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Ive been using the baskerville ultra for the past 3 months and it does not seem to be comfortable for my dog, so i am switching to the polymer coated wire muzzle. It looks like it will probably be more comfortable. We will see when it gets here!
I don't want to medicate my Cane Corso girl unless necessary on vehicle rides as she has severe PTSD/Panic attacks in the SUV. She thinks that every car rides ends at Vet office with her having another surgery. 3 surgeries within 2 years ruined her. My boy is no issue he lies across back seat, I have on specific harness attached to dog seat belt. He doesn't move he loves it, likes it more when I take him into stores with me.
Thank you for being picky about what you sell!! It makes it much easier to recommend products ❤
My gsd is pretty quiet except she still does a very high pitched puppy yelp. She does it specifically because she knows it's what gets my attention. She rarely does a "big girl bark" for any reason. But my girl also 100% gets carsick. She's much better now that she's a little older and her inner ear is more well developed and her balance has improved. She needs to be able to look out a window or get fresh air if at all possible. She will throw up in the car otherwise 😢. I've been told dogs grow out of car sickness, but maybe some don't.
Don't like a GSD whining? Get a Malinois. It's what they do. I don't make a big deal out of it because if you do, you're only going to make it worse.
I get it, that high pitched noise GSD's can make when they are excited can be very annoying. Sounds like the have a whistle jammed in their nose! I am lucky, both of mine responded to verbal corrections to "hush" which was something they were familiar with from training at home. That being said, it is not 100%, when we get on the gravel road that leads to the rural property we visit once a month the whistling starts, it is a short road I just tolerate it. They are just excited to be there, not something I feel I need to correct.
Thank you for all you do. Always really good advice.
Give it some cheese?
HOW ABOUT LIMBURGER CHEESE - THAT WILL TAKE ITS MIND OFF CRYING. 🙂
@@efrawley55It's a German cheese so it should work, may also work on Malamois unless it wants the Belgium Limburger. You're a lucky guy Ed, Borders aren't easy to find - but they are wonderful dogs. Take care, thanks for all you do
Super helpful. Thank you
it would have been cool to see a demonstration of using the DDC as a back up collar to the prong collar!
For anyone reading this: I know that dog training can be difficult sometimes, but you're doing great. Keep up the good work, and your dog (and your own sanity) will thank you for it! ❤️💕
Herm Sprenger is the best prong collar ....FACT not opinion
I ordered my DDC for my Newfies, the noise of the prong stresses them out and I’m walking 300lbs of dog therefor I can’t have them running at every dog they see. Hoping these are less stressful for them than the prong
The only way this will work is if you introduce dogs that are this size to t he DDC one at a time. Once they all know it then try two at a time. Read what I wrote above.
Prong collars don’t hurt. I try everything on myself before the dog.
That's great, I'll try it. My Corso is not dominant and walks pretty well. But she sticks with me purely as a courtesy. We both know she can take off whenever she feels like it.Her recall's solid but I would like not to simply depend on her goodwill. She works on a flat collar as it has made little difference with chains and such. We'll try the D-collar!
The thing is you have to be stronger than the dog here. If your a small women trying to control a large Corso. - you may not have enough strength. This is not a magic training tool. When working with dogs that want to over power the handler - the advice is to pick your fights and donty pick a fight yopu canb loose.
This video is awesome.. where can we see your dogs from Germany ? Now you have me very intrigued, I would like to see the dogs! 😃
I guess you missed that comment that I imported sel;ection tested dogs back in the 1980's - I stopped doing that back in @1988 or 1989. So those dogs are all in dog heaven. 🙂
I love you and your dog
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This guy is literally just improvising this video. How are you going to loop and tie the leash to a tree while it's connected to the dog? And moving in a circle while holding it's back legs will not stop them from being able to reach you. Even in the demo they provided the dog reaches the mans hands.
Okay I'm late to the party but what about dogs like English bulldogs who essentially do not have necks 🤣 Do i have to pull his neck fat up or below the collar ? It's kinda funny but I dog sit this thing and have no clue where to put it lol
What treats are you using? I know the brand Redbarn.
Thank you for being here to remind folks they NEED TO KNOW: it takes a great deal of time, effort, patience, commitment and interest to raise such puppies! This is a very big commitment that one should be ready and able to take on. Quit just "winging it" people- there are TOO MANY DOGS being put down!
Dogs r healthier intact. They need the hormones they were born with. Feeding a species appropriate diet ( as close to what a canine would eat in the wild) chances of cancer r very slim!
Zinc neutering has ben around now for about 12 yrs!
Great advice Ed
Thanks! Two of my favorite video stars.
He still doesn't understand the English language. This time it's LUDICHRIST. Ed's a good guy. I'm just picking on him. Dealt with Leer for decades. Be nice if he'd speak cogent English however.
Can the pinch collar be uneven by removing a link on one side would that still work?
Writing this as ive just had a video call off my son with blood streaming from his hand after dragging a cockapoo off his pocket bully.. fuming about these 'perfect' dogs, if it'd been the other way round the police would have been called and all hell would have broke loose... fkin raging here
Great video. I use a Dogtra on my American bully. She responds well to level 4/5 with a +5 boost if she’s super engaged in a chase while hiking or sees a cat in the neighborhood she wants to run after to play with. Luckily I have zero aggression issues with her.
I thought my 10 month old just had one. Never thought it was retained
I love the suggestion of walking the dog who is carrying the ball. Thanks.
Great video and advise. This is a trend these days, my vet in Canada asked me to neuter my Xl size male dog when he was 6 months old and tried to scare me by saying that he will be humping and marking in the house, showing aggression and get attacked by other dogs in dog park, not able to go to dog daycare etc. All of above can be fixed by training, no need to alter your dog for dog parks and daycares, both places are not good for dogs anyways. I am from India and neutering a dog was unheard of back home. This is a trend in Western countries and somehow people here think they can work around nature and now they are doing the same with kids under the name of gender affirmation therapy and 9 hours of daycare a day for children under the age of 5 God bless this generation.
Of course there is less chance of testicular cancer when there are no testicles left! I really struggled with deciding to neuter my puppy for this condition of a retained testicle. I do regret neutering him. The surgery was difficult. His hormone balance is destroyed now and he gains weight at an alarming pace. He even pees like a female now. We are now fighting obesity on very little food. I advise to NOT neuter your normal male dogs. I never neutered my males in the past. They lived a long and healthy life. *BUT all were kept responsibly in fenced yards and never sired any litters.* Responsible dog owners should think long and hard before routine neutering of normal pet males. Working dogs are a different story. But yes, cryptorchidism is a different matter all together. I will never know if I made the right decision. It's a tough call to make. Breeders need to be more conscientious about breeding this defect out of their bloodlines.
I believe I said in my video to just remove the testicle that has not come down - for the. vbery reason that you bring up. The dog needs the hormones to develop and mature. When I bred dogs, if I produced a pup whose testickle diudbnt come down I always recommended waiting until the dog was @ 2 years old before the surgery - for exactly what your saying. If I missed saying this - my bad.
I wish I'd had more information before I neutered my boy. If I'd known that I SHOULD leave him intact until at least 2, I would have. I wish my vet would have told me about him needing them for testosterone to grow and mature. But he didn't. 😢. I had him fixed at 8 months old. The only reason I took him in then was because he was attempting to make babies with his sister. I just assumed if he was old enough to recognize she was in heat, then he was old enough to get fixed. Does anyone know if there is a way to give him testosterone until he is matured?? I'm just sick that I screwed my dog up! 😭😭😭
My Shepherd had an undescended testicle. The smart people on the internet (not vets) said that you shouldn't neuter until 1 and a half years so I waited until 2 years and had him neutered ONLY because the vet said he would have a higher chance of testicle cancer. I asked him (a REALLY good vet), " Really? Is this something that you have actually seen?" He said that, yes he had seen it happen more often with an undescended testicle. Therefore, I did the surgery. The dog's personality and high energy level did not change ONE BIT. He still pees like a boy and his weight has remained the same. I just wanted to share my experience in case it is useful info for anyone.
Neutered my boy at 15m and has no problem at all. Just your experience doesnt translate to science
I have a Heeler/German Shorthair mix that used to attack me like that. It always happened at the end of a walk and I wondered if he knew this and was trying to prolong our time together. He is now 8 months old and he seems to have out grown this -- or maybe my training is working! It was great to watch this video and find that this behavior is part of the breed. Absolutely love my little dog! He is very smart, loyal, affectionate and ready always to go anywhere. We have travelled long distance with him a few times and I've found all the bonding time together and getting used to so many new things has really helped him be less intense.
Great advice thank you
DogFender, check it out, it has already saved dogs and their owners from being attacked.
Robert hynes dog training on YT is going after all the big dog training channels calling them out for modern day dog training being a scam. He is claiming that behaviours cant be changed and that positive only only just recruits customers for balanced trainers. He also claimes balanced training is just shutzhund and tool focused and its a cult that has now taken over dog training. He is totally against prongs and ecollars. He does make some valid points and nobody will engage with him for a debate. Id love you guys to check this situation out and point out and maybe give an honest opinion on some of these topics. His main point is nobody cares why a dog acts the way it does and they just shut them down with tools.
You should direct him to @DavidTheDogTrainer dude has been looking for a positive only trainer to come speak on his podcast!
I would love to see Mr Hynes and Haz from shield K9 have a conversation about these. I tried positive only with treats, sausages, and ignoring the bad/unwanted behaviour and and it was awful, I'm not a dog trainer but after looking at some of Shield K9 videos to fix the same issues I tried to address with "positive only" training. Today, I am able to walk my German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois off leash with stray dogs barking at them.
All he has to do is show how to rehab a biting dog in a live zoom class from intake on and show all his work with his methods, that’s what balanced trainers are doing! Showing ALL the troubleshooting…getting results! With tools…
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This is disgraceful. I'm a dog trainer myself and I always work with the clients, have insurance and offer a full money back guarantee. I always say if your trainer doesn't do these things avoid them at all costs. So many people who board and train are an absolute nightmare and I've heard some horrific stories from my clients; from dogs ending up with reactivity and fear who were absolutely fine before to dogs getting hit with chains. I have positive only trainers berate me online just for using a choker chain and I laugh and tell them what for because all my training is done with the owner right there watching and most of it in a public place because I don't hide what I do and am not ashamed of what I do. All the dogs I work with are calmer, happy and more confident after I have worked with them. Way to many bad trainers out there taking people's money and getting them no results. It's really sad for the dogs because often when they've gone through a couple of trainers they believe there is no hope, give the dog up and often the dog is put down. Shame on them. You would think that dog trainers get into this business to help dogs but most of them are having completely the opposite effect. If you're not competent as a dog trainer then at the very least understand your limitations and stick to what you are good at and stop destroying the lives of these beautiful animals.
Give her the hose pipe treatment
All positive, no corrections is a recipe for failure (the dogs have since passed 🤎🖤). I bought into it hook line and sinker! I was fully committed to all positive training. I ended up with two dogs who could do all the behaviors I trained them to do but, I couldn't walk them down the street without them dragging me to every person or dog we met. One of them pulled me down 3 times because he never learned how to not pull on a leash, even though I "trained" him with all positive methods. I learned that there has to be a "got to" (corrections) and was fortunate to finally learn how to give effective and appropriate (for the individual dog) corrections to teach what they should NOT do. I defend the use of the prong collar vigorously! The same dog that pulled me down 3X had seizures (relieved by chiropractic) and his vet chiropractor wanted me to use the prong collar to protect his neck from further damage and seizures. Using the prong collar on him stopped the pulling and he only had one more seizure for the rest of his life. We learn as we go.
Great explanation! I would like to add a caveat to the caveat. If the dog doesn’t comply before levelling up the pressure, it’s always good to remind ourselves to strengthen the behaviour in less distracting environments (eg indoor instead of backyard). One of the most famous border collie shepherds keeps repeating in his book, “if it doesn’t work on the field, don’t increase the pressure, go back to the backyard.” This has become my mantra and so far it keeps me from having to increase pressure.
My dog got spayed and ended up getting cancer now my other dog female is in heat for three months and getting her spayed because I can't keep her in heat all the time. What should I do? She is six.
Man it's ridiculous how sensitive people are, I'm a balanced trainer and started to make sort of a dog friend, she had her pittie out while I'd train my corso and we'd always say what's up and chat, but one day my corso was acting up and I needed to do a slight correction with his prong collar, she saw and has never spoken to me again smh
What a shame, it’s why so many of dogs out there are so reactive and anxious. Prong collar trained my dog too and he’s great with heeling and is non-reactive around other dogs. Even when passing next to one that’s barking its butt off.
@di_kid00 exactly! That's how my boy is too, cool as a cucumber when everyone else's dogs are losing their minds lol it really is a shame tho, great work with your dog! It's a shame it seems like finding good dog owners that agree on balanced dog training is so rare
OMG this could be me. I train my Malinois with Prong and e collar and also use balanced training. My neighbor accosted my wife about the ecollar. I just laughed. Some people you can’t help or teach.
I have a Cane Corso and he loves his walks. He didn't bark at anything he never really mind them. However, he'd bark out of fear and run back. I make him sit next to me until he relaxes. It takes him about 10/15 minutes to warm up to the person. How or what am I doing wrong? He still shakes when someone comes around. I do keep the person at a distance for safety, I trust my dog not the person.
When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com . Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus. Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance. leerburg.com/qa/contact-cindy.php