Reduce Your Dog's Stress And Anxiety In Training #167
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 3 August 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
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Inadvertent stress is something we want to minimize when training our dogs, as excessive stress has the same impact on dogs as it does on us. Now, stress is everywhere, but we don’t want to create it unintentionally and don’t want our dogs to endure anxiety if we can avoid it. We’re looking at how we can set up our training to prevent our dogs from stressing out.
In the episode you'll hear:
• How dogs can stress low or high and what that stress looks like.
• That our human mechanics can reduce anxiety for dogs.
• About practicing without your dog and how that will help minimize stress.
• Why videoing will improve your training sessions and help your dog.
• How I set up my training area and include stations.
• That transitions are the gaps between the training, and we want them seamless.
• What an efficient training session is and how to minimize your dog's repetitions.
• About the importance of using Balance Breaks in your training sessions.
• An answer to a listener's question about using food when training heeling.
Resources:
1. Podcast Episode 86: How to Train Unmotivated or Overexcited Dogs - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/86/
2. Podcast Episode 4: T.E.M.P. (Tail, Eyes/Ears, Mouth, Posture) - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/4/
3. Podcast Episode 157: Dog Body Language: Understanding Canine Communication Signals And Emotions - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/157/
4. Podcast Episode 110: Is Your Over-Aroused Dog Just Over-Faced In Training? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/110/
5. Podcast Episode 131: How Would Susan Garrett Plan Your Dog Training Sessions? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/131/
6. Podcast Episode 125: Why Isn’t My Dog Learning What I’m Training? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/125/
7. Podcast Episode 31: 5 Simple Hacks to Help Your Dog Learn Faster (Reinforcement Process) - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/31/
8. Susan’s Favorite Tripods and Video Accessories - https://dogsthat.com/favs/#tve-jump-178b15548dc
9. Podcast Episode 133: Become Your Own Dog Training Coach With This Video Strategy - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/133/
10. Podcast Episode 57: Why Balance Breaks Fast Track Your Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/57/
11. Crate Games - https://get.crategames.com/
12. YouTube Video: Perch Work (Pivots and Spins) - https://youtu.be/O6sj6fTJnFc
13. Recallers - https://recallers.com/
14. Podcast Episode 53: Stop Your Dog Pulling on Leash and Start Walking Together - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/53/
15. YouTube Video: Understanding Your Dog's Reinforcement Zone (RZ) with Susan Garrett - https://youtu.be/OaUAScgaFAg
16. YouTube Video: Susan Garrett's Target Stick Training for Dogs Part One - https://youtu.be/MzePo7RSQu4
17. YouTube Video: Susan Garrett's Target Stick Training for Dogs Part Two - https://youtu.be/TqsEEWCXze0
18. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/tcae85wYXBE
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I was talking to a fellow trainer on the weekend and we were discussing how much stress and anxiety |
| 0:06.7 | is showing up in everything from pet owners to potential sport dogs. So today I thought I'd do a |
| 0:13.8 | podcast all about how to avoid unnecessary stress for our dogs. |
| 0:28.9 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome to Shape by Dog. |
| 0:32.5 | Let's face it, stress is everywhere. |
| 0:36.9 | Stress has the same effect on dogs as it does on us humans. |
| 0:40.6 | We get a hormonal release. We get a flood of cortisol. |
| 0:46.7 | With dogs cortisol, we know doesn't leave their body for up to 72 hours. That cortisol and the hormonal release has effect of lowering immune system, which can lead to illness, which can |
| 0:52.5 | lead to problems with joints. We want to avoid unnecessary |
| 0:56.9 | stress if we can. I know there is a lot of stress and my goal isn't to never have my dog be |
| 1:03.8 | stressed because I compete in a sport of agility and sometimes a dog's going to make a mistake. |
| 1:09.3 | I don't want that to be the end of the |
| 1:12.1 | world. But nor do I want my dog to endure stress when they don't have to. So, first thing |
| 1:19.4 | you should think about is how your dog deals with stress. Are they a dog who stress is low or a |
| 1:25.8 | dog who stresses high? For the majority of dogs, when you |
| 1:29.0 | think of stress in podcast episode number four where I talk about your dog's body language, |
| 1:34.0 | the T-E-M-P, that they show you, that they're a little bit worried. You think of the typical |
| 1:38.6 | dog with their ears pinned. Maybe you can see the whites of their eyes and they're panting a little |
| 1:42.4 | bit and their body is very, |
| 1:44.6 | very tight. Also, in podcast 157, I went into even more details about your dog's body language |
| 1:50.8 | and how to identify when the dog is not feeling 100% at their best. And so typically we think |
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