It took her maturing (3 year old Irish Setter) and reliably meeting her needs non-contingently, and capturing behaviour rather than cueing. She is now able to recall from flushing in dense bush, can hear me in suburban areas, can come in close (I don't teach heel, but have a "with me" which is similar functionally) and is such a dream to be around. All trained without pain or threat, without denying access to environmental or other reinforcers or "all good things through me", and no need to build apathy towards things she values in order for her to be more easily leveraged. She knows how exciting the world is, and she can still hear me and work with me when I need to make a call for her/other's safety and comfort.
6 months ago | 2
We trained our chocolate lab from your videos. Now she is 7 and the best behaved dog ever! We live on a busy road and she only goes so far down the driveway. Our mailbox is across the street and she will wait patiently for us.
6 months ago | 2
Trained my border collie watching your vids as they were the kindest and they worked
6 months ago | 2
His trigger is other dogs, but we’re working on closing in his working distance. Thank you for all the educational videos zak!
6 months ago | 1
I have a 10 month old German Shepard who gets so excited that all the tricks and commands she knows when it’s time to train she doesn’t listen to the commands individually but does everything all at once which wasn’t what I’m trying to get her to do. She will sit for the most part but gets so excited that everything else comes without it being prompted, is there anyway to help her so she can listen per prompt? I’m pretty sure she has add because she is very easily distracted but listens for the most part. I’ve been using a plastic bottle to help with focus training like the video you have working with the one lady and her pup. I’m training my dog essentially to be a service dog/working dog.
5 months ago | 0
i dont have a dog but i would love to have one someday
6 months ago | 0
Treats on walks with "look at me" and "sit" whenever anything out of the ordinary pops up (squirrel, other dogs, people, bikes etc) has been successful for my two dogs to sit and wait for my command if they are unsure of what's next.
6 months ago | 0
Our 2.5yo poodle girl was perfect as a puppy, confident happy and attentive. We did puppy class and a come when called class, she got compliments on her recall at the dog park. When she went into heat the first time we avoided dog parks for obvious reasons, walking her on leash only. After her heat was done she was leash reactive and very defensive, resource guarding my wife and I from other dogs. It's been tough since then and she's shown improvement but the leash reactivity is still there
6 months ago | 0
My 7 month Aussiedor doesn’t listen to hardly anything. Which makes me sad because I’ve seen several examples of just how intelligent this pup is, but it’s almost as if he has ADHD, he can’t stop moving, he RARELY sleeps, and if you try to do training he’ll plow you over and has left hefty bruising (just from playing!) I feel like I messed up doing the “positive reinforcement” method because now my dogs just a brat. If you can fight past the hyperactivity he actually does listen well, it’s just GETTING to that point is almost impossible. Like I don’t wanna be a one of those strict owners but this dog is NOT responding to anything I’ve tried. For context, this pup leaves huge bruises all over me from jumping and playing bc my husband taught him it’s ok and I can’t get him to realize that it’s bad to launch off the ground and headbutt people in the diaphragm
6 months ago (edited) | 0
Yes, my dogs are always responsive. Just like I am always available for them. We look out for each other 🥰
6 months ago | 0
My puppy is distracted by everything on the ground. He wants to eat it all. He can pay attention around other dogs or people, but floor snacks have his undivided attention.
6 months ago | 0
Much of training comes down to teaching a dog to understand the concept of delayed gratification. Yes, you can go outside, but not until you sit and wait. Yes, you can eat your meal, but only after waiting until told it's okay to dig in.Yes, you can have a pat from that person, but only once you've sat and showed no inclination to jump up on them.
5 months ago | 0
If I can snap his attention to me and do something compelling in that moment then yeah he'll play along until the next distraction
6 months ago | 0
He definitely didn't used to, but we've been working so hard on it and he's starting to learn!
6 months ago | 0
We adopted a GSD mix. 4 months old and he's perfect in public with minimal training. At home, however, the demons do tend to come out on occasion.
6 months ago | 0
Sometimes. He's a service dog in training and he's good at focusing on me in stores and such, but during walks he pays way more attention to the ground lol especially in the woods where there's probably more scents from wild animals rather than just cats dogs and humans. I don't mind it though, he's off-duty then lol
6 months ago | 0
Sometimes 🤣 Actually...I'd say most of the time as long as he's on a leash and I have treats lo
6 months ago (edited) | 0
Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution
Will your dog pay attention to you in busy environments, around other dogs, bikes, strangers, sounds, wild animals, etc? Here’s how to get your dog to pay attention to you: https://youtu.be/wkoSO7QuMnI
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