Nick Meets Zero the Aggressive Saluki

Dog trainer Nick Benger works with Zero the Saluki that is aggressive to other dogs and won't take food or toys. This is the first session on Zero's journey to overcoming his aggression issues.

[ryn]

If I had to be around someone who says YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH constantly, I'd have aggression problems too.

[emrayaltun]

*Nick saying anything*.
Zero's owner: YEAH

[Pinkomy]

Summary of the video: Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah .

[davidcovelli]

Drinking game: take a shot every time she says yeah

[pamelaclasper]

Nick is so patient with the 'yeah' lady.

[EverettBurger]

Our salukis are rescues (UAE street dogs) and have the same issues as this pup.

I have a feeling many that found this video are in a similar situation.

Yay for rescued saluki mixes! Great with us and the kids, but extremely nervous around other dogs and people.

Oh, and their backyard zoomies are legendary!

[Sugabullets]

Maybe the dog is nervous because of the owners energy.

[goaway]

My saluki reacts the same way when unknown people are around us or when he hears unknown sounds they're just meant to protect yaknow

[martinparker]

pause @ 11:04 was THE opertunaty to NOT defuse the situation and reward the dog heavily for havin a sniff etc IMO ?

[jasonkim]

As a dog lover in my mid-50s, I live in a spacious apartment in South Korea in front of the park and enjoys riding a bicycle. Currently, I have been growing the Sighthonud “Italian Greyhound” for more than 10 years. Since I was born, I have always lived with dogs for more than 50 years, but when I was a child, except for “German Shepherd” and “Collie, ” in a mansion with a large yard, I have only raised short breeds of small dogs.
I have a wish to raise a large dog shortly before my retirement, so I am going to adopt "Saluki" from Japan. I used to think of “Border Collie” and “Golden Retriever” as big dog candidates before, but I think it is more difficult than “Saluki” in my situation and environment. If you walk for an hour every day, “Saluki” asks if it is okay to welcome you as a dog due to the nature of the breed. It may vary depending on the case, but is it a dog breed that is difficult to raise with a bunch of accidents [training, personality, affection for the owner, maintaining a smooth relationship with other breeds, hair management, etc.] Or would it be better to abandon my greed and adopt the “Coton de Tulear”, a small dog with a completely different personality?
We would be very grateful if you could respond.

[afinafina]

Yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea 👀 yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea

[lauraironstalksms]

I have two Salukis (from pups) they react exactly the same to other dogs when they are together except they are generally fine around their own breeds (greyhounds, whippets, lurcher other Salukis) Salukis are highly sensitive breeds who need to have a lot of positive training. Mine are 2 now and I've learnt what works, I often take a high value tug toy out with me or high value treats to distract them from the stressful situations. I tend not to walk them in areas where there are lots of dogs and particularly dogs off leash. Salukis will feed off the energy from the lead, so as hard as it feels try to be confident and move Zero away from the approaching dog giving lots of praise like in the video 👍. Maybe try to work with a calmer more senior dog as I know that worked for us. Also, another thing mentioned in the video is the dogs stress levels, they will get higher the more dogs they see so their reactions will be heightened, you want to try to keep this to a minimum. I do a lot of 'sniffy' work in the house or garden hiding treats which helps them exercise their minds mentally and it gives them a break from the stress and let's their cortisol levels drop. Please hang in there with him, he's beautiful, he's not aggressive just fearful and needs someone to show him the ropes ❤️

[BigLeek-igsb]

You could try giving the dog some sort of laser cannon so it can just fire it at the stuff it doesn't like instead of creating a scene.

[EightPawsHoof]

Do you think the tightening harness is a factor? (I know you were working with little lead tension during training.)

[cellomeghan]

I feel very lucky with my saluki, as his reactivity to other dogs seems to be driven to make contact and play (barring a couple of other larger dogs we've met). It's still frustrating though, as a growling, lunging saluki can be frightening, particularly to owners or bystanders (I live in NYC, so our walks are never uninterrupted by the presence of others). He's 3 years old, a rescue from Qatar and we've had him for a year. I hope that as he gets older, and as he acclimates to his surroundings/way of living in the city, this behavior will start to dissipate and we won't need to involve a trainer.

[farah]

I have a saluki with the exact same issue but much more reactive

[chandrashekarmudhol]

I have saluki of 8 month old . It’s very beautiful but it doesn’t bark when it see other dog or animal . It barks only when I keep in its cage . It’s very active plays well . Any advise

[BehnazB.A]

My saluki has same problem with dogs and other people.

[positivehotdogs]

This isn't real aggression case. Get yourself a dominant KNPV Dutch Shepherd and then do a video. No medicating the dog with Prozac either lol.

[ishouldbesleeping]

All I can remember is, “ Yeah. yeah. Okay. yeah-Yeah…” 😑