Learn how to rehabilitate aggressive dogs in a group setting with Dr. Ian Dunbar through effective techniques to enhance their socialization.
This course focuses on helping dogs who struggle with aggression towards other dogs. It highlights the need for continued socialization beyond puppyhood and introduces techniques like the Growl Class and the Fight:Bite ratio to assess and rehabilitate these dogs in a fun, supportive setting.
Dr. Ian Dunbar demonstrates how to use a group class setting to deal with dogs that are aggressive towards other dogs
These days many people understand the importance of early puppyhood socialization. They take their puppy to group training classes, they introduce their puppies to lots of friends and neighbors and they may even host a puppy party or two. This is a wonderful development and it has done a lot to improve the temperament of countless dogs.
Unfortunately, after this intensive period of early socialization period many owners slack off. They see that their hard work has paid off and that their puppy is friendly and sociable in every situation they find themselves in. What they don't realize is that dogs naturally become more shy and standoffish as they get older. Adolescent and adult dogs develop fears and phobias to stimuli that they aren't continually exposed to.
Keeping your dog well-socialized to other dogs is not so easy, and often this area of their socialization deteriorates the most rapidly. At some point most dogs will get into at least one fight with another dog. Sadly, this often marks the beginning of the end when it comes to their socialization with other dogs. The owners want to avoid future fights so they avoid future opportunities to socialize. The dogs socialization deteriorates further and the likelihood of them fighting when they see another dog increases.
Resolving this problem in the course of everyday life is very difficult. Dr. Dunbar demonstrates how to use a Growl Class to classically condition dogs and rehabilitate and re-socialize them to once again enjoy the company of other dogs.
Objectively assess the severity of a dog’s fighting based on a Fight:Bite ratio that examines actual damage done
Provide prognoses and accurate estimates of the time required to rehabilitate anti-social dogs
Administer a stress test to determine a dog’s level of anxiety and the source of that anxiety
Veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and dog trainer, Dr. Ian Dunbar received his veterinary degree and a Special Honors degree in Physiology & Biochemistry from the Royal Veterinary College (London University) plus a doctorate in animal behavior from the Psychology Department at UC Berkeley, where he researched the development of social hierarchies and aggression in domestic dogs.He has authored numerous books and...
All different knowledge and techniques are great for adding knowledge. Quite complete for companion dogs.
Very good and informative
I have an excitement reactive dog and thought this may help. But mostly as a trainer I am taking this class to further help my clients.
It was a great course, with valuable information. The only reason I do not give 5 stars is simply because the content is not structured with titles on every video so that I can be able to go back again to revisit a concept. I understand that many concepts must be repeated over and over until they are recorded in your brain by repetition, and being a Growl class is difficult to be structured by topics, but perhaps giving it just basic titles that give away what each video is about would help revisit concepts later. With that i would give it 5 stars, on the other hand the content is great and Dr. Dunbar is very knowledgeable about the topic and delivers the content in an entertaining way to watch including some humor to keep it fun along with great technical advice that makes the difference into helping the owner learn the right things as well as your dog improving based on acquiring the proper lessons.
Liked all videos very much. This course will help a lot to understand reactive dogs and how to prevent them to react with other humans or dogs.
Great info I feel working with kind of dog is a shortcoming of mine and I need to work on this. This is often a requested problem from dog owners. I have not been able to find any lecture notes like are on some of your other courses. I also appreciated the right margin having the list of progress through the topics. I miss them for this course.
Informative course with a good amount of demonstrations with multiple real world dogs. A practical application of the theories discussed in Dr. Ian Dunbar's Prevention and Treatment of Dog Aggression course. It would be better if it showed the entire 6 week course instead of just a demo of the first couple of weeks smashed into 1 day.
Excellent workshop. I really learned a lot about dog aggression with bite inhibition. I also learned how to train them. Thanks Ian Dunbar.
I really have learned a lot from Ian! I work a lot with aggressive dogs and he just gives me more ways to train! As a trainer the more you learn the better trainer you become!
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Danielle P.
This course really helped me recognize and understand cues my dog is giving me, and then how to handle and help him through his reactivity