Jacob MorganYorkshire Canine Academy Brain

Most Satisfying Dog Training Transformation #DogTraining #Reactivedog

20 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this candid, on‑camera reflection, the trainer recounts a pivotal "resocialization" moment while working with a reactive dog. The breakthrough occurs when the dog, after being guided to sniff Jacob Morgan’s butt, shows no fear or aggression, allowing a smooth lap and calm interaction. The trainer notes the importance of a marker word introduced earlier in the week, which the dog now reliably responds to. A reference to Owen in a sandpit early Wednesday highlights the dog's lack of alternative outlets for its reactivity. The trainer’s tone shifts from nervous to hopeful, even imagining the dog being able to accompany them to a pub by Friday, illustrating confidence that the dog can fully integrate into normal social settings.

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Has there been any like kind of like light bulb moments for you, or moments when you've like been like, holy shit, this was good, or just I've not seen this before, this is the change that I needed, or just anything where you look back on the week and you go, that was a big moment? When we did the resocialization, like sniffing the butts of Jacob Morgan. That was a really nervous like moment for me. Yeah, I was like, get closer, get closer. You were like edging me behind. I'm like, you want me to like throw his head pretty much to him. And I'm like, so we did that and yeah, there was no reactions. And then obviously you return, you do the lap and it went smooth. Like it went smooth. That was the moment where I started to realize that it's actually possible for him. I think it might have been Owen in the sandpit on early Wednesday morning. You've said it today to me, but he said to me on Wednesday that we don't think he actually wants to do these reactions. He just has no other outlet and he's never learned anything else. Whereas I do think from Wednesday onwards, he knows what that marker word means and he is responding to it. The resocialization was a major turning point for me when I was like, okay, you really can do all this stuff. And then I actually started to think it was possible that he might make it to the pub on Friday.