(Episode:35) DctK9’s Dog Behavior Question Tuesday
what’s going on guys I’m Blake Rodriguez
with dream-come-true canine this is some
of the pack that we have with us at our
training center and this is episode 35
of dog behavior question Tuesday
we’re little behind I apologize things
have been super super busy we have a new
blog that’s coming out this week that’ll
be sent in your way lots of new board
and train trains that just came in and
some that went home
some construction and stuff that’s going
on downstairs so um so we were a tad
behind but we’re back at it and next
week we’ll have episode 36 for you as
well so for a lot of people have been
actually asking why don’t you just go
ahead and just get them out in the
reception yeah thanks um a lot of people
have been asking how to ask questions so
that you can have them answered on this
show I’m just gonna announce that right
now for you um on our Instagram page
everything is the company name dream
come true canine the letter K number
nine right on our Instagram page usually
between Friday and Sunday we post a
question or a picture that will say ask
your dog behavior question here when you
ask in the comments we will answer it on
our YouTube show here so that’s how you
get it done okay
so we’re gonna jump right into things
pack of four stuck
I bring foster dogs into my home but my
altered mail doesn’t seem to dislike
bringing nude doesn’t seem to like
bringing new dogs in I would imagine um
he enjoys his mail brother and sisters
who were living here prior to him or two
bringing him into our family why is this
we do a decompensation time of about
three weeks in total and they meet off
leash in the back yard after walking
next to each other several times um I
don’t know this this is worded a little
bit a little bit weird so um I’m gonna
try to do my best with this there’s a
couple things that you’re doing if
you’re bringing foster dogs into your
home you have to really really make sure
that two things one you’re not allowing
your dog to be a jerk to the foster dogs
that are coming in
coming in with respect that’s very very
important you’re not don’t have them
come in and get comfortable right away
that’s a problem that a lot of people I
think really have a lot of good job but
so this is Cass grace with us for dog
aggression I’m just gonna feed his meal
feet of his meal this way around all
these other guys right so that’s kind of
what we got going on good and hey Abby
could you grab me um paper towels real
quick
there’s actually some in here right in
here yeah I just spilled a little bit of
my coffee
Thanks so here’s the thing the dogs are
coming in need to be that’s perfect
need to be respectful if I come into
your place it doesn’t matter if I’m
innocent in sweet and and
well-intentioned but I opened your
fridge to pour myself something to drink
because I was thirsty it doesn’t matter
that because I was tired thank you and
and I wanted to go to sleep that I went
into your room into your closet got your
bathrobe through that baby on and then
jumped into your bed right that’s not
respect I might get to a point in the
relationship where I can’t open your
drawers and pull out a pair of your
shorts because we’re really good friends
I might get to the point where if I’m
thirsty I can just open up your fridge
and I don’t have to be like polite and
ask but coming in the fosters have to
ask they have to ask for permission and
they have to be unsure of what is
allowed and what’s not allowed that’s
the state of mind that you need to get
quite frankly all of your dogs in the
ones that have been comfortable and
think that they know how things run and
the ones that come in that think that
they’re just gonna kind of do what
they’ve done it like a shelter all the
dogs need to be unsure about what’s
allowed and what’s not allowed you want
to go down and help them out a little
bit so we got a dog dog downstairs that
down there probably just freaking out on
the leash there that’s which nope that’s
with us for some human aggression issues
dog regression as well and he has a
really down really those are all empty I
think hey down really really big problem
with with taking direction and just like
just coming in and out of crates and
stuff like that hey so um the team is
tending to that that’s what we have
going on hey come on good so um so
that’s really important that you get
Ruby that should get that done um
because the dog the dog that thinks that
they know what’s going on is is gonna
try and run the show and you don’t want
that
the thing that they should know that
they should have feel comfortable with
is knowing that they can look to you for
direction right actually just did a blog
on this on being relevant that’s what
you need um don’t put your dog in a
position to make decisions and act a
certain way you’re not allowed to do
that
alright so that’s that’s very very
important um you also have to be fair to
the dog as well don’t just just because
a foster dog that comes in as sweet
doesn’t mean that they can do whatever
they want right so that’s that’s really
really important we’re gonna jump right
into Tati and why hey relax
hey um so he got a little anxious
hearing that stuff downstairs which is
which is a normal kind of reaction and I
got to do my best to kind of really
match energies and kind of relax them
I’m also not gonna try to calm him down
by feeding him he gets food for good
behavior
right so I want to see chills I can
reward I’m not gonna reward often T pen
and go good job right and I’m gonna
nurture the state of mind that he
eventually falls back into but we’re not
there yet so the next question is gonna
be from sativa and why my three-year-old
Boston Terrier is people and dog
aggressive only when he’s with me that’s
not a good sign um anyone else that
takes them for walks is fine how do I
fix that
I’m gonna tell you right now stop
babying your dog like honestly that
that’s what it is you let your dog hover
around you and be around you all the
time and like you you you may or may not
carry your dog you know you may always
you never really kind of correct your
dog your dog doesn’t have structure
inside the house you need to give that
dog more structure and when a dog acts a
certain way there must be consequence
prior to going into consequence if
possible teach a dog what you’d rather
do and drill the heck out of that but
then you have to you have to issue a
summons for a dog breaking the law so
post speed limits on the highway let let
your dog know what the speed limit is
okay I see that every mile that’s the
speed limit that’s the speed limit
that’s the speed limit so that when you
pull the dog over and you give them a
ticket they’re not like well I didn’t
know what the speed limit was they’re
well aware what the speed limit was your
dog acts the way that it does around you
because it’s allowed to and around you
it’s able to so that’s why it’s a change
you need to start showing a little bit
of tough love with your dog and if you
really love your dog don’t be be it the
way that you’re babying it now that’s
more from a selfish kind of point of
view you need to provide for your dog
and your dog needs more okay I know that
could be a little bit hard to hear but
um that that is flat-out the truth
especially if it’s just happening with
you right
hey good and laro
loris LaRose a realtor okay my four
month old Doberman won’t start stop
jumping she’s told off and she’s showed
what to do and nothing is working help
I have hey I have a four year old in the
house and when she jumps on him hits him
in the face okay you need to change that
dog state of mind we need to find out
what type of tools that you’re using if
you’re walking your dog on a flat buckle
harness or like a slip lead or like a
halt or a harness or something it’s
gonna make your life a lot difficult a
lot more difficult to address this
answer or to address this problem in a
way where you can be in control of the
situation in the beginning the way that
you need to be until your dog gets put
in a position where where he can start
making those choices on his own
a couple things hey stop a couple things
that are very very very important um you
need to teach your dog the place command
and that needs to be something that your
dog does regularly and then you need to
put yourself in a position where you can
enforce the place came in in the event
that a dog just did not want to do it in
the event that a dog was to break so how
well does your dog know leash pressure
how well does your dog know different
volumes with leash pressure consistent
volumes popping volumes correction
volumes you know what I mean like
different levels and stuff like that
okay um you guys good okay
Ozzy’s not dead okay hey good so that’s
very very very important um and and
second off why are you allowing your dog
to kind of to do that correct your dog
and don’t even don’t even put your dog
in that position your dog shouldn’t even
be getting affection shouldn’t be
getting told to go down and be pet or
anything like that your dog should get
nothing from you guys you get what you
pet when the dog learns how to be calm
that’s how the dog gets food that’s how
the dog gets calm affection from you
your dog should not get any excited
affection until it can learn to receive
calm affection in a calm manner when you
guys get good at that then you can go
back and forth between mixing match and
being a nut job with your dog but don’t
don’t offer that you know what I mean
you let your dog figure out man all I
want is these people’s affection they’re
not giving it to me what do I do
of course it helps if you work your dog
for your food or for its food for its
meals because it’s already used to being
in a working environment where what it
gets food for certain behavior it um it
gets food for certain behavior it gets
good it gets rewards and pries for
certain things that it does it gets
Corrections for certain things that it
does you know what I mean like when the
dog’s lifestyle is that way they’re very
aware that their behavior is is
responsible for what they get and don’t
get in life if you don’t work that in
your dog in any other way then that’s
that’s one of the things that I suggest
so what I would say is um visit our
YouTube page and look through all the
videos where we talk about working
food when we talk about the markers that
we use and get your dog into that
lifestyle so they realize they have a
reason to pay attention to you and stop
allowing your dogs are so anxiously
excitedly be in that situation to kind
of jump especially on your kids that’s
dangerous that’s a no-no I would not
allow that let’s see where else we are
here Smee G hey Blake thanks for your
generosity and giving away your
knowledge and time I really like the way
you teach obedience come in like
commands like tricks so my question is
how can I jump or how can I teach my dog
to do a command such as jump stand up
but make it clear that they cannot do it
unless explicitly asked to I suppose
some may say don’t teach that kind of
behavior but I figured you’d have better
insight and communicating more clearly
to my dog to shape his behavior thanks
always umm so I have my opinion and then
I might let Andrew kind of chime in here
because he he teaches a lot of that
stuff um you have to remove the option
from the menu right so here’s a big
mistake that I think people kind of make
the table that I think people kind of
make is they spend this is actually
pretty good too because all the other
dogs know that there’s food around and
they have to be polite to people spend
too much time telling their dog no but
their dog continues to order it and the
reason the dog continues to order that
item on the menu in this case jumping or
whatever it is is because it’s still
listed on the menu and you’re the server
that has to continue coming over and
saying oh you know we’re actually out of
that or we don’t serve that anymore
you need to take more of a manager role
redo the menus and not even have that
listed as an option so that your dog
start stops asking it’s not something
that’s allowed once the dog stops doing
it then you can go back to teaching it
that’s the easier way to kind of go
about things and there’s different ways
to kind of go about it but um your dog
needs to get a correction where it’s
like whoa but I thought you allow me
do that it’s like yeah when I asked you
to do it that’s any good but before you
jump into that you don’t want to confuse
it so take it off the table and then
reteach it for the dog after that knows
to do it on command then you’re
correcting the dog is doing it outside
of that right um you want to kind of be
fear is anything you want to add to that
yeah yeah so basically Andrews Andrew
went back to the whole you get what you
pets reward calmly for like sitting
don’t pets for jumping up don’t pets as
you’re bringing the dog down a lot of
those things are things that you um I’m
a mess here today your food
okay so wait I’m gonna sneeze but you
should have your mic on down say that
one more time
Sam’s yeah that’s a good point so it’s
the same thing with like allowing a dog
on your bed if you’re not like in a good
position like you tell a lot of our
clients don’t put yourself in a position
when you allow them on the couch when
you allow them on the bed that doesn’t
mean that you can’t do it you can do it
it just you have to be more on top of
your game to know how to how to disrupt
it so Andrew was like I allow Sampson on
the bed when I invite him up I my wife
allows SoCo on the bed when she invites
him up when he’s on there on his own he
gets he gets kicked off eh absolutely
not
and sometimes the question get down you
do not go on there you do not open that
or open that door without asking for
permission right that’s really really
important another thing to kind of to
kind of add if you really want to kind
of get into this for like getting up on
a bet on a bed or something if my dog
politely waits for me to invite him up
on the bed he doesn’t get up on the bed
the dog that’s not expecting might get
the treat of going up on the bed the dog
that is politely begging sleeps on his
bed which is at the foot of our bed
every now and then he’ll get invited
about invited up if week if I go in the
shower and I come back and he’s on the
bed which doesn’t happen because he
knows I correct it appropriately what
will happen is is he’ll get a correction
absolutely not I don’t know oh that’s
interesting okay I guess I have to ask
for permission and and that’s really
what I teach I teach my dogs to be
permissive you know what I mean like is
this okay absolutely good go have fun
yeah okay I can do this so that’s really
important um so let’s see what else
Cooper the terrier I’m having trouble
with potty training help okay really
really easy one you have to utilize a
crates small confinement area crate is
the easiest way to do it right um you
have to be a good time manager you have
to overcompensate and get your dog out
or then you plan to down the road when
your dog gets older and you have to
really understand when your dog makes
errors a puppy because I know Cooper is
a pup I’m not sure if it says it in
there or maybe I’m just a genius but
when you’re dealing with a pup like that
your dog doesn’t have the muscles to
hold it though the way an older dog does
or the way that we do so you have to
understand okay the dog is making
mistakes after it goes out around every
I don’t know 45 minutes after the dog
goes pee outside and ends up peeing in
the house what ends up hooping in the
house and what you need to do is you
need to get into a pretty pretty
consistent kind of itinerary and and
setup where you have a dog that you get
outside the dog doesn’t go poop or pee
outside you don’t let the dog in your
apartment or your house run around loose
if the dog didn’t go outside the dog
goes right back in the crate the dog
should be sleeping in the crate not in
your bed right this is very important
that it sleeps because if it knows that
it spends time it might eat in there it
might sleep in there it might rest in
there am i drink water in there because
that’s where you keep the water it will
not want to do dirt or soil where it
sleeps if I’m a car thief I am not
stealing cars on this block I’m going to
New Jersey to steal cars right so this
is very very important I’m coming to
your hood you’re in Jersey right I’m
coming to your hood and stealing cars
they got nice cars over there yeah she
said yeah so that’s that so where I’m
going um because I know I don’t want to
do dirt here does that mean there’s
gonna be a couple of mistakes in the
crate if you have the dog sleeping
you’re better than stuff yeah but you
get a dog out right go straight outside
clean the mess when you get back right
and you got to get into that rhythm and
know okay I’m getting the dog out when
the dogs going outside awesome freedom
of the house the dog goes every 45
minutes around a 30 minute mark or maybe
the the 35 minute mark you’re getting a
dog on leash and you’re going straight
outside if your dog doesn’t go outside
it’s going back in the crate and then
you might have to get it back out within
10 minutes I I don’t know you have to
really know your dog and and a little
bit of that is trial and error you have
to experience those mistakes in order in
order to really kind of figure
figure it out every dog is a little bit
different right so that’s that’s really
really really what you have to do this
is hard for him but he’s doing good and
the cool thing is it’s not even hard for
him because of dogs it’s hard for him
because of like people and stuff that’s
going on so um so not too bad
considering where he was a couple weeks
ago
she goes uh hello Blake Ave a five year
old Chihuahua mix every time my husband
comes from work at night she will bark
and growl at him this is our own fault
because she used to or he used to tease
her and scare her when we first got her
a year and a half ago um I have talked
to him and I have told him not to look
talk or even pet her she doesn’t know
she doesn’t know place and basic
obedience any tips to help both of them
oh she does no place sorry and basically
be d ins um yeah well the barking I
would look into maybe getting a bark
collar Garmin bark bark limiter deluxe
because it’s going to interrupts all you
have to really have good timing and you
have to correct in a way that’s
efficient right the definition of
positive punishment is adding something
that is going to decrease the likelihood
of a dog doing it again if you’re saying
no or you’re saying hey or you’re doing
this and like your dog continued to do
it it’s it’s actually not positive
punishment right you’re not using a
correction it’s actually not a
correction or if you’re considering it a
correction it’s not an effective one
right so um so you you can do a couple
of things you can choose the door and
you can show the dog something else to
do and then interrupts um but if you’re
sleeping because your husband’s coming
home or your boyfriend’s coming home
late at night um then a bark collar you
got to have something that’s gonna
correct where a dull goes oh maybe this
is gonna get me to stop doing this
because if it’s if it’s gonna continue
then it’s just a habit you know what I
mean and and and the dog is not getting
used to it the dog the dog is not
getting used to it and then stopping the
dog is getting used to that’s what I do
because no one’s telling him or her that
he’s doing a good job or a bad job he’s
not being told otherwise he’s like a you
know what I guess this is what I do this
is how I act so um so if we see the
barking gets diminished
and there’s a little bit of a growl I
might not correct that because a dog
might be growling and kind of like
trying to turn away but if the dog is
like growling and looking at him that’s
something something that I probably
would correct I did a periscope on this
that is now on our Coby that is now on
our YouTube channel talking about
growling and barking what I correct
versus what I ignore and my opinions on
that check that out on our YouTube
channel okay let’s see what else we got
here
hockey girl my kind of girl so I have
three not social not so animal friendly
dogs two females one male the smallest
is 50 pounds biggest is a hundred all
pit mixes and stubborn headed they get
along fine with each other but my father
hey but my father is going to be moving
into my house with his 215 220 pound
dogs that are both males and would like
to know a ways to stop my dogs from
trying to eat his little tiny dogs any
tips yeah I would suggest walking them
together getting your dog getting you’re
stubborn dogs to not be so stubborn and
listening to you a little bit more they
you got to work them one at a time and
don’t take on any more any more dogs you
have three dogs that that are kind of
being crutches to one another they keep
each other entertained and occupy but
but there’s no structure really telling
them otherwise the breed doesn’t matter
they’re there they’re being allowed to
act a certain way and that’s what we
have to change and kind of show so then
you got to go a little bit more strict
dogs have to listen to you you have to
be relevant very very important you have
to be middle-name relevant I would
suggest reading through our blogs going
through all the free YouTube information
we just took all of our our periscope
videos it’s like over 200 and put them
up on our YouTube channel so along with
all the videos that we had our youtube
channel prior to that and really start
getting your dogs to focus on you and
understand you as an option and then
what I would suggest is going for walks
where I can have one dog here and then
my father is walking another dog and
they just get used to coexisting with
one another they don’t
meet they don’t do anything but this
also ties into what kind of tools are
your walking your dog on or your dogs do
they actually walk nicely
all those things all those ABCs you have
to get in place first prior to jumping
into like a problem if you don’t have
those other things in place it’s gonna
be really really difficult the example
that I always give is if I have to read
you instructions in German on how to
change the oil in that vehicle um it’s
gonna be really difficult if you don’t
speak German right but if I teach you
German then once you know German and
you’re fluent in German I can now read
these directions to you and show you a
walk you through changing the the oil in
that car so here’s the question do your
dogs know German if they don’t that’s
where you start you have to start
speaking in German and I don’t actually
mean German so don’t purchase like
rosetta stone or anything like that I’d
be like that’s what Blake said hopefully
hopefully you get what I mean but if you
do purchase or was that a stone then
awesome kudos to you and then we have
jewel how can I get my dog to hold a
sit-stay like SoCo can’t outside a
coffee shop skills baby that’s how she
used to be able to hold a down state but
now she will get up as soon as I’m
inside although she can hold a sit in
our backyard while I walk inside the
house okay so that’s that’s a start what
you have to do is you have to start
being aware of like your dog state of
mind what state of mind is your dog in
is your dog used to kind of doing
certain things so maybe up the challenge
a little bit more in different ways
around your house blind corners certain
sounds like rustling sounds if you’re
opening a bread that simulates or
replicates like treats or even if it is
a treat bag or something like that
practicing outside is a little bit tough
this is kind of a dangerous thing to do
so you got to really be smart about it
um look at those two lovebirds over
there you got to be really smart about
it maybe have a friend that can help too
to address the dog and really get a dog
to really kind of understand to kind of
stay um it took a little bit of work I
know when I first started it I would I
would do it and I know we could hold it
down and I know that
I knew that my dog was a dog that was
gonna run toward the door not away so it
made it easier for me to kind of
challenge cuz because our I I kind of
drilled that enemy wasn’t a dog that was
kind of running away he was a dog that
would run toward the door so I would do
it in areas where sometimes I would go
in a store and I had no interest in
buying something but it was clear and I
can see and the moment I saw him moving
nope and I would have dressed good and I
would just walk back and come back good
job when you work on place and
everything here here’s another tip
inside your house and you’re doing those
blind stays and corners or whatever
don’t reward by having a dog come to you
reward by you walking to the dog and
petting or feeding or whatever it’s the
dog understands good things come from
staying or by staying not I stay and I’m
waiting for you to kind of give me the
okay so I can get the reward for staying
you just have a dog that’s expecting
anxiously to kind of run over to you so
do some more place work two more down
say work and and when you reward walk
over to your dog and I think that’s
gonna make a big difference you had
something yeah
yeah that’s a great point so like yeah
so and you um hit us up with nope
down with some personal knowledge and
said don’t you’re doing good
you check out our facebook page i’ll
introduce everybody or i’ll let you know
who we have here in just a little bit so
that was our last question but what
Andrew said was Sampson actually like
regressed a little bit and one of the
main reasons was because he wasn’t
taking time to practice he was trying to
practice and ask for it when he actually
needed the dog to do it when he actually
needed to wait in line for coffee when
he actually needed to do that so what I
would suggest and what Angie was saying
is like actually take the time to
practice it and don’t expect it when you
actually need it just yet and see how
that goes all right but you got it you
got to understand any time just any time
you’re leaving your dog out there that’s
a dangerous thing so unless you really
know what you’re doing like I personally
don’t recommend it you want to consult
like a professional because that’s
that’s I mean I know you guys see I do
it every day in New York City I don’t
just do that with any dog we know where
we are with the dogs and where we aren’t
you know what I mean so that’s very very
important um but guys thank you so much
we are that’s episode 35 I’m gonna go
ahead and introduce everybody so you
know who we have here over there in the
far corner we have Maxwell who we just
recently adopted actually he’s
officially ours we got Rolo Rolo polo
we got Ruby rubes we have oh my gosh
Kobe Kolb’s we got muffin aka buffers
Maggie Maggie mousse sampson AKA Szeto
Szeto beto and all the other names that
we have for him
SoCo so koloko turn man willy nilly
we gotta loosey-goosey Alfie I couldn’t
tell her that was I thought it was Rolo
for a second Alf and then we got Casper
Casper the ghosts that isn’t learning to
be friendly because he came in not so
friendly that’s we have guys thanks so
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