Tarik A
Hello Robert, We rescued a 2.5 yr old Belgian Malinois, he is very friendly, food motivated to learn, and is a decent listener to commands. We just started using your training. We have two indoor cats – 7 yr old female & 3 yr old male, the cats have the upstairs & the dog is downstairs/w/crate training. They are separated by a baby gate on the stairs. How do we introduce them? Our dog gets very excited when he sees them. How do we teach him that they are friends, not foe?
Emmanuel
Hi Robert, I need your help on how to deal with my 10 weeks old malinois puppy crazy moments inside the house. He’s constantly trying to make my older dog play, but she barely even look at him. It’s a lot of barking, overexcitement, etc. He’s barking at me when I tell him to stop. Putting him outside alone makes him barking even more and jumping on the door, so not good. I don’t want to put him in the crate at this moment for the crate is not a punishment place. Any idea ? I’ve just tried putting on the long leash and correct him when he barks inside. Seems effective, will see after a while.
Karen N
Zazz, my 3.5yo Staffie-mix is almost 1yr out of a 6mo stint in the shelter where she was treated for depression and pressure sores. We’ve gone from not wanting her feet touched to giving me a paw when asked, and she’s had 2 trims, one at a pet store, the other at my trainer’s house. She freaks over a Dremel, but will uneasily tolerate clippers. The trainer determined it’s the vibration of the Dremel, not the noise. Can you suggest ways to work on this? I have a very quiet little nail grinder, but she jerks away from it as soon as I turn it on.
Lori
We adopted a seemingly very well trained Labrador Retriever. The issue is that he whines every time he sees a dog or person on our walks. He doesn’t bark, growl- simply whines. He loves people and dogs and he truly the sweetest guy ever, but I don’t introduce him to most dogs or people when walking. Do I treat this as a reactive behavior(since it basically is), and what steps would you take first? Thanks for any insight.
Sara C
Hi! I have an 8-week-old Rottweiler puppy who gets scared when neighborhood dogs bark, especially our neighbor’s loud Great Dane. He runs to the door and wants to go inside. We live in a raised ranch area, so the backyard amplifies sound. How can I help him build confidence around loud barking? Should I keep taking him out back or stick to the quieter front yard for now?
Sue
Good morning, I have a Dutch Shepherd, a colleague has a GSD, both of these dogs are reactive, and 2year old females. We like to take them for a walk after we have done some tracking, should we muzzle them as every now and then they will try to go for each other. This is usually in the beginning of the walk but after a couple of kilometers they do settle down, we would love to be able to let them off lead but don’t want to take the chance of a fight. Any suggestions to overcome this would be appreciated. Many thanks Sue
Steve
Training the dog (Malinois) I have– I am back to square one. Using a clicker-reward. So what do I do first, engagement establishing eye contact? On the leash or off the leash at first? I’m using her meals as a reward. Problem: Reactive to other dogs while out on walks. I need to work on preventing the fires instead of trying to put them out. Walks now are just for her to do her business and click training as mentioned above. 3 walks are for meals, half cup per. One walk in between is for play, sprint and tug, we both get some HIIT in!
A little continuation from my last question. Layla is an adopted 6 and a half year old Female Malinois. Great in the house but a terror outside towards other dogs, she loves humans. I had a Mal (female) who had died back in February, so I’m familiar with the breed and gender, the last one was a pure sweetheart and loved the smaller dogs and had some issues with larger breeds but not so bad as this one, Layla. How much work was done before a dog was introduced to stimuli (other dogs) that you have here in your lessons? What did you do first? Thanks Robert.
