How to Fix a Leash Aggressive Reactive German Shepherd

How to Fix a Leash aggressive, Leash Reactive German Shepherd Dog Training.
In this lesson I meet Ariel and his German Shepherd Koda who has been giving him some serious problems with leash aggression toward other dogs. In the beginning of the video you see how he responds to other dogs just walking by. He is out of control, but what can we do about it? Do we fix leash aggression by dominating the dog, by giving the dog treats or by understanding the dog and working through the behaviors?
Watch the video and see the transformation that Koda goes through in his relationship with Ariel and how he sees the dogs he meets in this training session including my Belgian Malinois Goofy, my Labrador Retriever Jimi and then check out the full 30+ minute video on my member section:
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[@RobertCabralDogs]

Full 30 min video on my site: robertcabral.com/

[@artyhnamte4823]

Sir how can i get for free..my dog past away,i buy with all my money,Now no cash Love ur video from India

[@leonelcoutinho8276]

@@artyhnamte4823 greatest reply ever 😂 Typical Indian for sure

[@leylaaliyeva6181]

@@leonelcoutinho8276 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@helleryt4362]

age of this gsd

[@Azazel518]

Robert...THIS is the content I think everyone likes...real issues with real dogs in real time with you walking the owner through the process of what to do r.e. voice commands and corrections...can you do more of these with leash reactive dogs, general aggressive dogs etc along with their owners in a real world environment?....great video

[@jennyvalcore6417]

love seeing all those "basic" commands by Goofy just snapping into it like butter!!!

[@battlehymnoftheempath3610]

The more I watch your videos, the more I realize how much there is to learn.

[@Allenkcw]

Followed this video to the T and set up the same situation with a buddy of mine. I got my one year old german shepherd to sit next to my buddies dog and was also able to walk my dog side by side with my buddies dog in 20 minutes. It wasent the prettiest process cause he whined alot but nonetheless I was able to do something I wasent able to do in almost the 3 months I had him. Thanks for the video and insight Robert and worth the 12 dollar membership on your site!

[@gardenrabbit3565]

Hey Mr Cabral. I’m a couple years into my training career and legitimately don’t know what I’d be using for guidance if trainers like yourself didn’t put out information like this all the time. I really appreciate it.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Glad to be a part of your training.

[@angelamatteo2255]

I couldn't agree more! Thank you!

[@pittymama4500]

You and me both! I knew the first time I saw one of his videos that he was the real deal and not one of these fake it till I make it types. I always trust the information that I get from Robert and am comfortable relaying that message as guidance.

[@Karina-Loves-Andreas]

Helpful to see a video on correcting aggression & excitement that mentions Prey Drive, that isn't chalking up the behavior only to fear & insecurity. This will be very helpful to practice with my German Shepherd; he goes particularly nuts around little dogs, but I can start doing this with medium and large dogs and maybe work our way down to little dogs later.

[@tanusrimaitra6756]

Absolutely crazy. Your Goofy is a masterpiece. Amazing

[@thoughtful_echoes]

This is insane! but you can only train this on calm dogs, imagine passing another reactive aggressive dog on the street.. I would love to see more real world examples. Keep up the amazing work!

[@victorsalles8223]

Beautiful. This video shows exactly what balanced training is about! There's no excessive corrections, and there is clear RESULTS. That dog's life will be much better from now on, understanding that he is not supposed to be nervous around other dogs. Thank you Robert, you are a voice to us all!

[@saarlooswolfhund6237]

Try to get basics to understand canine behavior. This "training" is from beginning to end just abusive bullshit.

[@klpx3i]

I watched the 1/2 hour version. This is a great way to show how to work with and train a dog. Thanks to Ariel and Koda for putting themselves out there for the benefit of others. Great job!

[@danielvancaruso]

Great video Robert. What you said in the beginning is so spot on more trainers need to know - if the owner can’t do the training the trainer handling him will not help them. Looks like a lovely shepherd and I commend the owner for allowing us to all learn and watch. He is doing the right thing by searching for help so he can help his dog and their lives together. Great job by everyone.

[@diannebrewer6416]

Good trainer

[@_DEX_-]

This type of video is better than “I answer anything “.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

I have it all.

[@littleninjai222]

Agree with other comments. LOVE watching you work other dogs with very real issues a lot of us face with our 🐕. THANK YOU once again Robert.💯❤from🇨🇦. Also, finally got my Goofy T-shirts (black and yellow). LOVE THEM!

[@americasfittesttrucker7007]

I had an aha moment watching this video, and used the same method with my 7 month old gsd. If he made any movement toward the person, I turned him away. When we would approach and he remained calm, he could sit and get praise from me. I'm starting to allow the reward (praise) to come from the person. Thanks so much.

[@karenl499]

Great video Robert, and what a beautiful young Shepherd just heading to members section to watch complete video x

[@aaronclinesmith2286]

Robert, this was a great lesson! Love when you give a video working with a dog that actually needs the training that you are trying to teach. It gives a much better example of the kind of corrections that need to be made, and when to reward and mark the behavior you want.

[@ameslou3326]

Awesome to see a video of you working with your clients.

[@Pedro-bu8xd]

Your vids are such a revelation and very much appreciated

[@magickman152]

I LOVE this video! It's nice to see you working with another dog and trainer instead of with the perfect goofball for a change. It shows us a bit of variation on how to do things when a dog isn't used to how you lead them.

[@geak5059]

Love this Video! The breakdown is awesome.

[@karenl499]

Just watched video on members site fantastic full of excellent clear cut information, this type of training video is so helpful, as an unbelievable amount of owners struggle to walk their dogs past other dogs I see it day in day out. Well done !!!!

[@LawEnforcementTodaycom]

Robert, another great video, I love the demonstration using an untrained nervous dog, real-world training at its best!

[@zephalindadogcoach667]

Thank you Robert for sharing!

[@lewisstansfield9255]

Awesome Awesome video Robert! I've been working this same behaviour with my 10 month old Australian cattle dog who has so much puppy energy towards other dogs and people. This is such a great practical example of how people should work in this scenario

[@silentthunder7479]

Thank you so much Robert. I watched your videos today and started to apply the same techniques to train my Lab boy. It worked so well.

[@gunner1357]

Another helpful training video . Hope you make more about German Shepherds in general.👍

[@krizeh7553]

just WOW... amazing coaching there so calm and you can see after just minutes that it just helps - very well done. keep it you have a nice day

[@rouxchat6033]

Niiiice! This owner is trying hard to implement your guidance. If he keeps working with you, his reward will be a beautiful dog that is a joy to have in his family. Lovely video and thank you for sharing.

[@danielletomlinson2158]

Love the real life situation video!

[@StyleSweetie]

Great video. The training of dogs bettering themselves is the most interesting and helpful to watch

[@naokookada9885]

You are like a magician. Simply the energy that you have calms dogs down.. I will try my best of the best everyday to one day get there. Thank you 🙏 🙏🙏🙏

[@teresalove9413]

This was a great video love to watch you teaching the dog and Goofey is such a good boy

[@nikkiwasher7235]

This is exactly what my 8 month old Aussie does! Planning to try this training with her.

[@MT-jf1tn]

Great video!

[@amber9307]

I love watching you train it’s amazing! Thank you for sharing! ♥️🇺🇸💙

[@thekatt...]

"Goofy" ??? Sir, there is nothing goofy about the machine known as a Malinois. 👈 my shepherd mix, Jack ...now, he's a little goofy. Great video. Thank you. 😊🇨🇦

[@dimitrischatz1247]

just amazing man!! i love it

[@Bamaboy813]

It's funny I noticed recently I never talk to my dogs when I'm walking them. I live in a gated condo community with tons of sidewalks but I have no yard so I can only take my dogs on walks and on leash inside the neighborhood. The facility that trained my dogs around 5 years ago told me when I'm with them my focus and attention needs to be up and out paying attention to the environment and not so much the dog. Everything I need to know or feel about my dogs I get through the leash to my hands and arms. I just naturally found that by focusing on the bigger picture I'm concentrated and not talking to my dogs as a result and in turn ready to respond to situations as they occur, such as going around a blind corner and another dog being on the other side, etc. In return my dogs stay focused on their tasks and they lose most care about anything else except on some occasions where there's a new dog or a dog they know or something like that but otherwise it's nose to the grindstone and do our thing and I have a happy existence with my dogs and the outside world.

[@kylewilson1022]

Wow this is so helpful

[@DF-te2vm]

Just frigin fantastic

[@madisonorr8448]

This video helped me learn a bunch and i can't wait to try it on my German Shepherd pup. He's almost 9 months and has and i've been doing well with his training but i didn't know where to really go with the reactivity and i was losing hope since he is my first dog and i was at a lose. Gladly i found this! Going to see about using this training method and hope it furthers my learning and my pups training.

[@saarlooswolfhund6237]

Go to a solid trainer instead of continuing messing up your dog by watching videos of internet charlatans.

[@madisonorr8448]

@@saarlooswolfhund6237 yeah no. I have done lots of research and have not messed up my dog thank you 😂 ppl can learn from vids and stuff. U dont need to go to school to train your own dog unless u want to go professional. And my dog has gotten a lot better and has even been able to play with a 60ft long line around other people and dogs because of my training when he was younger he was afraid of it all.

[@damianevans8540]

What a gorgeous dog

[@robertobreglia2544]

Very compliments! 👍

[@davidvargas7407]

Awsome video

[@ziauddin7948]

good training #👍

[@papuzka0]

Amazing! I really need to subscribe to your members section after seeing this video. To me it looks like the dog was almost “over socialised” at least not socialised the way this dog needed to be socialised. My German shepherd is very good, and trained to a very good pet level (she would fail any proper obedience 🙈) but there is always room to improve :D

[@leemp337]

Yes Robert! more of these videos with adult dogs with issues.

[@2die4xxx]

Love these type of vids where you are actually working with a dog! Keep it up and keep them coming! Thanks Robert.

[@bigvinyldreams9462]

Just amazing! I’ve been following Robert for a while now, 6 days ago we sort of rescued a white female lab - we think she’s just 2-3 years old, she had a liter 4 months ago. We have a 1 year old pitbull- good thing he’s fixed because she’s not and the moment we brought her into our home she went into heat . Since I’ve been following Robert I felt fairly confident, trust me- I’m not a dog trainer. Our new dog Rosie has zero training. Didn’t want to wear a collar- if you put a leash on her, she would drop down and refuse to move ( unless you called her name and she would come forgetting the leash was there, I used that to my advantage) she’s only been here for 6 days. She walks beautifully on a leash, I taught her to sit, she sits to have her leash attached and removed- she is not food aggressive which I’m thrilled about because she is so terribly skinny- she now does as our pitbull Smokey- they sit and wait for me to pit their food down and not allowed to eat until I say so, that’s been the expectation since day one. She’s the polar opposite of Smokey, Smokey is high energy and loves to play- Rosie is very low energy and doesn’t seem to understand what toys are for. Today, Rosie engaged in doggie play with Smokey. Thank you Robert Cabral for all the tutorials which have given me the confidence to take on a second dog. Now if I can just figure out how to bathe her, she hates water more than most cats- since I’ve had Smokey since he was 8 weeks, I had time to expose him to lots of water situations and he loves his baths

[@RobertCabralDogs]

thanks for sharing this... are you a member of my site robertcabral.com as well or just here on youtube?

[@bigvinyldreams9462]

Robert Cabral sadly not a member- just KZbin.

[@oscarpalacios7198]

Beautiful dog ❤️

[@user-cz3bf6cb4c]

Yea, but would be more beautiful if it didn't have a roach back

[@georgeaffonso3966]

I appreciate when you are showing hands on training. Thank you.

[@nimishmhatre4119]

I am in love with goofy😍💓

[@dobermangroundzero82]

Wow awesome video. I would pay for this type of stuff thank you sir for your service to us dog owners. And I truly believe it’s the human not the dog having issuesZ

[@RG-sj7ep]

that amg at 2:11.

[@vikingdogmanship]

The guy in the background that look to have a ninja mask and no shirt is a distraction we can't ignore😂 lmao

[@margaretmeaker2830]

Robert. I know my comment here has nothing to.do with this video but I have to mention it...in your livestream Sunday 7th. U mentioned Janet zapping u with e collar from a 3 to a 7 and your reaction.just want to.tell u that I hosed myself. Thanks for making my day.. I love your sense of humour

[@salvothegermanshepherd4399]

Easily the best dog training training videos on KZbin.

[@jonathanvn97]

need to train mine on this asap

[@cynthiaallen9225]

Beautiful dog. Looks like my baby boy.

[@dalyfelicitus1648]

The best ever, it's a Born Gift...💗👍

[@siddharthgoku]

That is a beautiful Dog👌

[@chevy-is-a-good-boy]

Such a common problem with this breed - excellent.

[@IamLion2000]

the problem is with the owner not the breed.

[@mimi7914]

@@IamLion2000 well...if you have had other dogs that haven't done that and then a GS that does...that's my situation

[@allisnotwhatitseems.]

Nice

[@buckley9]

That a Kuhl shirt? One of my favorite brands

[@happygilmorides7353]

Excellent. Gained a sub

[@josh5179]

I love Goofy!! Such a good boy!

[@jaystef1627]

Not to mention a silly face.

[@rdhkc09]

My GSD is named Koda but his reactivity is much worse. Wish I lived by you!

[@bronx6382]

Nice dog

[@arlene4299]

My female shepherd had a huge problem with leash reactivity and e-collar training worked wonders for her.

[@mimi7914]

what kind of e collar worked for you?

[@arlene4299]

@@mimi7914 I use the Mini Educator E-collar. I put it on her every time we go out but I rarely have to use it.

[@saarlooswolfhund6237]

@@arlene4299 get basics that you don't have, hang the ecollar arround your own neck and give your dog in competent social hands.

[@arlene4299]

@@saarlooswolfhund6237 I said my dog HAD leash reactivity issues. She doesn't have any issues anymore.. She was trained properly by professionals and she is an amazingly trained and wonderful dog. I haven't used an e-collar on her in years and she is completely off leash trained too.

[@jimmynich4791]

My dad bought a Czech line gsd that was 2 years old and she was much worse than this dog when he got her. He's fixed her now, luckily as reactive as she was with other dogs she's even more obsessed with balls and she picked up pretty quickly that if she behaves she gets her ball.

[@luismonteiro1726]

Hello Robert, love your work and wish I could understand more. Question: for these situations, when do you use a prong versus a choke or other collar for dog to dog reactivity? Thanks.

[@saarlooswolfhund6237]

Never use this bullshit. 😉

[@kruegerbnu]

What collar is goofy wearing at around 6:00? Is it compatible with the dogtra 1900S?

[@Lesbionic-]

Hey, new subscriber here, loving the videos. Thank you so much for sharing such great tips. I'm considering getting membership, do you provide support for questions and suggestion for correcting behaviors? Also, what is the command you are using in this lesson? Is it sit but in French 'Assis'? I have a horrible ear and I'm trying to identify it. Cause I have the same issue with my dog.

[@hoaniwitana9759]

Very good my question is why is the dog aggresive when he's on the lead & is he like that off the lead thank you.

[@leoedmond1335]

Mr Cabral I'd like to tell you how much your videos and instructions have improved my relationship with my German Shepard.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Thank you so much for that

[@lotharmarunga7611]

nice dog.

[@bardoarens4172]

Great video 👏👏👏 Koda’s prong collar was too low, why didn’t you put it correctly ? and then start to work

[@hf6451]

Your videos are great. Question, I have a 4 month strong German Shepard who pulls and is very reactive. I introduced the phong collar and he stop pulling. My problem now is that he walks behind me now. How do I fix this?

[@yammat1576]

I LOVE goofy

[@ardybi8983]

Hello, Mr. Cabral! I signed to your lessons today because of this vide because my dog has a same problem. The thing is I live in Switzerland and i noticed in the video that dog is wearing prong collar. It is possible to train without it since it is not allowed in Switzerland. Thank you very much.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Yes. You can use a regular chain collar.

[@lilaindica3673]

I’d love to show you my boyfriends German Shepard he’s 5 times worse than this, lunging excessively trying to get out of the gentle leader spinning around just going nuts at the sight of another dog

[@sueleigh1181]

Robert, have you ever trained a Borzoi? If so, they are so differently wired, how did you adapt/apply your training? Thanks ahead!

[@AAli-xy9vj]

Do you use a prong collar?

[@milesruby3271]

Thays a good looking gsd

[@melcolzie87]

Our 7 year old German sheppard does exactly this. Its so hard to walk him. He's hysterical for the whole walk

[@mrsbelangerr2616]

Omg i thought i was alone... Mine is 10 months hes always just went in the yard but my landlord took thr gate down so now when he sees a leash he cries nonstop and he jumps all over whoever has it and attacks them trying to bite the leash and if u manage to get it on him he bites it the whole walk jumping at u, ive tried treats, and i cant do leashless cause he wants to eat all the dogs on my street... Even tried dog school but he wanted to fight all thr dogs so had leave...

[@mrsbelangerr2616]

Oh i didnt watch the video before writing this i thought it meant he wad aggressive towards the leash 😆

[@SuperGGLOL]

Jerri Belanger ur dog is a warrior-dog

[@mrsbelangerr2616]

@@SuperGGLOL 😆 he really is

[@vikingdogmanship]

@@mrsbelangerr2616 Hope you get your dog under "control" and that he learns what you would like him to do instead 🐕

[@GhostRider-hy9zt]

You probably won't see this, but thank you for these training tips. My dog is an amazing dog, however he pulls a lot on the leash and barks at other dogs sometimes. I did these tips today and in one day he already started walking better. I'm going to keep working with him on this, but just from this he's already much better.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

I did see your comment and thank you.

[@GhostRider-hy9zt]

@@RobertCabralDogs didn’t expect that, that’s cool, keep up the great work man

[@whoknew2273]

Great video my 2 year old Separador is still a bit anxious after watching this I use these methods and it will help greatly

[@mariannezemen7943]

Do you have a video on dogs being reactive in car,and how to work on that issue

[@lujoviste]

Hello Mr Cabral. I have found a young german shep/Malinois dog. He is about 7 months old and i have bought him a choke chain. Where i live choke chains are everywhere. I wanted to buy him a prong but sadly there are non around. I have tried on a normal collar with corrections but that isn't working. I'm not sure how to correct with choke chains. Do you just quick pull on it then release? Because my boy loves pulling and walking infront of me, so when i correct him he just keeps on walking and then i lose my leverage to correct him and he just keeps choking on it.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Watch my videos on long line training. That will help him understand the collar fairly.

[@Missfoxtooyou]

Question? Shouldn’t the prong collar be higher on the dogs neck?

[@youssefabdien]

What kind of collar he is using?

[@debraadamsadams6955]

I need a trainer for my shepherd

[@CompleteK9Canada]

I have my daughters crazy reactive chihuahua with me now. I posted some videos of her and her behaviour on my channel. Correcting a small dog is public is difficult. So I just ordered a ecollar for her. As she is out of control! I always enjoy your videos😊

[@seanmolloy9422]

we think its dog training but its really people training . we have to learn how to communicate in a way the dog understands. hablas perro? si!

[@liliannehuddell1185]

Thank you for the video! I have a question. How do I re-socialize my GSD after he was attacked by and off leash dog. He seems so scared of people/dogs and is getting reactive. I feel so bad because the attack was not his fault as an off-leash dog came after us and attacked us. Lucky we did not get seriously injured.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Go slow and get him around safe dogs.

[@ian6473]

My GSD is 1 and a half loves going out off leash and playing with other dogs but when you put the leash on him he does exactly this when walking can be a chore with him as he pulls when walking for first 5 minutes then stops pulling and walks normal but loses it if he sees another dog on a leash whilst he has one on too

[@brandonkamel4731]

The guy is giving his dog whiplash with all that pulling

[@theyshallknowpain]

This looks really helpful but can I do this with a gsd puppy?

[@xitaris5981]

Based on what Robert has said in other videos: 1) You should train your puppy since day 1. 2) You want to focus on positive reinforcement during puppyhood and avoid corrections because you're still building a bond and don't want to break the puppies confidence.