Dog Training Finally Made Sense When I Learned THIS (Reactive Dog Demo)

Have you ever wondered how long is too long before it's too late to stop your dog's reactivity? Well, you're about to see a session with a dog called Luna in Sydney, of all places. And by the way, in case you didn't know, we've just got back from Australia after delivering 3 seminars to almost 200 dog trainers. I'll throw some pictures up here. How cool is that? And anyway, back to Luna. Uh, so we met Luna and Emma for a one-to-one in Sydney, and Luna's been reactive now for, for 3 years, so over 75% of her life. But in just 45 minutes, an hour, we garnered some, some genuinely incredible results, and we're about to share how we did that. So grab a coffee, sit back, enjoy, grab a pen and paper, enjoy the video.

Luna She's nearly 4 years old. She'll be 4 in October. Yep. We got her as a puppy, 8 weeks old, from a breeder. She was an overexcited puppy when it comes to other dogs, so there was lots of pulling and wanting to say hello, and I, you know, probably let her say hello a little bit too many times as a puppy. She then started, probably about 10 months old, she started lunging a little bit more and barking at dogs and things like that. She also barks horrendously in the car at dogs.

Alright, okay.

She goes like her whole hackles raise. It's very like, you know, deep bark. And if the dog's near the car, she'll scratch at the car. It's just, it's not a fun time. So yeah, that's kind of where we're at generally. But I mean, other than that, she's, you know, super energetic. I take her everywhere with me. She's not a dog's dog. Like, she's not good with strange dogs in her space, especially young dogs. She doesn't like dogs around her.

What's she like with people?

Yeah, absolutely loves people. Good girl. Yeah, she's actually absolutely beautiful. But yeah.

Hi.

Just a little bit dog reactive, unfortunately.

Oh, you being a bit barky?

Yeah.

Okay, and what have you tried?

So just mainly a lot of counter conditioning type, okay, type things. So got a sitting, doing nothing, watching, all of that type of stuff, which has worked generally. Yeah, um, but obviously it's not like— it's a slow process.

So yeah, gotcha. If a dog was walking with that lady now, what would we see from her?

I would generally move, give her space. Okay, um, and then I would I would let her look, and then if her stare is too long, I'll redirect her by using her marker word.

Yeah, gotcha.

Cool.

Perfect. And if it goes wrong, what feedback do you give her to say, hey, you're not allowed to do that anymore?

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Generally, probably not enough. There's Ellie the do a pop of the lead, but generally I'll just walk away and let her calm down.

So that's the bit we probably need to work on, right? Okay, I saw how she was responding to your marker, and that's really nice, and chances are you've done some really nice training, but you're just stuck at that. Yeah, you probably plateaued at Orchard Gate. That's right, yeah, where you're like, well, I'll take the dog that close, but as soon as we go any closer, she can bark, and all I'm really doing is reinforcing with the space that she wants.

And so, yeah, Cool.

Let's do a little bit of work. Let's get into it. And then we'll do some work around dogs. Do you have a toy with you for her?

No, she won't. Not interested in toys at all.

She will be. She will try to chase the ball then.

As soon as she goes up to it, she'll sniff it and then she'll be disengaged.

Yeah.

Yeah.

She's never been able to.

I've never gotten her engaged. She'll play tug for a little while and then she'll disengage.

Crazy.

Yeah. So she'll play for a little bit and then she'll disappear. Ready?

Wow, it's mine, it's mine, it's mine, it's mine! I want you to stop playing with her. But that's how long your games need to be. Okay, so it's going to be your starting point.

Yep.

And we'll maybe try a couple more times.

Yep.

You're joking! There's loads of play in this dog, loads. She's got really good grip on this ball.

Yeah, she doesn't like letting go.

I don't mind that because all those big feelings, right? Yeah, cuz she's letting out towards dogs They need to go somewhere, and the best place for that to go is play.

Yeah, I hear.

And so to start playing with her— I don't want a game that's like super constructive. I want a game that we're almost— we're competing over the toy.

Yeah.

And then I can make it more constructive later.

Yeah. Okay.

So that's why I was throwing the toy, racing her to it.

Yeah.

And being like, hey, I want this just as much as you do.

Yeah. Okay.

Because there's going to be a point today where she's going to try and be expressionate.

Yeah.

And we're going to say, hey, not right now.

Yeah. Okay.

But that's only really fair when we're able to say like, but now you can.

Yeah, okay.

So I'm going to give you the ball in a second and you're just going to bring it out and you, you need to act like she's not allowed it.

Yeah, okay.

As opposed to you want her to have it.

Yep.

So like it's made of pure gold and you're going to throw it, you're going to race her to it. If you get there, you snatch and like throw it again. If she gets hold of it You're gonna lean in and try and tug it off her.

Yeah.

All right, you ready?

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Are you ready?

Yeah, yeah, good girl. Okay, now, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ready? Come on, keep moving, keep moving, keep moving. Yeah, nice, good girl, nice. Not too rigid here, like be really light, lean into it but pretend you're like 20 kilos, just really light.

Nice, good girl, good.

All right, kick it again.

Ready?

Come on. Yeah, yeah, use your leash, use your leash like you're doing a redirect.

Ready, go!

Come on, come on, go! Leash, leash, leash and move again.

Good girl.

All right, there's, there's loads there, there's loads there. We just need to work on cultivating it. When you're playing with the dog too, like, hold on to that ball for me. Try and never like play tug and then go, hey, look, you won it.

Yeah, okay.

You want to like let her feel like she's won it. Okay, yeah. And And there's a big difference.

Yeah.

Right. And just changing that little aspect will be the difference between her going, oh, this isn't a real game.

Yeah.

Versus like, oh, this is a real game.

Okay.

Right.

Gotcha.

And so all the little things I do with the dog, like running and chasing, chasing the dog to the ball. Yeah. I want to convince her like, I want this as much as you do.

Yeah. Okay.

But the mistake people make is like when they try and get the dog to want to play, they almost figuratively say to the dog, I want you to want this. But we need to flip the script and say to the dog, again with our actions, yeah, but I want this more than you want this. Because the dog's like a toddler, they just want what they can't have.

Yes.

And so when we are kind of getting into the game, it's got to be legitimate, like, so I'm going to do the theatrics like I'm pulling hard, but I'm not going to pull hard. I want to trick the dog to think like, oh, they can really beat me here.

Yeah.

There's loads in her. Like, we can tell how she's behaving now, and, and even just that little bit of wanting to the ball. All I would suggest to you is, just like I mentioned earlier, is when you do play with her, make sure that you play with her and finish the game before she decides to finish the game. Even if that means that game happens in a 20-second window, that's absolutely fine for now. Like, one of my dogs that I fostered, he's got crazy play drive now but when he first came, he wouldn't stay any longer than maybe 15 seconds. And so in my head, I was like, I'm going to play with my dog for 10 seconds, finish the game. So then eventually, in his head, he was like, I want this to last longer.

Yeah, okay, right.

And so that's what you got to do. Find one toy she likes, keep it away, don't give her free access to it. Bring it out, play with her, act like you really want the toy, and then put it away. Before she gets bored and put it away on, on her losing. So like, if I just beat her for the toy and it slips out of my mouth, haha, all done, the game is over now because you didn't stay in the game.

Okay.

Instead of like, she's not bothered and we pick it up, put it away.

Yeah, gotcha, gotcha.

Because again, like, she's a German Shepherd, she's got a lot of expression. Currently she's learned to send all that expression towards dogs. And today, and through training, we're going to teach her that, hey, it's not a good idea to send that expression through dogs, even if you did it as a puppy. Yeah, because it's going to get you in trouble. Yes, but you can send it through playing with me.

Yeah, okay, right.

And they work hand in hand because once we teach a dog, hey, you're not allowed to kick off at other dogs, she'll be like, oh, what can I do then? And we say, remember that game? And she goes, oh, okay, I will. Whereas if we don't say, like, close the window and say, hey Luna, you're not allowed to kick off at dogs, when we do offer her play, she'll be like, this isn't my thing. Yeah, this isn't how I get my fix.

You—

we both know that is barking at other dogs. Yeah, right. And so it'll be really hard to cultivate play. So they must kind of happen together. We can't just convince a dog, or seldom can we just convince a dog, playing is better than barking at another dog. Sometimes we have to say, you're not allowed to bark at other dogs, but what you can do now— you're a bit bored because you can't bark at other dogs anymore— is play with me in this game.

Gotcha.

And it like creates this nice level of disparity and clarity for the dog. We're gonna do like a redirect drill.

Yeah.

Just on your flat collar for now.

Okay.

I'm gonna be your stooge.

Yeah.

All right. I'm gonna act not like a dog, but I'm your dog.

Yeah.

And I just wanna sh— I want you to show me like what you would do.

Okay.

So I'm gonna distract her and you're gonna do your redirects.

Yep.

All right.

Yes. Good cow.

Nice.

Yes, good cow. Yes, good cow.

Nice.

Yes, nice cow.

Nice. What's this? Hey, what's this?

Yes, good girl!

Nice. Yes, good girl! It's really nice training. Couple of things: when she figures out the game, yep, and goes, hey, I'm not falling for that, yep, you need to be sure to capture those moments. And that's when I'd be adding in like a reward event with multiple payments. Okay, so I would reward once, twice, 3 times, 4 times, 5 times when she's figured out the game. So we're gonna do a little bit of that.

Okay.

And you could See it in the dog. When the dog goes, I am not falling for his trap. Yeah, that's where you need to double down on your reinforcement and go like, yeah, you are correct there, it is a trap.

Yes. Okay. Yes, yes, yes.

Now, and then reward again out of your pouch. Yeah, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 times. Like, yes. Take it too far, almost.

Okay, good girl.

Like, really elongate the reward that is associated with her getting it right.

Yeah.

Hey, Luna.

Yes, good.

Just one for that. Don't— yeah, yeah, because there you had—

you, you had to actually direct her.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would add my jackpots and more reinforcements on the really sticky reps. Yep. And the really, really clean she's made her own mind up wraps. Okay, everything in between, just one piece it.

Yep. Yes, good girl! Yes, yes, good girl!

Nice, that's good, that's good. Cool, let's bring her over here a little bit.

Yes! Good girl.

When that happens, commit to moving— like just don't wait for her.

Yeah, okay, keep moving up.

And then think about the yeses like you are obliged to move.

Yeah, okay.

So yes, and I'm just going to keep going regardless of what she does.

Okay.

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey!

Yes, yes! Good girl.

Hey, hey, what's this? Hey, come on, come on. Hey, Luna. Yeah, nice.

Good girl.

Keep moving. Yeah, nice. Well done.

Good girl.

What is this? Keep moving. Yeah, good job. What have I got for you? Yes, yeah, perfect girl. Nice.

Yes, good, nice.

So we're going to go through like a negative marker, okay?

Yep.

So I'm going to put my jumper down as a distraction, and it's easiest job in the world. She's going to go near it, right? And we have to rehearse this before we put it in place with dogs in order to not create superstition. She's going to go near it You're going to say "neigh." Okay. All right, that's your word, because if no, it will probably be heard a lot. You're going to say "neigh." You're going to bring her towards you. You're going to say "neigh" again, little leash pop. You're going to say "neigh" again, little leash pop, and then act like you— she's really embarrassed you.

Yeah.

And you're going to turn around and be like, "Oh." And like, just like we had a reward event over there to make things really important, we're going to have a punishment event over here.

Okay.

To say like, It's as important not to do this thing.

Yeah, okay.

All right, now, nay.

Now, nay.

Say nay.

Nay.

Tap. Say nay. Tap.

Nay.

Turn your back. Okay, walk over to the thing, see if she does it. Nay.

Nay.

Nay.

Nay.

Then leave.

She— nay.

Okay.

Good girl. Neigh.

Try again. Okay, good. Walk right up to it, right up to it. Good, good, good, good, good. Okay, say yes, back up, and pay her.

Yes!

Not that one. Yeah, that's right, that's right, that's right.

Good, good girl.

Good stuff. And, and, uh, same again. Nay.

Nay.

Yeah, say nay.

Nay. Nay.

Cool. And then you retest the whole thing and you only pay her if she's right.

Okay.

And we build this just to build certainty into the dog.

Nei.

Okay, okay. Hang fire. How would you feel about if we looked at conditioning a prong? Yeah, because we're being like quite hard there and I'm just conscious with the flat collar. Can we have a look at it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I, I also did bring the check chain too, but, um, I think the prong's nicer.

Yeah.

Okay, try this on. You have to be very gentle. Let's say you were using a 6 or a 7 out of 10. Yeah, just then. Let's go to like a 2 or 3.

Yeah, okay.

So I'm going to take her to begin with, and then can I have some food? Sure.

What?

Thanks.

Yes, yes.

Bash!

Yes! Yes!

Nice.

And I'm just on my redirects, I'm literally just flick, like just a flicker, just tiny bit. Yeah, you've just got so much more leverage and the less friction in trying to turn her, so you, you take over Well, hey Luna, what's this?

That's it. Good. Yes. Good girl. Yes. Good girl.

Commit to your movement. Don't forget. Come on. Come on, Mama. Come on. Yes. And jackpot.

Yes.

Nice.

Good girl.

Multiple payment there. Yeah. Nice.

Good girl.

Okay. Let's try our no marker or our nay marker.

Nay.

Just tap.

Nay. That's it. Good girl.

And again, tap. Don't say good girl. You're mad.

Sorry.

You're super mad. She's just tried to eat a puppy. Nay. And be— when you hear, be like, nay, no, nay, hey, we're not friends, nay.

Okay, I—

she won't understand what you're saying, but she'll be able to read your body language. And albeit this isn't important, but— I'm like a reactive dog. Albeit this isn't important, but when it comes to rehearsing for the Everest that we need to climb with the dogs, we have to act like it is important.

Yeah, okay.

All right, so let's go again. Cool. Okay, just because I think we're not going to see many dogs, follow me. Come follow me. Food in the pouch. Yeah, when you're ready, you do your redirect drill. Yes, move. Nice.

Good.

Come back to where you were.

Yes. Nice.

Yes, move. Cup.

Good.

Your job is to try and catch her out a little bit.

Yeah. Yes.

Nice.

Good girl. Yes.

Move.

Good girl.

Get that food in that pouch. Slow things down, like slow things right down.

Cool.

Wait, let things sit a little bit now. You're going to have more leverage, so you don't need to be so trigger happy.

Nice.

Yes, move.

Yes, good job.

That's nice.

And I think that's the other thing too, like I have to learn to not be so like all the time too.

Yes, move.

Yeah, good girl.

Cool.

Okay, back over to the jumper with the nays. Good job, that was nice. Good, nice job. Fine. Yes and move. Yes, nice. We're also adding the yes and move here away from the dog, right? Because the first time you said yes, what did she do? She went for that, right?

Yeah.

And so this gives us clarity when we are working around dogs, because if she's at the end of the lead and you say yes, she could go, oh, mum's saying I have permission to do what I want. Yeah.

Yep.

And so for you with your yes, especially never yes to things away from you.

Yeah. Okay.

Right. Always yes means turn around and come towards me, even if there's a football or a toy or anything around. Right. All right, let's go for a wander. Let's go find some ducks. All right, so literally your mission with dogs is to show dogs redirect. Yeah, she tips over the edge, you do your nay. Yep, just like I showed you there. Okay, and you want more yeses than nays.

Yep.

And how many yeses versus nays dictates how close you're allowed to get to a dog.

You have like a loose lead command or like a close or, uh, yeah, heel.

Heel. Yeah, tell her to heel. Use your double leash tap if she breaks heel.

Okay.

When you're handling her, yeah, here's what— how I would handle her. I'd actually hold the leash in this hand, okay, to free up this for my food.

Oh, and it's okay to pop with the other hand? Yeah. Okay, yeah.

And so just make sure as well, when we are having to give her some feedback for pulling or forging, really, right? Yeah, we don't allow momentum to carry on.

Yep.

So one of the worst things we can kind of do to build immunity to any collar would be to like tap, tap, but keep moving. Tap, tap, keep moving.

Tap, tap, keep moving.

And so we just have to make sure that— hey, heel. And again, my mission is always to turn her head. So why I don't mind the leash in this hand It's going to give a little bit of direction to turn the head.

Yep.

And also free up me here for my redirect.

Yeah, okay.

Down that side. Give it a go.

Thank you.

B twice.

Yeah.

D, D, D, D. If we were like weighing up priorities for you, for me to work on, yeah, play, play. Okay, for sure. It's gonna make your life a hell of a lot easier.

Okay. Oh, hang on. Journey.

We'll find some dogs, don't worry. We're not in a rush to get off, so we'll just keep going until we find dogs, Emma.

That way?

Yeah. Not here to fuck spiders, are we? I don't know what that means. Yeah, I just heard someone say it.

So would you use this collar just now for like her walks? Um, or would you still use a flat collar?

No, so I would use it for any time, yeah, that I might bump into a dog.

Okay.

And we can talk about formulas and homework, but well, I'm not going to exclusively use it for when I'm with around dogs. Yeah, I'm going to use it for play, and I'm going to use it in the house sometimes, and I'm going to use it— I don't want it just to be on her when she's seeing dogs. Yeah, is my point, right? So I'm going to use it for lots of different things to make sure, like, hey, I'm not only going to work you around dogs. Like, work is work, and sometimes we see dogs.

Yeah, right.

So that's the first thing. But then I never want to be in a position around the trigger where I can't recover her behavior.

Okay.

And the flag collar is going to be really difficult for me to recover her behavior because there's a dog down there.

Come on, come on.

Right, do some redirects here.

Sure. Yep.

And she thinks about blowing up.

Yeah.

Neigh. Good. And then reset. So don't like creep away with each rep. You want to think about getting closer with each rep. Yes. There, take that little moment. Good girl. Now get closer again.

Yes. Good girl.

Cool.

Come on.

Yes. Yes, jackpot that. 3, 4, 5 payments. Nice, nice, nice, nice. Now tell her heel and walk to that lamppost.

Come on.

So our redirects and our punishment are getting us on the same page as the dog.

Yep.

We never ask for obedience.

Yep.

Unless we're on the same page as the dog.

Yep.

Then we're going to get friction.

Yeah.

She's on one page, you're on the other, you're asking for something nice. What does she do that tells you that she's going to react for sure? Like, what's the point of no return?

Her tail will probably start going up.

Nate, Nate, Nate, don't feed her. Do not feed her. Get in front of her, mean it. No, the world has stopped. Use your leash now.

Nay.

Say nay and then leash.

Nay.

Leash. Now give her a timeout behind you. Cool. Nice. Now wait. Now go. Yes.

Good girl.

Now go back into redirect. Yes.

Yes. See me?

Yes, good job.

Good girl.

Nice. Now start trying to get closer. We want to create a really big disparity between kicking off and redirecting, right? So then I'm like, don't blur the lines. If she commits to a reaction, you need to— oh my God, I can't believe you've just did that. The whole world is going to stop right now and we are not doing anything. You make me sick.

Yeah.

Right? And then over here, yes, party time, party time, party time. And we have to separate those two people.

Yeah.

And you put on a mask for one and a different mask for the other.

Yeah.

All right, so don't try and like, nay, good girl, or nay, pay. Nay means like, hey, yeah, I'm raining down on you. Cool. Now you redirect.

Yes, good girl.

And go closer, or mark, like, yeah, just come on. Nice, there you go. Yes, yes, good girl.

Yes, yes, nice, good girl.

So your role is to get as close as you can.

Yep.

Keep redirecting as much as you can, and now you know what to do if it goes wrong.

Yeah, yep.

Yes, and move. Yes, leash.

Yeah, good girl. Yes, good girl. Yes, good girl.

All make sense so far?

Yes.

Any questions?

No. I think I just needed something like the, the, what did you call it, negative, the negative marker, punishment marker. Yeah, that's what I needed.

You need to rehearse that at home.

Yep.

For any little like nuisance behaviors in the house.

Okay, cool.

So when you're here, you're going to creep up, and when I say, you're going to redirect just back a couple of steps. Okay.

Now. Yes, nice, good.

And then back on track so we don't lose the dog. Yeah, nice.

Yes, yes, good girl.

And like, the reason you don't have to be too anxious here— yeah, you know what to do if both things happen.

Yes.

Okay, right, you've got your yes, you've got your no now.

Yeah.

And if you get a bit close and she barks, you know what to do, like, hey, we're not doing that. And then we just jump back on the horse. Yeah, you're just going to Do your redirects here. Get one in before she sees the dog. Say yes, move. Good. Now wait till she sees the dog. When she sees it first time, yes, move. Leash. Good job.

Good girl.

Now come back to your spot. Yes, move.

Yes.

Nice. Come back here.

Saini?

Yeah.

She like to say hello to him. Bye, sir.

She's an introvert.

Cool. Yes, nice.

Good, good job. Really nice. Cool, let's carry on. Obviously when you're walking the dog, you need to see it as I'm walking the dog but I'm having a bunch of mini little dog training sessions.

Yeah.

Or I'm just going to stop here, do some redirects, and give the feedback as necessary.

Come on.

If we're not on the same page, we can't give obedience. And so like, the thing is you're working on at this stage is just consistently being on the same page as the dog. Once you have that, then you can do obedience past the other dogs.

Yeah.

But we blur the lines if we ask for that obedience, like, too soon.

Too soon. Yeah.

Well, we'll linger here for a little bit, try and find a dog or two. I don't know how lucky we'll get. Hopefully it's pretty straightforward though.

Yeah.

Um, couple of videos I've got on YouTube where I kind of go through the punishment marker, one with a dog called, uh, Travis, if you dig that one out.

Okay.

Do it around the bin in the garage.

Okay.

And, um, yeah, he gets it really good. Let's take a stroll past these birds. You go, just stroll, and if she fails, it doesn't matter because you know what to do.

Neigh.

Yep, follow through. Turn your hips towards her. Turn your hips towards her.

Sorry.

Yeah, we're not taking her away.

Yeah.

Neigh. Do it, do it.

Neigh.

Neigh.

Neigh.

Now leash.

Cool.

Now heel and try again.

Heel.

Nice. Only think about going into redirects if she starts charging up, otherwise like see how you go.

Okay.

And you can feed her there in position if you want. Yes. And yeah.

Yes.

Nice.

Wow.

Huh? She gets a bit barky at dogs. She barks at dogs a little bit sometimes. Yeah, yeah, not today.

Nay, nay.

Yeah, stop the world, stop the world.

Cool. Nay.

And now come back. Here, come on then, let's go see this dog over here, Emma.

Good girl.

This is how you need to treat walks as well, Emma, like go looking for dogs to do work, right?

Oh well, there's plenty around me, so it doesn't take very long. As long as I go at the right time of the day, there'll be 50 million out.

Yes!

So it kind of just depends on where I go.

My dog's having a good time, isn't he?

Yes, good girl!

We'll see you later then, I guess.

Good.

These are going to be our last couple, Emma, so don't be shit, okay? Don't fuck this up. We want to end on a high note. There's a few. There's actually 4.

Oh God.

So this is like a bonus round.

Final boss.

Yeah, final boss.

Yes!

Nice.

Good girl.

Come back to that spot. Don't go further, only closer! Yes! Jackpot that one because she made an autonomous choice— keep moving, keep moving, keep moving!

Good girl!

Nice, go bit closer, come on, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, yes!

Oh God I don't think I have any left.

Oh no give her a smooch. Sound. All right, that, that's fine. That's good. Well done. Nice.

Good girl.

That was great. I've noticed she's making her own decisions though, because beforehand there was no real reason not to react.

Yeah.

So now she's going to skip out the middleman.

Yeah.

And so we've just added in that little bit of like, hey, redirecting, looking towards me is great. Like barking, it doesn't work out too great for you. Whereas before it was a little bit of a win-win. She likes barking, she likes food.

Yeah.

So, and she likes distance too.

Yeah.

So by just saying, hey, no, and then moving her away is basically just saying like, it's just an alternate positive outcome. Yeah. And, and so now we've just been able to steer her towards better choices a little bit more, and then we want to just make sure we're capturing those choices.

Yeah. Okay.

That'll make sense.

Sounds good.

Do the play, rehearse the, the punishment in and around the house.

Yeah.

And yeah. Just repetition is king. Yeah, momentum, super important as well. So just like, yeah, you know, if today's gone well, go out again this evening if you get a chance to and repeat the same. All good. Any other questions? Anything you need clarity on before we go?

No, I don't think so. It's all pretty straightforward.

Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.

Yeah, it's just kind of leveling up more like what I've already been doing.

Hey, you've got a really good foundation and, um, you'll— if you get things right, you'll see a lot of progress just in the next week or so because of you've done the groundwork.

Yeah.

You've showed the dog what to do a hell of a lot. We're just now like that last little 10% is, hey, don't do that.

Yeah. Yep.

I know that you like barking, but don't do that. Pick something else.

Yeah, exactly.

And the barking's always going to have an advantage because of it's more expression than eating food.

Yeah. Yep.

She's German Shepherd, hence why I keep emphasizing the role of play.

Yes.

To say when you want to, you have those big feelings, but they need to come out here.

Yeah, okay.

They can't come out towards dogs because that's like disturbing society, right? But play, let it all out, go crazy, and, um, yeah, fill your boots that way.

So, yeah, okay, cool.

Like, the solutions I've given you today will work, but they'll only work for so long without play.

Yep.

Because if we don't show her how to play and we just say, hey, calm down, hey, calm down, hey, calm down, eventually she's just going to be like, I can't stay calm for this long. Right, so we say like, yeah, be calm, but over here, yeah, Claire, fucking lose your mind. Okay, right, so I've gotten— again, I got a bunch of play. It was nice to meet you, very nice to meet you. Good clever girl, aren't you?

Yeah, she is a good girl.

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