Aggressive German Shepherd attacks trainer during aggressive behavior training
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hello everybody and welcome back to the
coolest dog training Channel right here
on YouTube I’m Tom Davis America’s kin
an educator thank you guys so very much
for joining me today one of the worst
cases of dominance I’ve ever seen no
dominance in the dog world is something
that probably gets thrown around way too
much way way too much a lot of people
don’t have any idea what it is a lot of
people think that if your dog doesn’t
sit for dominant or if they don’t come
the dominant not necessarily a truly
dominant dog is a dog that will actually
have a problem with you telling them
what to do even if they know what you
want them to do so getting them off the
couch putting them into a crate and then
coming after you indirectly and
completely fighting with you during that
time now this dog I want to be extremely
clear with you guys because I don’t want
this video to come off the wrong way
this dog is completely fine all the time
unless you tell it what it can and can’t
do so in this session you’ll see me
break down the entire process of what I
would do in a situation like this and
really some of the ideas that you guys
can take from this is how I approach it
know how we started to adapt as the dog
started changing and behavior so so we
brought it we had to bring a catch
pullout which we haven’t had to do in a
long time the catch pole is to ensure
safety basically what I did with this
thing it’s a long pole that you put a
slip on to make sure the dog can’t bite
you yes the dog had a muzzle on but in
order to really really solve this case
or at least really crack down on it I
had to basically use the catch Pole to
keep me safe because as the dog actively
came after me if I use the leash he’s
gonna hit me and if he hits me my body
is gonna react which is making him win
so in this video you’re gonna
probably 15-minute battle of the dog
ferociously growling at me lunging at me
coming after me and what I’m doing with
this catch pause I’m just holding him
there and I’m just sitting there so he
can’t get to me so it eliminates the
reactivity that he normally gets and
what he’s basically taught every human
around him is if you try to get him to
do something he doesn’t want to do he’s
gonna lunge and growl at you
so I battled him until he gave up it
isn’t an alpha thing it isn’t a dominant
thing I just had to explain to him you
know what dude from now on you do this
crazy behavior and aggressive behavior
you’re not gonna win and so that’s what
this video it is I hope you guys like it
I hope it’s informative I hope you guys
learned something from this I certainly
did moving forward and and I believe
that this is a true test for this dog
and as you see at the end
he’s totally environmentally
environmentally changing which means
he’s cool 100%
he could be growling and lunging at me
and freaking out two seconds later I can
give him a piece of treat that doesn’t
mean he’s neurotic or unpredictable the
behavior is actually extremely
predictable as soon as you touch his
head as soon as you touch his face his
muzzle any equipment he has on he has a
problem with that and if you don’t back
off he’s just gonna keep coming at you
so it’s definitely not ideal but it is a
situation where you can predict almost
every time the triggers that’s going to
happen
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Hey phooey
don’t don’t pull them don’t pull him cuz
he’s gonna come right back gotcha I’m
sorry a truly dominant dog is very rare
very rarely do you find a dog that is
going to be super aggressive when you
try to get them to do something they
don’t want to do and the majority of
like dominance is that where they’re
fine they’re good they’re obedient but
as soon as you try to get them to do
something that you they don’t want to do
they become nasty a lot of times you see
that on more dominant dogs Roddy’s
things like that getting them out of the
crate getting them off the bed that’s
where you get the battle and they’re
like no you’re gonna have to fight me
for this it’s kind of what you’re seeing
here he definitely has a problem with
you doing that so I want to try to find
some triggers and try to find some ways
that we can work through them and see
how bad it is so what I’m gonna do is uh
I’m gonna put another leash on them
just a slip collar and I want to see how
he does with me doing this you’re just
gonna hold him because the muzzles on at
any time that he if I feel like he is
getting crazy I’m gonna try to fight it
out with him no because the problem with
that is is then you’re rewarding him for
that so I don’t love going to battle
with dogs but sometimes it break you
break through with them I know he’s
going to try to battle me and I want to
see if I can battle him too it sounds so
barbaric as far as like dog training
methods because then they go alpha with
it I’m not trying to be alpha that’s
silly I don’t think that’s really what I
need to do here I just need to find some
sort of clarity in the situational stuff
that he gets into because I’m not trying
to like pin him to the ground and be
like I’m bigger and badder that’s like
silly I just want him to know that I’m
only trying to help him
yes because here’s okay so here’s the
thing is there is a possibility that he
has learned that if he wins yes
so if I battle him through that a couple
times and say like that’s not gonna
happen anymore and it gets better
then we have something and in every dog
that I work with behavioral cases which
it’s the only work I do I find out a
game plan as we talk through it an
investigation and it’s gonna go a couple
different ways I don’t know exactly
which way it’s gonna go but that’s what
I’m seeing is he freaks out and nobody’s
ever battled him we just he wins every
single time he wins so I’m not trying to
pin him and battle him and choke him and
hurt him I’m just trying to stand my
ground and not back off and it is going
to be chaotic and crazy but as long as
he doesn’t keep that muzzle off we’re
good I’m just gonna try to slip this
over
so give me the leash because I hooked
this you slip that over yeah all right
I’m gonna just try to take this off hey
Morgan you wanna go grab into Catchpole
it’s in the back just Hank just release
the pressure a little bit good good
I’m gonna give you Catchpole it’s built
for this and then he’s gonna argue me
and I’m just gonna do this yeah dude
keep freaking out and you can’t get to
me I’m just trying to let him know that
he can’t win these fights every time
good so now you can let go there’s a
good boy good so I’m just safely very
very calmly not you see how pissed he’s
getting and and never do this only do
this if you know what you’re doing
yeah do not do this at home it’s okay
buddy but I’m just teaching him like go
ahead keep growling and whatever I’m not
going anywhere dude that’s what he’s
done
every time he start he wins he should
win like nobody wants to get bit so what
I’m trying to do is find a creative
humane way safe way to say all right
fight me and then he just boom boom boom
and I just stand there I’m like you’re
gonna give up go boy
the boy smart that’s the problem see see
yeah see how he like walked away he’s
never lost ever ever and now he’s
stressed
of course he’s stressed his whole life
he’s been like not his whole life I
shouldn’t say that recently and his
maturity this is him and this isn’t this
is a dog that could potentially bite
somebody from this behavior and we don’t
want to see that that’s for sure
good boy yeah that makes me win and the
other thing I want to mention is I’m not
naive enough to say like is this
building him up you’re making it worse
no sure like that’s the point like he’s
really he’s gotten away with this so
many times and if somebody doesn’t do
something someone’s gonna get hurt so
that’s why we’re going the extra mile to
really see what’s up
go boy go boy she’s gonna wait for him
to look away go boy
so if I move good boy
see the first time he’s lost good boy
and what I’m trying to do is try to see
if he can lose like I’m trying to see if
he’s safe or not I can he actually turn
off or is it just neurotic behavior all
the time when you tell him he can’t do
something once he loses he calms down
which before we didn’t have that off
switch
good boy I gave him a little
confrontation note no issue there good
boy
job big man so what I’m so what if so
the camera knows what I’m doing what I’m
doing is when he does his growl to try
to back me away from what I’m asking him
to do I give him body pressure I step
right in and I say no no I’m not moving
away like you normally have the
opportunity to get somebody to do and
it’s helping for sure I just don’t know
how long it’s gonna take what’s up man
it’s a good session for you to watch
good good boy
so I just want to be clear about what
I’m doing with the Catchpole is it’s
it’s just hooked on them it’s not
choking him or anything and when he
growls I lean in like this and I’m not
using the pole to push and pull him
around or poke him or anything like that
I’m just using it to step in and I’m
using this as my safety if he does react
at my face I step back good boy big man
much better good boy so I’m gonna go in
again and mess with his equipment and
see what see what happens
good boy so build but not where it was
right
battle always the mental game because
the reality is is I want to look to the
other side of people watching this in
the future of you have to really know
what you’re doing to do this type of
work and what I’m doing is the reality
is this if I did this and I had him come
over to me he’s gonna be fine with me
so it’s not like I’m building him to
attack me or I’m building him to have a
problem with me that’s not the case at
all yes he’s fine with me
he doesn’t care the problem is is when
he’s i messing with me and he’s doing
this and he’s like back off dude I’m
like no and then you get submission
right a huge difference and and and I
think I want to just clarify for that
because if you watch this video in the
future like he just wants me to move and
I’m like nah I’m not moving
it’s nothing to be messed with for sure
it’s not to be taken lightly but I just
want to clarify that I’m not getting him
to do things he doesn’t want to do and
pushing him with this this is a safety
thing that if he comes after me I can
just push him away and more or less win
the situation but right there was
extreme mental battle where he was just
like cuz he’s waiting like dude why what
are you doing you’re not looking away
yet like nah it’s not gonna work this
time good so I want to just I want to go
through the evaluation in a temperament
way that if it doesn’t matter I’m gonna
like slow it down for him a little bit
so yes he’s pissed off yes he’s stressed
yes he’s mad yes it’s negative for him
but I think it’s the step in the right
direction because I’ll show you a
temperament test that if I take this off
good and I and I don’t give him yeah
screw this thing everybody go boy go boy
come here
go boy good job Scott good boy good boy
sit boy
so Adam you got this right
okay cool so this is a temperament test
just to show people out there that are
gonna be viewing this and to show you of
course that I’m not creating a conflict
between him and I long-term it’s just at
that time see he has a big issue with
when he says mm-hmm that’s it like
you’re not cuz then I could turn around
Scott sit boy feed him food and he said
yeah sure I’m cool with yous on you
don’t tell me what to do that’s a truly
dominant dog you just have to play
management you have to be really careful
with them you’re not gonna see any
issues as long as you manage the
situation properly and you teach people
and you educate yourself on this is what
you got cuz other than that like
everybody come here there’s my big man
there’s my good boy right now
if here’s here’s what you don’t want to
see you don’t want to see me doing this
and we’re fine and then him turn he’s
always always always has a trigger
always and that’s what temperament tests
are about to really figure out hey is he
gonna just randomly do something I don’t
think so I think if you push him can you
push him and you push him and you find
this trigger if I were to touch his
mother right now he would hate me
because he doesn’t want to be told what
to do and again that’s a truly dominant
dog that is very rare very rare usually
you get like neurotic cases where the
dog just we’re sitting here like this
and he snaps that’s a dangerous dog
that’s a problem I’m not seeing that
here like I know that if I do something
he doesn’t want to do he’s gonna fight
me
his fighting is like fighting in MMA MMA
fighter versus like our normal dog would
be like a preschooler you know what I
mean
so like when he wants to fight it’s on
like and you’re gonna get a hurricane
that’s the only unfortunate part time is
it
all right we’re at a time was it sort of
time so I want to continue to work with
them but we’re now but now we’re were
more we are more zoned in on what we’re
dealing with and I knew like calling the
shots of like it’s gonna go one way or
the other and as soon as he disengaged
he went like he went from crazy crazy
Cujo to fine it’s just how he wears it
it just it’s a it’s a scary thing
because of how he wears it it doesn’t
mean he won’t buy any dog can bite the
little puppy in the cage could bite this
fake dog might be able to bait it’s just
about when is he going to do that
aggressive behavior hey leave it so you
just you have to be really careful with
him he’s a loaded gun all dogs are
loaded guns so it’s not like it
necessarily negative thing towards him
it’s just he’s gonna be fine again
unless you put him in a situation where
you can argue with you don’t and that’s
what we’re gonna work on is try to
figure out how we can decrease the
argument if side of him and really work
on some of his behavior so I hope this
video is enjoyed by you guys and taken
well by you guys all I’m trying to do
here at the Academy has helped this dog
move forward and I think this was a huge
win for this dog today thank you guys so
very much for liking this video of
course subscribing to my channel I
appreciate you guys so very much peace
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