E408- Your Dog Isn’t Listening Because of This ONE Mistake

0:00 [SPEAKER_00]: If you were not putting your leash on your dog in the house, you were making a terrible mistake. [SPEAKER_00]: So many dog owners have issues with their dog barking at people when they walk by, barking at guests when they come over, biting at guests when they come over, overwhelming them when they come over, barking at you when you're eating dinner, barking at you when you're trying to do something, pawing at you, getting into trouble, etc.

0:23 [SPEAKER_00]: And this is a big case of too much freedom. [SPEAKER_00]: This is something almost everybody deals with, and it's so simple, like if you're struggling with your dog doing any of the things I just talked about, this is very, this is, the good news is, this is a very easy fix for you, put a leash on in your house, the leash in your house is a training wheel, the leash in your house is essentially your dog learning how to operate with you and your life with your family or just with yourself.

0:58 [SPEAKER_00]: So many people when I say put a leash on their dog in the house get so [SPEAKER_00]: Proplex. [SPEAKER_00]: They're like, wait, what? [SPEAKER_00]: But it's the hat. [SPEAKER_00]: It's in, I'm talking, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, [SPEAKER_00]: I know what you're saying.

1:21 [SPEAKER_00]: The leash is your communication tool with your dog early on in training. [SPEAKER_00]: And it doesn't have to be a certain age. [SPEAKER_00]: Early on in training can be a six-year-old dog that has bad manners. [SPEAKER_00]: You're early on in training if your dog has bad manners. [SPEAKER_00]: So, so many people struggle and they are so frustrated, rolling their eyes and and kicking the dirt hypothetically speaking with their dog because they're like, man.

1:46 [SPEAKER_00]: My dog just won't listen to me, I don't understand what is happening with my dog. [SPEAKER_00]: They're so, you know, they're obnoxious and they're bad. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, obviously there's no bad dogs. [SPEAKER_00]: But maybe there's bad owners. [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe there's people who don't know what to do.

1:58 [SPEAKER_00]: And again, guys, this is super low hanging fruit. [SPEAKER_00]: Put your leash on with your dog inside, so you can start to communicate with them what you want. [SPEAKER_00]: If somebody was doing something to you that you didn't like, tapping you on the shoulder, [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you're at the movie theater and they're bashing you're sitting on an airplane and they're hitting you turn around to hey can you please stop right you're going to communicate you're not just going to let it continue to happen so communication with dogs starts with your leash you can talk all day with your dog you can yell at him I've heard the craziest stuff people do outside of just doing what [SPEAKER_00]: the leash was invented to which is communicate.

2:34 [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of people just assume that the leash is to hold your dog back from pulling you to make sure your dog doesn't run away. [SPEAKER_00]: Those are some pieces of utility that the leash has, but most importantly, your ability to communicate with your dog. [SPEAKER_00]: Dogs don't go to school to learn A, B, C, D, E, F, G. They learn least pressure.

2:57 [SPEAKER_00]: They learn when pressure is on. [SPEAKER_00]: You turn it off. [SPEAKER_00]: Think of horse training. [SPEAKER_00]: Think of operating a horse. [SPEAKER_00]: Think of operating a vehicle. [SPEAKER_00]: Gas. [SPEAKER_00]: Break. [SPEAKER_00]: turn, turn, horse, back up, stop. [SPEAKER_00]: These are all communication processes, whether it's with an automobile or a live animal, but every single process in which we communicate is different and our learning curve and our learning process is different and how we do that.

3:21 [SPEAKER_00]: And with dogs, it's no different. [SPEAKER_00]: If they are running around your house doing anything, you don't like chewing on your shoes, [SPEAKER_00]: your leash is your ability to communicate, right? [SPEAKER_00]: And so unless you have level three obedience, you're not going to be successful.

3:42 [SPEAKER_00]: Something I've been talking about a lot on this podcast, so if you're familiar with the steps of obedience levels, you'll know what I'm talking about. [SPEAKER_00]: And what that means is, for an example, [SPEAKER_00]: level one is basic and beginner. [SPEAKER_00]: Your dog understands the word, but they may not be able to do it in a distracted area.

3:58 [SPEAKER_00]: They may not be able to do it in an environment that is realistic, right? [SPEAKER_00]: So they may know how to shoot the ball in the net, but they definitely can't do it with defense and a bunch of people watching. [SPEAKER_00]: Level two is a little bit more pressure. [SPEAKER_00]: This is possibly doing this with more realistic environment, maybe in the driveway, maybe with one person walking around [SPEAKER_00]: ring in your doorbell, knock it on your door, come in and be in the real big game, right?

4:24 [SPEAKER_00]: And then level three is advanced obedience completely awfully. [SPEAKER_00]: Issue tell your dog to do something and under any circumstance your dog will do it. [SPEAKER_00]: And that takes levels of skills and practice to get to that point. [SPEAKER_00]: Like literally anything in life, anything in life doesn't matter.

4:39 [SPEAKER_00]: Like at some point, the best of the best [SPEAKER_00]: Louis Hamilton, David Beckham, the LMSC, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. [SPEAKER_00]: At one point in time, they just learned how to kick the ball. [SPEAKER_00]: They just learned how to turn the wheel. [SPEAKER_00]: They just learned how to paint the paintbrush.

4:54 [SPEAKER_00]: They just learned how to play the, I mean, you guys get the point, right? [SPEAKER_00]: That's the same thing with dogs. [SPEAKER_00]: the leash is the first time your dog understands had to communicate with you and how to have the expectations of what you want as a dog owner. [SPEAKER_00]: And so if you're struggling with your dog inside your house and your dog is off leash and you don't have level three obedience, which we just talked about, you will continue to struggle, you will continue to be frustrated because you're asking your dog to do something that they're not prepared for.

5:26 [SPEAKER_00]: They haven't trained [SPEAKER_00]: And they have no idea what you're doing or asking, right? [SPEAKER_00]: So then it becomes more frustrating. [SPEAKER_00]: And a very, very, very common scenario, which was I see all the time, is let's say you have a dog that, you know, for an example, is a common thing is my dog is barking out the window when guests go by.

5:45 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm working on my computer. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm watching my favorite television. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm watching football. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm hanging out with the kids, whatever, right? [SPEAKER_00]: And the dog is barking out the window. [SPEAKER_00]: I say, OK, [SPEAKER_00]: So, your dog is barking out the window.

5:55 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you have a leave it? [SPEAKER_00]: No, okay, do you have a recall? [SPEAKER_00]: No, do you have a place? [SPEAKER_00]: No, sending your dog away, getting them away from the window, and then telling them to stop. [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have any of those things. [SPEAKER_00]: So you don't have any of those exercises in which to be successful, right?

6:09 [SPEAKER_00]: It's like telling somebody, I'm going to Mexico, I go, okay, do you have a plane ticket? [SPEAKER_00]: No, do you have a passport? [SPEAKER_00]: No, do you not to speak any Spanish? [SPEAKER_00]: No, okay, these things, [SPEAKER_00]: most of those things more than half of those things are crucial to get to that point.

6:24 [SPEAKER_00]: So chances are when you go, hey, I'm leaving, you're not leaving, right? [SPEAKER_00]: You're not going to be successful, and that's just an analogy I pulled out of my hat, but you guys get the idea. [SPEAKER_00]: So when your dog is barking at other people or at other dogs out the window, you have to have the skill sets A, but then B, the next thing is is like you're asking your dog to do a level three task.

6:45 [SPEAKER_00]: And again, I've talked about this before, [SPEAKER_00]: But today we're really focusing on the leash, put the leash on in the house with your dog, because you still are at your training wheels. [SPEAKER_00]: Your dog doesn't have level three obedience. [SPEAKER_00]: So so many people, I mean, guys, and I'm telling you this for free, obviously, because it's profound for a lot of people.

7:04 [SPEAKER_00]: They literally, people pay me all sorts of types of money to go Tom, and [SPEAKER_00]: when when when when when when when people come over to my house, it's it's a nightmare. [SPEAKER_00]: My dog loves people, but they're jumping. [SPEAKER_00]: They're scratching. [SPEAKER_00]: They're knocking people over.

7:17 [SPEAKER_00]: It's it's obnoxious. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm holding the dog back the dogs barking. [SPEAKER_00]: They're slamming across the thing. [SPEAKER_00]: I put my dog in the other room. [SPEAKER_00]: They're barking like crazy. [SPEAKER_00]: It's impossible. [SPEAKER_00]: What do I do? [SPEAKER_00]: Okay.

7:26 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, we can't just stop something. [SPEAKER_00]: You're never going to be able to stop your dog from getting excited when people come over because that's impossible. [SPEAKER_00]: That's like telling a kid not to be excited at Disney World. [SPEAKER_00]: It's not going to happen. [SPEAKER_00]: But what you can do is teach that kid at a hold my hand to be respectful, have manners, pay attention to mom and dad.

7:42 [SPEAKER_00]: Be safe, right? [SPEAKER_00]: These are skill sets, though, that we need to have. [SPEAKER_00]: These are levels level, oh, levers that we need to pull. [SPEAKER_00]: when we get to this place, right? [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not gonna tell people, kids, when we get there, like, oh, just don't worry about it, just calm down.

7:57 [SPEAKER_00]: I want everyone to become, and I can't know. [SPEAKER_00]: They're freaking kids, they're excited. [SPEAKER_00]: They're gonna go in, same thing with dogs. [SPEAKER_00]: When people come over, they're excited. [SPEAKER_00]: That's what dogs do. [SPEAKER_00]: That's the personality of most dogs out there.

8:07 [SPEAKER_00]: Ding dong, bong pong pong pong. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, somebody's here. [SPEAKER_00]: So, put the leash on your dog, and that's the very least you can do, because you will stop [SPEAKER_00]: majority of your issues right there, but then even further, if you want to be more successful, outside of these people coming over and outside of the game actually happening, teach your dog the skill sets, excuse me, before people come over.

8:33 [SPEAKER_00]: So if you want your dog to be quiet, teach them a leave it command with some food in the ground, their favorite toy in the [SPEAKER_00]: teach them place, teach them stay, but you have to build it in increments. [SPEAKER_00]: Teaching your dog how to do this. [SPEAKER_00]: So a lot of people again, this is the format they do.

8:51 [SPEAKER_00]: They don't have any obedience, they don't have any skill sets, and they don't have level three obedience. [SPEAKER_00]: They ask their dog to do the thing they don't know, or should say they expect them to do the thing they don't know. [SPEAKER_00]: In a very unrealistic setting, people coming into the door, very stimulating.

9:09 [SPEAKER_00]: and they do it off leash. [SPEAKER_00]: So it's like burp burp or completely, completely you're going to fail. [SPEAKER_00]: And again, the good news is, is you've been doing everything wrong. [SPEAKER_00]: I think that's the best news of all of this. [SPEAKER_00]: Anybody, anybody that's out there who have worked with me online, consulting with me or in person or taking my courses, you've seen, me tell that to people straight to their face.

9:31 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm like the good news is, is you've done nothing right. [SPEAKER_00]: and some people are offended by that but the reality is is that's great news because you've been trying all these things but you just haven't even done anything right so once you start doing things right you're going to see an incredible amount of results really fast and so put the leash on in the house so many people think that the leash is for outside only just so your dog doesn't run away and and at crazy and that's that's literally not what it's for it's for communicating [SPEAKER_00]: I think secondly to that, I don't have one right here, but would be a slip leash.

10:07 [SPEAKER_00]: A slip leash is huge. [SPEAKER_00]: So having a slip leash is my first line of defense. [SPEAKER_00]: If I were to have to go into a shelter with one tool, it would be a slip leash. [SPEAKER_00]: Like overtreets, over food, over anything else, it would be a slip leash. [SPEAKER_00]: That is, [SPEAKER_00]: you're go too leash and we have created the no bad dog slip leash which has a springloaded stopper.

10:27 [SPEAKER_00]: So a lot of slip leash is our big thick ropes they suck awful the handle with talking from somebody who handles dogs for a living for over a decade. [SPEAKER_00]: They also have these leather and fabric basically sliders on it, the stoppers and a lot of times they don't stay in position.

10:44 [SPEAKER_00]: You need your slip leash to be high right behind the ears. [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of people have it hanging [SPEAKER_00]: So you can find that on my website, of course, link in the description wherever you're watching or listening to this. [SPEAKER_00]: But when you guys are handling your dog inside, you will see dramatic changes once you start holding them accountable and communicating with them on the leash.

11:04 [SPEAKER_00]: Somebody comes over, they lunge, nope, leave it, correction, you move away or you go to your place, et cetera. [SPEAKER_00]: So [SPEAKER_00]: Send this to anybody who needs to hear it when people come over and their dog is freaking out. [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have to hire a trainer. [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have to spend a bunch of money.

11:19 [SPEAKER_00]: This is really that simple. [SPEAKER_00]: Put a leash on your dog, a good leash, like a slip leash, like I talked about, and teach your dog what you want them to do instead. [SPEAKER_00]: and don't give them so much freedom because they haven't earned it. [SPEAKER_00]: Time I let my dog off leash that ain't come back.

11:32 [SPEAKER_00]: Because they haven't earned it. [SPEAKER_00]: At what point in time is your dog recalled to you a hundred times over and over again with tons of distractions, consistently. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, they haven't ever. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, then don't ever let them off leash. [SPEAKER_00]: You have to earn that.

11:43 [SPEAKER_00]: All right. [SPEAKER_00]: So that's it for today guys. [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening and watching. [SPEAKER_00]: Consider subscribing to my YouTube channel if you're watching this on YouTube and make sure you follow me on any podcast platform that you're listening to this on because we have a lot of special guests coming up and I wouldn't want you to miss a thing.

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