Help Your Excited Dog Calm Down And Stop Barking, Lunging, Spinning, Nipping #136 #podcast

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I can’t wait until this dog calms down!”? Or maybe you are embarrassed by your dog’s behavior when you are walking, or your dog gets so over excited they can’t listen? We’re covering what you can do about your hyper dog to reduce anxiety for both of you and help your dog relax.

00:00 How to calm a frenzied and out of control dog.
00:45 Is your dog ignoring you or are you misunderstanding them?
01:32 What does an over-aroused dog look, sound and act like?
02:30 A dog’s emotional state can’t be trained but can be conditioned.
02:57 Animals flooded with adrenaline can’t always immediately respond to their owners.
04:14 Exercise for dog hyperactivity isn’t always the answer.
04:53 No dog or animal can be calm 100% of the time.
05:53 “Flooding” a dog by forced confrontation of their trigger will backfire.
07:05 Mistakes people make with over-aroused dogs.
07:52 Reasons why dogs can trigger easily and why it’s not their fault.
08:57 “The Frustration Theory” by Abram Amsel and four frustration responses.
10:21 Nature vs. nurture: frustration responses can be changed.
11:14 How high carb dog foods contribute to hyperactivity.
11:44 How past experience and education informs a dog’s present behavior.
14:20 Unrealistic expectations of a dog can send them over threshold.
15:57 Lower the perceived excitement value in situations for your dog.
16:36 Raise the dog’s responsiveness under excitement at home.
16:49 Dogs aren’t square pegs to be forced into round holes.
17:31 Tip 1: Watch Shaped by Dog Episode 110 and use dog’s behavior as feedback.
18:17 Tip 2: Make a list of your dog’s triggers.
18:57 Tip 3: Your role is to be calm.
21:09 Tip 4: Teach your dog Hot Zone, ItsYerChoice, & Collar Grab
21:48 Tip 5: Condition a “calm anchor” for your dog.
22:57 Tip 6: Your dog’s exercise goes through you.
23:41 Tip 7: Your dog’s chill.
25:30 Tip 8: Train 2-3 well known behaviors at home and add excitement levels.
28:09 Tip 9: Create distance when encountering your dog’s triggers.
28:37 Tip 10: Accept your dog for who they are.

In the episode you'll hear:
• How to recognize over excitement in dogs and why any dog or puppy can appear to be out of control.
• About your dog’s emotions, physiology and adrenaline rush.
• How more exercise or no exercise might not be the answer to help your dog.
• The four responses to frustration that we all experience, including our dogs, and how we can change.
• How genetics, diet, age, experience, early training, type of training, and frustration response can create over the top dogs.
• The reason to lower the perceived excitement value in any situation for your dog.
• How we need to raise our dog’s responsiveness when excited, starting at home.
• About recognizing your dog’s round holes if they are a square peg and being fair.
• 10 steps you can take right now to help your hyper dog, including recognizing triggers.
• Why your role to help your dog means that you need to be calm and how to create anchors to achieve that.
• The reason to build yourself into your dog’s exercise, so it’s intentional, not mindless.
• Why clarity will create confidence and confidence will create calm for your dog.

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[DogsThat]

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[frederickzorn]

I’ve been a trainer for fifteen years. I’ve watched a lot of videos. This is one of the finest examples of breaking down the components of a concept into understandable elements, that I’ve ever seen. Thank you for your excellent instruction.

[alexaskew]

"..What you have is a super-excited dog who is still super excited, but they're very fit so they can be excited for longer.." Rofl. My Vizsla to a tee.

[conniewilliams]

This is the first trainer that finally has something I can use with my reactive dog. Thank you for this understanding, and how to do something about it.

[littlejademoon]

I love that... "You can't train emotions. You can condition emotions."

[wendybabendy]

I am so glad this popped up today - my 11 week old had a total freak out last night and I have no idea what triggered it. I had never seen him so manic!! He calmed down and actually slept all night, so I know that he was overwhelmed with adrenaline!

[karengesser]

This lady hits the nail on the head! She is clear, concise, and an excellent presenter. Will watch more of her training videos! I'm desperate with my hyper poodle, who I realize needs me to learn how to teach him.

[magdalenakaminska]

There are no words that can describe how I’m grateful for the knowledge that Susan is sharing with us. I have a year old golden retriever puppy, who can easily get overexcited and starts nipping, stops listening, sometimes he’s humping on my leg. Usually what I would do is to ask him to go to his crate, and wait for him to settle down. Now i know that it’s not a solution that helps him enjoying his life or teaching him to relax. Thank you for that!

I’d like to share recent events that made me to end the relationship I’ve had with my boarding place. I don’t use it often, only when I had to travel abroad and couldn’t take him with me. The boarding place is operated by a couple who says that they know how to train dogs and makes them obedient. But when I learnt that they were spraying my puppy with water every time he misbehaved I was truly upset. It even caused a huge deterioration from improvement I did with my vet behaviourist in very mild case of resource guarding (they were aware of the protocol for resource guarding that we were working on). So they would spray water on him whenever they wanted to take a toy from him when he either stiffened or started growling. I thought I did enough research to find a best place possible, they accepted only 3 dogs at a time. There is a lesson for me, to always asks more questions regarding approach to the training to anyone his taking care of your dog. I was away for a week and already can see a negative impact on my pups behaviour. I wish I could find someone with a half amount of empathy that Susan has.

[alicehansen]

Thank you Susan for sharing all of your games, stories, wisdom, insight… I am a dog 4H leader and just today, I made a batch of “sardine specials” which I shared with the kids in my club. We worked with our dogs for a bit (the treats were very popular) then made homemade Valentines for senior citizens in our community. Your values mesh so well with ours - make the world a better place. My puppy, Trygve, and I are learning so much from Home School the Dog. I am trying to pass on as much knowledge as I can to these 4H families and am constantly recommending your videos, podcasts and blog to every dog person I know! Thank you, thank you. ❤️

[jointhejourney]

“Let that freak flag fly …”. These videos are fantastic, she’s so helpful and practical.

[sophiesmith]

Thanks for this awesome video. I especially liked the reference to herding breeds "freezing up" when over aroused. My old girl got like that every time we saw a rabbit. We would laugh and say "Bunny Alert!" Eventually, if I said that first before she froze up, she would be focused on me more than the bunny, and acknowleding the source of excitement made our bond closer.

[lyndagabriel]

Thanks for this, your videos are great! Tip 8 will come in handy when I have to habituate my pup to my dance practicing, in my small condo :) Also, "one of you must remain calm at all times" is my new mantra.

[lenglen]

A wise man once told me, “I asked you what time it was and you told me how to make a clock.” You might want to split your video into two parts: The causes of hyperactivity in dogs, and How to improve that behavior. In particular, I found it very frustrating spending time learning what NOT to do to help my dog. Practical help is golden, and I think that most people stopping here are more interested in how to fix the problem than the history of it.
Thank you for your dedication and concern.

[oritheartlight-bornstein]

So glad I found you and your channel. We've been doing pretty well with training and all, but your guidance and teachings will make it so much better! Thank you, thank you, thank you ❣️❣️

[aries]

Our new dog is only around 6 months old and she’s still a puppy, found a stray. Of course she has that insane puppy energy. Her foster home was also fostering older dogs that likely couldn’t handle her energy and easily got overstimulated by her hyper puppy nature. She likes to bite and jump, so we normally turn our backs when she jumps, but if she’s biting we tend to grab a bone for her or her squeaky toy. She’s a mutt, bull terrier is one of the breeds that is likely one, but she also has the same shape as a short hair border collie like our previous dog, but she also has that separation anxiety.

[terrijacobs]

I attended a personal resilience course today, and it was amazing to see how much of Susan’s approach to life is coming to the workplace 😀
I shared your thoughts and process… possibly to often, but I am hopeful that the tutor and several of the delegates will come on over to see for themselves all the wonderful resources you share.
The folks with dogs, will be getting a follow up from me next week to see if they have visited and if not, I will probably just pop a you tube podcast on to show them.

Thank you for an amazing resource… I never expected to take it to work with me, but now I have you will be featuring quite often.

I am a health, safety and well being trainer.

[rmangold]

How are you not blowing up YT with your info?!?! What you’re teaching is so great and immediately applicable for even a novice like me! Wow! Thank you! You’re a gift to our furry four-legged babies.

[MaxandMe]

My dog too was over socialized.
I thought I was supposed to introduce him to everyone and every dog. So yes, Max is a social butterfly 🦋 who wants to greet EVERYONE. So now we have a few special dogs he can play with and a few people who can give him pats and scratches. So good to hear this, this will be helpful!!!
I’m going to be so calm 😌 🤞 😬

[abreezers]

Susan you're amazing! thats story of my life these days with my 10 month old adolescent beagle. she's calm as a clam most of the time but when outside in unfamiliar places it has been difficult... i wish you can come to Switzerland to help me with my dog! 😆

[gerdberg]

Susan is one of the finest positive trainers out there .