WEBVTT 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.960 Welcome to Pawprint Academy, your blueprint to 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:38.880 raising better dogs. My name is Ryan, and I'll 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.759 be your host for this journey. I've got my trusty 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:44.420 co -host here, Brianna. Hello. And together, 00:00:44.420 --> 00:00:46.259 we're bringing you real -world training insights 00:00:46.259 --> 00:00:49.020 built on leadership, structure, and proven methods. 00:00:49.659 --> 00:00:52.259 We record this podcast with live clients on the 00:00:52.259 --> 00:00:55.539 line in one take with live, unscripted questions 00:00:55.539 --> 00:00:58.299 and answers. At the end of the day, this podcast 00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:00.340 is a lot more than just teaching your dog to 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:04.700 sit or stay. creating calmness, and becoming 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:07.659 the kind of leader your dog truly needs. We do 00:01:07.659 --> 00:01:10.079 that with our three pillar method of trust, obey, 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:13.560 and perform. Together, we'll show you how these 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:17.060 three pillars shape every step of training. Thanks 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:37.120 for being here. Let's get started. Welcome, welcome. 00:01:37.379 --> 00:01:42.939 Episode 25. Over -excitement at the door. Chaos, 00:01:42.939 --> 00:01:47.819 jumping, and loss of control. Tonight, we will 00:01:47.819 --> 00:01:52.299 be discussing crazy dogs at the door. Yeah, pretty 00:01:52.299 --> 00:01:57.260 common. It is my solemn vow to everyone tonight 00:01:57.260 --> 00:02:00.400 that I am going to try my absolute hardest to 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.359 not say um too many times. Well, you just said 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.219 one. I did. It was a demonstration for demonstration 00:02:06.219 --> 00:02:11.199 purposes only. I am working really, really hard 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:19.219 on fixing my speaking voice. And I say that because 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:24.639 I talk in front of people a lot and I've actually 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:29.300 done... There's one. So I've actually done... 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.159 I'm trying to think of the right word. Some analysis 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:43.460 on just talking in front of people and how I 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:46.280 speak in front of people. And something that 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:49.960 I've noticed is that I speak very differently 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.860 when a microphone is like right in front of my 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:56.599 face. Not only do I speak a little bit differently, 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:02.389 but I speak, when I can hear my voice, When you 00:03:02.389 --> 00:03:07.449 can hear yourself, you're looking across at someone 00:03:07.449 --> 00:03:13.090 else that's also looking at you. And I feel like 00:03:13.090 --> 00:03:16.250 there's so much more pressure there because someone 00:03:16.250 --> 00:03:19.550 is looking at you and you can hear your voice. 00:03:20.009 --> 00:03:22.349 And if they're not talking, then you should be 00:03:22.349 --> 00:03:24.449 talking. And it's a totally different dynamic. 00:03:25.310 --> 00:03:29.990 I'm sharing this simply because I guess it's 00:03:29.990 --> 00:03:33.090 something that I'm struggling with. So I'm going 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:36.530 to really try hard for you. But also, if I'm 00:03:36.530 --> 00:03:39.629 not talking and you're not talking, it is a podcast, 00:03:39.729 --> 00:03:42.229 so there would be no one talking. Exactly. And 00:03:42.229 --> 00:03:44.110 it would be silent, and then no one would listen. 00:03:45.090 --> 00:03:52.759 So I want to talk. Without using filler words. 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:56.120 Exactly. I've seen there's an advertisement for 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:59.539 an app that helps you with that, actually. The 00:03:59.539 --> 00:04:02.740 app helps you or does it just record you and 00:04:02.740 --> 00:04:05.960 then you listen to it and you hear how bad you 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:08.719 are? You're like, oh my gosh. No, I don't think 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.879 so. It helps you to remove the filler words and 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.439 trains your brain on how to speak without those 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:18.509 words. Man. But yeah. you have to send me the 00:04:18.509 --> 00:04:20.209 link you have to do those videos where it's like 00:04:20.209 --> 00:04:23.750 day one without saying um yes day two without 00:04:23.750 --> 00:04:27.910 saying um day one without saying exactly that 00:04:27.910 --> 00:04:32.230 is precisely where i'm at anyways back to docs 00:04:32.230 --> 00:04:41.790 i am gonna try real hard okay the quick i guess 00:04:41.790 --> 00:04:45.050 let's let's jump into this because i was gonna 00:04:45.050 --> 00:04:48.579 go down the statistic rabbit hole I'm going to 00:04:48.579 --> 00:04:52.639 wait for next week for that. Don't switch. Don't 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:56.959 touch any more of those switches. When you did 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:00.019 that, that was crazy. Yeah, that was crazy. Crazy 00:05:00.019 --> 00:05:01.879 loud in my ear. I don't know why it did that. 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:03.259 I've never heard it do that. I've never heard 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:04.899 it do that either, but let's not do it again. 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:11.100 Well. I don't know why it did that. Let's see. 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:13.579 Your default speaker. Yeah, something just happened. 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:19.779 I just got a notification on my... You want me 00:05:19.779 --> 00:05:21.600 to put it all back how it was? No, I don't want 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:25.199 you to touch it at all. Brianna's over here switching 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.660 switches on the wall. Well, it's for the fan. 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:31.500 I get it. It's not for your keyboard. Well, look, 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.060 this is barely a professional environment. Right. 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.040 Yeah, apparently we have some wiring issues we 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:42.680 need an electrician for. If we don't bring you 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.759 episode 26, you'll know that we died in a fire. 00:05:46.100 --> 00:05:50.480 Don't say that. He's joking. He's joking. But 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.540 we might have to move rooms. I don't know. Okay, 00:05:53.620 --> 00:05:57.180 core idea. Let's get back to it. Overexcitement 00:05:57.180 --> 00:06:00.920 at the door. We made it almost six whole minutes 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:04.560 of crazy banter here. Right, jibber jabber. Sorry 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:07.060 about that. Really sorry for everybody. Welcome 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:10.699 to the dog podcast. Over excitement at the door 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:17.420 is not a greeting problem. It's not about whether 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:21.540 your dog greet someone or not. Over excitement 00:06:21.540 --> 00:06:27.000 at the door is more about impulse control. Where 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:31.560 am I at? It's an impulse control and leadership 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:35.990 problem. Dogs lose control. Because the event 00:06:35.990 --> 00:06:42.850 is predictable and it's highly rewarding. So 00:06:42.850 --> 00:06:49.610 when a dog sees someone come in, if they've been 00:06:49.610 --> 00:06:52.910 conditioned to know that they get to meet them 00:06:52.910 --> 00:06:56.589 and they've been conditioned to know that they 00:06:56.589 --> 00:06:59.410 get to be crazy and wild and it's the most fun 00:06:59.410 --> 00:07:02.509 and exciting thing that they get to do that day. 00:07:03.209 --> 00:07:05.310 How do you think they're going to react? Right. 00:07:06.410 --> 00:07:10.550 So fixing that over excitement at the door requires 00:07:10.550 --> 00:07:14.209 slowing the whole picture down. We've got to 00:07:14.209 --> 00:07:19.129 remove the rehearsal. And we've got to teach 00:07:19.129 --> 00:07:24.110 calm default behaviors. And that is what tonight 00:07:24.110 --> 00:07:29.250 is about. Yeah. Default behaviors. Just because 00:07:29.250 --> 00:07:34.550 someone comes over doesn't. Have to mean that 00:07:34.550 --> 00:07:38.250 your dog does anything different. Yep. But typically 00:07:38.250 --> 00:07:41.430 that's not what we teach them. Yeah. And dogs 00:07:41.430 --> 00:07:47.589 are pattern based. So they are going to do whatever 00:07:47.589 --> 00:07:51.769 we reinforce, whatever we show them they should 00:07:51.769 --> 00:07:57.189 do. Tonight is going to be just a little bit 00:07:57.189 --> 00:08:02.329 different than some days here because. For whatever 00:08:02.329 --> 00:08:04.629 reason, scheduling didn't work out, and we do 00:08:04.629 --> 00:08:13.389 not have anybody live on our call. So we will 00:08:13.389 --> 00:08:17.850 cruise through some of this stuff. Right. As 00:08:17.850 --> 00:08:22.370 it gets warmer and as sports start up and all 00:08:22.370 --> 00:08:24.750 of these other things, people are busier and 00:08:24.750 --> 00:08:26.569 busier. Spring break is coming up for some places. 00:08:26.649 --> 00:08:28.769 I think spring break already started, actually. 00:08:29.470 --> 00:08:31.930 I think it's like the whole month of March. It's 00:08:31.930 --> 00:08:34.830 like goes by like states, different states do 00:08:34.830 --> 00:08:36.710 it at different times and stuff. Right. We're 00:08:36.710 --> 00:08:39.690 in eastern North Carolina and they are not on 00:08:39.690 --> 00:08:40.990 spring break yet. Yeah, we've got like two weeks, 00:08:41.049 --> 00:08:45.649 I think. But. Okay. Why do dogs lose control 00:08:45.649 --> 00:08:50.110 of the door? So one, doorways combine anticipation 00:08:50.110 --> 00:08:56.269 with excitement and a lack of structure. Yeah, 00:08:56.289 --> 00:08:58.610 my brain immediately goes to like over arousal. 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:05.559 Right. But why? Let's frame it as it is. Then 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:09.299 we'll come back to why it is. So before I get 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:13.799 off track, the door predicts a high value event. 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:18.620 It could be guests coming over. It could be deliveries. 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:23.019 It could be the mailman. The mailman constantly, 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:25.879 every single day, tries to break into this house. 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:33.419 And I am waiting for him. said the dog. Reunions 00:09:33.419 --> 00:09:39.019 where favorite people and favorite dogs and people 00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:41.840 that the dog knows are coming through the door. 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:45.620 Right, like the owners. Or, yeah, if your dog 00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:48.720 isn't in a crate and they're just free roaming 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:51.179 in the house, as soon as you get home, there's 00:09:51.179 --> 00:09:53.039 nobody on the other side to tell them what to 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:55.080 do. So, obviously, they're just going to greet 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:56.720 you and be like, oh my gosh, so excited to see 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:59.419 you. Right, they should be. Yeah. Yeah, that's 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:03.759 not even a bad thing. Initially, what creates 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.720 a bad thing is when we don't rein that reaction 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:12.960 in and teach them what they can do instead. Repeated 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:17.360 rehearsal teaches the dog that that chaos and 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:23.149 that reaction, it works. It's accepted. And when 00:10:23.149 --> 00:10:25.490 something is accepted over and over and over, 00:10:25.570 --> 00:10:33.830 then to the dog it becomes expected. Yep. So 00:10:33.830 --> 00:10:39.490 jumping, barking, and rushing the door are all 00:10:39.490 --> 00:10:42.009 self -reinforcing behaviors. Yeah, those are 00:10:42.009 --> 00:10:44.590 all really strong ones for dogs. Typically, when 00:10:44.590 --> 00:10:48.070 we get owners that are like, my dog barks and 00:10:48.070 --> 00:10:51.370 barks and barks and barks, and I am so tired 00:10:51.370 --> 00:10:54.879 of it. The first question is, where does your 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.940 dog bark? Almost all the time. It's at the front 00:10:58.940 --> 00:11:03.019 door or front window. Yep. Cool. Or the back 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:06.480 one. Or the back one, right? Yeah. Next most 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:10.220 likely. Yeah. But it's usually a door or a window. 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:13.539 Why is it always a door or a window? Why doesn't 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:15.639 it ever go and bark at the dishwasher? Because 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:22.269 it's like TV for dogs. Exactly. Exactly. All 00:11:22.269 --> 00:11:25.309 of this excitement that takes place at the door 00:11:25.309 --> 00:11:29.929 or window. And that draws the dog's behavior 00:11:29.929 --> 00:11:37.149 in. Owner excitement can also amplify that arousal. 00:11:37.230 --> 00:11:42.110 Right. And this is where we innocently make the 00:11:42.110 --> 00:11:46.029 mistake of early on when the dog rushes the door. 00:11:46.629 --> 00:11:50.049 Usually the dog is little. It's usually when 00:11:50.049 --> 00:11:52.299 this starts. Because this is a learned behavior. 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:56.980 And when the dog is little, it's exciting. It's 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:59.639 even fun for the owner. Right, and like the dads 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.779 are always the ones that come in and start wrestling. 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:03.539 It's always the dads. Yeah, they're like, well, 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:06.200 let's wrestle. The puppy runs across the room. 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:11.700 Also, even if the dog's not little, even if it's 00:12:11.700 --> 00:12:17.240 an older rescue, typically... This behavior gets 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:20.639 reinforced during a period of time when the owner 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:25.620 and the dog are new to each other. So I just 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:31.580 rescued a dog and I get home and I'm excited 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:35.019 to see the dog just like the dog is excited to 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:40.659 see me. So dog runs across the room, jumps up 00:12:40.659 --> 00:12:44.860 on me, and I'm super elated and excited that 00:12:44.860 --> 00:12:48.620 the dog likes me so much i've always wanted a 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:51.519 dog now i have one and the dog's really excited 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:54.980 to see me why would i why am i gonna tell it 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:57.379 to to go away why am i gonna tell it to go to 00:12:57.379 --> 00:13:03.659 its place well because one day you're not gonna 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:06.740 want that anymore right and that's when you're 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:09.740 gonna call a dog trainer right because you all 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:13.779 right because you created that yeah you created 00:13:13.779 --> 00:13:18.059 that pattern And when the dog learns that pattern, 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.340 then the dog continues to repeat that pattern. 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:23.059 And then you're like, no, I'm telling it not 00:13:23.059 --> 00:13:26.279 to do that. Right. You're telling it not to do 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:28.980 that, but you've never shown it not to do that. 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:32.940 Right. And dogs don't speak English. So you're 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:34.899 at a disadvantage. Right. Yeah. If you're touching 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:38.860 them, you're doing it. Don't touch them. Yeah, 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:42.789 don't touch them. All right. And then. The last 00:13:42.789 --> 00:13:45.789 one for this is fast routines remove impulse 00:13:45.789 --> 00:13:49.690 control opportunities. So being in a rush to 00:13:49.690 --> 00:13:53.169 come in and get things done or get the dog out 00:13:53.169 --> 00:13:58.230 to the bathroom, things like that where you really 00:13:58.230 --> 00:14:04.190 need to slow down and focus on the pattern that 00:14:04.190 --> 00:14:08.669 you're building with and in that dog. So if you're 00:14:08.669 --> 00:14:12.279 always just like, I don't have time. to stop 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:15.259 at the door before we go out the door or I don't 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:17.960 have time for the guests to come in and me work 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:19.820 my dog through place I want to sit down and hang 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:23.220 out with them I'd say your alternate option would 00:14:23.220 --> 00:14:25.960 be for that like then then I would best case 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:27.879 scenario put your dog in a crate at that point 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:31.840 at least set them up for success versus immediately 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:33.860 knowing that you're setting them up for failure 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:37.759 right at the get -go yeah one thing I want to 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:42.679 bring up your dog is a body that's built around 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:47.399 a nose initially, right? And then is programmed 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:53.960 around this concept of tracking, attacking, killing 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:59.279 prey. So their prey drive, what we call it, prey 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:03.519 drive, is this sequence of eye movement, tracking, 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:09.399 sniffing, locking on, targeting. attacking yeah 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.899 destroying right should i play the science the 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:14.259 science music yeah you can i'm thinking of nala 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:17.820 with that bee last week where she tracked it 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:21.220 and bit it and ate it she ate a bumblebee yeah 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:26.299 during an eval during an eval when we're the 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:30.250 chomp was so deafening We're just sitting there 00:15:30.250 --> 00:15:34.370 and these dogs are looking at each other and 00:15:34.370 --> 00:15:37.909 we're doing an evaluation on a dog, whether they're 00:15:37.909 --> 00:15:40.850 reactive to dogs or not. And Nala, my Malinois, 00:15:40.929 --> 00:15:44.629 sitting next to me on a leash, just do, do, do, 00:15:44.629 --> 00:15:47.470 do, do, do. And I'm talking and all of a sudden 00:15:47.470 --> 00:15:52.789 Nala lunges forward and up like high, jumps like 00:15:52.789 --> 00:15:57.840 five feet in the air, chomps. This bumblebee 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.799 right out of the air. First try. Immediately 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.659 goes, oh, I didn't want that bumblebee in my 00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:08.200 mouth. And spits it out. The bumblebee survived. 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.580 We moved it off to the side. That was hilarious. 00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:13.539 That's immediately what I thought of. Because 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:15.679 I watched her eyes track it for a second. And 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.840 she was like, ah. I got it. Got it. I can get 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:21.240 it. You're right. I totally forgot about that. 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:26.389 All right. Sorry. The. This concept though, right? 00:16:26.450 --> 00:16:32.649 Dogs are prey driven and most of them were bred 00:16:32.649 --> 00:16:38.690 at one point or another in to attack or, or attack 00:16:38.690 --> 00:16:46.129 is not hunt, right? Hunt, attack, herd, adjust, 00:16:46.789 --> 00:16:51.419 right? Some sort of prey situation. whether they're 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:55.960 tracking them and grabbing them and retrieving 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:57.919 them and all of these different types, right? 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.919 At the end of the day, though, this targeting 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:05.900 sequence is something that is ingrained in the 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:09.859 dog's brain. And that targeting sequence is turned 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:21.390 on and exacerbated by movement. Easier it is 00:17:21.390 --> 00:17:23.990 for you to increase the arousal of your dog. 00:17:24.190 --> 00:17:29.170 Pretty much any dog across the board. What that 00:17:29.170 --> 00:17:32.230 means is we can use that to our advantage for 00:17:32.230 --> 00:17:35.970 sure by increasing excitement when we want to. 00:17:36.309 --> 00:17:39.789 But we can also really mess this up by when we 00:17:39.789 --> 00:17:42.490 need that calmness and we need that relaxation. 00:17:42.769 --> 00:17:48.539 We move too quickly. excites the dog it arouses 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:51.440 the dog it increases that level that threshold 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:54.819 or that level of arousal for the dog for sure 00:17:54.819 --> 00:18:05.480 that explanation can be it can be explained or 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:09.299 demonstrated in the concept of ripping a door 00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:13.640 open yeah real fast yeah or with like a sliding 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:16.750 glass door If you have your dog at the back door, 00:18:16.910 --> 00:18:20.589 sliding glass door, and you ask the dog for a 00:18:20.589 --> 00:18:25.990 sit, and then you launch that door open, what 00:18:25.990 --> 00:18:29.009 is the statistical chance that this dog is going 00:18:29.009 --> 00:18:33.089 to bolt outside? It's higher. Yeah. For sure 00:18:33.089 --> 00:18:36.029 it is higher. It's unlikely you're going to be 00:18:36.029 --> 00:18:38.369 able to argue with me on this. Yeah. It's higher 00:18:38.369 --> 00:18:41.470 than it is if you slowly open it. Oh, yeah, for 00:18:41.470 --> 00:18:43.750 sure. And everyone knows that intrinsically. 00:18:43.789 --> 00:18:46.190 They're like, well, okay, I got it. Yeah, it's, 00:18:46.190 --> 00:18:48.890 of course, if you move fast, then they're going 00:18:48.890 --> 00:18:52.170 to move fast, right? So apply that. Apply that 00:18:52.170 --> 00:18:54.710 to all of these other concepts that you have 00:18:54.710 --> 00:18:58.190 in the house. When you are having a behavioral 00:18:58.190 --> 00:19:01.589 issue, regardless of what it is, when you're 00:19:01.589 --> 00:19:04.670 having an issue that you can't seem to solve, 00:19:04.829 --> 00:19:10.829 break down what the inciting triggers are. And 00:19:10.829 --> 00:19:14.049 then slow it all down and see if you don't get 00:19:14.049 --> 00:19:16.190 your dog's attention back a little bit. Yep, 00:19:16.190 --> 00:19:22.549 for sure. Okay. Those things aside. Why common 00:19:22.549 --> 00:19:32.250 fixes fail. First. Most of our fixes address 00:19:32.250 --> 00:19:38.049 symptoms rather than restructuring. Yeah. And 00:19:38.049 --> 00:19:43.400 just like. With you know medical treatments we 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:48.339 can put a band -aid on a cut or a bleed but the 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:52.920 band -aid itself doesn't fix it the band -aid 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.480 doesn't stop the bleeding right the clotting 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:59.980 stops the bleeding the Body ends up healing that 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:02.299 wound the band -aid didn't do it the band -aid 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:05.359 just covered it up Maybe it kept some infection 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:11.170 out But it doesn't fix it. Yeah so Some of these 00:20:11.170 --> 00:20:13.430 things that we're going to talk about now are 00:20:13.430 --> 00:20:17.390 like common thoughts that was like, oh, we could 00:20:17.390 --> 00:20:20.930 just do this, but that doesn't really, that's 00:20:20.930 --> 00:20:24.670 not the, that's not the source of the issue. 00:20:25.809 --> 00:20:31.950 Okay. Number one, yelling, yelling louder at 00:20:31.950 --> 00:20:37.769 the dog, telling the dog no louder rarely works. 00:20:37.829 --> 00:20:41.319 It might work. The first couple of times. And 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:43.599 then that's why people start using it more and 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:46.599 more. But it only works the first couple of times 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:49.740 because it either scares or surprises or breaks 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:53.259 the dog's pattern. Interrupts their thought process 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:59.480 and they go, whoa. And that whoa moment is why 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:02.180 they adjust their behavior just slightly. But 00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:06.779 after they figure out that nothing follows that 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:10.519 whoa moment. It's called learned irrelevance. 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:15.740 The dog will no longer respond to that same level 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:24.059 of stimulus. Yeah. All right. Blocking the dog. 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:29.279 Just standing in front of them or putting your 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:32.160 leg out or putting an arm out. This one I see. 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:36.740 I see a lot. Dog goes to bolt after something. 00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:39.539 You just kind of like put. Put a foot out or 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:42.279 something. Like this dog can't jump like four 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:47.359 feet in the air. Typically what this ends up 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:49.079 doing is it just turns the whole thing into a 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:54.140 game. The dog's like, ah, oh, cool. It's an obstacle 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:57.240 course and an exciting situation at the door. 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:03.180 Now they just go into parkour mode and they take 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:06.470 off. Yeah, just jump over you. Right. I think 00:22:06.470 --> 00:22:14.049 I've heard a few dogs go parkour. Yeah. The important 00:22:14.049 --> 00:22:17.390 understanding, the important piece of this is 00:22:17.390 --> 00:22:21.789 just that just blocking your dog oftentimes just 00:22:21.789 --> 00:22:25.349 turns it into you. It turns you into an obstacle 00:22:25.349 --> 00:22:30.109 for the dog to get around. It doesn't actually 00:22:30.109 --> 00:22:34.319 prevent the dog from doing anything. And so even 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:38.660 though it might have worked once or twice, eventually 00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:40.980 the dogs would be like, if I'm a little faster, 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:43.640 I can get around there. Or if I jump a little 00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:48.599 higher or whatever it is. Yeah. And then also 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:53.099 correcting after exploding is too late, which 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:56.599 is a big one that I tell people about like reactivity, 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:59.240 right? It's the same concept. Once a volcano 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:04.519 like explodes and erupts, put the lava back inside. 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:09.140 The magma? Yeah, magma. I don't know when it 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:11.140 turns into lava. Yeah, let's not go down the 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:13.099 science. That could be our science. That's our 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:16.220 science. Yeah, the difference between the two. 00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:22.599 But it's the same concept when it comes to correcting 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:25.359 your dog when they've already had the opportunity 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:27.279 to get all the way across the room and jump on 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:29.910 the guest one time. You've already like lost 00:23:29.910 --> 00:23:33.470 the little battle that the dog was like involved 00:23:33.470 --> 00:23:40.269 in with you. So, yeah, always when you know you're 00:23:40.269 --> 00:23:42.549 going to have your dog in that situation and 00:23:42.549 --> 00:23:44.049 it's like, cool, they're not in a crate, then 00:23:44.049 --> 00:23:45.829 you're going to hold them accountable for something 00:23:45.829 --> 00:23:47.950 else. Then you have to make sure that you're 00:23:47.950 --> 00:23:52.109 vigilant in watching the dog and working them 00:23:52.109 --> 00:23:54.670 through that to make sure that they don't get 00:23:54.670 --> 00:23:59.869 one added to the whole. tally list of I won that 00:23:59.869 --> 00:24:06.730 one. Right. I'm just picturing the balance like 00:24:06.730 --> 00:24:11.950 the back in like the Roman times of this big 00:24:11.950 --> 00:24:16.569 scale and every time the dog wins one goes on 00:24:16.569 --> 00:24:19.490 there. But typically every time the dog wins 00:24:19.490 --> 00:24:23.000 you You'd have to drop like two or three pieces 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.700 of kibble. That would be funny. We should get 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:26.619 one of those little balance. It's like a lawyer 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:29.519 thing too, right? They have those little scales 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:33.579 and we can put dog kibble on there. So that's 00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:38.079 one for you and one for the dog. Okay. Allowing 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:42.319 greetings before the change in behavior takes 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:46.779 place is the next one. So before you've actually 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:52.400 got the dog calm, you allow them. Yeah. To get 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:55.019 what it is that they were looking for. Yeah. 00:24:55.880 --> 00:25:00.039 So the greeting, the actual greeting where the 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:03.980 dog gets to be close to someone or someone reaches 00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:07.180 down and pets them or whatever the situation, 00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:11.460 when that takes place before the dog actually 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:15.420 exhibits calmness, then you've reinforced the 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:18.619 chaos. Right. And I will say it. If your guest 00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:20.359 is not going to stay long enough for your dog 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:23.200 to get to that state of mind, then. Then don't 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.940 let him meet. Right. Then it's like, hey, sorry, 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.839 maybe next time. Like, I don't know what to tell 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:28.339 you. My dog's working on being calm and they 00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:31.119 couldn't like handle it today. Right. But if 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.859 your guest stays long enough for your dog to 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:35.599 get to that state of mind, then go for it. But 00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:40.059 also don't let that jump right back in. to we 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:42.680 always say an excited dog is not always a happy 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:46.180 dog. It's an overstimulated dog. And so don't 00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:48.420 let your dog get to the point where then it turns 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:51.440 right back into jumping and getting in their 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.140 face and things like that. If that starts to 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:56.220 happen, you have to reinitiate that calm and 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:59.339 then come back to it again. Right. And then it 00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:01.859 goes hand in hand with this, but the inconsistency 00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:05.140 completely destroys your clarity. Right. If you 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:07.440 let them jump on you, they're going to jump on 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:12.220 other people. Right. When a dog comes up to you 00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:14.440 when you're sitting on the couch and puts its 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:17.279 paws up on your lap and then shoves its face 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:21.240 right up in you and then you wrap your arms around 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:25.259 the dog and love on it and go, oh, I love you 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:30.119 so much. But then the dog jumps up on you while 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:32.539 you're standing and you're like, oh my gosh, 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:37.460 no, get off of me. You're being a human about 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:40.839 this. Yeah. You're not looking at it. You're 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:43.019 not looking at it from the dog's perspective. 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:46.440 So the dog can crawl all over you in this circumstance, 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:48.640 but not in this circumstance. Right. That's not 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:51.099 the way the dog sees it. Nope. Very black and 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.819 white. Probably not going to work out for you. 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:57.319 Yeah. They don't see gray. Very good. No. They're 00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:59.599 very. The dichromatic vision that gets them. 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:04.049 Ooh. The science. Right. The science. I know 00:27:04.049 --> 00:27:08.309 which button. I put the science music on one 00:27:08.309 --> 00:27:10.789 of these buttons. You have to get a label maker 00:27:10.789 --> 00:27:14.569 for those. Is it this one? This is it. Oh, yeah. 00:27:14.789 --> 00:27:19.470 Yeah. It's the science. All right. Dichromatic. 00:27:19.930 --> 00:27:23.690 Dichromatic vision. Sweet. Oh, my gosh. All right. 00:27:23.710 --> 00:27:26.029 We got to get back on track. So inconsistent 00:27:26.029 --> 00:27:29.450 rules destroy the clarity of this process. Yeah. 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:36.619 We have nothing to explain to the dog what is 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:40.019 good and what is bad if we lack clarity. Clarity 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:44.299 is like our biggest tool. And when you get into 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:49.799 like a highly ethical way of training your dog, 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:56.559 clarity is the total package. If you don't have 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:59.319 clarity, you're not going to be fair. You can't 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:03.000 be. It's like putting a blindfold on and then 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.680 me, if I put a blindfold on Bree and I told her 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.039 to duck and then I just kept swinging my hand. 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:13.259 And every time I said duck, I swung my hand. 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:17.599 But sometimes I just swung. Is that even right? 00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:21.299 Swing. Swung. Swung is right? I swung. Holy moly. 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:25.680 This um thing is getting my brain. I had a you 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:28.279 in it and you were like, I refuse. I was like, 00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:37.720 can't. Can't say it. Swung. Stop. Okay. I'm so 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:42.099 focused on it. I can't say it. I can't believe 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:45.160 that I tried to say swang. That didn't, I didn't 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:47.019 even sound right as it came out. I was like, 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:52.900 go back, go back. Oh my gosh. You turn on the 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:58.920 highway, go back to exits. So where I was going 00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:04.079 with this was if I swing my hand every time that 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:08.240 I say duck, but I say duck first, that's, that's 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:11.500 fair. I'm giving her. It might not be fair, but 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:17.259 the concept is that I'm giving her a opportunity 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:24.220 to avoid the swing. Now, if I sometimes don't 00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:28.980 say duck. Yeah. Everyone would go, well, that's 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:34.119 not right. Okay. How is it any different than 00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:36.980 the way that people train their dog? They're 00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:40.500 like, no, you can't get up here. No, you can't 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.279 get up here. No, you can't. Okay. This is fine. 00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:45.420 Yeah. Right. Now it's okay. Now it's okay. Yeah. 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:50.220 I keep crying laughing. Yeah. That was so funny 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:53.579 to me. Oh, that whole thing. All right. But yeah, 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:55.579 like I said, it's the clarity, right? It's the 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:58.900 black and white and, and removing the gray, like, 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:02.480 well, maybe, maybe this, maybe that. And, and 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:06.910 just being really transparent with the dog. I 00:30:06.910 --> 00:30:11.910 think that's important. Okay. Gotta get over 00:30:11.910 --> 00:30:14.210 my laughing spell there. I had the giggles for 00:30:14.210 --> 00:30:20.230 a second. How to build calm door behavior. What 00:30:20.230 --> 00:30:24.670 do we do about it? Now let's talk through how 00:30:24.670 --> 00:30:30.970 and the why behind it. So one, teach a default 00:30:30.970 --> 00:30:34.920 behavior like place or sit. That place is my 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:37.279 favorite. In the dog training world, this is 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:40.319 called. Let me see if I get it right. This is 00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:47.779 called DRI. Which is. I don't think I even know 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:50.740 what that is. I don't use acronyms. Differential 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:55.259 reinforcement of an incompatible behavior. Where's 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:57.400 the B at? Hold on. Why'd they take a B out? Right. 00:30:57.460 --> 00:31:03.579 What am I doing? So. DRI. Differential reinforcement 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:10.140 of incompatible behavior. So you can do DRA, 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:16.059 DRI, DRO. It all ends with behavior. So we don't 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:18.319 talk about the B. Yeah, you just remove that. 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:21.319 That's why I don't like acronyms. Because whenever 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.539 they feel like it doesn't make sense, they're 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:27.400 like, don't put the B. desib would be weird so 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:30.440 you've got differential reinforcement of an alternate 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:34.400 behavior which is another behavior in place of 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:37.680 you've got dear differential reinforcement of 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:40.960 other behavior which is give me any behavior 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:46.589 other than the one that you are currently exhibiting. 00:31:46.769 --> 00:31:50.269 And then you have DRI, which is differential 00:31:50.269 --> 00:31:53.910 reinforcement of incompatible behavior. And that 00:31:53.910 --> 00:31:58.329 is highly, highly effective. The incompatible 00:31:58.329 --> 00:32:03.390 behavior is place. You cannot physically be on 00:32:03.390 --> 00:32:06.309 place and rushing the door at the same time. 00:32:06.990 --> 00:32:11.670 That's the concept. We're not going to go into 00:32:11.670 --> 00:32:16.789 the science of DRA and DRO, but... This is the 00:32:16.789 --> 00:32:21.410 concept. Teach an alternate behavior that is 00:32:21.410 --> 00:32:25.250 incompatible with what you don't want. Yeah. 00:32:25.970 --> 00:32:28.329 They can't do both of them at the same time. 00:32:29.210 --> 00:32:32.549 Then if you want to take it a step further, start 00:32:32.549 --> 00:32:37.069 associating the triggers that make the dog do 00:32:37.069 --> 00:32:40.730 the initial behavior, i .e. rushing the door. 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:49.519 and apply those triggers to the cue that you 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:54.480 want. In this case, place. So how you do that, 00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:57.519 what triggers the dog? Does the doorbell trigger 00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.700 the dog? Is it knocking on the door? Cool, let's 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:02.759 start with the doorbell. The doorbell goes off, 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:06.180 dog runs to the door, and then gets super excited 00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:08.460 because someone is here. Well, that's a learned 00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:12.450 behavior. First, we teach them the incompatible 00:33:12.450 --> 00:33:16.029 behavior, place. Then we associate that behavior 00:33:16.029 --> 00:33:23.750 to the sound of or the trigger to the other behavior 00:33:23.750 --> 00:33:27.029 that you don't want. Yep. So now doorbell goes 00:33:27.029 --> 00:33:30.230 off and they go, someone's here. I'm going to 00:33:30.230 --> 00:33:36.710 my place. Pair what you want and set yourself 00:33:36.710 --> 00:33:39.720 up for success. Yeah. And even if it's you coming 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.720 home, right, you can still build in that reinforcement 00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.539 of that. It's like your dog runs to greet you 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:46.900 and jump on you. They have to go to their place 00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:49.299 first before they get any of your attention and 00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:53.900 then they need to settle down. Right. Yeah. Yeah. 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:59.480 David Premack. There's another science one. The 00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:07.000 Premack principle is do this is the concept that. 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:12.780 You can train a dog to do the lower priority 00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:17.239 behavior by reinforcing them with the higher 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:21.059 priority behavior. The concept of if you eat 00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:23.360 your vegetables, then you can have dessert. Yeah, 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:27.280 that's what I was about to say. In dog training, 00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:32.159 we use, Premack is one that we use a lot. And 00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:38.050 one of the best. versions of it is sit before 00:34:38.050 --> 00:34:42.230 you get to go outside. Yeah. Right. Well, I don't 00:34:42.230 --> 00:34:44.070 want to sit. Okay. Then you don't get to go outside. 00:34:44.130 --> 00:34:45.469 You don't get to go in the backyard and chase 00:34:45.469 --> 00:34:47.369 that squirrel or that lizard or that whatever. 00:34:47.570 --> 00:34:51.010 Yeah. Okay. Well, I'll sit. Oh, perfect. There 00:34:51.010 --> 00:34:52.590 you go. And now we open the door and they can 00:34:52.590 --> 00:34:54.690 go out. That was like that down today in the 00:34:54.690 --> 00:34:57.449 lessons. I was like, no, no, no. I'm like, no, 00:34:57.469 --> 00:35:01.869 no, we can do this. No, it's usually my favorite. 00:35:02.090 --> 00:35:07.489 No, it's not. The next one. Use leashes or tethering 00:35:07.489 --> 00:35:12.449 to prevent the rehearsing of the bad behavior. 00:35:12.989 --> 00:35:15.949 Whether it's bad or not, the unwanted behavior. 00:35:16.449 --> 00:35:18.550 Right, because if you're listening to this, it's 00:35:18.550 --> 00:35:22.909 because your dog might do it. And you don't want 00:35:22.909 --> 00:35:25.449 them to do that. Otherwise you would skip this 00:35:25.449 --> 00:35:27.789 episode. And the concept of tethering is just 00:35:27.789 --> 00:35:30.969 putting a leash on your dog on just like a regular 00:35:30.969 --> 00:35:35.280 flat collar harness, whatever they wear. Using 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:38.460 an object that's larger or heavier than them 00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:45.900 and basically using that as an anchor. And so 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:49.800 a lot of times we will use like we have big kettlebells. 00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:53.079 We have and usually we put their place next to 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:55.199 it so they have somewhere to lay down. But that's 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:58.059 kind of like their only option. That's like a 00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:02.699 tethered place type of solution. Right. Also 00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:04.880 another of my favorite that nobody ever thinks 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:07.619 about, but everybody has is the backside of a 00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:10.699 door handle. So tying it to the inside and then 00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:14.360 closing the door so that they're not, you know, 00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:16.219 obviously like you're not tying it around that, 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:19.699 the same side as they're on and then like ripping 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:21.980 your door handle off because they have the leverage 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:24.219 of the whole door and the hinge. Right. So the 00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:27.460 door, so that as they are pull, if they pull, 00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:30.639 it's actually closing the door. Yep. That's the 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:36.070 concept. Yeah. So it needs to be an inward opening 00:36:36.070 --> 00:36:40.429 door to the side that the dog is on. Yeah. Yeah. 00:36:41.110 --> 00:36:48.070 All right. I think I said that backwards. You 00:36:48.070 --> 00:36:50.289 did, but I was just going to move on. No, no, 00:36:50.289 --> 00:36:52.849 I'm thinking about it. The door needs to open 00:36:52.849 --> 00:36:58.869 opposite of the side that the dog is on. Yeah. 00:36:58.909 --> 00:37:03.639 That should help clear it up. Yep. And then practicing 00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:06.619 opening and closing the door without guests, 00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:11.519 right? I all the time will use imaginary friends 00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:15.219 and go to the door and open it and be like, hey, 00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:17.420 how's it going? What are you doing today? Oh, 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:20.719 cool. And the dog doesn't know. I mean, they 00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.760 might after you try to invite them in and there's 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.039 nobody there and they're like, what is going 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:26.699 on? Right. I also don't know. I pick around the 00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:29.019 corner. I'm like, who's here? Yeah, right. No 00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:31.519 one. But nobody knows the difference, right? 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:33.880 She gets me all the time. And so for people that 00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:35.920 are like, well, I can't work on it. I don't usually 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:37.420 have a lot of people over, things like that. 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:40.159 You have imaginary friends. Create one. Your 00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:42.780 dog has no idea. We use fake stuffed dogs for 00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:45.000 reactivity sometimes. And it works great. Right. 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:47.119 They have no idea until they're face -to -face 00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.900 with it for a minute. What is wrong with that 00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:50.420 dog? But that's not the point of it. It's to 00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:53.179 get the initial reaction, and then they just 00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:55.579 don't even notice. Right. But those things can 00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:59.389 be worked on. videos on youtube of just like 00:37:59.389 --> 00:38:01.630 different doorbells it's doorbell after doorbell 00:38:01.630 --> 00:38:04.610 after doorbell like play those videos work your 00:38:04.610 --> 00:38:07.369 dog through it you don't necessarily need a guest 00:38:07.369 --> 00:38:11.750 but when you do it's like cool somebody has your 00:38:11.750 --> 00:38:14.110 neighbor could walk over and ring your doorbell 00:38:14.110 --> 00:38:16.130 for you at the very least maybe you give them 00:38:16.130 --> 00:38:18.070 five bucks or a soda or something i don't know 00:38:18.070 --> 00:38:21.440 yeah but There are concepts that you can work 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:23.940 through without having actual people to just 00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:26.139 begin the process before you even make it too 00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:28.079 hard for the dog and it's somebody new anyways. 00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:33.679 Yeah. I just incorporated another section to 00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:38.780 the Pawprint Academy app that is coming out that 00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:43.300 has sounds on the timers and you can adjust the 00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:46.480 timer and pick sounds. And basically create your 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:49.519 own little like sound playlist. So you can work 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:54.039 through place and these different concepts. And 00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:58.059 every so often at whatever interval you set, 00:38:58.179 --> 00:39:01.840 it'll play a doorbell or a door knocking or a 00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:04.320 dog barking, baby crying. Yeah, all of those 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:09.840 things are so helpful. All right. And then rewarding 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:15.010 calm holding and disengagement from. the guests 00:39:15.010 --> 00:39:18.489 or the noises and things like that. When you're 00:39:18.489 --> 00:39:20.150 working through these problems, if you don't, 00:39:20.150 --> 00:39:23.489 you know, reward your dog through them, you're 00:39:23.489 --> 00:39:25.309 not going to get the success that you're looking 00:39:25.309 --> 00:39:31.329 for. Right. You can't just require your dog to 00:39:31.329 --> 00:39:33.769 work and work and work and work, but for no paycheck. 00:39:34.329 --> 00:39:37.829 Yep. You wouldn't go to work without a paycheck. 00:39:38.489 --> 00:39:40.750 Nope. At least not for very long. Right. And 00:39:40.750 --> 00:39:45.659 neither will your dog. Yeah. Finally, release 00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:52.960 the dog to greet guests only when they've exhibited 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:58.059 that calm behavior. Now, where I get the argument 00:39:58.059 --> 00:40:08.719 is the people that relate the perceived excitement 00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:13.820 of the dog to their happiness. Those are the 00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:17.860 ones that argue with me on this because they 00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:21.059 go, oh, well, the dog doesn't even want it anymore. 00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:26.940 Right. That's the point. Like, hold on. Bring 00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:31.719 it in. Come here. That's what we want. Because 00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:37.920 you don't want the dog to reinforce this bad 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:41.480 behavior. Well, then don't let him do that. Yeah. 00:40:42.349 --> 00:40:48.369 Let them calm down and then they get to do what 00:40:48.369 --> 00:40:51.809 they wanted to do. But they'll be at a level 00:40:51.809 --> 00:40:56.110 of arousal that's so much less that now they're 00:40:56.110 --> 00:41:00.909 like, eh, it's fine. This guest has been over 00:41:00.909 --> 00:41:04.469 here for the last 25 minutes. It's not that interesting 00:41:04.469 --> 00:41:08.989 anymore. That is the point. That's what we want. 00:41:09.690 --> 00:41:12.909 So go for that. Do that. Because that's what's 00:41:12.909 --> 00:41:15.789 going to solve your problem. If you have this 00:41:15.789 --> 00:41:20.190 issue, that is what solves your problem. So if 00:41:20.190 --> 00:41:23.949 you have the dog in a kennel or a crate and they're 00:41:23.949 --> 00:41:25.949 whining and crying and trying to get out and 00:41:25.949 --> 00:41:27.369 they want to meet this person, they want to meet 00:41:27.369 --> 00:41:29.590 this person, eventually they finally lay down 00:41:29.590 --> 00:41:32.130 and you go to let them out and they ramp right 00:41:32.130 --> 00:41:35.550 up and they're like, oh, finally, they don't 00:41:35.550 --> 00:41:40.289 get to come out. If you go back and forth and 00:41:40.289 --> 00:41:43.260 you do that, It might take an hour. It might 00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:47.960 take two hours the first time. Yeah. But that's 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:50.340 the crazy thing is that the next time it won't 00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:53.460 take the same two hours. Yeah. It'll be a little 00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:57.079 faster. It might still be an hour and a half. 00:41:57.500 --> 00:42:01.820 Right. But that's where you have to just show 00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:07.639 that emotional maturity that you are the leader 00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:11.449 of this situation, not them. You're not doing 00:42:11.449 --> 00:42:13.869 anything bad to the dog. You're not doing anything 00:42:13.869 --> 00:42:16.389 mean to the dog. You're holding the dog accountable 00:42:16.389 --> 00:42:20.230 to act appropriately for the situation. Yep. 00:42:20.650 --> 00:42:25.010 That's all. All right. With that being said, 00:42:25.150 --> 00:42:29.510 we don't have any active listeners here tonight 00:42:29.510 --> 00:42:33.489 for questions. So we're going to move right to 00:42:33.489 --> 00:42:37.329 our listener projects. Number one is our doorway 00:42:37.329 --> 00:42:44.440 repetitions without. So leash the dog or put 00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:49.860 the dog on place. Open and close the door. Open 00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:53.059 and close the door. Reward the calm behavior. 00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:55.639 Open and close the door. Reward the calm behavior. 00:42:56.659 --> 00:43:02.099 Do it over and over and over. And repeat it each 00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:08.139 day for a week. That's the first step. Then... 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:11.360 You can get more advanced. All right, listener 00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:15.699 project number two, calm greeting protocol. Dog 00:43:15.699 --> 00:43:20.179 starts on a leash or on place. The guest comes 00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:25.500 in. The dog does not get to meet the guest yet. 00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:30.900 The guest ignores the dog until the dog shows 00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:36.880 calm behavior. Now we let that. We let the reward 00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:45.440 be for that calmness. That calmness starts, and 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:51.260 then we reward with a release, but a controlled 00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:56.440 release. Use your tone of voice. Use your body 00:43:56.440 --> 00:44:00.900 language. Use your intonation. All of those things 00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:10.380 to good. Break or free. It's not free. Great 00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:14.679 job. Oh, good boy. We're not ramping the dog 00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:18.960 up. Use the things that you have to communicate 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:24.960 relaxation, calmness. That is going to help you 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:29.079 a lot. Reinforce, reinforce, reinforce what you 00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:33.179 want. Don't reinforce. Don't reward what you 00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:37.579 don't want. That's the key to dog training. All 00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:40.800 right. Anything else to add? No, that was great. 00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:43.619 Awesome. All right. Short and sweet. We made 00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:48.519 it in under an hour. Yeah. So if you are listening 00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:52.500 to this and you have questions, comments, concerns, 00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:57.739 or something that you know that you could add 00:44:57.739 --> 00:45:01.789 to. bring more value, please let us know. Let 00:45:01.789 --> 00:45:04.829 me know what I need to add. That's a better way 00:45:04.829 --> 00:45:08.389 of saying it. I'm always, always, always trying 00:45:08.389 --> 00:45:13.590 to find ways to bring more value. So if you've 00:45:13.590 --> 00:45:16.230 got some of those ideas, please send me an email 00:45:16.230 --> 00:45:22.750 at ryan at topdogtrainingnc .com or leave us 00:45:22.750 --> 00:45:25.510 a message, leave us a like, leave us a review 00:45:25.510 --> 00:45:29.769 on our podcast. With that, I will bid you good 00:45:29.769 --> 00:45:30.710 night. Good night.