hey everyone this videos topic is the problem with sensationalizing
undesirable behavior in dogs or in other words showing dogs behaving badly before
you show them after training when they're behaving perfectly now I get a
lot of requests from people and comments and emails saying can you please show
the dogs behaving badly because in your videos you only show the dog looking
perfect as they go from step to step and I have to tell these people oh I'm very
sorry I can't show the dog behaving badly because what happens when you let
a dog rehearse undesirable behavior is that every time a dog rehearses a
behavior it makes it more likely to happen in the future and if you make the
dog do the thing that is undesirable first before then training the dog
you're actually setting the dog up to not be as successful in the training if
they've already rehearsed the behavior especially if they've gotten extremely
over aroused now a lot of people who do film production they will film the dog a
few days before so that the dog isn't then over aroused or over threshold when
they're then doing the training but I suggest that it is not in the dog's best
interest to film this in order to get more views for the TV show or the
YouTube channel and I know that one of the one of the reasons people might do
this is they want to convince you that the method might work and it seems like
a good idea but in my opinion I'm putting the dogs first over changing
people's minds so I'm not going to show the dogs behaving badly in any of my
videos sadly we do live in a world where people are more likely to click on a
video of a little girl getting attacked by a buffalo than they would be to click
on a video that says how to walk safely on nature trails and stay the
appropriate distance from wild animals so I get it why people want to show the
dog behaving badly but it's just not in the best interest of the dog another
reason that it's not a good idea to show a dog behaving badly
is a dog behaving badly tells you nothing about the solution to the
problem and you can make any dog look bad in fact you can make any person look
bad with the right environments and the right editing any dog can act fearfully
and aggressively if pushed into that direction so by filming a dog acting
aggressively and then labeling them as a demon dog or an aggressive dog or
stubborn dog it really doesn't help anyone besides perhaps getting more
views to the material and getting people to look at the training method but in my
opinion it's just not worth it for the actual dog who's being filmed now I'm
going to demonstrate how easy it is to make a dog look bad now this is splash
she's 12 years old and she is the most chill border collie
I've ever met in my entire life in the entire world she is so well behaved in
the house and when I do vacuum cleaning of my house for the last 10 years she's
just been an angel I don't have to ask her to do anything she just snoozes on
the couch while I do the vacuuming okay and now I'm gonna make her look like a
demon dog around the vacuum cleaner
okay now I'm gonna show you the demon dog but I don't want her to get hurt so
I'm gonna give her this ball ready catch it go get the ball are you ready I'm
going to get you I am going to get you with a Hoover oh my goodness oh my
goodness this dog is out of control
if there's a circumstance where there's already footage of the dog behaving
badly or undesirably that the client has and they're willing to show it on the
internet that's great but it also encourages other people to do the same
thing showing the dog behaving badly before the dog behaves appropriately I
hope you enjoyed watching my demon dog turn into this sweet lovely angel of a
dog with my training see you later guys