How To Stop Your Dog Pulling On The Leash Quickly
Summary
TLDRAt the center, a highly energetic golden retriever is undergoing a behavior assessment and modification program. The dog, loving and spirited but problematic on walks, is learning to walk calmly on a loose lead. The trainers focus on diagnosing the dog's behavior and then implementing a training plan using operant counter-conditioning. The process involves interrupting undesirable behavior and rewarding calm, focused behavior. The goal is to help the dog understand how to interact appropriately with people and other dogs, transforming its excitable energy into positive behavior through structured engagement drills and loving leadership.
Takeaways
- 🐾 The golden retriever in the script is high-energy, spirited, and loving, but these traits are causing behavioral issues during walking and interaction.
- 🔍 The trainers begin by diagnosing the root causes of the dog's behavior, emphasizing the importance of understanding the dog's motivation and emotional state.
- 👶 The dog's size and strength, once endearing in puppyhood, are now creating safety concerns and are described as a 'nightmare' for the owner.
- 🚫 The script highlights the necessity of teaching dogs to walk on a loose lead, regardless of their friendly nature, for the owner's safety and the dog's good behavior.
- 📝 The training process involves detailed assessments of the dog's characteristics and behaviors to establish a solid foundation for behavior modification.
- 👨🏫 The trainers use operant counter conditioning to change the dog's reaction from undesirable behaviors to more appropriate ones, such as sitting and waiting patiently.
- 🤝 The engagement drill is a key training technique used to build a relationship with the dog and establish the trainer as the 'loving leader'.
- 🎁 Positive reinforcement, such as treats and praise, is used to reward the dog for focusing on the trainer and making good decisions.
- 🔄 The process includes interrupting bad behaviors with gentle guidance and redirecting the dog's attention back to the trainer for positive outcomes.
- 🔄 The use of equipment like a slip collar is introduced to improve communication and control during the training process.
- 👫 The ultimate goal is to transfer the skills and techniques to the dog's owner, ensuring the dog's continued good behavior and reinforcing the training at home.
Q & A
What is the main issue with the golden retriever in the script?
-The main issue with the golden retriever is that it has high energy and is excitable, leading to problems with pulling and walking on a leash, which can be dangerous for the owner.
What is the first step in the behavior assessment and modification program for the golden retriever?
-The first step is to diagnose the exact problem by understanding the dog's motivation levels, emotional state, characteristics, and the root of its behaviors.
Why is it important for a dog to learn to walk on a loose lead, even if it's friendly and loving?
-It's important for a dog to walk on a loose lead for the owner's safety and to prevent potential danger, especially as the dog grows larger and more powerful.
What is the term used for the training method that the script describes?
-The training method described in the script is referred to as 'operant counter conditioning'.
What is the purpose of the engagement drill in dog training?
-The engagement drill is used to build a strong relationship between the dog and the handler, teaching the dog to focus on the handler and follow their guidance and direction.
How does the trainer handle the dog's desire to play with other dogs or interact with people?
-The trainer uses redirection and positive reinforcement to teach the dog that it can play with other dogs or interact with people, but only after demonstrating calm and patient behavior.
What is the significance of the slip collar and lead combination in the training process?
-The slip collar and lead combination is used to effectively communicate with the dog and to help establish the desired behaviors, such as sitting, waiting, and walking nicely beside the handler.
What is the 'decompression' period in the training process, and why is it used?
-The 'decompression' period is a break in the training where the dog is allowed to rest, typically in a crate. It is used to prevent the dog from becoming overwhelmed and to reinforce calm behavior.
How does the trainer reintroduce triggers, such as the presence of another dog or person, during the training?
-The trainer reintroduces triggers gradually, using the established communication and engagement skills to redirect the dog's focus back to the handler when the dog starts to react inappropriately.
What is the final goal of the training program for the golden retriever?
-The final goal is to hand over the skills to the dog's owner, ensuring that the dog continues to exhibit the desired behaviors, such as loose lead walking and calm interaction with other dogs and people.
How does the trainer ensure that the dog understands the connection between good behavior and rewards?
-The trainer uses positive reinforcement, such as treats and praise, to reward the dog immediately after it makes a good decision or exhibits the desired behavior.
Outlines
🐶 Diagnosing Behavioral Issues in an Energetic Golden Retriever
The golden retriever at the center is very energetic and has issues with pulling and walking, which can become problematic as they age. The behavior assessment and modification program starts by diagnosing the dog's characteristics, emotional state, and motivations. Despite being high-energy and loving, the dog needs to learn to walk on a loose lead to avoid dangerous situations. The goal is to train the dog without creating fear, promoting positive behavior and proper interaction with people and other dogs.
📋 Engagement Drill for Building Leadership and Focus
The next step involves an engagement drill to establish the handler as a loving leader. Ben uses a slip lead to direct the dog’s attention back to him through gentle taps and rewarding focused behavior. This drill helps the dog learn that focusing on the handler results in positive outcomes. The process involves short, fun sessions followed by decompression periods, gradually building the dog’s ability to respond calmly to triggers like other dogs.
🎯 Progress and Owner Training for Long-term Success
Significant progress is made as the dog starts responding positively to triggers and focusing on the handler instead of getting distracted. The final phase involves transferring these skills to the owner, ensuring they can maintain the training at home. The success of the day highlights the importance of loving leadership, engagement, and positive reinforcement in training a well-behaved dog. The session concludes with the dog learning to play calmly with other dogs, reinforcing the positive behavior learned throughout the day.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Behavior Assessment
💡Golden Retriever
💡Loose Lead Walking
💡Dog Training Plan
💡Engagement Drill
💡Operant Conditioning
💡Slip Collar
💡Positive Reinforcement
💡Counter Conditioning
💡Loving Leadership
💡Decompression
Highlights
A golden retriever with high energy and love for play is causing walking and pulling issues.
Behavior assessment begins with diagnosing the dog's motivation levels and emotional state.
Golden retrievers are naturally spirited and energetic, which can lead to behavioral problems as they grow.
The importance of teaching dogs to walk on a loose lead for safety and control is emphasized.
A detailed assessment of the dog's characteristics and behavior triggers is conducted.
A training plan is formulated to transition from problem behavior to desired outcomes.
The dog's inappropriate greetings and playfulness are being addressed through training.
Uncle Sully demonstrates how to interact with the dog using patience and good manners.
Operant counter conditioning is introduced to change the dog's reaction to triggers like other dogs or people.
Interrupting and redirecting the dog's behavior is key to the training process.
Basic obedience training is essential before addressing more complex behavioral issues.
A slip collar and lead are used to improve communication with the dog during training.
The dog must learn to earn attention through calm and patient behavior.
Engagement drills are used to build a relationship and focus between the dog and handler.
The training process involves short, sharp sessions with decompression time using crates.
Counter conditioning involves reshaping the dog's response to triggers to elicit calm behavior.
The handler's role in reinforcing positive behavior through treats and praise is crucial.
Progress is monitored by reintroducing triggers and rewarding the dog for making good decisions.
The final step is teaching the owner how to apply the training techniques at home.
The transformation from a pulling and lunging dog to a well-mannered companion is showcased.
The importance of a loving leadership approach to achieve long-term behavioral change is highlighted.
Transcripts
today at the center we have a very very
excitable golden retriever in with us
and the golden retriever is in with us
for pulling and walking like an absolute
nightmare so when we start our Behavior
assessment and modification program days
we always start by trying to diagnose
exactly what's going on and that's what
we've been doing so far this morning and
the beautiful thing is is that like most
golden retrievers there is not a bad
bone in this dog's body this is a
beautifully spirited High energy loving
Golden Retriever and all of that energy
and love and desire to play and have fun
is just over spilling and creating the
problems that we're seeing in front of
us the problem is is that they're also
large powerful dogs and it's cute when
they're puppies but when they start to
hit this age it becomes an absolute
Nightmare and the reality is is although
it might not necessarily be a problem
for you now having a dog that pulls but
as I can attest life gets in the way now
I can walk any of my dogs still because
they walk beautifully on a loose lead
there is no way that I would be able to
walk this dog because it would be
incredibly dangerous so it's important
that every single dog learns to walk
beautifully on a loose lead even if they
are happy friendly loving dogs like our
mate here now I won't bore you with all
the details but we do incredibly
detailed assessments of the dog's
motivation levels the dog's emotional
state their characteristics their impr
so that we have a rock solid foundation
of exactly who this dog is and where
these behaviors are coming from once
we've done that diagnosis we now move to
this stage of the day is where we work
on a training plan what is it that we
need to do to be able to help this dog
now we know exactly what's going on go
from this problem Behavior through to
the desired outcome and I'm going to
bring you along on that journey to show
you what that looks like so as you can
see this dog just wants to play with
suly just wants to say hello he want
wants to come and say hello to me but as
you can see it is completely
inappropriate and if we don't get on top
of this now it is only going to get
worse and worse and obviously what we
don't want to do is make this dog
fearful we don't want to create any
negative connotations to people or other
dogs we want this dog to be who it is
which is a delightful lovely dog but we
need to get this under control so what
we want to start is a process of helping
this dog understand yes you can play
with other dogs yes you can love on
people but this isn't how you get it how
you get it is exactly what Uncle Sul
doing here Uncle Sully would really love
to go and play with this dog he's a very
playful friendly dog himself but he
understands that the way he gets that is
by sitting and waiting patiently and
calmly with good manners I've not made
him scared of other dogs but I've made
him understand how he goes about being
able to interact with them now it's
easier if you do that from the start but
if you find yourself in a situation like
like this it's not difficult now for my
behavior nerds we're going to be
following a program that you would call
operant counter conditioning we want to
help this dog go from right now seeing
another dog and behaving like this to
seeing another dog but the trigger of
another dog or another person creates
this Behavior instead and that is a long
process but we can start that process
right here today and the way that we do
that is first of all we need to
interrupt this Behavior we have to be
able to get the attention back on us as
the dogs loving leader so that we can
then start that process of redirecting
them to the desirable Behavior now
what's lovely is if you watch Ben with
the dog now is the dog does have basics
in place it will sit nicely it will weit
nicely the owners have already done this
bit brilliantly if the dog didn't have
that kind of obedience that is where
we'd have to start we'd start by
teaching the things that we do want then
we can move on to the next step which is
what we're going to be working on today
which is interrupting the bad decision
that the dog makes and redirect it to
the behavior that we do want which is
going to be this it's going to be sit
and it's going to be heal it's going to
be walk nicely next to me so step one is
that we're going to move onto a
different piece of equipment that's much
better suited to a dog like this that's
going to allow us to communicate that to
them as effectively as possible from a
place of loving leadership so we'll swap
out to exactly what Uncle Sully's on now
which is just going to be a basic slip
collar and Lead combination and they
we'll be able to get to work now it's
worth noting before we dive into this
that throughout this process from now
this dog is never going to get attention
from me until it is calm and waiting
with good manners that is going to be a
blanket rule that is going to be
instilled in this dog from now on so
although this dog is desperate for my
attention again when it does anything
like that I'm not going to give it to it
but throughout the day when I find
Opportunities where it is waiting nicely
and sitting down I'll come up as soon as
it starts anything like that we bring
that attention away and we have to do
that non-stop forever so the next step
of the process is going to be working on
uh engagement drill if you've been
following me for any amount of time
you'll have seen us do this we do this
with absolutely every single dog that we
ever work with and it's about building
that fundamental principle of the dog
being able to see us as their loving
leader and following us and our guidance
and direction this engagement drill is
one of the quickest ways that we can
build up that kind of relationship and
that kind of Engagement so Ben has
popped her on a slip lead and we're
going to swap over to that now we're
going to work through this engagement
drill and because of my current
condition Ben's going to be doing that
for us and I'm going to talk you through
exactly what's happening as he goes
about doing it now what this isn't is
just Ben going back and forward and
doing different directional changes I
completely understand that when you see
us do that that is what it might look
like but there is so much going on so
quickly that if you get it right it is
absolutely life-changing and
revolutionary so Ben is just going to be
moving around and he's going to start
building this principle of whenever Luna
kind of disappears from him he's going
to tap tap on the lead and be able to
bring her attention back whenever Luna
does focus on Ben she's going to get a
treat now we're going to be working with
different treats finding out what works
we want to her to be able to kind of eat
the treats incredibly quickly but what
we're doing is we're building up this
concept of focus in on me will always
equal positive things focus on me and
that's where the best things in life
come from so when we start out the
process like this it can be very simple
back and forward Ben really engaging
with her and making it as easy as
possible now that was an absolutely
beautiful example there when Luna got a
little bit distracted and she's wanted
to go and pull towards the cameraman to
say hello Ben used a tiny little bit of
pressure here is a good example example
beautiful to be able to say hey buddy
just a little tap on the shoulder bring
that attention back to me and that is
the essence of this drill focus on me
good things happen lose your attention
lose your focus I'm just going to tap
tap tap and bring that attention back to
me and we turn it into this really fun
game and that's exactly what it should
be as you can see and as you can observe
Luna's happy that Tail's waging it's a
fun process and when done right that's
exactly how it should look and what
you're going to start to notice now now
is that Ben's starting to shape it on
his left hand side which has this lovely
ability of a byproduct of teaching a
beautiful Loos lead heel so again he's
going to be keeping her in that position
when she remains in that position she
gets treats when Ben makes a directional
change if she focuses on him like that
beautiful she gets a treat if she loses
her attention she gets a little tap tap
tap now some dogs have a better ability
of taking treats some dog dog Stone but
again the art of dog training is being
able to roll with that we're not going
to provide any kind of pressure to her
if she's trying to eat her treat we
going to be patient we're going to work
with her some dogs this can go a little
bit quicker other dogs not necessarily
so much so we're going to work on this
process over the next probably hour or
so and the way that we like to work on
this and again it's different for every
dog but we'll probably do five or 10
minutes worth of work and then we do 15
20 minutes of what we call decompression
we use the crate for that and if the dog
isn't already crate trained it's a great
time for us to work on crate training
with the dog but we like to have short
sharp fun sessions and the first three
or four of these sessions are going to
be around this engagement to drill once
we've built that engagement we can then
start to bring the triggers back out we
can use this engagement that we've now
built to start this process of counter
conditioning the response of Sea Dog
pull lunge go crazy into Sea Dog sit
wait patiently calmly cuz that's how I
get what I want so all of the diagnosis
and all of the initial training has gone
beautifully this morning and this is
where we move into the stage of training
where the rubber really meets the road
and we're going to start putting all of
these things together Luna is now
beautifully engaged with the Handler she
knows that to get what she want she has
to sit and wait patiently again I've
brought my dog Sully back out and she's
much much better engaged with the
Handler behind me than again she was
this morning we've not changed her
desire to want to play with Sully and
she is going to get to play with him
today but we're going to teach her how
she goes about getting that so this is
where we need to start putting these
things together so Ben has got her
engagement looking absolutely beautiful
she's walking really nicely by his side
we're going to completely shape that
into a formal heel as the weeks turn
into months that look absolutely perfect
but for right now it's exactly where we
need it to be we've moved on to a much
better piece of of equipment that allows
us to communic I absolutely love it it
fills me with joy when you see these
incredible light bulb Transformations
start to happen we are now at a position
where we can start reintroducing the
trigger that trigger of another dog or
another person used to get her to want
to Lunge paull lose her mind if that
happens now we have the ability using
our new better communication like that
just to tap her on the shoulder say hey
hey no Luna remember focus on me when
she does that she's going to get praised
and rewarded and we're going to build up
that principle when she makes a good
decision and she looks at Sully but then
just chooses to re-engage back with Ben
she's going to get a big jackpot reward
she's going to get treats Ben's going to
play with her again lovely she's
distracted by people in the background
just hey hey just a little tap on the
shoulder bring that attention back to me
with those skill sets we can now start
to introduce different triggers so so
far Sully has been stable but I'm going
to start moving in and around with Ben
and you're going to see as we do some
passes that whenever she finishes eating
her yummy treats she's going to be
interested in Sully just a little tap on
the shoulder remember so again already
infinitely better than where we were
this morning but we're going to keep
working on this and we I guarantee we
will get a moment where she'll make a
good decision she'll look at Sully and
she'll go no I'm going to come back to
Handler and at that moment Ben's waiting
for that moment so she can get a big yes
a massive amount of Praise once we start
stacking a few of them up two or three
of them in a row and then going to take
suly off lead and we're going to let
them play they'll have two or three
minutes worth of play then we'll go back
to this drill there beautiful look at
that amazing so Ben's going to go in
with a really nice treat that gives me
goosebumps and you're watching this
unfold in front of you she saw suly but
she made the right decision because of
our loving leadership and engagement
Based training so again there's a dog
right in front of her and look at that
happy engagement difference onto the
Handler rather than onto the dog so as
you can see we've made absolutely
incredible progress and the next step is
being able to hand these skills over to
the owner because it's all well and good
that me and Ben can do it but we are
trainers with a lot of experience in
being able to do this and it doesn't
matter if we can do it but if we can't
pass that skill over to the owners that
is where the magic truly happens which
is what we do in these days we're now
going to have a really nice long
consultation that hands these skills
over and then we build a training plan
for moving forward over the next few
months to not just settle for what is
incredible success here but to keep
pushing on to keep make it as fun and as
positive and Achieve absolute Excellence
that this dog is capable of but if we
take a second to go back to the start of
the day and look at what this dog was
when it came in versus where we've been
able to get to in just one day through
loving leadership ship engagement and a
positive based fun approach to building
beautiful loose lead walking and a
communication pathway that allows us to
let them know hey buddy remember what we
need from you is to do this is to be
this dog again Goosebump moment relax
calm happy and trusting in the process
and again because we've had such huge
amounts of success this is exactly how
you go about getting what you want so if
you could take a collar off for me Ben
you don't get to play with dogs and have
fuss and fun by pulling and being a
lunatic you get to do it by this break
good boy come
on what a perfect example here we go
Uncle Su will come in and initiate some
play but this is what she wants as she
now starts this process of learning that
how I get to interact with Uncle Sully
and all the other dogs I'm going to
encounter in life is ex exactly what
just happened then I'm going to be
relaxed I'm going to be calm I'm going
to be a well-mannered dog and I'm going
to get to play with all of my mates so
remember if you're struggling with your
dog's Behavior you don't need to but it
all Builds on the foundations of loving
leadership from you first build that
engagement build that communication
pathway and you can have the dream K9
companion that you've always wanted she
ain't mine but she look fine going to
take some time going to make her mind
I'm going to make her
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