Learn how to work a fearful dog and train a solid name command

Watch a live training session where I work with a soft dog and train him his name.

[jennymunday]

What a sweet timid little guy Charlie is. I hope his confidence keeps growing and he isn't so unsure of himself.

[gerardcarrington]

Joel thank you for throwing in that yawn tip!! Could you do a video on dog body language!? That would be amazing coming from you !!!

[liznewns]

More of Charlie please, spot on for my 10 month Bulgarian rescue, scared of people, cars. When we walk by I praise her & say gosh your still alive well done 🤣. I'm learning so much from you thank you.

[KingsMom]

Everything Joel is say is a reflection of years of experience. I love learning from him because he is actually reasonable & realistic.
Training people so they can be better for their dogs. It’s really the humans that need more educating. Obviously, dogs need help too. I see so many people who have no idea what they are doing & they just blame the dogs, without realizing it’s A LOT to do with their own energy. Love seeing this other side of Joel

[aldrinjulio]

I have commented in your other videos on strong alpha energy. Great to see you have this video posted, it's very crucial for the trainers to be versatile and tweak their energy approach to suit different dog character. In this video your soft approach works really well on him; however for layman viewer it may feel slow to show the result. This mostly due to trust issue, this boy will be 100% comply once the trust is built.

[mensb]

wow more of these please, our dog is very similar

[jupdfsl]

My 5 month mini Aussie is fearful and this helped to know how to help her.Thank you.

[flnrealwys]

I'm really glad you posted this video. I have a rescued boxer/lab who is terrified of everything, leash, noise, me, etc. He curls into a ball and just shakes. I had been taking everything very slow and just letting him acclimate to me and his surroundings. My other dogs have helped him a lot but when I had to take him to the vet, it took back over a month of progress. Slowly getting him used the leash just walking thru part of the house. It's a very slow process but I have hope and not going to give up. It was helpful to see you changing (somewhat) based on the dog.

[minusmartin]

i picked up a rescue collie and she is the same amount of soft. She is so sweet and patience is working with us. I will just sit there and exist with her until she is comfortable. then i start with the commands. we are working together on this.

[Tazjatoz]

I enjoyed this sweet charlie reminds me of a dog i met once and it seems like a good way to work with puppys afraid of new things too

[DebbieSkolnik]

We were watching this episode last night and our fearful rescue dog was watching with us. She was paying close attention to what you were saying to the dogs . At one point you told the dog you were working with to sit. Our dog promptly sat. Doesn't help with the fearfulness but we are working on it.

[DaveSheremata]

Nice to see that you have a soft side Joel! :)

[meliquoi]

Basically the door correction for this type of dog is more of an anchor than a pop. Makes sense.

[michaelmuller]

so heartwarming to see you with this dog like that. So far I only knew your videos about working with "hard" dogs. To see you working with this guy makes it complete for me: you are now one of my two all-time favorite dog trainers. The other one is a female German dog trainer, who walks a lot with groups of dogs. I enjoy watching every second of your videos and learn a lot. Often rewind and look several times.

[davidhim]

This is so helpful! I love your videos so I'm glad I found this one for my soft dog as well

[alinasteadman]

Thank you so much for doing this video! I have a 'soft' dog as well but I still want her to be well trained. Seeing the adjustments made for these kinds of dogs help so much. Please keep these videos coming! Maybe one on overcoming fear of jumping up into cars or going into enclosed spaces (ie hallways, rooms etc).

[jameschild]

This video is SO important for people to see. It is not one size fits all. Each dog has to be assessed and handled accordingly. Thank you!

[name.terrie]

OMG. You so rock! This is an awesome demonstration of adapting and personalizing the training for the dog. Same techniques adapted and personalized.
Possibly this video just may give the folks who have missed the point and missed being able to see what you do in your training have their eyes opened. Again, it's their loss if they don't.
Thank you so very much for helping all of us help our pets!

[agnesyll]

Variety is the spice of life. Thank you for sharing the training session with Charlie. Not my situation with my 11mo old GSD but still nice to see and learn something new.

[spee-ider]

Joel; *whispers* charlie...


Also Joel; *strong voice* Charlie!