Reactivity, Dog Behavior, Nipping, Agility, Frustration And More: Q&A With Susan Garrett #283
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
DogsThat
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
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Answering your top questions on reactivity, dog behavior, agility, frustration, sports dogs, neutering and more! You'll hear tips on training multiple dogs, strategies for improving focus, impulse control, and drive, and how to handle things like lunging, growling, nipping and jumping up. If you have any other questions I didn’t cover, jump over to YouTube and let me know in the comments. Your questions are always so insightful!
In this episode, I’m answering your great questions:
• Do dogs benefit from being in a multi-dog household or are they happy with human company?
• I'm struggling with drive to show my dog that agility is fun.
• I suspect my dog is having early takeoff at agility. Can I still do the sport? Is it selfish to want to continue?
• Over arousal in the agility ring.
• How often a sport dog should see specialists and which ones?
• Neutering. When or when do I not neuter? Also, how to handle high sexual arousal for intact dogs.
• I feel like crap when I lose my patience.
• How do I train more than one dog at a time?
• Reactivity, reactive dogs. Reactivity, if you don't have the ability to keep a dog away from all the triggers.
• I need help practicing greeting people on leash when my dog shows leash reactivity, lunging, growling, jumping.
• How do I set my dog up for even more success if he gets easily frustrated?
• How do I use play to reinforce a cue? Can play replace food as a reinforcer?
• Herding, nipping when overexcited and herding breeds.
Resources:
1. DogsThat YouTube Channel Playlists - https://www.youtube.com/c/DogsThat/playlists
2. Podcast Episode 282: How To Walk Multiple Dogs: Step-by-Step Guide To Stress-Free Walks - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/282/
3. YouTube Livestream: Dog Agility: Create FUN & SUCCESS with These FOUR Focuses - https://www.youtube.com/live/uv3dxW-7ZHU
4. YouTube Video: Transforming Dog Behavior - The Story Of This! So Far: Dog Training, Agility, Nutrition And Beyond - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UlHPe2R3uE
5. Dr. Laurie Coger Healthy Dog Workshop - https://healthydogworkshop.com/about/
6. Healthy Dog Expo - https://www.healthydogexpo.com/
7. Kim Collins: Pawsitive Steps Canine Sports Centre - https://www.pawsitivesteps.ca/instructors.html
8. 2024 APDT Annual Conference - https://www.apdtconference.com/
9. Podcast Episode 262: Shaping Tips For High Drive, Frantic, Hyper Dogs To Stop Dog Training Frustration - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/262/
10. Canapp Sports Medicine - https://www.canappsportsmed.com/
11. Podcast Episode 230: Finding Joy Amidst Frustration And Shame In Dog Training – DeCaff’s Story Part 2 - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/230/
12. Podcast Episode 181: Training Multiple Dogs To Wait Turns And Relax - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/181/
13. YouTube Playlist: Reactive or Aggressive Dogs: Key Insights with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy0Tbd6ZybIXgJk3mtpBLLk7&si=_-WvD5zovQjWtecA
14. YouTube Playlist: Target Training for Dogs with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy3ylCyQ2bJQSCwo_ERiVHj3&si=ptH9TKBCjz6x4MqW
15. YouTube Playlist: Dog Training Games with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy2TzttCtZVFwzwMGayAsaYe&si=97o0_XtEK0wBXcXb
16. YouTube Playlist: Help for Over-Aroused, Over Excited, Hyper, Frantic, High Drive or Out of Control Dogs with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy3tN5Z336OeZkYoF2dJ7gNY&si=nyxLfoYNt90QkcLx
17. Book: Frustration Theory- An Analysis of Dispositional Learning and Memory - https://www.amazon.com/Frustration-Theory-Analysis-Dispositional-Behavioural/dp/0521247845
18. Podcast Episode 281: How Vito’s Thinking Games Will Transform Your Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/281/
19. Podcast Episode 215: What Your Destructive, Lunging, Nipping Or Hyper Dog Or Puppy Is Trying To Teach You - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/215/
20. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/sWuYFA32IkM
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Last week, I posted and asked me anything on social media and I got a ton of questions from you. |
| 0:06.8 | Actually, Wednesday's podcast episode was a response to one of those great questions. |
| 0:12.7 | I have a multitude of other questions and I'm going to answer as many as I can in the next 20 minutes. |
| 0:19.7 | So, let's go. |
| 0:20.8 | I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. And I've got questions about agility, |
| 0:36.3 | about behavior, about reactivity. I'm going to jump |
| 0:39.5 | into them all and first of all, I just want to give a shout out to the great podcast team at |
| 0:44.3 | Dogs At because they have put together a resource for me so I can actually refer you to a podcast |
| 0:51.6 | episode or a playlist that's going to help you answer some of these questions |
| 0:55.0 | into great detail. But let's go. First question is under the category of general behavior, |
| 1:00.5 | do dogs benefit from being in a multi-dog household or are they happy with human company? |
| 1:05.8 | And I guess the answer to that question is, yes. Dogs are super, super adaptable and they adapt to whatever |
| 1:15.4 | their life is. Now, there are some dogs that definitely do best in a home by themselves, |
| 1:21.9 | especially some rescue dogs who don't have confidence around other dogs. So if you're thinking, |
| 1:27.1 | oh, I should get my dog |
| 1:28.2 | a friend because they might be lonely, it depends on how much time there is somebody in the house. |
| 1:34.2 | That may not be the case. Honestly, dogs bond great to humans. I think all dogs like to have |
| 1:40.8 | a friend, but that friend doesn't have to necessarily be living with them. |
| 1:44.8 | And as I said, off the top, some dogs prefer to be the only dog in the house. |
| 1:49.1 | Next question is about agility. I'm struggling with drive to show my dog that agility is fun. |
| 1:54.4 | So I did a live and I'm going to put a link in the show notes and it was all about creating |
| 1:59.5 | fun and success for your agility dog. And I want |
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