Reactive cattle dog socialized in one session.

My Australia shepherd passed away mid covid, she was my best friend for 12 years. That dog went everywhere with me, and was only on leash about 1% of her entire life. I put a lot of effort into training her and she for the rest of her life was always attentive to my commands, even if she picked up food. I could say drop and instantly dropped it. Walked right beside me no leash, would run off into the woods on command, return on command. Sucks losing your best friend, but I’m grateful for the time I had with her.

I think pack corrections was 50%- your correction and desensitization were each 25%. As a preschool teacher I had a kid who bit- a lot, often and nothing we did seemed to help. Finally he bit a smaller but tough girl who calmly bit him back- hard! That was the end of biting. That little girl was the “prince” of my classroom. Also she never once bit anyone else.

I'm 65 yo now but 40 years ago...before internet, you tube..etc I was training dogs this exact way. I raised dobermans and did rescue ( was a vet tech then). People thought me crazy. Well I absolutely got results...instantly.( within a very short period of time). I understand how dogs work know about almost all breeds their purpose. So yes I agree 100%. It saddens me when people think dogs think like humans. Wonderful thing about dogs...they don't care what happened yesterday can not think what may happen tomorrow they live in the now. Hope you get what I'm saying. Anyways good work. Keep doing what/how your working.

I own Heelers (Cattle dogs) as well. You are 100% correct with the methods you use. They are TOUGH and their corrections need to be firm and immediate. If they bite they bite hard and some wont let go until they are done shaking something. I LOVE this breed but they are bred to work and bred to NEED a good leader. Thanks for all your videos!!!

It's so refreshing to see not just anyone, but a dog trainer who takes reactive dogs seriously!

Some of these reactive dogs are so bloody smart. They do understand correction/consequence. It just has to be consistent ALL THE TIME! Such a good demonstration of how to help these animals.

70% leash correction 25% Prince showing him there is a more confident and stronger dog than him 5% desensitized He was leash reactive. Once he realized the leash was working against him instead of being something that emboldened him he realized he needed to be careful. In addition, Prince’s aloofness and confidence throws dogs off. They attack and posture and Prince doesn’t care. What an awesome dog Prince is.

Prince is such a handsome boy — also watching him correct this dog is amazing.

desensitization did about 15% towards the end, 5% was prince backing him up. But 80% was the leash corrections. He broke focus for the very first time after your harder leash pops. He seemed to get calmer after that

One time, I knew someone with a very aggressive dog who just loved to drag the owner. I volunteered to walk it so they said ok. I let the dog know right away we were going to walk at my pace and every time he tried to sprint, I stopped, pulled his leash back, ignored him until I was ready to walk. At the end, he was walking beside me and not even looking at other dogs. When I took him back to his owner, they said I was too mean, that I should not have treated their dog so roughly. So I said ok, then walk him now. That dog took one look at their owner, gave a dog smirk and took off, knocking the owner down. The owner ended up giving it away, but at least that dog walked beside me one time. Some owners are just stupid, I hate to use the word.

Ah I'm so glad you did a blue heeler!! I've had heelers and Aussies my whole life and while heelers are my favorite dogs, they REQUIRE a consistent firm expectation of rules. They will always try to be in control of the situation. They're an absolute goldmine when it comes to teaching them commands, teaching them friend from foe, etc. I can ALWAYS tell when my new heelers get it into their head that another dog is 'herdable' and it's instantly corrected. They thrive on praise, the learn quick from consistent corrections. Awesome job sir. Love this.

I have two dogs one almost 5 and one just turned 4, I only just learned that socialize doesn't mean play with other dogs it just means be near them, sniffing for a second or two and then hanging out. I thought I socialized my dogs by taking them to the dog park and what not and had no idea that's not socializing. I am so glad I learned this from you Joel and other dog trainers and I learn so many things from you guys each and every day. Thank you so much for your knowledge and experiences and for sharing them❤❤❤❤

I have a cattle dog they always told me to be firm but fair and that is absolutely how they learn. You did a great job :)

The way he responded to the leash corrections, you could see his “bad” behavior was in response to owner error early on. As soon as you started correcting him, he started looking to you for feedback. Prince was great in backing him as well. When off leash, his tail clamped and he didn’t know how to respond. That was a great video.

I have 3 males. From you, I've learn so much, and you know why?! Because, you showed and teached me, that, some dogs are assholes, and since I've watched your videos, I've applied your techniques, well, works amazing! Can't thank you enough. We appreciate your work. You guys, keep healthy and take care! Love from Romania.

That was amazing training advise, I absolutely think that with the leash and introducing dog was the big thing, but the biggest thing to learn was that he can't nip no more!

I have a cattle dog who has always been very sensitive and timid and submissive. She doesn't go after other dogs like this one but gets equally overwhelmed. She's naturally more confident with dogs who show they have little interest in her. But dogs who are pushy and keep trying to play even though she is trying to retreat and deescalate the situation, tend to push her towards being snappy. She's never bitten. But air snaps. I don't see it as inappropriate on her part, I see it as the other dog being rude and not listening to her attempts to say "no". I wish there was a program like yours near me that I could have my cattle dog interact with well socialized, polite dogs, to gain confidence around other dogs. Its so hard to find a good match for my timid, sensitive cattle dog.

I would love a series dedicated to how you raise YOUR dogs. Like a year long series (if you got a new pup). We always see you work with "bad" dogs, I would be cool to see some training. I also think it would silence the critics who don't think your methods work.

I have a one year old cattle dog who just started herding (and biting the back leg of dogs). This session was so insightful!!!! Thank you. Desensitization - 35% Corrections - 45% Dog correction - 25%

I agree completely. I train reactive dogs and give collar corrections and praise at the exact right time and it resolves the issues really fast. Within 30-45 minutes of working with them they come good. I've learnt a lot from you and other balanced trainers. Your corrections did most of the work here but Prince's correction gave the cattle dog a bit of respect for other dogs. Great video and shows it step by step. 👍