Hey Ian! Lovely to see you address this-99% of dog owners think a growl=dangerous dog should never be let off! it is unbelievable. yet my loudest barker on lead is a total goof off lead and adores a play. my dogs are under-socialised as i've gotten worried from not the dogs but owners being horrid. carrying sticks and hitting dogs that come near is a common one. There are no classes in my entire area that teach your principles-such as a growl class. and a barrage of those that teach the absolute opposite. One lady had a dog with aggression came in and several complained despite them having amouth guard and was at the back. the minute you say aggression it's "one-to-one" ive seen it all. and spent it all. and no work with my dog on her own solves her problem of being with others!what a surprise. all im left with is an empty bank account. I have a boisterous lady dog who charges dogs from a good 100 metres mostly just to bark/growl -occasional body slam then stands there wagging her tail. a few fights usually when surprised but more just a chase and no harm, ever. she stops soon as i shout "oi".. and after that chase it 99% stops, occasionally one more chase but rarely. so despite it looking horrible it's not sustained aggression. Her body language is very stiff, which in 100 times worse on the lead. her lead walks despite years of treats is very jumpy. if you stop and chat she tends to lie down panting rather than a situation where you have to seperate. I've resorted to occasional night time beach/wood walks and rural with mouth gaurd-actually for other owners to not shout at me should we be surprised though im careful. it's a miserable existance for her. i did do a twice weekly trip very far away where i knew dogs played...most of the time it went ok, till parents lobbied for lead rules, she managed to be fine meeting a good 30 dogs a time-sometimes one or two chases but that's it. but sometimes people would avoid me or gossip to others because she wore a mouth guard. the key was me keeping calm. narrow paths are where she does it more, rather than open spaces. you are in the minority, there are so many preaching about space that no dog seems to have a hope of their owner dedicating time to socialising. the whole yellow dog concept is great, and i use a yellow collar on the streets..but surely is for on -lead areas. Lots of responses i see are from owners who don't actually have a scared dog atall and just want to be not bothered by others on walks and feel angry that happy dogs approach. i ! Please can you talk about the rising culture of dog schools that are teaching owners a terrible attitude of "your dog shouldn't go anywhere near mine" I find it unbelievable that another owner and dog has to have a less free life because of another owner/dogs problem!i try to avoid situations where i see an owner is super worried-but to have a ramble you cant always see miles in front. In my opinion, if a dog is likely to bite to harm or you just can't be bothered to socialise, then it is not up to other owners to know this from afar at all times even in super rural spaces and always keep theirs on the lead in off lead areas then get angry at the other happy go lucky dogs.. this would and is leading to a uk-wide lack of socialisation in dogs, ibelieve. and is what got me scared to socialise mine. ive know heard this in many dog schools in my area and i'm horrified!they are taught to ignore other dogs at all times or get punished!! horrendous. there seems to be a uk wide ginorance of dogs needing their own breed and needing social time at all! i wish this information was wider spread-you are right, it's the owners attitudes now. and dog schools are not teaching them correctly. rather teaching them an attitude. YOu did it with puppy schools, i iwish the growl class concept was just as widespread and common knowledge. then i might have a happier dog i can actually take out for a run during the day-she sorely needs it. and i am guessing after a year or two her reactions will have died down. from a owner who feels terrible about her dogs limited life x
This seems to be true of all breeds except pitbulls,they truly do want to kill other dogs and often do you cannot risk it with pitbull types. Pitbulls are great dogs do not get me wrong my sister has one and you cannot trust him we tried this theory and ended up giving a death grip on two different dogs. But reactive dogs are VERY different have a reactive Boston Terrier and unlike my sisters dog once he meets another dog he is fine
Can I please see a video where any of the Dunbar family works and shows practical examples on reactive dogs? Thanks
Hey Ian! Lovely to see you address this-99% of dog owners think a growl=dangerous dog should never be let off! it is unbelievable. yet my loudest barker on lead is a total goof off lead and adores a play. my dogs are under-socialised as i've gotten worried from not the dogs but owners being horrid. carrying sticks and hitting dogs that come near is a common one.
There are no classes in my entire area that teach your principles-such as a growl class. and a barrage of those that teach the absolute opposite. One lady had a dog with aggression came in and several complained despite them having amouth guard and was at the back. the minute you say aggression it's "one-to-one" ive seen it all. and spent it all. and no work with my dog on her own solves her problem of being with others!what a surprise. all im left with is an empty bank account.
I have a boisterous lady dog who charges dogs from a good 100 metres mostly just to bark/growl -occasional body slam then stands there wagging her tail. a few fights usually when surprised but more just a chase and no harm, ever. she stops soon as i shout "oi".. and after that chase it 99% stops, occasionally one more chase but rarely. so despite it looking horrible it's not sustained aggression. Her body language is very stiff, which in 100 times worse on the lead. her lead walks despite years of treats is very jumpy. if you stop and chat she tends to lie down panting rather than a situation where you have to seperate.
I've resorted to occasional night time beach/wood walks and rural with mouth gaurd-actually for other owners to not shout at me should we be surprised though im careful. it's a miserable existance for her. i did do a twice weekly trip very far away where i knew dogs played...most of the time it went ok, till parents lobbied for lead rules, she managed to be fine meeting a good 30 dogs a time-sometimes one or two chases but that's it. but sometimes people would avoid me or gossip to others because she wore a mouth guard. the key was me keeping calm. narrow paths are where she does it more, rather than open spaces.
you are in the minority, there are so many preaching about space that no dog seems to have a hope of their owner dedicating time to socialising.
the whole yellow dog concept is great, and i use a yellow collar on the streets..but surely is for on -lead areas. Lots of responses i see are from owners who don't actually have a scared dog atall and just want to be not bothered by others on walks and feel angry that happy dogs approach. i
! Please can you talk about the rising culture of dog schools that are teaching owners a terrible attitude of "your dog shouldn't go anywhere near mine"
I find it unbelievable that another owner and dog has to have a less free life because of another owner/dogs problem!i try to avoid situations where i see an owner is super worried-but to have a ramble you cant always see miles in front.
In my opinion, if a dog is likely to bite to harm or you just can't be bothered to socialise, then it is not up to other owners to know this from afar at all times even in super rural spaces and always keep theirs on the lead in off lead areas then get angry at the other happy go lucky dogs..
this would and is leading to a uk-wide lack of socialisation in dogs, ibelieve. and is what got me scared to socialise mine. ive know heard this in many dog schools in my area and i'm horrified!they are taught to ignore other dogs at all times or get punished!! horrendous. there seems to be a uk wide ginorance of dogs needing their own breed and needing social time at all!
i wish this information was wider spread-you are right, it's the owners attitudes now. and dog schools are not teaching them correctly. rather teaching them an attitude. YOu did it with puppy schools, i iwish the growl class concept was just as widespread and common knowledge. then i might have a happier dog i can actually take out for a run during the day-she sorely needs it. and i am guessing after a year or two her reactions will have died down.
from a owner who feels terrible about her dogs limited life x
You're a genius, amazing man!!
Ian, do you age??
..you look super well.
This seems to be true of all breeds except pitbulls,they truly do want to kill other dogs and often do you cannot risk it with pitbull types. Pitbulls are great dogs do not get me wrong my sister has one and you cannot trust him we tried this theory and ended up giving a death grip on two different dogs. But reactive dogs are VERY different have a reactive Boston Terrier and unlike my sisters dog once he meets another dog he is fine