Can you explain the pops on the prong when you say “down” and he’s already down. Are you using the pressure as positive reinforcement? My Aussie goes down but very slow and offer gets back up.
Second time watching your video. I trained my Bkack German Shepherd (Raiden ) to me and he was signed off from the VA to be my Service Companion. Raiden is almost 4 and he is awesome but I’m going to start your technique. Than you !!!
Hello, need advice. I’ll try to make as short as possible. We have 1year 5 months GSD. We have him since he was 8 weeks old. He was good with dogs, very playful. Not every day but several times a month we were able to meet up with other dogs for walks or playtime. Several months ago he started to having stronger reaction to passing by dogs. Not all dogs owner want to say hi or play so we focus on teaching him to just keep walking. It was easier when he was smaller. Months ago we had 2 accidents when he ran to another dog, one time I was switching something in his leash and did not hold strong. Another time he broke from the cheap leash. Both times he had ran to the dog to play and the dog was very aggressive to him. “Nothing” really happened between them but whenever he sees this dog he is going bananas. It was hard to hold him. We were holding him close and firm when passing the dog. When our GSD got older he started reacting more, on the angry note to some passing by dogs, but it was never that crazy like with the dog above. We were taking training classes together with him last year, my husband and me and he was doing great. In Spring he was at 2 weeks training, they worked on the recall, sit and stay, down and stay. He is doing amazing around the house and backyard, but not so much with the distractions. Trainers never experience any rages or aggressive behavior from him to other dogs. As I mentioned we have a circle of friendly neighborhood dogs and if the time permits, we were meeting for off leash play. All the dogs are well trained and older. Sometimes our than puppy was too much to them so they corrected him. It was going well, until he started being interested in other dogs passing by and one time, he took off to ran to one (Luckly) he (by the miracle) stop half way - one of us had a whistle, he did not react to recall. Since than we stop off leashing him in not safe area. The dog playtime could include 2 up to 8 dogs. He loved it and he sense when we going for it and was very excited. One of the dogs is 3 year old now Husky. It was several times when he was nipping our GSD and ours was backing out. Until one day we met and our GSD started barking loud at husky, and did not back out. Husky back off and that was the end of the nipping, it had happened couple times, GSD saw Husky barked at him loud, and we all went for a walk. Husky became reserved of GSD. This Summer we had a chance to meet up daily for walks. It was up to 4 dogs. Another GSD, and two smaller different breeds. We stop for some off leash play and then do the walk. 2 of the dogs off leash. Our GSD and Husky started fighting 3x and we had to separate them. It looked like ours was starting the fight and look for it so I started having him on the leash all the time. It was different every day. Sometimes he had fun with other dogs and do not care about husky, sometimes it was hard to be around. I was taking him away, different direction, had him sit or down and wait he calms down to approach the group again. There was time when he was tired after half walk and he had not pay attention to husky and we can have them walk by each other. It got better, but some days I had to walk up in front so he does not see husky, otherwise he tried to lounge at him, was excessively barking, trying to get to him. 2 weeks ago his “hate” came back and it is not manageable. When walk away he can calm down, hard to sit / down him. He does not listen. When we near husky, he try to get him, hard to hold him. When we walk away he is still in rage. It has happen 4x when he was already going crazy about the husky, another dog - friendly to him approached us and our GSD was in such rage that it looks like he wants to take it to other - nearby - dog because he cannot get to further standing husky. I managed to pull him away. 2 of the dogs we meet are small and I do not want to risk their wellbeing. When husky is around he is playful and gentle, and many times even lets them jump on him or wrestle. I am very sad about this situation, and it is overwhelming to me. From the side it looks like husky is just passing by, look at him and ours goes completely crazy. This week I decided to stop walking together as after couple weeks improvement it got worse again. I do not want to risk wellbeing of other dogs because they will happen to be around him when he tries to get to husky. I got some advice from longer dog owners, and some were working for a while, some not. Husky owner think we should invite some trainer to the walk and have him estimate our GSD behavior. I am not sure about this. It just hit me recently, if my dog has such a strong reaction to another dog maybe I should not force him to walk by this dog or see him. Another owner said I should teach my dog that he does not have to like husky but needs to behave. But what if this is his nature - some other said shepherds hate Siberian huskies - is this doable? I also heard the opinion they act like that when they… scared, when if husky looks innocent but there is a smell coming from him that he is actually “at war” towards my dog. This is my first dog and I do not have an experience a lot. I do anything for his wellbeing. I hate to see him not being able to play with other dogs, but that group know each other longer and I feel like it is only fair for us not to come anymore. Not sure what another step is. We continue train him around the house, he is well, some errors. But there are no distractions around the house. It is hard to call him when other dogs are around. I am not sure if this is growing up . My cousin have a collie who was excellent with all dogs until one and became hateful to bigger than him dogs after he turned 1. He is fully train, amazing recall, does all kind of tricks but they cannot trust him with bigger dogs. He is 4 and they tried trainer, behaviorist and decided not to approach bigger dogs. I know they are different scenarios, was just thinking sometimes it is not worth to force it. I am also scared he may develop this behavior towards other dog, and I will be not able to stop the fight. Appreciate any advice.
I have rescued a pure bred 2.5 yr old GSD who is a Louisiana Storm dog…since he was lost in a storm living now in PA is there any suggestions for him panicking during storms?? He paces,pants & no matter how we comfort him he still is panicked. Ty & he is still learning tricks so very trainable
QUESTION>>>> Maybe u will answer to my question...or may not...here it comes. I rescued a all black german shepherd that was abandone in a field...very thin, super scare, took me about 2 hours to gain her trust. Home behavior.. Very scare, scare when eats, scare if i talk a bit loud, scare of the broom, does not come when i call even with treats, so afraid that she does not stop to drink water, she take a shot of the water and then runs...same with food... that was four months ago... Now...she comes when i call her, she is trusting me more, she plays with me (just new behavior 4 days ago), obey when i say "hush" (meaning no), she gets alone with my other rescue dogs...however I can not figure out how to cut the following behavior. She gets crazy when I am getting ready to give food to all the dogs.. I follow herarky...but she can not sit or still in one place like my other dogs do, she cry, goes in circles, cry more, for about 5 minutes...then when is her turn to eat she sits (now) but she is overexcited. I put the bowl high, do not say anything to which she sits but she still overexcited, put the food down and i tell her to calm down, stop her tail to go a million rmps and to be still...but she still overexcited...when i see her going to 100 percent crazy to a 60 percent a give her permission to eat. taking into account that she was left starving (23Lbs when i found her) and signs of heavy abuse. How can i help her to get calm from a 100 crazy to 0 crazy...she has an attention span of 2 minutes if i am lucky. She is trying her best to please me but struggles. She knows that I am the alpha because she walks besides me (learned by herself) and if she goes forward i stop and she comes back to position..very intelligent but needs a lot of work and love which i am willing to do for her. Any tips how to break her anxiety for food -desperate to eat- behavior? thanks.
I cant get my 5 year old gsd to stay focused on me when we're out training in the yard ive been trying to get her to do it everyday for 5 years but she wont do it
quick question , i have a german sheperd of about year and 6 months, never trained but raised around a family and is pretty well disciplined in somethings but is super aggressive outside the house, is it too late to train her ?
I’m going to start with I am not a trainer. I do have two gsds, one was 2.5 when I got her she is now just over 3 and she was extremely reactive which her previous owner thought was flat out aggression. I muzzle trained her as a precaution and started taking her everywhere pets were allowed to go, I did not let people pet for the first bit and we avoided contact with other animals but she knew they were there and after a lot of time, patience, correction and treats we were able to begin having interactions with other dogs and now we have a 2 year old gsd who came to us a couple weeks ago. It is so not too late you’ll just have to help build confidence!
I agree with your explanation for " good " marker, earlier i was using good marker that way while playing, and after that when i was training him he thinks that "good" means play and breaks positions on that cue.
Love the gsd content..i have 3 and love em! Thanks from the UK 🇬🇧
Thank you! Great basic training session!
Wow! You are an Amazing trainer!!!!
Nice👍
All my GSDS are and were possessive with the toys
Can you explain the pops on the prong when you say “down” and he’s already down. Are you using the pressure as positive reinforcement? My Aussie goes down but very slow and offer gets back up.
Same question here
Same question here
Second time watching your video. I trained my Bkack German Shepherd (Raiden ) to me and he was signed off from the VA to be my Service Companion. Raiden is almost 4 and he is awesome but I’m going to start your technique. Than you !!!
Hello Andy!! How are you doing this morning? I just put my Malinois in a prong collar yesterday, it's a game changer.
Thats a nice space! Throw ring in with some bags train some fighters!💪💪☝️😉
Hello, need advice. I’ll try to make as short as possible. We have 1year 5 months GSD. We have him since he was 8 weeks old. He was good with dogs, very playful. Not every day but several times a month we were able to meet up with other dogs for walks or playtime. Several months ago he started to having stronger reaction to passing by dogs. Not all dogs owner want to say hi or play so we focus on teaching him to just keep walking. It was easier when he was smaller. Months ago we had 2 accidents when he ran to another dog, one time I was switching something in his leash and did not hold strong. Another time he broke from the cheap leash. Both times he had ran to the dog to play and the dog was very aggressive to him. “Nothing” really happened between them but whenever he sees this dog he is going bananas. It was hard to hold him. We were holding him close and firm when passing the dog. When our GSD got older he started reacting more, on the angry note to some passing by dogs, but it was never that crazy like with the dog above. We were taking training classes together with him last year, my husband and me and he was doing great. In Spring he was at 2 weeks training, they worked on the recall, sit and stay, down and stay. He is doing amazing around the house and backyard, but not so much with the distractions. Trainers never experience any rages or aggressive behavior from him to other dogs. As I mentioned we have a circle of friendly neighborhood dogs and if the time permits, we were meeting for off leash play. All the dogs are well trained and older. Sometimes our than puppy was too much to them so they corrected him. It was going well, until he started being interested in other dogs passing by and one time, he took off to ran to one (Luckly) he (by the miracle) stop half way - one of us had a whistle, he did not react to recall. Since than we stop off leashing him in not safe area. The dog playtime could include 2 up to 8 dogs. He loved it and he sense when we going for it and was very excited. One of the dogs is 3 year old now Husky. It was several times when he was nipping our GSD and ours was backing out. Until one day we met and our GSD started barking loud at husky, and did not back out. Husky back off and that was the end of the nipping, it had happened couple times, GSD saw Husky barked at him loud, and we all went for a walk. Husky became reserved of GSD. This Summer we had a chance to meet up daily for walks. It was up to 4 dogs. Another GSD, and two smaller different breeds. We stop for some off leash play and then do the walk. 2 of the dogs off leash. Our GSD and Husky started fighting 3x and we had to separate them. It looked like ours was starting the fight and look for it so I started having him on the leash all the time. It was different every day. Sometimes he had fun with other dogs and do not care about husky, sometimes it was hard to be around. I was taking him away, different direction, had him sit or down and wait he calms down to approach the group again. There was time when he was tired after half walk and he had not pay attention to husky and we can have them walk by each other. It got better, but some days I had to walk up in front so he does not see husky, otherwise he tried to lounge at him, was excessively barking, trying to get to him. 2 weeks ago his “hate” came back and it is not manageable. When walk away he can calm down, hard to sit / down him. He does not listen. When we near husky, he try to get him, hard to hold him. When we walk away he is still in rage. It has happen 4x when he was already going crazy about the husky, another dog - friendly to him approached us and our GSD was in such rage that it looks like he wants to take it to other - nearby - dog because he cannot get to further standing husky. I managed to pull him away. 2 of the dogs we meet are small and I do not want to risk their wellbeing. When husky is around he is playful and gentle, and many times even lets them jump on him or wrestle. I am very sad about this situation, and it is overwhelming to me. From the side it looks like husky is just passing by, look at him and ours goes completely crazy. This week I decided to stop walking together as after couple weeks improvement it got worse again. I do not want to risk wellbeing of other dogs because they will happen to be around him when he tries to get to husky.
I got some advice from longer dog owners, and some were working for a while, some not. Husky owner think we should invite some trainer to the walk and have him estimate our GSD behavior. I am not sure about this. It just hit me recently, if my dog has such a strong reaction to another dog maybe I should not force him to walk by this dog or see him. Another owner said I should teach my dog that he does not have to like husky but needs to behave. But what if this is his nature - some other said shepherds hate Siberian huskies - is this doable? I also heard the opinion they act like that when they… scared, when if husky looks innocent but there is a smell coming from him that he is actually “at war” towards my dog. This is my first dog and I do not have an experience a lot. I do anything for his wellbeing. I hate to see him not being able to play with other dogs, but that group know each other longer and I feel like it is only fair for us not to come anymore. Not sure what another step is. We continue train him around the house, he is well, some errors. But there are no distractions around the house. It is hard to call him when other dogs are around. I am not sure if this is growing up . My cousin have a collie who was excellent with all dogs until one and became hateful to bigger than him dogs after he turned 1. He is fully train, amazing recall, does all kind of tricks but they cannot trust him with bigger dogs. He is 4 and they tried trainer, behaviorist and decided not to approach bigger dogs. I know they are different scenarios, was just thinking sometimes it is not worth to force it. I am also scared he may develop this behavior towards other dog, and I will be not able to stop the fight.
Appreciate any advice.
I have rescued a pure bred 2.5 yr old GSD who is a Louisiana Storm dog…since he was lost in a storm living now in PA is there any suggestions for him panicking during storms?? He paces,pants & no matter how we comfort him he still is panicked. Ty & he is still learning tricks so very trainable
Andy thank you for showing this demo. I am pleased I am doing everything correctly. My GSd is 17 months.. love the works /content you put out.
Awesome man glad I found ya I subbed quick
Andy, what kind of chain collar is on the GSD?
I just purchased a & months old German shepherd. What’s a good age to start this type of training? You do amazing btw. Thanks for the tips
Nice❤
Looks like a mixed German shepherd and Belgian malinios. Or is it really a Pure GSD???
What to do when off leash dogs ( no control from owner) approach me and my leashed GSD? Happens constantly. Thanks for the wisdom.
QUESTION>>>> Maybe u will answer to my question...or may not...here it comes. I rescued a all black german shepherd that was abandone in a field...very thin, super scare, took me about 2 hours to gain her trust. Home behavior.. Very scare, scare when eats, scare if i talk a bit loud, scare of the broom, does not come when i call even with treats, so afraid that she does not stop to drink water, she take a shot of the water and then runs...same with food... that was four months ago... Now...she comes when i call her, she is trusting me more, she plays with me (just new behavior 4 days ago), obey when i say "hush" (meaning no), she gets alone with my other rescue dogs...however I can not figure out how to cut the following behavior. She gets crazy when I am getting ready to give food to all the dogs.. I follow herarky...but she can not sit or still in one place like my other dogs do, she cry, goes in circles, cry more, for about 5 minutes...then when is her turn to eat she sits (now) but she is overexcited. I put the bowl high, do not say anything to which she sits but she still overexcited, put the food down and i tell her to calm down, stop her tail to go a million rmps and to be still...but she still overexcited...when i see her going to 100 percent crazy to a 60 percent a give her permission to eat. taking into account that she was left starving (23Lbs when i found her) and signs of heavy abuse. How can i help her to get calm from a 100 crazy to 0 crazy...she has an attention span of 2 minutes if i am lucky. She is trying her best to please me but struggles. She knows that I am the alpha because she walks besides me (learned by herself) and if she goes forward i stop and she comes back to position..very intelligent but needs a lot of work and love which i am willing to do for her. Any tips how to break her anxiety for food -desperate to eat- behavior? thanks.
I cant get my 5 year old gsd to stay focused on me when we're out training in the yard ive been trying to get her to do it everyday for 5 years but she wont do it
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quick question , i have a german sheperd of about year and 6 months, never trained but raised around a family and is pretty well disciplined in somethings but is super aggressive outside the house, is it too late to train her ?
I’m going to start with I am not a trainer. I do have two gsds, one was 2.5 when I got her she is now just over 3 and she was extremely reactive which her previous owner thought was flat out aggression. I muzzle trained her as a precaution and started taking her everywhere pets were allowed to go, I did not let people pet for the first bit and we avoided contact with other animals but she knew they were there and after a lot of time, patience, correction and treats we were able to begin having interactions with other dogs and now we have a 2 year old gsd who came to us a couple weeks ago. It is so not too late you’ll just have to help build confidence!
At what age would you say a gs is too old to train.
They're barely mature until 3
Loving all the content on Patreon lately about how to train indoors when it's SO cold outside!! Andy you're a life saver!!!
I'M LIKING ANDY MORE EVERY VIDEO OF HIS I WATCH
I agree with your explanation for " good " marker, earlier i was using good marker that way while playing, and after that when i was training him he thinks that "good" means play and breaks positions on that cue.
Don't think I've ever seen a mastiff on this channel....... Seen a pig once...... How is that pig...... Is he trained now?
Nice training
Awesome, I feel I got something out of that.
great video! why the automatic pressure with the leash if he is doing the command requested? thanks
where did you get that small leash?
Uggh. I'm trying to find a training method for a GSD that is NOT motivated with toys and only somewhat motivated with treats.
Excellent video! Thank you
Good video. BTW the leash you used what kind is it and where did you get it?
Thank you
🐾🐕🐾🇺🇸You are the best, Andy!!!
Why was he whining?
He's a gsd 😊
@@rebekahh371 my corso does that at times when he's in the boot.
He's excited. Wants to keep working.
Just started watching your videos. Learning a lot. Just got myself a Belgian Malinois pup. Definitely helping me out.
Where did you get that ball toy?
Also, The Dogs of Our Ancestors
On eBay
You are awesome sir!❤❤🎉🎉
How old this dog?
So what is the point of poping the leash when the dog is doing the behavior you have asked for ??