Product Description

If you dread going for walks with your dog because he or she lunges, barks, and pulls every time they see another dog or person, then this DVD was made for you.

Tyler Muto is a dog trainer from Buffalo, NY who specializes in helping families overcome challenging behaviors with their dogs. Tyler and Leerburg are very excited to bring you this DVD on leash reactivity, as it is one of the most common behavior problems that Tyler receives calls about.

This DVD will be tackling the specific issue of leash reactivity, which should be distinguished from dog-aggression in general. However, many of the principles and theories that we will be covering relate to aggression in general and thus the information contained within this course will be valuable to anyone who works regularly with dogs.

Throughout the DVD, we will be taking a very systematic approach to managing reactive behavior. When designing this course it was very important to me that we didn't just give quick fixes, but rather that each dog/handler team develop the skills, techniques, and understanding necessary to achieve lasting results. The course begins with a variety of foundation exercises which will help both the dog's and humans get comfortable with the various mechanics and skills that will be required of them later in the course. Then we will move into a theory portion of the course, which will help each student to better understand the motivation underlying their dogs' behavior, and how to work with those motivations rather than against them. Lastly, in the last half of the course we will be successively adding additional tools and skills to our practice until each team finds the approach that will work best for them.

Outline

1. Preliminary Work and Management
2. Strengthening Relevant Obedience
3. Body Language and Functional Rewards
4. Prong Collar Use During Set-Ups
5. The Remote Collar
6. Applying The Remote Collar to the Work
7. Handler Confidence Drills
8. The Role of Punishment

What's the difference between this course, the DVD, and the stream?

DVD: 6 hours, 2 minutes (physical copy)

Stream: 6 hours 2 minutes, lifetime access, stream from anywhere

Online Course: 176 videos (586 minutes), additional text content, discussion board, lifetime access, stream from anywhere