Why is my dog reactive? #reactivity #dogreactivity #k9 #dogtrainer #dogtraining

Name: Why is my dog reactive? #reactivity #dogreactivity #k9 #dogtrainer #dogtraining
Uploaded: 2026-02-24T21:11:14+00:00
Duration: 15 s
Channel: AJ Vargas
Description: This content was created by AJ Vargas. This content was uploaded by AJ Vargas. This is a YouTube video titled "Why is my dog reactive? #reactivity…

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This content was created by AJ Vargas. This content was uploaded by AJ Vargas. This is a YouTube video titled "Why is my dog reactive? #reactivity #dogreactivity #k9 #dogtrainer #dogtraining" (created 2026-02-24). The excerpt is an educational, trainer-led dialogue between two speakers (labeled SPEAKER A and SPEAKER B) discussing canine reactivity: what reactive behavior looks like (e.g., freezing at a snake), its roots in the central nervous system, common triggers (environment, noises, other dogs or people), innate tendencies in puppies (barking as an alert), and practical goals for training (reducing excessive barking).

What is reactive? So when it comes to reactivity in humans, what can that look like? What's that?
Snake.
Okay, you see a snake and what? I freeze. Okay, I know it's not a reaction.
Well, it is a reaction, but it's like I'm frozen.
So you shut down?
I shut down.
Okay, yeah. And oftentimes when it comes to reactivity, whether it's in humans or dogs, it's something that oftentimes just comes from our central nervous system and we just react, right? We don't have any rational thought, and it's very emotionally driven. And that can happen when it comes to dogs. It can happen, it can manifest itself in many forms, right? And it's typically something that triggers it. So it could be the environment that we're in, it could be a noise, it could be a dog, a person, something that just triggers that reaction in that dog, right? Um, sometimes it can be something that is innate in the dog. You see a lot of reactivity out of puppies. Right? Because there's just innate aspects where— and you see a lot of barking out of puppies too, right? That goes way back in their DNA and their heritage because that's what they were utilized for early on, was an alert system, right? So there are some things that we can't necessarily break out of the dog, but I can work on it to just be just one bark rather than annoying the heck out of me, right?