Consultation Files—This Dog Is Destroying My Life With Separation Anxiety

Consultation Files—This Dog Is Destroying My Life With Separation Anxiety

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/fan_mail/new] Separation anxiety is a common problem but exists on a pretty broad spectrum. When you have a dog at the extreme end of the spectrum you are unable to live your life. It is all consuming. Every little mundane thing becomes an issue. Everything from showering to going to work, to going to a dr.appointment or a friend's house..because if you can't take the dog, someone needs to come sit them. When you are dealing with severe separation anxiety, it can be tough to know what to do. In a lot of cases unwanted opinions and advice are being thrown at you from every angle. Your vet is shaming you, your friends that foster make it sound trivial and you feel crazy or accused of being impatient or unreasonable. But it's not you. I'm sharing the recipe we use for fixing separation anxiety: order, structure, non-negotiable obedience, BE QUIET IN THE KENNEL (enforced with ecollar). Aaaaaaaand the recipe is all the stuff you've been told not to do!! As a side note, I absolutely think it's best to do this alongside an experienced professional. BUT some folks don't have that luxury. And if you make up your mind, and put in the time, and do the research you can find the resources to help you figure it out. I absolutely admire someone who is willing to get outside of their comfort zone and try. After all, it likely won't end well for the dog if someone doesn't do something.  If you can improve your dog's behavior, you can improve their state of mind and their level of comfort. Which in turn improves your relationship and quality of life. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] Love the show? Sign up to access our new exciting Xtra content! This content is unique and is ONLY available to our paid subscribers.  Subscriptions are only $3/month! You can also just sign up to make a small donation monthly if you want to support the podcast. Or, if you can't do that right now, just hit subscribe in your favorite app and tell a friend about the show!  Any support in any form from our listeners is sooo appreciated! We count on listeners like you to help us keep putting out content. Visit the link below to subscribe or donate. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] I want to hear from you! Email me directly to ask your questions and suggest topics for the podcast. Kati@diamondcanine.com Visit our website where you can purchase our online course for only $99 and get started with e-collar training today! Work at your own pace. This is a very beginner friendly course. You can also sign up for training with Kati and Joyce, visit our shop for our branded merchandise and purchase E-collar Technologies collars. https://www.diamondcanine.com [https://www.diamondcanine.com] Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining [https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining/] ... [http://www.youtube.com/@katipeppediamondk9dogtrain500]

If My Dog Responds To 'No', Do I Still Need To Correct Them?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/fan_mail/new] In this episode, I'm talking about a topic that comes up in almost 100% of our go home lessons. Once you teach your dog what the word no means, they tend to be very responsive to the word. No. This leaves people thinking that they can use the word no stop behaviors without needing to use any kind of tangible correction.  And although we might all do that every once in awhile, there is a problem with doing that regularly.. And that problem is that no in and of itself is not a tangible correction and will not influence the dog's behavior long-term. And so, while it might get you what you want in the moment, the lack of an actual consequence will likely result in your dog committing the same crime over and over again. This results in you having to interrupt the same behavior every time potentially for the rest of your dog's life. No thanks!  Another very common question is how to manage a dog's excitement when people are coming in or your dog is greeting people and the human inclination is to be very command centric in those cases and that's usually a big mistake. You're much better off to address behavior in state of mind. Not using any commands. Just let your dog make some choices and tell them if those choices are good or bad.  This is all explained in detail in today's episode! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] Love the show? Sign up to access our new exciting Xtra content! This content is unique and is ONLY available to our paid subscribers.  Subscriptions are only $3/month! You can also just sign up to make a small donation monthly if you want to support the podcast. Or, if you can't do that right now, just hit subscribe in your favorite app and tell a friend about the show!  Any support in any form from our listeners is sooo appreciated! We count on listeners like you to help us keep putting out content. Visit the link below to subscribe or donate. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] I want to hear from you! Email me directly to ask your questions and suggest topics for the podcast. Kati@diamondcanine.com Visit our website where you can purchase our online course for only $99 and get started with e-collar training today! Work at your own pace. This is a very beginner friendly course. You can also sign up for training with Kati and Joyce, visit our shop for our branded merchandise and purchase E-collar Technologies collars. https://www.diamondcanine.com [https://www.diamondcanine.com] Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining [https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining/] ... [http://www.youtube.com/@katipeppediamondk9dogtrain500]

Q&A-Untrainable dogs, old dogs, do ecollars create aggression, and more

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/fan_mail/new] I get lots of great questions from our clients and listeners. Here are a few that I get asked a lot.  Have you ever had a dog you couldn't train? Answer: not a normal dog. We have had a few that didn't have much hope, but it's extremely rare. Maybe 1 out of 500 has a very poor prognosis of being able to get to a point where they are "safe enough" to stay in their home. I describe what was different about these dogs and the difficult part—telling the owners that they have one of those dogs. How old is too old to train? All dogs learn..even old ones. But it is a little different. We find the biggest factor isn't so much age, but age combined with what they have learned so far. Learning itself is a skill to be built. A 5 year old dog that has never even had to learn their name is not going to do as well as a 7 year old dog that has learned lots of commands and maybe done puppy training, and learned tricks, etc.  Do tools cause aggression? Short answer: no. But yes. While aggression isn't created by ecollars or prong collars it can look like it is as these tools can really piss your dog off when they are in the throws of reactivity. I'm talking about some specific examples I've seen in this episode. Any tool can frustrate a dog and aggression that is exhibited in those cases is usually aggression revealed not created. All this and more in today's episode! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] Love the show? Sign up to access our new exciting Xtra content! This content is unique and is ONLY available to our paid subscribers.  Subscriptions are only $3/month! You can also just sign up to make a small donation monthly if you want to support the podcast. Or, if you can't do that right now, just hit subscribe in your favorite app and tell a friend about the show!  Any support in any form from our listeners is sooo appreciated! We count on listeners like you to help us keep putting out content. Visit the link below to subscribe or donate. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] I want to hear from you! Email me directly to ask your questions and suggest topics for the podcast. Kati@diamondcanine.com Visit our website where you can purchase our online course for only $99 and get started with e-collar training today! Work at your own pace. This is a very beginner friendly course. You can also sign up for training with Kati and Joyce, visit our shop for our branded merchandise and purchase E-collar Technologies collars. https://www.diamondcanine.com [https://www.diamondcanine.com] Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining [https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining/] ... [http://www.youtube.com/@katipeppediamondk9dogtrain500]

Won't My Dog Hate The Kennel If I Correct Him In There? What You Need To Know About Negative Associations.

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/fan_mail/new] Are you worried about inadvertently creating negative associations if you correct your dog? You're not alone. We hear this a lot. Especially around fussing in the kennel, but there are hundreds of contexts this can be a concern, and luckily, they are all mostly handled the same way. It's really important that your dog understands that consequences are in fact tied to their behavior, and not random or tied to only to a "thing" in the environment. This means you should know exactly how to show your dog which behavior leads to the correction, and what kind of behavior results in the absence of a correction.  Your dog needs to see a clear pattern. If you are consistent, over time the pattern should only become more and more clear. So time is your best friend (in conjunction with consistency).  Over the years I have dealt with many dogs that didn't like the kennel, and I've never had one decide the kennel was bad because we corrected them while they were inside of it—never. That's a pretty good record. And again, you can apply this logic to any context, not just the crate, but that is a very common concern. The other good news is, even if you do somehow manage to accidentally create a negative association that you didn't want to, it's usually super fixable by simply digging in and showing your dog a new pattern. Seeing is believing, and new experiences create new associations, easily. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] Love the show? Sign up to access our new exciting Xtra content! This content is unique and is ONLY available to our paid subscribers.  Subscriptions are only $3/month! You can also just sign up to make a small donation monthly if you want to support the podcast. Or, if you can't do that right now, just hit subscribe in your favorite app and tell a friend about the show!  Any support in any form from our listeners is sooo appreciated! We count on listeners like you to help us keep putting out content. Visit the link below to subscribe or donate. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] I want to hear from you! Email me directly to ask your questions and suggest topics for the podcast. Kati@diamondcanine.com Visit our website where you can purchase our online course for only $99 and get started with e-collar training today! Work at your own pace. This is a very beginner friendly course. You can also sign up for training with Kati and Joyce, visit our shop for our branded merchandise and purchase E-collar Technologies collars. https://www.diamondcanine.com [https://www.diamondcanine.com] Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining [https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining/] ... [http://www.youtube.com/@katipeppediamondk9dogtrain500]

Your Dog Is Anxious Or Nervous? So What?! Quiet Your Emotions And Finally Help Your Dog

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/fan_mail/new] When we get dogs with behavioral challenges, especially if they are anxious or nervous dogs, a huge piece of the rehab is the human. We often get dogs that have struggled for years, and the environment is always a factor in the path that the dog is on.  It is imperative that we change the environment and change the interactions. That means rewiring the humans so we can rewire the dog. It is very unnatural to respond neutrally when we feel big feelings, but it is so important if we are to actually start doing something different and getting better results. You can't help your dog if you are stuck feeling anxious and nervous yourself.  But you'll always be human, so learning to feel the feelings and not allow them to run the show is HUGE! This is true whether you have a nervous dog or a pretty outgoing dog and you just have a moment of guilt here and there.  At the end I'm going to summarize  things that can help you do the right things when you feel like caving.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] Love the show? Sign up to access our new exciting Xtra content! This content is unique and is ONLY available to our paid subscribers.  Subscriptions are only $3/month! You can also just sign up to make a small donation monthly if you want to support the podcast. Or, if you can't do that right now, just hit subscribe in your favorite app and tell a friend about the show!  Any support in any form from our listeners is sooo appreciated! We count on listeners like you to help us keep putting out content. Visit the link below to subscribe or donate. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/support] I want to hear from you! Email me directly to ask your questions and suggest topics for the podcast. Kati@diamondcanine.com Visit our website where you can purchase our online course for only $99 and get started with e-collar training today! Work at your own pace. This is a very beginner friendly course. You can also sign up for training with Kati and Joyce, visit our shop for our branded merchandise and purchase E-collar Technologies collars. https://www.diamondcanine.com [https://www.diamondcanine.com] Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining [https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining/] ... [http://www.youtube.com/@katipeppediamondk9dogtrain500]