Help Your Excited Dog Calm Down And Stop Barking, Lunging, Spinning, Nipping #136 #podcast

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I’ve been a trainer for fifteen years. I’ve watched a lot of videos. This is one of the finest examples of breaking down the components of a concept into understandable elements, that I’ve ever seen. Thank you for your excellent instruction.

I love that... "You can't train emotions. You can condition emotions."

"..What you have is a super-excited dog who is still super excited, but they're very fit so they can be excited for longer.." Rofl. My Vizsla to a tee.

This is the first trainer that finally has something I can use with my reactive dog. Thank you for this understanding, and how to do something about it.

A wise man once told me, “I asked you what time it was and you told me how to make a clock.” You might want to split your video into two parts: The causes of hyperactivity in dogs, and How to improve that behavior. In particular, I found it very frustrating spending time learning what NOT to do to help my dog. Practical help is golden, and I think that most people stopping here are more interested in how to fix the problem than the history of it. Thank you for your dedication and concern.

Thanks for this awesome video. I especially liked the reference to herding breeds "freezing up" when over aroused. My old girl got like that every time we saw a rabbit. We would laugh and say "Bunny Alert!" Eventually, if I said that first before she froze up, she would be focused on me more than the bunny, and acknowleding the source of excitement made our bond closer.

Thank you Susan for sharing all of your games, stories, wisdom, insight… I am a dog 4H leader and just today, I made a batch of “sardine specials” which I shared with the kids in my club. We worked with our dogs for a bit (the treats were very popular) then made homemade Valentines for senior citizens in our community. Your values mesh so well with ours - make the world a better place. My puppy, Trygve, and I are learning so much from Home School the Dog. I am trying to pass on as much knowledge as I can to these 4H families and am constantly recommending your videos, podcasts and blog to every dog person I know! Thank you, thank you. ❤️

This lady hits the nail on the head! She is clear, concise, and an excellent presenter. Will watch more of her training videos! I'm desperate with my hyper poodle, who I realize needs me to learn how to teach him.

There are no words that can describe how I’m grateful for the knowledge that Susan is sharing with us. I have a year old golden retriever puppy, who can easily get overexcited and starts nipping, stops listening, sometimes he’s humping on my leg. Usually what I would do is to ask him to go to his crate, and wait for him to settle down. Now i know that it’s not a solution that helps him enjoying his life or teaching him to relax. Thank you for that! I’d like to share recent events that made me to end the relationship I’ve had with my boarding place. I don’t use it often, only when I had to travel abroad and couldn’t take him with me. The boarding place is operated by a couple who says that they know how to train dogs and makes them obedient. But when I learnt that they were spraying my puppy with water every time he misbehaved I was truly upset. It even caused a huge deterioration from improvement I did with my vet behaviourist in very mild case of resource guarding (they were aware of the protocol for resource guarding that we were working on). So they would spray water on him whenever they wanted to take a toy from him when he either stiffened or started growling. I thought I did enough research to find a best place possible, they accepted only 3 dogs at a time. There is a lesson for me, to always asks more questions regarding approach to the training to anyone his taking care of your dog. I was away for a week and already can see a negative impact on my pups behaviour. I wish I could find someone with a half amount of empathy that Susan has.

“Let that freak flag fly …”. These videos are fantastic, she’s so helpful and practical.

How are you not blowing up YT with your info?!?! What you’re teaching is so great and immediately applicable for even a novice like me! Wow! Thank you! You’re a gift to our furry four-legged babies.

Thanks for this, your videos are great! Tip 8 will come in handy when I have to habituate my pup to my dance practicing, in my small condo :) Also, "one of you must remain calm at all times" is my new mantra.

I am so glad this popped up today - my 11 week old had a total freak out last night and I have no idea what triggered it. I had never seen him so manic!! He calmed down and actually slept all night, so I know that he was overwhelmed with adrenaline!

Hilarious. Had this video playing while giving my 1 year old Doberman a shower and showering myself. He runs out, doesn’t come when calling and runs throughout the house soaking wet. Up on bed etc. Clearly confirmation I do NOT have the respect I thought I had!! 😂. Great videos. Thanks so much.

When adopted as a 2 yo, my dog literally ricocheted off furniture and the walls --- round and round and round. She was capable of chasing a Chuck-it ball for two hours in and out of frigid water. Wish I'd had this podcast then! Gaining confidence and having simple go to behaviors (Collar grab, HT) helped. 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

Thank you for this video. Your description of Tater Salad being over-socialized sounds exactly like my 10-month-old husky, Odin. He doesn’t have a mean bone in his body, but he is VERY excited to greet other dogs. Being 70 pounds and looking a little like a wolf, that doesn’t always go over so well. I can’t wait to try the techniques you talk about in this video 😊

My dog too was over socialized. I thought I was supposed to introduce him to everyone and every dog. So yes, Max is a social butterfly 🦋 who wants to greet EVERYONE. So now we have a few special dogs he can play with and a few people who can give him pats and scratches. So good to hear this, this will be helpful!!! I’m going to be so calm 😌 🤞 😬

I attended a personal resilience course today, and it was amazing to see how much of Susan’s approach to life is coming to the workplace 😀 I shared your thoughts and process… possibly to often, but I am hopeful that the tutor and several of the delegates will come on over to see for themselves all the wonderful resources you share. The folks with dogs, will be getting a follow up from me next week to see if they have visited and if not, I will probably just pop a you tube podcast on to show them. Thank you for an amazing resource… I never expected to take it to work with me, but now I have you will be featuring quite often. I am a health, safety and well being trainer.

So glad I found you and your channel. We've been doing pretty well with training and all, but your guidance and teachings will make it so much better! Thank you, thank you, thank you ❣️❣️