HELP! 18MO male training

[Ravenbird]

My dog can eat a very hard correction no problem. So a normal prong correction might keep her from blowing up. But a regular leash pop, with a whole bunch of spatial pressure and body language that says you better knock that s**t off. Actually changes what’s going on in her mind.

Same. As we were discussing in some other thread, the emotional levels of these dogs can be hurt way easier than physical. It was quite by accident that I found that out, I was trying to get ready for my BH trial coming up a couple of years ago and proofing by just using a fur saver collar at a class and Asha exploded at a new person/dog that walked over toward us. I grabbed her face and got about 3" from her eyes and said (to quote you) "you better knock that s**t off". And I stared her in the eyes until she looked away. It really was a come to Jesus moment for her and I think a turning point in her respect for me. It didn't correct her behavior forever, but it changed her opinion of me being in charge.

 

[Cferg]

Same. As we were discussing in some other thread, the emotional levels of these dogs can be hurt way easier than physical. It was quite by accident that I found that out, I was trying to get ready for my BH trial coming up a couple of years ago and proofing by just using a fur saver collar at a class and Asha exploded at a new person/dog that walked over toward us. I grabbed her face and got about 3" from her eyes and said (to quote you) "you better knock that s**t off". And I stared her in the eyes until she looked away. It really was a come to Jesus moment for her and I think a turning point in her respect for me. It didn't correct her behavior forever, but it changed her opinion of me being in charge.

I believe this is the type of corrections given in most of the YouTube reactive dog training videos that are edited out. I know in a shieldk9 video, Haz actually said something about that he wouldn’t show that part. That’s also where I heard the term make the correction personal to the dog.

I was talking with the lady that boards Stassi for me. And she has a Doberman in for a B&T. He’s dog reactive, and yes explosive barking! Anyways she will set up a GoPro of training sessions. And have her son record walks also. But she told me she gave this exact kind of correction the other day on a walk. But edited it out before sending it to the client. Now I’m sure she will go over this with the client in person. Still it’s not something a dog owner wants to see in an emailed video.