Dog Training Methods for Shelter Dogs – Dog Behavior and Body Language Explained
oh I had to get my dogs into the van
hello everybody and welcome back to the
coolest dog training Channel right here
on YouTube I’m Tom Davis America’s
cannon educator welcome to my channel
today is very exciting because I’m gonna
show you guys something I’ve never done
before this is a video to show you guys
how I got into working with dogs this is
me going into a place for those of you
don’t know I did a I did a seminar we
have a lot of footage of it in Nebraska
this is the first video of the shelter
dogs series so I went out to the middle
of nowhere
in a building I’ve never been in front
of a bunch of people I’ve never met and
I was handed dogs I’ve never seen before
and this is the exact reason why I
started working with dogs when you’re
sitting there home going I wonder how we
got into this I wonder how he knows I
don’t know but this is a very good
indication and this is a very good video
to show you that if you give me a dog
that doesn’t necessarily have any
behavioral problems like I normally will
see they’re very on the on the surface
pulling for biting leash whatever this
is a dog with I don’t know I was handed
the dog and I say what can I do to make
this dog’s life better and so if you
watch this video there’s a lot of
subtleties there’s a lot of relationship
building things that I do with this dog
to make it better and make it more
stable and to make it more comfortable
and so I’m so excited to share this
video with you because I’ve never really
captured me actually just working with a
dog like the way that my intuition tells
me to drop my shoulder say this say that
put my leash here and I’m really excited
to show you this because it’s never been
on my You Tube channel so I’m so excited
to release this footage to you guys
because it’s an opportunity for you to
see a little bit inside of my head you
watch me and my subtleties work with a
dog that doesn’t really have any on the
edge or on the surface problems and I
and I’m able to change the dog’s
behavior drastically just by working
with the dog and what my body tells me
to do and how to communicate with a dog
it’s not magic it’s not trickery it’s
just this is the exact reason why I
worked with dogs is I was doing this
when I was a little kid when I was
getting out on leashes with dogs and I
was you know moving and grooving like
you see in this video people are like
how the hell did you do that I’m like I
don’t know and then that’s what really
moves me
for it in the dog training world and so
I’m so excited to share this with you
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offer free training for Leila or any
other dog we do in this series for life
so thank you guys so very much for
watching this I hope you enjoy it and
again this is never be someone never be
sore and never be seen footage of me
actually just working with a dog with no
initial behavioral problems so enjoy
talk to you next time
hey guys so you’re noticing a lot of
leash pulling oh yeah Leila take her ok
so again guys my ultimate goal is to
take this dog doing all of these crazy
things and just chill like let me tell
you what I want you to do you know you
could just tell she’s sweet super sweet
loves people she looks at people in
their eyes and chemicals goes off in her
brain and she gets excited like she’s
literally like oh I like all of you can
I come over and hang out that’s what
she’s doing
guessing probably border collie
so prey Drive any other thing that’s
fluffy that moves she’s gonna be
interested in so that that’s not shame
on you Leila that’s that’s who you are
that’s your breed but again it’s one of
those disengagement things so she’s not
engaged with the handler I’m a stump
with rollerblades just move around
whatever but she’s also see how she’s so
remember we looked at the video earlier
how cool that was watching the dog work
the cattle
see what she’s doing here same thing
there same thing she’s watching that dog
like move so I can chase you and that’s
sometimes all it is is that it’s not
malicious it’s just like when my dog
chases my cat around the house you just
wanted to just wants to run and chase
the same thing when you’re playing fetch
it’s not that your dog likes the ball
your dogs like just chase something that
just so happens that you don’t there’s
no behavioral issues with this dog I’m
seeing it’s just anxious because why do
you think she’s anxious yeah that she’s
definitely yeah she’s been locked up how
long has she been in the shelter about a
year so you have a confined space of
like you know a kennel and that’s of
course we’re like this I would be too
it’s like when I get off like a
four-hour flight I’m like I gotta go I
gotta go
right but imagine being in an animal and
being a kennel for almost a year no so
you know no socialization to new people
no socialization to balance like you
know dogs around nobody to teach the dog
right from wrong it’s just constant
chaos but she just doesn’t she’s like
what what do we do I don’t know what to
do she’s never been structurally
balanced let’s start with a slip because
I don’t want to I don’t want to cap this
behavior too much because all I’m
caffeine is natural behavior it’s like
bringing a dog to the dog park and
wanting them to be outside and not do
anything just sit there how that’s what
she’s like she’s never seen this many
people in her whole life now she’s in a
room full of all you know 4050 people
it’s very exciting okay but look at her
body and what she’s doing unbelievable I
love that like that’s so cool if we
threw on one of these guys as farms
around here it would be so cool to watch
her work inside of a pen be awesome
and she would just she would just move
animals for you all day that’s all she
would do you know so again that’s like
the dog that we saw in the video and
then putting them into a little
enclosure and say stay there and behave
and listen and not be freaky so slip
leash yes good ah yes good good go ahead
and I’m matching her energy I’m feeding
into her enthusiasm right so like I was
calmer with the other dogs but she’s
like yeah yeah and I could feel all of
that and so when I’m playing with her
she’s I’m up on her level
good good good
okay yeah I’m doing to her what she
would do to like one of the other dogs
look this way yeah this way boom boom
she goes that way I go like this I cut
her off come good now I’m gonna be a
little bit more picky about it good come
on so that tells me huh I know you want
me to do something but I’m not sure so
now I have to turn up the enthusiasm I’m
what I want her to do and I’ll show you
what that means gonna come yes this
could come yeah a good girl come good
gonna come good girl come come
yes good girl come good come yes good
good good lovely lovely
good
she has no come is that some of you guys
gotta remember she does know what that
is so she’s like so I’m teaching her how
to move a deletion my body when I’m
doing this I like make myself like this
I’m very inviting I’m not like this or
I’m not like this
I’m very inviting with her so when I do
this yeah go ahead and I make myself a
wall good and she submits let’s go good
Lila
yes go ahead so I’m communicating with
her through body language okay so now
I’m talking to her
yeah that’s a good girl good I’m gonna
turn around so you guys can see her face
see how engaged she is she’s got a buddy
now good until you think Delta will let
her on the plane with us yeah thank you
okay let’s go oh yeah
body language good girl yeah good
see what she does with her yeah she
wants affection good Rick so what I did
is I created like a little Cove with my
body so I took my hand like this like
this and what she did is she came in she
pushed my hand out of the way which is
like pet me
and then I pet her so she’s talking to
me get the idea it’s really cool and
then if I get down she’ll probably lay
down and do the same thing she did
before submit to me
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but this is a type of dog you guys could
do like competitive obedience with or
something she’s a whip super smart super
fast so lovey she would be the type of
dog that you’d have a balance with her
so you could go out and play with her
and you could come in and she lay up
with you on the couch
she has the work ability to be like a
AAA yeah and then I love you which is
cool it’s like it’s like a perfect dog
she’s a good one it was such a
relationship-building thing between her
and I you guys got the cool see it which
is cool but I was giving her information
she was giving me information I was
giving her information she was giving me
information but I didn’t say much like I
could have gotten away with not saying
anything but I wanted to just be a
really positive with her um excuse me so
that’s where I’ve gotten out like again
another dog that I’ve and it’s not like
to me toot my horn it’s just you know a
dog that’s sitting in the shelter much
like the other dogs they need five to
ten minutes of somebody who can kick
them into gear and then you get like it
this dog would you see the intent you
see that like how much engagement she
gives me frisbee anything she would be
like on fire like super intense fast
obedience like she doesn’t you know what
I mean so like that’s a type of dog that
I would take to give to somebody who
does like rally or competitive obedience
or agility she’d be whipping around like
putting her through tunnels up and down
the teeter-totter she would she would
kill it
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