go somewhere safe and the moment they start hit the brakes. Twice is usually enough
This shepherd had only one job. With the focus of these guys and the fact that it made all the other jobs impossible, that is a difficult circle to break. I have a dog as serious as this one who took it upon herself to police the neighbourhood on walks - that took TONS of time and other activity to replace. Working dogs can be such a challenge.
Oakley is my dream of a German shepherd. I have a high drive hound from hunting lines (and we are hunting boar together), but as it goes with hounds, they are not very much into tugging. My hound is the only one from her litter who does anything like tug, frisbee, at least a little bit - her siblings are also well trained, all in hunting families, some doing nosework dog sports. But none of her siblings would even touch a toy. Still, I find myself missing a dog that loves a toy more than anything.
I wonder what you would suggest for a 18 month old male who chews the would base boards, tables , stair posts when left alone in the house. He doesnt chew when we are home at all . He was crate trained till he was about 10 months old but this 115 lb dog learned to chew his way out of his crate and destroyed the crated. We left him out of the crate and he was very good for about 2 months and then the gnawing started to happen when we were gone to work.
All these dogs desperately want to run and play. All these dogs, whatever we think of them, have done and are doing an enormous amount of work to adapt to the human lifestyle and all the dependence that implies. In return, humans need to give them clear guidelines on "this is play, that's not", "I'm fully available for you now, I'm not", and so on. It's like with your friends: if you're clear, and you offer them good times together, everything will work out fine. 👍🏼
Tinkerbell is a puppy still! does she have any toys to play with and keep her amused I didnt see any. It might be a good idea to give her some toys to play with!
We've had a lot of dogs over the years and the only problem we ever had was jealousy i.e. more than one female or male dog in our pack. We live on a farm out in the desert and so our situation is much easier. They are never on a leash and never needed to be. They do get supervised though, but mostly they behave very well.
The fact they still let the German Shepherd use the blue lead as a toy at the end. What happened to common sense? Either get a new lead or stop letting the dog play with the one you walk them with!
Graham you really need to advise some of those people to rehome their dogs to a good home - I am scared for the German Shepherd he is not safe with those owners - they are completely hopeless with the beautiful German Shepherd - they should not have such a dog and he obviously does not have walks ans stimulation and he is NOT biting he is trying to get the lead and their hand is in the way - he needs to be with a family who appreciate and love him who can manage him properly - ie walk him properly in the lead and give him lots of fun and stimulation and walks - and not locked up inside - he is a herding dog - that beautiful dog is in danger in that house - you should be helping those people rehome that dog Graham - those people should not have a dog and to the woman who owns the German Shepherd don’t you dare kill him - it’s you not him - please rehome him ( dont sell him on gumtree) to a proper rescue
That is not the point of the show or training. These people love their dogs, they just don't have a clue. Dictating to people that they should adopt out their children will rub them the wrong way. Rehoming a dog with a behaviour problem is a disaster waiting to happen anyway. The rehoming process is very stressful for the dog as it stands and often dogs don't get rehomed anyway. Why not keep the dog in a stable home instead? Add in a behaviour problem and the dog would likely be put down by the shelter.
I think animals are very similar to children, they thrive on discipline. Just be firm with what I want from your animal. If u not firm enough with an animal, they can sense it and then try and make life impossible for u.
They're like children, but children don't need "discipline" (that sounds like a military thing). They need ... recognition of their needs: they need a LOT of play because their brains are working at full tilt, lots of tenderness and reference points, in other words clarity, emotional honesty, clear speech (where non-verbal language says exactly the same thing as verbal language). They need clear communication: "I'm available to be 100% with you right now" / "I'm busy right now, so you'll have to wait a bit", and so on. I adopted a fox terrier who had the energy of an atomic rocket and I applied this method and he became the coolest, most fulfilled, affectionate (and fit) fox terrier on earth.
NEVER EVER get a dog if your priorities are holidays, what is wrong with people, dogs need us!! I have been unable to see my parents in England since 2018, my son Brok needed me more, then COVID hit and my father was too ill for me to see, then Brok broke his neck and passed in Apil 2023, luckily I still have Brad, but I will not leave him, he is my son, he needs me. So I skype Dad every week, make your decision, I did, right or wrong. 🐶🐶🙏🙏
The methods described in this show are really good: respectful of dogs and their needs, patient. 👌🏼 Never trust a dog trainer who yells at dogs, forces them, uses choke collars, confuses his fears of virility (toxic masculinity) with ethology and talks about "alpha dogs", etc. These people damage dogs and damage the world. They're just the product of patriarchal culture and black pedagogy (which is a very emotionally abusive but still ultra-used method of human education).
this kind of things happen when people do not invest time and research in how to handle a dog. Wrong training or no training at all. And big dogs/medium, especially like that 4 year old need long walks and exersize ! ! Does that dog even have 1 toy laying around in the garden? 23:26
the german shepherd wants to play rough, wants someone to fight him for it. Use that drive to get it to be obedient, we can play but if I say game over we stop
For the tugging German shepherd, Cesar Millan would have started with discipline and obedience. Once you have a respectful dog that respects the pack leader, then it's a lot easier to give the command to leave it. I've watched every single Cesar Millan episode across all shows, and most of them I've watched more than once, so I've seen similar cases to this one. I liked Graham's idea at the end of using the muzzle, but as Cesar would say, you need to control the brain first to then control the body. And the muzzle is just controlling the body, not the brain.
I’m kinda perplexed? That German shepherd would be such an EASY fix! Muzzle wasn’t needed. Dog likes biting the lead? By a chain lead. Metal isn’t fun to bite and chew.
I can't watch these shows. The problems are always the same and so obvious. It is time for some restriction on the freedom to own a dog, some people just can't handle it.
Why do people get dogs? Working/ hunting Dogs require enriched lives, proper training and if you get a working dog, then work it. Scent games for scent hounds are great. German shepherds are really intelligent, he needs mental and physical stimulation.
12:00 you want to do whatever you want whenever you want and you get a dog?! That's like saying that you don't want kids, then going off with any man you fancy while stopping the pill...
For heaven's sake, someone teach Graeme how to play tug! You don't shove the tug at the dog's mouth, and you don't throw it until the dog learns to value the game enough to bring it right back to you for more play. Tug is about giving the dog something to go after, compete for, and win! All they really needed to do was play a decent game of tug with the proper toy, and when the dog tries to use the leash as a tug toy, drop it. I'm certain that my dog would rather be beaten than have the joy of playing tug taken from him. I've seen some impressive bits of training from Graeme, but this was weak tea!
I'm glad that they muzzled Oakley, muzzles can be fantastic management tools and this was a great example of why one could be used. But the way he went about using it was horrible. Muzzle training is something that takes days at an absolute minimum, it can take weeks to months for some dogs. Oakley wasn't having a tantrum, that was pure and utter stress. Stress that could've been avoided with patience. Also very saddening to see such an ill fitting muzzle being used. I managed to train my then 9 year old shar pei x American bulldog to wear a muzzle, and since he is quite a nervous dog, he did paw at it once or twice in the first couple of weeks but never had a full on 'tantrum'. Now 9 months on, he tries to put his muzzle on himself and the only time he paws at it is when he's got an itchy nose. I'm also currently training my 10 year old Boston terrier, who has dementia and eye problems, to wear a muzzle too. Through lots of time and patience, using a gentle leader to start with whilst we waited for her custom muzzle (a correctly fitted, comfortable muzzle can make a huge difference in a dog's reaction to wearing it), not once has she ever had a 'tantrum' whilst wearing her muzzle. I'll admit that she's still not too happy wearing it, but she walks and sniffs and plays just like she used to with it on. If I can train a half blind dog with dementia to wear a muzzle without it causing huge amounts of stress, then a professional trainer should be able to do the same with a dog that doesn't have these issues.
The weimeraner owner and her mother infuriate me. You want complete freedom and then you get a high-maintenance high-exercise requirement hunting dog which needs maximum stimulation, and you clearly neither walk her nor train her, and are ready to give up on her as a puppy? And the mother says get rid of whatever doesn't make you happy? I hope that beautiful young beast got rehoused to someone with patience, knowledge, kindness, attention, and the time to exercise her properly.
I some dogs can be a little snappy,but that's not on,they could hurt u as well.If the dog was trained right the dog would not bite with the proper training😉( my oppuo n counts,,like anyone else.)
Just thought the same: if you go and get yourself a highly-strung hunting dog and then just say "No this, no that!" - she WILL find herself an outlet unless you provide one…
Crazy to me - my puppy had some issues with arousal biting so we did scentwork and kept arousal levels down - why do people get dogs and not bother doing any research.
I feel like at the end of each episode there should be reminder that dogs need be walked at least daily and played with because sometimes naughty behavior stems from pent up energy
Who the hell gets a weimaraner and doesnt even train it and clearly not exercise it at all, also the muzzle for that german shepherd is way too small he cant even pant fully especially exercising!
The Weimaraner is like her owner: I want to do what I like whenever I want to do it😂, a life of no responsibilities lead to anxious and overstimulated behaviour😢
Yep a 7 month old (I believe) now according to the gospel of google dog law, this means at most she should have 5minutes of exercise per month of age: yep 35 minutes…..that’s what owners get told and then no wonder these working breeds are going crazy with boredom. So don’t just blame owners for selecting incompatible breeds but also the misinformation out there on what amounts of exercise dogs thrive on (not just survive on)
I used to like Cesar Milan until I realised he is an autoritarist ("alpha dog" and other creepy incels ideas linked to "black pedagogy" - cf. Alice Miller), uses forbidden collars and "breaks" some dogs. 💀
The methods described in this show are really good: respectful of dogs and their needs, patient. 👌🏼 Never trust a dog trainer who yells at dogs, forces them, uses choke collars, confuses his fears of virility (toxic masculinity) with ethology and talks about "alpha dogs", etc. These people damage dogs and damage the world. They're just the product of patriarchal culture and black pedagogy (which is a very emotionally abusive but still ultra-used method of human education).
You can tell neither of these dogs get the stimulation and exercise they need
100%
Absolutely!!!
Yes and toys
100% agreed as a GSP owner for 30 years
I don't get it - the lady with the Weimaraner said she loves to travel? so why on earth would you get a dog, especially that breed??? that makes absolutely no sense😕🐾🐾
Agreed. People get dogs without any idea at all. She should’ve got a gold fish!
Exactly
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Given how far away her holiday is, she probably liked to travel but doesn't travel any more often than the average bear. The usual things lie money and work and such dictate these things. People with dogs take holidays too
and that is what happens often, people just get a dog and than dont have time to train them properly!
I have 4 dogs one of my dogs likes to carry his leash so I clip 2 leashes so he carries 1 and I carry the other one
I used to have a rescue that carried his own lead. He would walk to heal though so we were fine with just one. I can’t imagine him not having his lead on at all.
I think it's more obcession with tug than ǰust the lead. He needs dog sports too and maybe high level obedience. He needs a job.
That's such a good idea
Generally I find dog owners are the problem not the dogs. They think dogs will react like humans, and understand speaking in sentences!
100%
Six minutes in and seeing people want to murder a beautiful 4 year old German shepherd just for wanting to play is crazy. He just needs proper breed fulfillment, poor bubba.
Thank-you! Graeme seems like a great trainer, yet I'm not sure why he doesn't address with owners their choice to get, say, a border collie (puppy?!) when they're not athletic, or a GSD - another hard-driving working breed - when the owners aren't either willing or able to fulfill his perfectly natural desire to run & be intellectually stimulated. If you and your dog aren't the right fit? Responsibly re-homing the dog to an appropriate owner who's researched the breed & knows and *wants* the qualities that comes with it, is hardly the same as failing, or admitting defeat. Yes, it can be hard - but it can also be a wise & loving thing to do.
Beautiful working dog. You see what the dog needs. A game of tug of war. It’s so easy when you take the time to play and understand your dog. Give your dog a job or they search a job😂
@@Lionforaday While they made bad choices, that ship has already sailed and there's nothing that can be done. Rehoming dogs is actually hard. Most people want a new puppy and some shelters are just too strict, so the dog ends up in a cage. Plus they love the dog and want to keep it, like they want to keep their difficult kids.
I have 2 rescues. Number one was worse than Oakley. He was abused, caged and beaten with zero training. He’s now a beautifully trained dog who gets miles of hill walks daily. He even ignores sheep. There will hopefully always be a home for a “problem” dog.
@@MsJubjubbirdright. That ship has sailed, but I think there’s still hope. First, I’d get rid of that lead completely, and use one that isn’t as enticing to chew. Perhaps a chain lead. Not a choker. A regular collar with a lead made of chain. Or … I’d consider changing to a double lead harness for a while. In the interim, I’d continue to play tug with an acceptable rope or toy. Redirection works very well in many situations, but sometimes it takes time.
Shows how smart german shepherds are
a lot of people on this show, any dog show really, just have no clue how to handle dogs. Do these people just not do any training with their dogs? I went on puppy course and 2 obedience courses with my current dog (who also happens to be my first dog) and she is so good because of it.
9:50 Obsessed by the leash !!
It's been his "reward" for years tugging on that lead.
An easy thing to try for this is a metal lead. If they don’t like to chew on it they won’t! Oakley just wants to play!
That poor beautiful weimaraner puppy. She deserves an owner who will appreciate her. That woman should just volunteer at a dog rescue or dog sit. The mum calling the dog nasty said it all.
Thanks for all the instruction you give us Graham
I do hope Graeme reads these comments, and hears how many of those commenting zero-in on the problem right-away. WHY are people acquiring dog breeds that are so poorly suited to their profoundly sedentary lives?! Well, we all know why - the puppy is either cute, or of a breed that's currently trendy. Today's breed du jour are French bulldogs - bad enough when you consider that many of the pups must be born by c-section - but at least better than the earlier craze for Australian shepherds 😳!
In the various DBVB episodes, we've seen
- owners who seem surprised that schnauzers bark 🤣
- a border collie (puppy!) described as "highly anxious," which would probably be a STAR on a sheep-farm 🐑
- a hard-driving GSD w. an intense play-drive trying desperately to give himself the physical & mental stimulation he craves 🐕🦺
- a Weimaraner puppy - a hunting breed! - cooped-up all-day w. no walks, no socialization w. other dogs, and no mental stimulation 🦆
Two other dog behaviourists who have shows come to mind - Cesar Millan (of Dog Whisperer fame) & Victoria Stillwell (host of It's Me or the Dog). Both these trainers are quick to ask the uncomfortable question of owners: "Why did you get this dog? Why this breed?" And both often identify lack-of-exercise as one of the major contributing factors - if not THE factor - in solving a dog's "problem." Indeed, I saw Cesar live once, and recall him saying, "People think I work miracles, when a lot of the "miracle" is me taking the dog for a brisk 45-minute walk, or a 30-minute bike-ride, before we 'work on the problem.'" He noted that by then? The problem was often either greatly reduced - or gone.
Time and again, dog owners have told me that they don't want their dogs to get too fit, needing ever more and longer walks. No, we don't want you to take our dog, neither. We prefer her to be the menace of the neighbour with an ever growing bite rate on dogs and human trousers. This is my neighbours' dog, and before her owner forbade his wife to work with me, she was gorgeous. Last week we met by chance, as they walk that troublesome dog ever less, it's a vicious cirlce... anyway, we meet in the street and my sweet darling ex trainee by now goes mental any time a dog walks by and at some unpredictable humans, too. It was the female owner and she let me hold the leash while we stood talking, and I had the dog happily calm in almost no time. Of course I had worked with her before, but the owner was impressed, of course . "My husband's not going to allow you training her, or even just take her on walks, though", she said, and shuffled off, dragging the dog who threw a heartbreaking last look out of golden eyes at me...
I totally agree. The German dog trainer, Martin Rütter, who is also seen a lot on television, constantly says that people don't think about the breed of dog when they buy a dog. He repeatedly explains the nature and needs of dog breeds. The two women's German Shepherd is completely unused. He can't get rid of his energy and fixates on the leash. It's just sad.
there's no point making people feel bad about a choice that is too late. They'll just be resentful and not want to work with you, which doesn't benefit the dog. May as well work with what is already there. I do wish people would stop treating dogs like a fashion accessory though.
@@MsJubjubbird Normally I'd agree, especially with more permanent choices, like having kids. With a dog though, there's the option to re-home, right? I totally agree with you that it's risky to put the owner on the defensive, and of course people make mistake and there's no shame in that. Addressed respectfully? I think an owner can be allowed to maintain their dignity and even feel positive about choosing in the best interests of the dog by offering it a better life. And? There's perfectly lazy dogs out there - there's two sleeping across from me right now! So I believe there really is a dog (or two!) for almost everyone.
@@Lionforaday Cesar’s methods are suspect. His methods of pushing a dog into “calm submission” often results in the dog shutting down. Plus, his dog Junior bit a woman, bit other dogs, and killed one dog. Thats not training I can trust. Victoria Stillwell, on the other hand, is fantastic. Excellent suggestion.
It seems Tinkerbell just needs some obedience training and crate training...
Are you missing something here? How about some serious EXERCISE & socialization with other dogs!?! This is a hunting dog - a highly intelligent working breed - who's cooped-up with a single working woman & sometimes her older mother, neither of whom acknowledge the dog's need to be exercise, perhaps relying on "the big backyard" to do that for them. While Weimaraners always looks sad & anxious, I think *this* dog actually *is* legitimately lonely & bored out of her skull. The owner had enough sense to not have kids, knowing that she prefers to focus on herself, yet didn't have the sense to look for an older, calmer dog - one that might be OK with being home alone during the day, and one her mom could easily care for on her upcoming "2-week all-inclusive." 🙄
@@Lionforaday Hello & yes I did miss mentioning proper exercise and training for Tinkerbell. But I'm not entirely sure whether that warrants such aggressive tone-bordering on taunting-from a fellow Internet user like you. I won't add anything because obviously you care about dogs and you do have your points. But this aggression really puts me off making any sort of comments or trying to communicate online.
Tinkerbell is acting like a normal 6 month old puppy!
It wasn't exactly the same but we used to have an American bulldog that did very similarly with the lead as Oakley. Even with a chain lead she would grab and shake it, happily hitting her own head or us with the lead, and it was incredibly embarrassing. The only thing that worked was to go back to the house and wait everytime she grabbed the lead, had to be more stubborn than her. Don't think that would work with Oakley though because the lead is the fun part to him, but for my dog the walk was what was getting her so excited.
It would work as part of the training. Oakley looks very much like a working line GSD and he obviously wants to work and is very under-excercised. He needs and outlet for his energy and will to woek. He'd love bite work but he also seels to be able to enjoy the dummy. Once he realizes the behavior gets him no where training him like you did he'll learn impulse-control and then needs to get the dummy work (or anything else) somwehere on the walk. So he gets what he craves for (working) after he behaved and calmed down.
I own a white GSD. Great dog, super sweet and chill but he gets what he needs. With other owners he'd just be like Oakley
Dogs like the first one: i use a chain lead - then it feels bad to bite it and we can practice loose leash walking with a lot of rewards. and from time to time then i pull out a tug-of-war-toy because they like the game so much. but it is no longer the lead that is used. when they are more trained i even use the hand strap of the lead to play. but this is a thing after some months of good behaviour on any lead so they would not mix things up again. but the chain lead is a good thing to use because i had not to correct the dog so often - environment (the chain) does a part of it and my corrections are not like constant nagging ;)
addition: as i can see from the stature and colour of this german shepherd: he comes from working lines - no wonder he worked with you for 4 hours. i would have liked to be there. i am not better than you. but i can deal well with calming down this kind of dogs. the worst was a puppy from a working line that i rescued at age 40 days - all of the litter except one allready dead and she was not half the weight she should have had. she had like 2,5kg and she had also a crazy and serious prey drive. and she was into bikes. can you imagine a 2,5kg dog, biting a tyre and not let go - this is deadly. i trained the little dog by taking my bike into my flat and push it just an inch. this was enough to trigger her drive. then they drive came still and she let go eventually or i even took a bit of beef to change her mind. we worked on the first 5 inches/10 centimeters like a week till she could see it roll and not get that weird look in the eyes like being hypnotisized. i could feed her besides the bike roling a bit back and forth. and eventually we could go down to the yard. i would push the bike slowly and she would eat treats out of my hand. it was deep winter and very icy in this year - this was our good luck, because so there where few bikes and the few we could allways manage to handle. the winter was also very long in this year and so till the dog was a few months old and REALLY fast (she ran with all sizes of dogs like whippets and barsois and in between), she was no longer triggered by bikes. only a few years later she barked and chased away a biker in the forrest who passed us very rudely on a small path and allmost pushed me down the hill. but this was ok. i hope he learned a lesson.
I had that exact thought, to use a chain lead, though of course it is going to have leather or nylon hand-strap - I think the trick to that might be to spray the strap with vinegar, so it's not so pleasant to bite! Personally, I'd never - not ever - allow the dog to play with the hand-strap; it's just too easy for a dog like this to revert back to old habits, even after months - or years. I liked your idea of taking the tug-toy along - as long as the dog isn't constantly searching for it. The play drive in a GSD is very strong - but a quality that's a pain-in-the-a** when you're trying to have a quiet walk, would be a God-send when you're doing search-and-rescue.
First though I had. Strange they hadn’t tried that in years
@@Lionforaday i have an old german herding dog here besides me in the office. even more drive than a german shepherd. everyone in the office thinks she is soooo quiet. i want one. i tell them: see her outside. my dogs know perfectly they can live their drives and instincts but not in the office. office is a time to rest. quiet walks? no - they are working dogs - time outside is for working - only in the evening when everything has calmed down we do too and have a quiet one. it is important to choose a dog knowing the instincts and find a way they can use them.
use two leads, one for the dog and one for you to hold
Leanne has a yard but her dog is in her house the entire time and she wonders why she can't get away from the dog without going out to sit in the car? Does she need Graeme or just some common sense?
Amazing! Wow Graham-what a miracle man you are! Thank you! I learned so much! oxoxoxoxo
The shepherd owners are bad enough. But being travel crazy and getting a Weimaraner puppy of all breeds? Hope the owners of case no 3 are better...
So basically people get dogs and do absolutely no research on how to raise them. Please educate yourselves when getting a dog. Make sure the dog is going to fit your life style and make sure you are able to fulfill the needs of the dog you get.
YES!! Well said!!
I think puppy classes should be mandatory before full registration can be issued.
Exactly.
Yeah, literally an hour of puppy training videos on youtube gives you more than these people seem to have engaged with
I had a very energetic and territorial dog as well who barked a lot (I had no experience), her behaviour made me lonely but I loved her very much, her son on the other hand is the most quiet, relaxed dog (I suppose his fathers' genes) so genetics plays a huge part, too
now I will be very careful when choosing a new one😂
Well done that man!
Graeme always solves it by not only teaching the owner what to do but also by giving the owners the confidence to do it. An unorthodox way to stop your dog barking in the car is to go somewhere safe and the moment they start hit the brakes. Twice is usually enough
This shepherd had only one job. With the focus of these guys and the fact that it made all the other jobs impossible, that is a difficult circle to break. I have a dog as serious as this one who took it upon herself to police the neighbourhood on walks - that took TONS of time and other activity to replace. Working dogs can be such a challenge.
Yes, working dogs shouldn’t be home dogs. Some breeds are too intelligent to be happy being home dogs, they go a bit nuts 😕
@@fleurosea Yeah. Our solution so far has been two 1-1,5 hour walks a day with either running or some other stimulus - much less is just not an option
Oakley is my dream of a German shepherd. I have a high drive hound from hunting lines (and we are hunting boar together), but as it goes with hounds, they are not very much into tugging. My hound is the only one from her litter who does anything like tug, frisbee, at least a little bit - her siblings are also well trained, all in hunting families, some doing nosework dog sports. But none of her siblings would even touch a toy. Still, I find myself missing a dog that loves a toy more than anything.
I wonder what you would suggest for a 18 month old male who chews the would base boards, tables , stair posts when left alone in the house. He doesnt chew when we are home at all . He was crate trained till he was about 10 months old but this 115 lb dog learned to chew his way out of his crate and destroyed the crated. We left him out of the crate and he was very good for about 2 months and then the gnawing started to happen when we were gone to work.
❤Hi Dogs Behaving Very Badly will you please upload season 5 episode 5 please because you haven't been uploaded yet please.
I wonder if a small chain leash would work for Oakley? Short of Graeme's training. Are chain leads frowned upon?
Great job Oakley
Put Oakly in a "Halti". It's a halter for dogs, maybe it will help?
My friends German Shepherd is just like Oakley but he got a Halti to control him on his walks
All these dogs desperately want to run and play.
All these dogs, whatever we think of them, have done and are doing an enormous amount of work to adapt to the human lifestyle and all the dependence that implies.
In return, humans need to give them clear guidelines on "this is play, that's not", "I'm fully available for you now, I'm not", and so on. It's like with your friends: if you're clear, and you offer them good times together, everything will work out fine. 👍🏼
I feel really bad for that German Shepherd. I'll never understand why people get dogs and can't control them. Hope to god they don't have any kids.
There are grandchildren. Mentioned when they talked about family holidays.
Tinkerbell is a puppy still! does she have any toys to play with and keep her amused I didnt see any. It might be a good idea to give her some toys to play with!
Tinkerbell is searching for Neverland….😂
Why can't these people just not have dogs? They're putting so many people in serious danger and stressing the dog for what?
We've had a lot of dogs over the years and the only problem we ever had was jealousy i.e. more than one female or male dog in our pack. We live on a farm out in the desert and so our situation is much easier. They are never on a leash and never needed to be. They do get supervised though, but mostly they behave very well.
Sometimes the big difficulty is to have lost hope
The fact they still let the German Shepherd use the blue lead as a toy at the end. What happened to common sense? Either get a new lead or stop letting the dog play with the one you walk them with!
Graham you really need to advise some of those people to rehome their dogs to a good home - I am scared for the German Shepherd he is not safe with those owners - they are completely hopeless with the beautiful German Shepherd - they should not have such a dog and he obviously does not have walks ans stimulation and he is NOT biting he is trying to get the lead and their hand is in the way - he needs to be with a family who appreciate and love him who can manage him properly - ie walk him properly in the lead and give him lots of fun and stimulation and walks - and not locked up inside - he is a herding dog - that beautiful dog is in danger in that house - you should be helping those people rehome that dog Graham - those people should not have a dog and to the woman who owns the German Shepherd don’t you dare kill him - it’s you not him - please rehome him ( dont sell him on gumtree) to a proper rescue
That is not the point of the show or training. These people love their dogs, they just don't have a clue. Dictating to people that they should adopt out their children will rub them the wrong way. Rehoming a dog with a behaviour problem is a disaster waiting to happen anyway. The rehoming process is very stressful for the dog as it stands and often dogs don't get rehomed anyway. Why not keep the dog in a stable home instead? Add in a behaviour problem and the dog would likely be put down by the shelter.
I think animals are very similar to children, they thrive on discipline. Just be firm with what I want from your animal. If u not firm enough with an animal, they can sense it and then try and make life impossible for u.
They're like children, but children don't need "discipline" (that sounds like a military thing).
They need ... recognition of their needs: they need a LOT of play because their brains are working at full tilt, lots of tenderness and reference points, in other words clarity, emotional honesty, clear speech (where non-verbal language says exactly the same thing as verbal language). They need clear communication: "I'm available to be 100% with you right now" / "I'm busy right now, so you'll have to wait a bit", and so on.
I adopted a fox terrier who had the energy of an atomic rocket and I applied this method and he became the coolest, most fulfilled, affectionate (and fit) fox terrier on earth.
Why do people get a hunting high energy dog when they do nothing with it ? People should do their homework
NEVER EVER get a dog if your priorities are holidays, what is wrong with people, dogs need us!! I have been unable to see my parents in England since 2018, my son Brok needed me more, then COVID hit and my father was too ill for me to see, then Brok broke his neck and passed in Apil 2023, luckily I still have Brad, but I will not leave him, he is my son, he needs me. So I skype Dad every week, make your decision, I did, right or wrong. 🐶🐶🙏🙏
Alsatians need lots of free running excercise at least two and a half hours running around a day
I know it's not the final solution to the problem, but why don't these owners put a lock on the inside of their bathroom, bedroom door?
Some eople don't lie sleeping with locked doors. Plus the dog will probably just whine outside the door
that dog breed would just chew through the door to get to you
The methods described in this show are really good: respectful of dogs and their needs, patient. 👌🏼
Never trust a dog trainer who yells at dogs, forces them, uses choke collars, confuses his fears of virility (toxic masculinity) with ethology and talks about "alpha dogs", etc. These people damage dogs and damage the world. They're just the product of patriarchal culture and black pedagogy (which is a very emotionally abusive but still ultra-used method of human education).
Good girl tink
He needs proper breed stimulation but simply change to a chain lead and usually they stop biting on it
this kind of things happen when people do not invest time and research in how to handle a dog.
Wrong training or no training at all. And big dogs/medium, especially like that 4 year old need long walks and exersize ! !
Does that dog even have 1 toy laying around in the garden? 23:26
All the dogs are fixed.
the german shepherd wants to play rough, wants someone to fight him for it. Use that drive to get it to be obedient, we can play but if I say game over we stop
For the tugging German shepherd, Cesar Millan would have started with discipline and obedience.
Once you have a respectful dog that respects the pack leader, then it's a lot easier to give the command to leave it.
I've watched every single Cesar Millan episode across all shows, and most of them I've watched more than once, so I've seen similar cases to this one.
I liked Graham's idea at the end of using the muzzle, but as Cesar would say, you need to control the brain first to then control the body. And the muzzle is just controlling the body, not the brain.
Aww, poor Arthur was just worried for his mum/ The bank working lady is such a selfish, thoughtless person, she doesn't deserve a dog
I’m kinda perplexed? That German shepherd would be such an EASY fix! Muzzle wasn’t needed. Dog likes biting the lead? By a chain lead. Metal isn’t fun to bite and chew.
I can't watch these shows. The problems are always the same and so obvious. It is time for some restriction on the freedom to own a dog, some people just can't handle it.
Why do people get dogs? Working/ hunting Dogs require enriched lives, proper training and if you get a working dog, then work it. Scent games for scent hounds are great. German shepherds are really intelligent, he needs mental and physical stimulation.
12:00 you want to do whatever you want whenever you want and you get a dog?! That's like saying that you don't want kids, then going off with any man you fancy while stopping the pill...
For heaven's sake, someone teach Graeme how to play tug! You don't shove the tug at the dog's mouth, and you don't throw it until the dog learns to value the game enough to bring it right back to you for more play. Tug is about giving the dog something to go after, compete for, and win! All they really needed to do was play a decent game of tug with the proper toy, and when the dog tries to use the leash as a tug toy, drop it.
I'm certain that my dog would rather be beaten than have the joy of playing tug taken from him. I've seen some impressive bits of training from Graeme, but this was weak tea!
??? totally skipped what he did to fix the leash fixation and the tinkerbell issue
I'm glad that they muzzled Oakley, muzzles can be fantastic management tools and this was a great example of why one could be used. But the way he went about using it was horrible. Muzzle training is something that takes days at an absolute minimum, it can take weeks to months for some dogs. Oakley wasn't having a tantrum, that was pure and utter stress. Stress that could've been avoided with patience. Also very saddening to see such an ill fitting muzzle being used.
I managed to train my then 9 year old shar pei x American bulldog to wear a muzzle, and since he is quite a nervous dog, he did paw at it once or twice in the first couple of weeks but never had a full on 'tantrum'. Now 9 months on, he tries to put his muzzle on himself and the only time he paws at it is when he's got an itchy nose.
I'm also currently training my 10 year old Boston terrier, who has dementia and eye problems, to wear a muzzle too. Through lots of time and patience, using a gentle leader to start with whilst we waited for her custom muzzle (a correctly fitted, comfortable muzzle can make a huge difference in a dog's reaction to wearing it), not once has she ever had a 'tantrum' whilst wearing her muzzle. I'll admit that she's still not too happy wearing it, but she walks and sniffs and plays just like she used to with it on. If I can train a half blind dog with dementia to wear a muzzle without it causing huge amounts of stress, then a professional trainer should be able to do the same with a dog that doesn't have these issues.
Dogs are not The problem!!! The owner are always The fucking problem 😡
I hate that bank manager and her mum. Both so self cenetered and greedy. "what you can't do with in life, get rid of". Nice attitude.
Don't these people do any research about dog breeds charactersitics before they select one ❓
The weimeraner owner and her mother infuriate me. You want complete freedom and then you get a high-maintenance high-exercise requirement hunting dog which needs maximum stimulation, and you clearly neither walk her nor train her, and are ready to give up on her as a puppy? And the mother says get rid of whatever doesn't make you happy? I hope that beautiful young beast got rehoused to someone with patience, knowledge, kindness, attention, and the time to exercise her properly.
I don't think that is the case with the German shepherd on the lead he just playing that's all
I some dogs can be a little snappy,but that's not on,they could hurt u as well.If the dog was trained right the dog would not bite with the proper training😉( my oppuo n counts,,like anyone else.)
Why get a dog if your travelling omg
Sometimes owners are so ridiculously unable to raise dogs!
It can take time to deeply understand the needs of an other person et how to answer to that. It's sometimes a journey (psychologically speaking).
Because that doesn’t train the dog.
Just thought the same: if you go and get yourself a highly-strung hunting dog and then just say "No this, no that!" - she WILL find herself an outlet unless you provide one…
Crazy to me - my puppy had some issues with arousal biting so we did scentwork and kept arousal levels down - why do people get dogs and not bother doing any research.
Just take Oakley for a run gosh so sad
I feel like at the end of each episode there should be reminder that dogs need be walked at least daily and played with because sometimes naughty behavior stems from pent up energy
Who the hell gets a weimaraner and doesnt even train it and clearly not exercise it at all, also the muzzle for that german shepherd is way too small he cant even pant fully especially exercising!
Is he wearing a mask ??!!!
I know 🙄 We're legitimately living in the craziest time in history.
These are reruns - the show was probably filmed during covid years.
@@tutleymutley Nonsense. He's only wearing it in the car.
@@petecarpenter7679 enclosed area...
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I can understand..but such an incompatible dog choice hope it goes well..
Crate training and nosework
The Weimaraner is like her owner: I want to do what I like whenever I want to do it😂, a life of no responsibilities lead to anxious and overstimulated behaviour😢
Here’s an idea for the GSP, let him carry the cloth lead and use a chain lead that you hold. I’ve seen this work. 🫶
These women with big dogs are the real problem.
0:41 CAN WE SAY “E - COLLAR” training?!! OMG
that second owner had no right to own that Weimaraner omg
Almost sobbed when they were getting angry at the poor pup for arousal mouthing without actually giving the dog any outlet or job.
Oakley aint he problem here 😮😢. Soo sad, poor fella 😢😢😢
Looks like he's Malinois mixed too 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
All those lonely women😢, a dog is no solution for you being lonely, on the contrary, you're like a single mum, especially with a puppy
If you like to travel as much as possible why even get a dog ?
Arther 🛑
She’s a puppy
Yep a 7 month old (I believe) now according to the gospel of google dog law, this means at most she should have 5minutes of exercise per month of age: yep 35 minutes…..that’s what owners get told and then no wonder these working breeds are going crazy with boredom. So don’t just blame owners for selecting incompatible breeds but also the misinformation out there on what amounts of exercise dogs thrive on (not just survive on)
Poor Arthur is having a panic attack. Poor pup.
Cesar Millan would have solved these cases within minutes... that's why he IS the dog whisperer.
So would Victoria Stilwell.
Nothing wrong with Graham he s a brilliant trainer.
I used to like Cesar Milan until I realised he is an autoritarist ("alpha dog" and other creepy incels ideas linked to "black pedagogy" - cf. Alice Miller), uses forbidden collars and "breaks" some dogs. 💀
PLEASE stop showing dogs with waaaaay too small muzzles in every episode, btw!
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Indeed.
Tink stop being mean to your mom
There is a better dog in the US. What’s going on with repeating shows! Yawn
I don't understand your comment. Do you mean a better show?
The methods described in this show are really good: respectful of dogs and their needs, patient. 👌🏼
Never trust a dog trainer who yells at dogs, forces them, uses choke collars, confuses his fears of virility (toxic masculinity) with ethology and talks about "alpha dogs", etc. These people damage dogs and damage the world. They're just the product of patriarchal culture and black pedagogy (which is a very emotionally abusive but still ultra-used method of human education).