Hello, welcome back to talking dogs.

Now some call me the dog father, but you know me by now, so you can call me Graham, if you like.

Over the last decade decade I've helped train

hundreds of dogs I've seen them all from French's and Westies young German

shepherds to old English sheep dogs you might have watched me at work on TV's

dogs behaving very badly now I love this it's the place where I can share even

more advice and experience with you directly because you've got so many great questions and I'm sure loads of other people are wondering,

you know, the same sort of things as well. So thanks for being here with me. Let's get started

with today's training.

Last week we talked about socialisation which is essentially well it's the art of getting your dog used to loads of different surroundings, noises, other dogs, other people.

So they're perfectly chilled in lots of scenarios and the earlier on you can do that, well the better.

Now for one reason or another though some dogs can be reactive, especially towards other dogs or people. So if you've already got to that stage, that's what I'm going to talk about today. Now first up, here's Bailey.

Hi, I'm Bailey. I have an English bull terrier called Ruby. She's lovely with us and her family.

She loves my parents' dog, which is a Rottweiler. However, she's a complete nightmare with other dogs.

She growls on the streets. She leaps at them. She just looks like a complete devil dog. And also with other people that she doesn't know, she will also grow at them. Well before lockdown, when you could have people over, she would never let anyone feel comfortable. She would constantly give them eye contact and just consistently growl. She would stop when we would say the

word no, but she would, after a while, start again. But we just really want her to get along

with other dogs and other people, just for her benefit. Hopefully you can help. Bless you.

Bailey, you sound lovely. You also sound as you might be from Essex. I'm not sure.

If you are, I love Essex.

By the way, if you're listening in Essex,

friendly people in Essex, I'm always offered a cup of tea and a fake tan.

Anyway, dogs, back to basics.

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