Dog Training Methods for Shelter Dogs - Dog Behavior and Body Language Explained

[@evonnesteele4924]

Made me weepy to hear that, that sweet girl has been in the shelter for a YEAR! She is so smart and sweetness overload! Every time I watch one of these videos I learn something. Huge fan.

[@tomdavisofficial]

Evonne Steele thanks so much! Share this on all your social media’s to hopefully get her adopted!!!

[@pennyhope4796]

Has she been adopted yet??

[@theonlinedogtrainerreview5747]

I really appreciate your training style! Thanks for these

[@aronmarcel8140]

Pro tip : watch movies on flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies these days.

[@dakarimaxton3417]

@Aron Marcel Definitely, have been watching on Flixzone} for years myself :)

[@laserfixer]

Wouldn't it be cool if Dog Shelters had a trainer on staff to really set these dogs up for their best chance of adoption . Seems to me it would be a great place for apprentices to really learn and help the dogs, and in the end financially reduce the cost involved to hold dogs in the the shelter for extended periods

[@tomdavisofficial]

laserfixer it is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to work with dogs for sure.

[@amymoore690]

laserfixer amazing idea!!!!!! I like it! They deserve it and it takes teamwork to rehabilitate dogs and teach owners, and the bond is priceless!

[@kristinahewer6982]

Check out Bound Angels too

[@danniedeceivo6470]

Our shelter here does thankfully. So she has a emergency line for people who are about to re-home their dogs so she can help before hand

[@Amalgam80]

Luckily, many shelters do. But not all trainers can help all dogs. Also, other rescues can't afford trainers, and yet other rescues that are foster based.

[@MrKagmark]

Brought home a nervous shelter dog 3 weeks ago. Yesterday he was incredibly nervous when walking by a field of sheep. Today I attempted these tecniques to focus his attention on me and he was much less anxious about the sheep field. Thank You for all you do Tom. Greetings from England

[@laurieashline4653]

You are saving dogs and helping owners. 48 years of people asking me how I can train my dog so well. Now learning soon much from your videos!! Dogs Adopted #1 lab/ husky pup, 11 years. #2 German shepherd/airedale 1yo, stolen at 8yo, #3 Akira 1yo purebred, shelter, dog & cat aggressive. 10 years, No dog fights, boundaries + control. #4 aussie, 1yo abused & starved, found on road. #5 fostered aussie/berner, 5 month pup to 84lbs. Now 12 yo aussie, neglected puppy mill momma, rescued at 9 1/2. THANK YOU for helping me help her.

[@laurieashline4653]

All different, all good dogs.

[@michelleanderson8370]

You made me cry again...keep this up and I'll have to unsubscribe or start buying tissues at a bulk store! Seriously on behalf of that lovely dog THANK YOU for what you do. You're making a difference in our world

[@tomdavisofficial]

Michelle Anderson awe! Thanks Michelle, this dog is really special!

[@cityofoaks]

I couldn't have said it better and can't add anything to your comment.

[@tomdavisofficial]

Cityof Oaks much love guys!!

[@Alpha_Donk]

My heart melted, this is what kills me when I volunteer at shelters. So many loving dog that get overlooked.

[@tomdavisofficial]

Adam Davis same man, it’s real tough for me to go into a shelter trust me.

[@teelyngdoh3087]

Hey Adam how do I help people with an aggressive pet? Don't want them to abandon just because thr pet is aggressive. Please help with some tips.

[@beastyboyBlue]

Thomas it's just poetry in motion watching you with dogs. You are for sure a dog whisperer. ❤️

[@rossberardi9099]

This is hands down the best video for me, personally. I recently adopted a GSD/Collie Mix who was in and out of shelters 3 times and is 3 1/2 years old. You can imagine the challenge of structuring this dog. I have been watching many of your videos and started applying some of your techniques. This collie fits my dogs behavior so closely when it comes to energy. I cannot thank you enough for uploading this video. I will be using it instrumentally in training and structuring my dog.

[@phyllissloane4230]

Pawesome...TY Tom. Rescues own a big part of my heart, so lovely to see them blossom❤

[@jamiejohanson2894]

This gave me tears at how beautiful it was to see you understand her!

[@paulsoftley8170]

Great video Tom. We picked up a rescue dog a couple of months ago. He learns quickly, loves to work and train and is a great companion. Time invested in training is paid back many times over. You have to be prepared to put in that time.

[@tomdavisofficial]

Paul Softley thanks Paul I agree 💯

[@dlt1429]

I just love how compassionate Tom is, and I love that he’s here to share all of his knowledge/training with us. What an incredible moment, I wish we could save all dogs. Absolutely love this channel!!

[@onthespotwithtaalibah7977]

Hi. I'm trying to watch all of your videos. This early video was so wonderful to watch you and this dog and the bond you developed with her using your techniques. I am still in training so I can work with dogs in shelters and my community that are not aggressive. Sometimes we forget about the non-aggressive dogs that are easy to help. It is not the dog's fault but the human who don't have any experience, nor know anything about what a dog is, etc. I had a dog when I was young and a family dog when my children was 6 & 7 yrs old. Now I want to help people so they can be better pet owners. Thank you. Stay safe.

[@alexanderjaramillo429]

This video literally shows how dog training is art. The energy/confidence he uses is very crucial. Well done!

[@jennyt4807]

I am adopting for the first time and she is a 3 year old PitBull and currently have a Great Pyrenees/Australian Shepherd so I realllllllllllllly needed this video !!!

[@chloedalessandro769]

Omg what a precious baby 😭 I love border collies so much. What a lovely dog, she will make someone so happy

[@tomdavisofficial]

Chloe D’Alessandro right!!? Someone could turn this dog into a STAR!

[@sandra3311]

Watching how willing Layla was to bond with you and please you was so touching. She’s in a shelter for an entire year, and her spirit continues to shines so bright. Thank you so much for improving the lives of dogs. I wish everyone had your knowledge and heart.

[@tomdavisofficial]

Sandra yessss she’s so sweet! I hope someone can adopt this sweetie

[@amymoore690]

Aahhhhhh! Like like like like!! 😭😭😭 I have worked wit her quite a bit and she would be engaged if I had her favorite toy (ball, frisbee), and sometimes came to me for pets and sometimes not😞 I would try to enter her kennel for pets and her nervousness would go through roof like she was saying “I am going to jump and bounce out of excitement or......I’m just going to go outside now”. It’s like you have a paws in time with them and totally reeled in together and she grounded from you. She is amaaaaaaazzzzing and brilliant and loving and sweet and will make THE BEST companion. At the shelter I have a difficult time finding that pause space and focus, or overwhelmed with “everyone needs time to run and play, go go go!”, practice practice practice bc I see now that it benefits them tremendously and is possibly the most important thing I can do for shelter dogs too. TY again sooooo much!!!Keep the videos coming I missed most of the day bc I was running around. 🖐🏽🙌🏽🐾🐾❤️❤️

[@sopaipillapesadilla7023]

Back in 2014 I volunteered at a dog shelter and there was this beautiful black boy that was really reactive in his kennel with strangers, which is why nobody was interested in adopting him. I fell in love with him and hoped he would find a home but in 2019 he was STILL there. I wanted to adopt him myself but already had a dog and my landlord wouldn't let me have another. Finally in March I moved in with my SO and decided it was the right moment but then the pandemic began and it wasn't possible. So this whole time I've been watching your videos and those of Robert Cabral since I knew this dog might be a challenge, I even ordered a herm sprenger. Fast forward to two days ago and my beautiful Ollie is finally here! He gets startled easily and still reacts to strangers but is otherwise the sweetest, most playful intelligent and affectionate dog. I put a prong on him the first day and that was where our relationship truly began. He instantly responded with minimal pressure and trusted my judgment. But most importantly he is learning that he doesn't have to be afraid anymore because I'm here to guide him through the rest of his life. Thank you

[@gh5208]

All your videos are timeless and fundamentally helpful

[@scottzinn8656]

Simply amazing how quick the change was.

[@magiclarry7688]

Extremely well done.

[@kajosza]

My first comment after watching this channel for 4 days straight 😅 I just love this channel so much! But this episode holds a special place in mu heart because all of my dogs were rescued and that's why it just made me cry, because I don't when I'm gonna see my dog(she is with my parents in Poland and I live in the UK)... Lalah was such a responsive, good girl 😍 Thank you Tom for this content❤️

[@lisathewhitewolf]

AWWW such a love!! If I could handle the energy level, I'd be calling them right now.

[@sp-qj3uv]

Absolutely love watching her learn, would be great if she gets adopted to a farm where she can work. Love your videos, they have helped with my chihuahua and dachshund.

[@lisahopkins4225]

Art, creativity, spirituality. One or all I don’t know but you are definitely different. Great video. You have a openness of communication that reminds me of the native Americans approach to communicating with their surroundings.

[@KiraSieni]

I was like you as a kid. My mom will tell you stories of me walking up to growling dogs and having them stop and come up to me licking my hand. (No I didn't hold them out) We had a chow who boarded at a vet I worked for that would attack the cage when you walked past and couldn't be handled except with a dog catching pole. I sat outside his cage, not looking at him, tossing in food occasionally. Once he settled I'd move closer. By the end of the week I could use a slip leash like any other dog. Her owners were soooo happy. They were literally in tears. I have the same gift with feral cats.

[@IMHGfk]

This was like watching you fall in love. So sweet.

[@bingsballyhoo711]

Brought me to tears. How was she there for so long? Bless you for your work.

[@liad0x]

What a lovely dog!!!!!

[@vicparker502]

This is a wonderful video. Thank you so much for teaching so many of us! This brought me to tears. I really hope she was adopted

[@kiko7247]

She is so smart, I love her drive, I sure hope she gets adopted, she's awesome!

[@sadielawson2709]

I freaking love this. I’d love to see more videos like this ❤️

[@scottstevens7569]

The COOLEST Dog Training!!! Nice work!

[@Ejs_Chicken_Sandwiches_]

I can watch this everyday. Very therapeutic. keep grinding bro

[@suzannebeaudry6245]

Amazing that you would help this dog get adopted ! Thank you

[@LauraHopkinsCDL]

What a waste of a great dog. All she wants is to engage and learn. Like all Collies ,very easy to mess up but with you Tom she felt safe. Thank you : )

[@Pyro4Lyfe]

Holy crap. What a great dog

[@tomdavisofficial]

Right? This dog is freaking awesome!

[@whowantswaffles]

That was awesome to watch :D

[@bryttttt1]

I love your intro! It is the coolest channel! Love this!

[@tomdavisofficial]

WE ARE!!!!

[@InsideTheDogWorld]

Awesome video, Realy glad to see it :)

[@BooBooBaileyDog]

Would love to see a video on how to curb reactivity to other dogs - especially on leash reactivity. Love your videos - got the prong collar you recommended and it has helped. Thank you for your videos and everything you ate doing to help these pups!

[@tomdavisofficial]

Julie Hink thanks Julie, I have a ton of those videos on my channel.

[@RowanJohnsen]

That was awesome. Love Collies they are amazing dogs

[@justinsteiner4611]

What a great dog! I bet she gets adopted now!

[@tomdavisofficial]

Justin Steiner I hope so Justin!!!

[@denamartin3635]

That was awesome, Tom. Especially since I want to start working with the dogs at the Coastal German Shepherd Rescue, who are at a boarding Kennel. This gives me a lot of what to do, how to interact with these dogs. Thank You!

[@tomdavisofficial]

Thanks Dena! Best of luck to you!

[@kristinahewer6982]

Watch Bound Angels with Robert Cabral too 💜☮

[@fight4justicelm]

What a sweet baby. Did she ever get adopted? I love how you worked with her. ♥

[@leslietimmerman7420]

So moving.

[@MD-eg8bd]

Was that a clip from Satus Stockdogs in the beginning??? If it was that is awesome! love the work they do with their cattle dogs!

[@cesarjaramillo1158]

0 dislikes till now, man ur awesome!

[@jdavid1027]

That was amazing! Demonstrating how you connected with Layla made your message and technique completely clear. Too bad you couldn't take her back to NY with you, eh?

[@Anonymaeg]

i wish you were in denmark! i could really need someone like you to help me with my new very fearful and stressed shelter dog. i got her from a shelter in portugal and i believe she's been a stray and she's so scared. she's slowly opening up to me but it all went haywire yesterday when we had a really bad scare in the garden and now she basically ignores me. she doesn't listen to at all either. she's not agressive what so ever she's just really scared and stressed out.

[@kristinahewer6982]

Great video as always! You will let us know when she is adopted? 💜☮

[@tomdavisofficial]

Thank you! Yes of course I will!

[@zsahe21]

Coolest

[@Fauxlie]

DAMN ! youre so good!

[@justicewhitney2833]

Love the videos! I have a question I am hoping you can help me with. I am a foster and I've had trouble working with some dogs so I'm just going to give an example. One of the dogs I fostered was a Burmese mountain dog who was 40lbs under weight and she had a chain collar that had grown through her neck that we had to surgically remove. I also believe that her owner before we removed her severely beat her every time she went near food (I had come to the conclusion because every time we presented any kind of food she would get extremely fearful and tuck herself into a corner and look away from the food). After months of no training to let her wounds heal and get her weight back up the vet said anything on her neck could cause further damage so we asked about an e-collar and he said that should be fine but if someone saying hi to her pulls her out of the way by the collar it could still do some minimal damage. A harness worked for a short while but once she started getting weight back she could just pull over any potential owners and it made it extremely difficult to train. We tried toys but she had never seen toys, she was still to uneasy or later to uninterested to take food from anyone, we couldn't put anything on her except a harness and sometimes an e-collar if only people that were aware of her neck were around. She was the sweetest most loving dog in the world butt I felt helpless trying to train her and it was so difficult to place her because most owners interested in her couldn't handle her pulling and added difficulty training. Sorry long message... But in this situation what could I have done to better serve the well-being of this dog? How do you train a dog that you can't even put a leash on and has no interest in anything you try to offer? It's unfair to the dog to have such a lack of training but it's unfair to ask a potential owner to muddle through being pulled over by a large completely untrained dog while we try to figure out what to do with her. As fosters we only get a quick run through on basic dog training and how to identify behavior... What can I do for animals like this to make them adoptable so they can have a balanced life?

[@bacz42]

Can you point me to any videos of yours that talk about reading body language, particularly tails? We’ve had my rescue for 3 years. She seems relaxed and happy overall except sometimes when she’s laying in her bed and o walk in, she will look up at me submissively and the tip her tail will shake/flicker rapidly. It almost looks like she’s nervous but I would have no idea why.

[@tonyadams09]

Tom this is a really good video for beginers and I enjoyed but still want to see some with agression verses fear aggression and same if its a bit problem with the dog. And how do you read them correctly before engaging with them will help a lot of people. Thanks

[@tomdavisofficial]

Tony Tennessee thanks Tony, it’s hard to find real aggression. I only seen it a couple times a year. If you look at my past videos you will find some.

[@tonyadams09]

@@tomdavisofficial Ok i will and the ones that work with us i want them to watch your videos and i deal with them in almost every dog i work with from the ranch with the breeds we take in. I usually us protection when i go into a lot of the kennels where dogs eyes say your going to be dead. I have a bite suite and usually after first time i work on it comes off after a few minutes usually.

[@tomdavisofficial]

Tony Tennessee well I guess it depends on what you consider real aggression. In my opinion a dog with real aggression wouldn’t give up that quick. I have several of those dogs on my channel including max my last post.

[@tonyadams09]

@@tomdavisofficial ok will check them out Thanks Tom

[@luckydogsmom577]

It's so heartbreaking to see dogs in shelters for so long. As long as people support puppy mills, puppy stores and breeders, this will continue. We need to empty the shelters and give these animals a family.

[@tonyadams09]

Tom I have another question have you sold your last young Mal that you were training to do competition healing.

[@doreengomez9502]

How do I find out information on the Denver Seminar? I don’t have Facebook.

[@tomdavisofficial]

Doreen, give us a email, [e-mail], we have a couple spots left!!!

[@janedoe-fx1ez]

I just adopted a Doggo Argentino from a native village, and I m having some trust issues. I am the nervous one, so she’s feeding off me. I almost returned her today, but want to make sure to do my best. Not sure I can. She is sweet, good. But I feel like there is a switch that can be flicked. It scares me.

[@privateprivate2268]

ha awesome

[@egagnon9994]

You know what, I am the same as you but with cats!... I can read and understand them just like you do with dogs... Felines wild and domesticated have been my love and passion ever since I was a little girl... It is so easy for me to read cats!... I am a part time cat behaviorist because contrary to dogs, cats behaviorist is a very new field and people don't spend as much time to fix their cats' issues contrary to dogs... They will simply abandon, some times in the middle of nowhere, or kill their cats rather than to fix the behavior issues...

[@patriciadevlinkinsella269]

I really need help with my shelter dog pls

[@artheahaines1595]

People need to get help if they hit a wall, not give up.

[@munajedski]

The picture of the cow 😥 looked so scared.

[@debralevesque8536]

i hope she has been adopted now

[@Dogos831]

Sad right now because my daughters dog Tank was brought to the humane society in Colorado Springs to be put down. He is a great dog, they just couldn’t handle him. She just had a baby and had to give him up. Today might be his last day or tomorrow. I had him for 8 months and it was hard to hear the news. Feeling broken hearted. Say a prayer for him please. 🙏🏼

[@tomdavisofficial]

Sad times, he can be helped by a trainer I am sure of it.

[@Dogos831]

Upstate Canine Academy the sad thing is they spent $2,000 on a trainer who used a shock collar on him which left open wound on his neck. Yes, I believe if they found the right trainer he could be saved. I’ve seen him at his best and it breaks my heart that they didn’t give more effort in finding one.

[@whistlersama]

Has Kayla been adopted?

[@pjmac1022]

You should let the dog run free in a dog park.

[@mslove1539]

That poor baby. A year in a shelter :(

[@craigcochrane3969]

What happened to this dog? Surely someone wanted such a smart good dog!

[@tomdavisofficial]

nothing I don't think!

[@susanclu]

Border collie...smart and easy to train. Why not grab a Beagle or a hound instead of one of the smartest dogs ever!?

[@aidanmagill6769]

Isn't he using too many synonyms for "good"?

[@skythbnchng9159]

I don’t understand any of your videos. Nothing is ever really explained.

[@divine69ification]

You really are a fucking legend! I appreciate all you do. Thank you.