Dog Training Mistakes In 'Teenage Phase'

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Hi Will, we have a Romanian rescue male 14 months old, he is still ‘intact’ and shows no signs of aggression – but I’m concerned he might be a target for other dogs who are. I wondered what you think re neutering.

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Mr Allerton, is it effective to wizzle to a dog to redirect while being reactive towards leashless dogs on the street? I'm in Mexico lots of street dogs. Some are friendly and some aren't.

Great thank you I've got a 9 week's old and I've always thought I've done right on the Leed and I always do keep the Leed slack and I award her xxxx

Do actual grown humans need teaching how to train their own dogs? I see loads of these videos about . I don't know I might just be lucky but my dogs have never been a problem, I've had the smallest and biggest breeds of dogs, I found the Yorkies was the worst but not unmanageable they needed a little more time to learn. I walk for miles daily though so I honestly think my dogs just want to rest when they are at home

Thanks for all your tips ❤

Great videos thanks will

Training a dog never ends

I am proud of you for doing what is right for you and your family. Continuing to pray. When I was in the NICU for my little guy, I pumped every 4 hours for 30 minutes. First pump around 6 am and last pump around 11 pm. My goal was 2 hours a day. It worked for me. But I also realize that everybody is different and it might not work for everyone. Just an idea.

Thank you for this video, 90% of dog owners no nothing about the teenage phase

I was always taught that a leave it and a recall command are the most necessary bordering on lifesaving commands. Great to see a professional encouraging a strong leave it with solid logic behind it.❤

OK, but what if they don’t leave it? Then what do we do?

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.

1- who doesn’t walk their dog every day!? Common sense..
2- you should specify what you mean by teenager years.. 4 months 9 months? 1? People don’t specify a lot what kind of training should be done at what age..

Great job great video.. cute dogs

holy shit dude when is the "Teenage phase"

Just adopted a teenage dog (I’ve a teenage daughter and oh boy they are same personal don’t want to do anything and digs their heels in) this video is very valuable thank you

How about meaty bones , I got beat when trying to take the bones back because my dogs were fighting over the bones 🍖

Try it it's really helpful for you

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lol the age 2-4 is when they start to test you 😂
Like no have a seat 💺

Unreal just amazing

My husky lab is 7 months. She was such a good and attentive pup. Now she is testing every single boundary: leash pulling, escaping pens, poor recall. It’s so discouraging, but I know it’ll be one day at a time and not giving up.