Off Leash And Unfiltered: The Truth In Dog Training

Send us Fan Mail This was our last option. Boy I get tired of hearing that! 🤣 Why am I everybody's last option? The truth is I'm not. We do get lots of folks who just know they want a well-trained dog and they start here and that's great. But we get lots of folks that don't. And the reason being is that there's a narrative out there that tells you you shouldn't need to. You should never need to punish anything, you should never need to use any tools. You should never need to use an e-collar. You should never need to use a negative consequence. And it's all just rubbish. The idea that only stubborn dogs, only stupid dogs, only bad dogs, etc. Need negative consequences is stupid. It's a lie! And it makes people think they are crazy. And a lot of people are hesitant because their dog is so "good". They are so friendly, they are so social, they love everybody, etc. But the fact is good. Good training is for any and all dogs! I don't by any means think anybody should feel obligated to train their dog (unless you're off leash around others!!) But if you want your dog to listen to you, if that's important to you, then you need real dog training. Training. And no good training program will leave out the use of negative consequences. There is no dog on this planet that will be reliable without them. Period. Luckily, the tools we use put all of the control in all of the intensity in the handler's hands. This means we can tailor everything to the specific dog. Rather they are super sensitive, super soft, super nervous, super anxious, super pushy, super obtuse, super aggressive, super reactive, it doesn't matter! Even good dogs benefit from real good dog training. I would say the training is perfect for every dog. If it's too intense, then it's too intense for you, not the dog.. jus' sayin' Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail You have to remember when you are training your dog to start slow and build up and tweak and shape the behavior over time. So we expect much less and guide much more in the beginning. As we advance through the non compliance phase of training or the "messy middle" we begin to expect a little more, so we may start experimenting with various levels of accountability, but we still give guidance as needed! In addition to that it is so important to be clear with your dog about what is correct and what is incorrect. Some folks struggle with this because they are flat in their tone, flat with their consequences (meaning they use a reward the dog doesn't care about or a negative consequence that the dog doesn't hardly even notice). The earlier in the training you are, the more important it will be to "help" the dog. This might be leash guidance, but since most of us want to move away from the leash, you really need to incorporate body language, spatial pressure, and changes in your tone and energy. Be firm when needed. Push the dog back with your body when needed. Be excited to communicate a job well done. Vary your tone to send clear messages and just to keep your dog engaged. We always say when we start teaching recall, especially to a puppy, if you are as exciting as lawn furniture, it's going to be a long road. In the end you should have a command and the dog just does it. No theatrics or gymnastics required on your part. But the process of getting there will require you to be a clear communicator and know how to motivate your dog if you want to be efficient. Links to related episodes about training and markers: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/episodes/18766052 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124912/episodes/18740177 Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up buttercup! Today I'm on a rampage, and I'm talking about all the terms that have been hijacked to make you think you're doing it wrong. All of these terms are being represented as being synonymous with abuse, and that couldn't be further from the truth. A dog that is allowed to display antisocial behaviors will inevitably be locked up or discarded. It is one hundred percent in that dog's best interest to have undesirable behaviors suppressed through the use of punishment. Which, by the way, literally means to stop a behavior. So by definition, NO MATTER HOW YOU DO IT, if you stop a behavior, you've punished it. A leash is a form of force. A treat is a tool. An ecollar can save a life. You can't redefine terms so that they serve your agenda. But yet, that is what is happening, and the fear mongering keeps people confused and frustrated and stuck. So listen up! Stop letting the idiotic narrative that these things are harmful get in your way. We never want to harm a dog in any way. And we never do! None of these terms are synonymous with abuse. And anybody that says they are CANNOT train a dog to any real level of reliability. No, there aren't exceptions. No, there aren't dogs that can be trained to a truly reliable level without punishment. No, your dog isn't difficult, stubborn, or stupid. They're normal. We're being gaslit by the sanctimonious who portray themselves as morally superior. And I will never shut up about it. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail This might be my least favorite topic to discuss. BUT it is by far one of the most common questions we get: How do you handle off leash dogs? Here's the thing, you will never be able to avoid them completely (unless you just stay home). So I'm going to cover the most important things for you to do before heading out into the wild with your dog for an off leash adventure. Like knowing how to really tighten up your recall by pairing a high correction to it so that you can trust it when the shit hits the fan, so to speak. You need gravity attached to that recall. And that needs to be done now, before you go on your outing. You'll never be able to control other people (I know...it sucks!) so the absolute most important thing to do that you actually can do, is train your own dog! You'll hear that common thread over and over again for every scenario. You and your dog are the things that are in your control. So we always look at those first. I'll also give you some tips so that you have something to do besides just panic when you see the dreaded off leash dog heading right for you. Having a plan will enable you to execute in the moment. It happens fast, so you need to already know what to do. You can't really think in the moment and you certainly can't assess the other dog's intention. Don't even try. It is your job to protect your dog. Nobody else is going to do it for you! I don't like to make people nervous or panicked. Don't forget, most dogs aren't going to harm or kill your dog. But a lot of dogs could and some certainly would. There's no way to know. So just having a rule structure you stick to will help keep everyone safe and you sane. I will ask the owner to call their dog, but they often won't or can't. Posturing at the other dog will often work to deter them. If neither of those work, use physical means to keep them away from your dog. No, that's not extreme. And no, it's not fun, but it's not your fault. They chose to go off leash with no respect for others or proper training to keep their own dog safe. That is on them. Period. Consider carrying dog mace or spray vinegar with you. Or at least a slip lead so if the worst case scenario (a proper dog fight) erupted you could use the slip lead to get the offending dog to let go. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail Yes, maybe. There, is that clear enough? We want to give our customers the best chance of success so we leave nothing out. Results matter to us. Your success matters to us. And we wouldn't ask you to do anything that we didn't think was potentially a necessary piece to the puzzle. Every dog and every family is so incredibly unique, that the fact is, no two dogs need exactly the same thing. But you could say the same thing for water. There are dogs out there that hardly drink any water. But nobody is going to just assume that there dog is great with 1 cup of water a day and hope for the best. You're going to give them what you know is plenty. Right? And if they don't need it, great! But this way we don't risk potential dehydration and illness. Okay. Weird analogy. But it works. I would rather have too much, than not enough. It's the same with dog training. We cover all of the bases, and some of them are extra, who cares? This gives all of our clients the best chance of success. And in our one on one lessons we absolutely can discuss in depth with people what we feel is particularly critical in their situation with their dog and their lifestyle. But things that can affect the necessity for these protocols are things like the dog's ability to learn and inhibit the undesirable behaviors, how long they've been practicing them, how they view their family members, how naturally pushy or submissive or nervy are they? And let's not forget about the humans. How naturally does handling the ecollar come to them? How naturally (or not) can they lead and be the decision maker and stick to setting boundaries. How motivated are they? How nervous are they? You need to be comfortable, and confident, and consistent with clear feedback. The four big C's. If these things are lacking at all, then all the little moments become much more important because they help you to get better and more comfortable and they help amplify the new relationship dynamic so your dog can see you as a relevant entity with clear consistent rules. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail I am taking a minute to talk about the health and safety of our dogs. I've had several long term customers lose their dogs over the last couple of years, and they were all very unfortunate events that really couldn't have been prevented. BUT uncontrollables always get me thinking about controllables as, well, that's all we can control! Some of the things I recommend when thinking about the health and safety of a dog are first and foremost—training. A dog that listens is hands down the SAFEST dog. I'm going to talk about the two aspects that are critical: controlling arousal and providing accountability BEFORE there's a high risk situation. I discuss feeding protocols that eliminate unnecessary interactions, utilizing crates and leashes where appropriate, having a process in place to tune in your dog when you are going on off leash adventures, and giving more consideration to what we medicate our dogs with. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail Dogs Chew. They do all kinds of awful things and dangerous things, especially when you're not looking. So what do you do? And what should you not to do. One thing is for sure, we don't want you spending the next two years of your life trying to stay consistent with "redirecting your dog". We talk about the most common advice, why it won't work, and what does! Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail An update on Mildred the poop eater and Kali the nervous golden retriever. All the advice that never works for dog leash pulling, AND what does . Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail Everybody knows dogs are gross. Everybody knows they like dirty socks, dead animals, and even eating poop. But this is the first time I've heard of a dog eating so much poop that they are pooping about 4 or 5 times more than normal.. If you have a dog that eats poop, this one is for you! But honestly, if you have a dog with any objectionable behaviors like jumping, barking, counter surfing, etc, this is all super valuable information. We are inhibiting a bad behavior. This is done by marking the behavior and attaching a contingent negative consequence to it that is so intolerable that you create a long lasting inhibition. The brain decides this isn't a behavior that should not be executed anymore. You've probably heard all the silly remedies involving pumpkin and pineapple or cayenne. But none of that works. This does. It can be a little trickier than that with behaviors that tend to occur when you're not watching, so it's important to implement a very high level of structure and supervision during the training process until you know that your dog is trustworthy, or in this case, poop-proofed. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail If there are behaviors your dog is allowed to do sometimes but not all the time, you might wonder if you are confusing them. And you might be. But if you've listened to me long enough, you know that the key to reducing confusion is to have a clear pattern. The problem comes in when us humans change the pattern (ironically, usually because we are worried about confusion). You can absolutely have your dog make discriminations. We do it all the time. In fact, your dog does it all the time unbeknownst to you. Does your dog grab a dirty sock when you leave the room but not do it when you are in the room? That, my friend, is a discrimination. Your dog isn't so much being "sneaky" as they are just exhibiting what they have learned. There is no accountability or negative consequence for munching on sweaty gym socks when you are not present. But there is when you are present. Your dog's brain has learned that pattern because it has been consistent. And unless you change that pattern (better get creative), the behavior won't change. But you can create a discrimination with an object, a person, a place, a sound, just about anything. And all you have to do is teach your dog that that thing is what predicts there will be negative consequences. It requires consistency on the part of the human to be effective, and it takes time. It may not happen in one lesson or one day. Give your dog's brain time to accumulate a series of experiences. And I suggest starting with consequences that are on the low end for that particular dog because if you use high consequences right away, they will potentially be very hesitant to engage in the behavior again, even when it is okay. Keep the negative consequences low to middle of the road until your dog for sure knows the pattern. And then you can increase accountability and really clean up the behavior to only occur when it is okay. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail We are talking about the icky dirty word PUNISHMENT today. You guys, I talk about this for a reason..it's what EVERYBODY needs. It's what EVERYBODY is missing. It's what EVERYBODY is worried about. Or..they're doing it, but very badly. Ironically, avoiding aversives is THE THING that will result in a bad relationship and small life. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. You're human. So you think like a human. I'm here to help you achieve the best results with your dog training and your dog's behavior SO THAT you can have all those things you dream about. Ya know, a dog that comes back when called, a dog that doesn't jump all over people, or eat poop and then lick your face.. Aversive control and punishment are somewhat taboo topics in the dog world. Shhhhh...we're not supposed to be talking about it. But I know how necessary it is to get where you want to go. And I know how to do it—properly. I also know what people struggle with because I'm having those conversations with my real life clients every single day. Hey, I don't want you to have a dog you can't enjoy. Or a dog that gets no enjoyment. Quite the opposite!! But I want you to have a dog that listens, too. After all, that truly is necessary for you both to enjoy each other's company. I want you to have BOTH/AND. Teaching your dog that they have to listen to you, truly is the key to all of those other things you want and dream about. So we are talking about conjuring up the courage to use aversive control in a way that will get you that both/and life. And... pissing off a lot of keyboard warriors at the same time....multitasking.. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail I love this episode, guys. I'm talking about all the amazing things you can do for you and your dog through training. This might be as simple as teaching sit or it might be using sit as a way to help your dog overcome fear or it might be as in depth as using e-collar skills to help your dog avert their gaze from a trigger that makes them uncomfortable. This is the whole reason that we keep some dogs longer. Some dogs need more state of mind work, and this is much different than basic obedience. You guys, I'm such a behavior nerd! And I'm so excited to tell you about the three main categories (at least in my mind) in dog training, and how they are different, but also how they overlap, and how you can use them to really truly help your dog feel differently! Whether your dog is just a little excitable or highly reactive or has fear or aggression issues. These things are how we cultivate change across the board. We also touch on use of the "f" word (force) to help your dog. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail We are talking about the physical feedback necessary to actually maintain the control end of the leash. We see folks relinquish control to the dog all the time for a variety of reasons. Sometimes we tend to treat certain moments like they are unimportant because they are brief in nature (like walking to the car) but the fact is ALL moments are important, and all moments are learning moments. But at the core, I think it's really unnatural for people to communicate physically because as humans we primarily communicate verbally. Your dog will absolutely take control if you aren't in control and you can only accomplish that if you physically communicate and enforce standards. If you have an intensely excitable dog you may need to work harder and communicate more. If you have a softer or calmer dog, it may be less. But all dogs need that feedback coming in. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...

Send us Fan Mail Okay. This is the most common question, at least after "when can we take the e-collar off?" Neither question has a straight answer, either. But I think the most succinct response is you can take it off when you can take it off (might be never) and the right level is the one that works (in most cases). Most people don't realize that we can use our e-collars (aka big, scary shock collars) in a variety of ways. We have 100 levels, and I cannot feel it until it's on a level 12. I can tap it quickly, or I can apply constant stimulation. This means I can be very gentle with an e-collar, but I can also make it very uncomfortable. But then you also have to consider that what is uncomfortable to one dog might not be to another. Every dog is unique, and genetics play a major role in what dogs perceive and how they respond. As if that isn't enough to consider, you need to break it down even more because even the same dog will have varying degrees of sensitivity depending on the state of mind at the time (usually impacted by environmental factors). Using the most appropriate level is a skill to be built by the human. If you try to set it and forget it you fail. The number on your e-collar usually gets far more attention than it deserves, and you might be getting in your own way by putting too much emphasis on it. I'm going to break down the various functions of an e-collar and how we select a level at any given time. We also cover what it means (or doesn't mean) when your dog does the dreaded vocalization and makes you cry yourself to sleep after. Support the show 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 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 Visit our social media for free training videos and to connect with us! https://www.facebook.com/diamondk9dogtraining ...