Determine If Your Dog Is Too Nervous to Train

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Summary: Figure out how to determine if your dog is too nervous to train in this free video.

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Contact: taurusdogtraining.com

Melanie McLeroy She attends conferences regularly, particularly those sponsored by APDT, Tufts and others. She is a trainer in the Head Start program at Town Lake Animal Cent... read more

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by BorderCollie

Listen to your own advice and DON'T train when your dog is exhibiting serious stress signals. Why even TRY to get the dog to work if she is so obviously stressed???

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by Pollie

For heavens sake woman, leave Bubbles alone.... every single video I see of you is a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.

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by SchalaZeal

Crikey, what's with you other posters? Her very point is is that a dog should not be trained when nervous. She tried, observed, made the determination and concluded the dog shouldn't be hassled under the present circumstances. Chill out, breathe!

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Determine If Your Dog Is Too Nervous to Train

Hi! I'm Melanie McElroy with Taurus Training for Expert Village and today we are going to talk about training dogs. We've been working with Bubbles, the Border Collie, outside. Now when we were working outside, I couldn't get her attention at all. She was looking away scanning, looking away and exhibiting signs of a lot of nervousness so we come inside to see if I can teach her how to pay attention. Now take a look at Bubbles. She's looking away from me, checking in, lipping her lips, she's panting, she was drooling a second ago and her ears are back. See how she is holding her body, kind of hunched forward. These are what we call calming signals and it is a signal that it might be time to call it quits. If a dog is nervous, anxious and can't learn an especially not by using the methods that we want to use which is positive reinforcement. I am going to try it again. We are inside and she is a little bit calmer. I've got some really high value treats. I am going to see if she is even interested. I've got some snipping. Whoa, she's thinking about it. So let's try it. Bubbles. Oh, that is avoidance. She is avoiding the treat. This means we need to work with Bubbles in her own environment, in her own home. Not at the training facility or in the class. So our Border Collie Bubbles has shown us how to know when it is time to stop the training session because you always want to end with success.