Handling Shyness- Clicker Dog Training
If you live in the San Diego Area and are interested in adopting Jamie or Beanie, contact: Loving Arms Animal Rescue and Adoption www.lovingpetadoptions.org These exercises are for all dogs, as most dogs do not like to be handled. This video is the first in a series to come… I am sorry about the big block of text at the beginning of the video, but it is because this exercise needs to be taken seriously, as if done wrong you can scare a dog, and a frightened dog will bite, as will any animal that is frightened. If you are worried that your dog is too shy or frightened to work with, you can talk to an animal behaviorist first. Another game you can do is just tossing the dog treats, and feeding the dog his meals by dropping the kibble for the dog following you.
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your videos are just wonderful!
Emily – you’ve got a multi-disk DVD due. Go for it. You’d have one customer for sure!
@kikopup
is there another video of targeting chin and head??- how to targeting chin an head??
i can’t find it anymore;-( i i would love to try it with my dog!!!
thank you so much, emma
is there another video of targeting chin and head??- how to targeting chin an head??
i can’t find it anymore;-( i i would love to try it with my dog!!!
thank you so much, emma
is there another video of targeting chin and head??- how to targeting chin an head??
i can’t find it anymore;-( i i would love to try it with my dog!!!
thank you so much, emma
this video is SO helpful! I am thinking of adopting a shy dog and I’m so glad to know there are ways to overcome her shyness
cool! who are Jamie and Beanie?
Wow- great video! It has helped me a lot.
I must say-I’ve been working w/ Jackson in a similar way. He’s not like super super fearful like I’ve seen some dogs but he’s def. shy w/ strangers (not with ppl he knows at all!) and I’ve been bringing him to little league games and he’s actually begun going up to little kids on his own and i ask the kids if they want to give him a treat. he’s gotten significantly better in only a few months! im going to continue on with more advice from this vid.
@kikopup Funny that you replied with throwing the ball. I was just at my clients doing the same and Lilly was a different dog. Thanks! Looking forward to more great videos.
@minty737 hehe thanks!
Oh! but as well, I am going to do a sequel with puppies, as you can imagine some, if you just have your hand near their face, they will mouth it… so I was proofing for puppy owners too…
@c0boy great that there is another dog. If the dog is shy with the owners too, they could just only give food for handling, nothing out of the bowl. Yes I worked with a pitbull that sat under the table for 20 minutes! For that dog going in the yard and throwing his ball made him realize “oh! She is one of those Ok people” but the next time I visited he was under the table again. If the dog isnt shy then, the owner could only feed the dogs meals for conditioning to people.
@listu4me CUTE!!! Good luck with the name!
kikopup, a great video! I love working with shy dogs. have you ever worked with a dog so shy that she/he won’t come out of their safe places (bedroom and office)? She will let me sit next to her and I can work with the other dog in the house. She will take treats out of my hand and will make eye contact.
I just got a rescue puppy yesterday!!! he looks like tug but he is light tan and white he doesn’t have a name yet though
I think Tufts or Cornell did a study, I remember seeing it about 10 years ago, they free fed dogs kibble. What they found was that dogs would keep themselves within a 5 lb weight range. When they were hungry, they ate, when they were not hungry they left it. They stayed fit! I find that a dog who has always been rationed, will gorge. All my dogs are free fed kibble and sometimes they leave a bowl for a day or two. ( they are cleaning up after the kids
Barbara -Thx for all you do!
Nice to see your work with dogs that aren’t used to you, and also the ‘before’ and ‘after’ clips of Tug.
Thanks again for all your videos-I know so many people who need this kind of information. I consider myself a pretty good handler but am always finding little things in your videos that I never thought of. Great stuff. Keep up the good work! Woof!
@kikopup I think you put the message across well. Shouldn’t be any fear biting
Thank you for all your videos. I look forward to each of them.
really wonderful advice. I have spent hours and hours with Vinnie just getting him ok with being handled but it’s been very worth while
Another EXCELLENT video! Those shelter dogs are adorable. I hope they get a forever home to love.
…. but since changing vets – my new one has joined in with the positive reinforcement allowing me free consultations – to work with Tillie – being touched – using positive reinforcement techniques – I use the marker word “yes” when she allows anyone to touch her – without her shying away, and we have come on leaps and bounds !!
This is fantastic – my chocolate lab Tillie had a bad experience at the vets last year and is now scared of strangers touching her (she is fine with us at home – and we can touch all over her body, ears, eyes, teeth, mouth, legs etc) its just strangers and the vet!! ….
Yes! Hands can be creepy!! Mi prefers under the chin as opposed to over her head, even after lots of positive experiences. She greets people very well as long as I am close by, having trouble getting to the independent greeting. She loves the touch command, so perhaps I’ll get people to ask her to touch and see how she does.
A+++ Love your videos Emily, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I am so glad I found your channel. I’m having so much fun teaching my aussies using these techniques.