How To Train Your Dog To STOP SNAPPING at People (Stop Aggressive/Reactive Behavior)
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recently Delta the German Shepherd Dog
mix came by my understanding is that she
occasionally becomes uncomfortable with
people and she’s been known to snap at
people I’ve asked Danielle to get Delta
comfortable with a basket muzzle prior
to our meeting these kinds of muzzles
are the best for managing a dog who
might snap or bite a person or animal as
they allow the dog to pant take treats
and drink water while keeping everybody
safe it’s uncommon for dogs to snap at
people without warning and seemingly
unprovoked you can see here I’m
cautiously petting Delta as I’m aware of
her issue has she ever bitten a person
or snapped at a person as I’m looking at
this again perhaps she took exception
with being pet on top of her head by
someone she doesn’t know very well
whenever a dog acts out like this
towards other people or other animals
that should be dealt with on a
case-by-case basis let’s find out more
about Delta from her mom Danielle my
name is Danielle and this is my dog
Delta so Delta was found on the street
she was
five or six weeks old she has really
been worms when we found her so we
nursed her back to hell
we’ve been inseparable ever since
currently Delta’s three years old Delta
can be selective about new people that
she meets and she can be a little
reactive you might notice that Delta is
wearing her basket muzzle I like to make
sure Delta has good associations with
wearing her muzzle because that means
that she’s safe and we’re teaching other
people safe Zach please help me get
Delta more comfortable around strangers
tell me how does she react at home than
normally what’s her behavior like when
you have someone come over she’s
generally excited she likes to bring
people things when they come through the
door like a blanket or a toy she’s never
had any sort of outburst like that in
our home okay so my best guess there a
change of environment that can be
stressful to some dogs they can be like
why are we here what is this place who
is this guy touching my head right now
it’s important that whenever we’re
trying to resolve issues like this that
we really understand the context because
when dogs react unfavorably or react in
any way to anything it’s due to their
genetics lifetime experience in the
context in which the incidents occur
does she like to be pets she’s not a dog
that comes up looking for pets from me
even she may get irritable when she gets
pet because until I was petting her she
was fine well we can never claim to know
what’s going on inside a dog’s mind most
likely it’s probably some type of fear
response she’s unsure and asking all
these questions just because every case
is so unique and so different my plan
today is to kind of address this in
three different ways we’re gonna talk
about desensitizing her so that we can
minimize the chance of this happening in
the future as well as how to counter
condition her in order to change her
reaction management is also a huge
variable and it looks like you’ve got
that under control but we’ll talk more
about that later it’s my goal throughout
this training session not to have
another outburst like that my goal is to
keep her under that level of stress to
where she’s unlikely to react that way
again I see how she’s leaning on you
very trusting of you she’s just checking
everything out and that bond that you
guys have seems really strong that’s
gonna be really important when you go to
address something like this with her I
love how you’re giving her the
reassurance as well that’s another big
important part of this to give her that
reassurance it’s gonna go a long ways
one of the best things that we can do to
get a dog to react more favorably is to
desensitize them we just want to give
her that general experience of being
around people we’ve had her
how long now about 10 minutes or so
might be a good idea to give her a few
more minutes just to interact over here
and smell around the more she
experiences being around situations that
typically make her uncomfortable the
more likely she is to feel normal in
those situations however if she doesn’t
have frequent exposure to those
situations then it’s going to prove
challenging as we’ve been sitting here
talking she seems to be adjusting she
feels very comfortable with you so I
think we should move on to the next step
which is counter conditioning providing
good outcomes around things that
typically cause her to feel a bit uneasy
so I’m gonna give her some treats if we
hope to alter her reaction around new
people we have to give her a reason to
change that reaction play and food are
great places to start I’m gonna start
off by dropping it because she did snap
at me in a moment it goes I like to
think that good dog trainers don’t get
bit so I’m gonna ease her into it my
goal here is to completely reverse the
perception that she had of me out there
was she felt uneasy that’s why she
snapped at me so now if I show her Hey
look I give you Turkey that’s likely to
make her feel a little bit better look
who’s on their good behavior now right
I’m gonna treat her open palm here so
now I’m able to put my hand right at her
face there that’s a step in the right
direction and I’m now a little more
comfortable to get a little bit lower on
the ground with or here and I’m pretty
close to her right now is my best guess
with her is that when you get in her
personal space she gets a little alarmed
and you might notice I’m not petting her
a lot because there’s a good chance that
that’s a trigger to her I’m giving a
really tiny peices here and this is all
really good so far I’m looking at her
body language I mean her frog legs over
here seem to indicate that she’s in a
relaxed state of mind I’m not seeing the
pie little erection that’s where their
hair stands up I’m not seeing her look
particularly alert it’s really important
to try and understand a dog’s body
language get any clues that you can
basically you do counter conditioning
exercises like this ideally you get
strangers to give her treats or drop
treats in front of her and the idea is
that over time if she has enough
experiences with strangers dropping
treats from the sky around her that
she’s more likely to start to associate
good things with them yes
good girl so now I’m letting her just
kind of lick me with no treats I’m just
getting her used to seeing a hand come
towards her face yeah I’m just getting
her to interact with my hand in her
space good job very good and she’s like
where’s the tree but you know the main
thing is she’s not showing a lot of
stress signs here let me see if I can
get her to take some general direction
from me I mean if she’ll do some basic
tricks for me that’s a
surefire sign that she’s getting
comfortable with me she’s pretty yeah oh
look at that what do you call it beg beg
oh look at you that’s so great bang good
oh that’s really cool when a dog takes
direction from someone they’ve never met
or unfamiliar with like me that’s a
really good sign that they’re not in a
stressful state of mind we’re making
great strides on counter conditioning
Delta to react better towards me but
remember that managing any dog with an
issue like this is paramount to their
long-term success when you have a dog
like this that has had issues with
reacting to people in the past it’s
important to really manage them honestly
life long or you can make a lot of
improvement and perhaps you can get over
it completely but every dog is different
you’re doing great on management you’ve
got her on leash she’s on a harness you
have the basket muzzle on just to keep
everybody safe and you talked about how
when you go on walks if you see that
she’s likely to react you create the
distance and everything these are
fantastic ways to manage for those of
you at home who are dealing with this
whether your dog reacts unfavorably with
dogs or people or any other animal it’s
important to have realistic expectations
this isn’t something that you
necessarily resolve quickly sometimes it
can be years sometimes it can be a
lifelong it really just depends on the
individual dog the most efficient way to
get through issues like this is to give
your dog positive experiences and that’s
what we’re trying to do if you’ve ever
seen another dog trainer whether it’s on
YouTube TV who really tries to challenge
a dog or really intimidate them or force
them to try and get them to not behave
this way that’s unlikely to resolve this
issue long term that instead is
something we called learned helplessness
if the behavior does reott slightly to
rhea merge worse than ever today was a
success because we gave her a really
good association with everything she’s
doing well she’s smelling my hand she’s
doing tricks for me Danielle great job
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