Stimulus Control Part 2 "The No": An exercise in Impulse Control for dogs

[@dsostringbean]

Thanks for such a great video! I, too, have found that rewarding the "do nothing" part is so important for my very fast moving excitable dog.

[@amelialooper8621]

I hadn't thought about rewarding the dog for doing nothing when there is no cue as an important part of establishing stimulus control. That's the piece I've been missing!

[@keva9440]

lovely educational video 👍👍

[@suhaylett]

How often do you need to buy new mats :) Great videos on this, always good to watch a video where the dog is actually learning rather than a dog who already knows. This is one of the reasons I love your videos.

[@dogsexplained]

I have the same set of mats, plus I added 3 more! The new ones are 6 feet long. The old ones 5 feet.

[@suhaylett]

Specifically for working the dogs then, I was joking :)

[@pdzintervent]

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[@sunnythemutt4467]

Lucy looks exactly like me but black instead of yellow. We would be good playing friends. I love playing with friends.

[@nancysavidge7611]

Ditto to all the other comments, I feel like I understand the process in your vids. I have a high drive puppy (5 mos.) and when out hiking he will decide to go into honey badger mode and zooms around and grabs my hands. If I try to follow your example would I start by rewarding for calm walking (or anything other than the zoomies) and then try to capture the zoomies when about to start and reward for that? Thanks Donna.

[@dogsexplained]

It sounds more like overarousal/excitement. Your best bet might be to give your pup time to acclimate and calm down before going for a walk. You can certainly reward for calm but not sure capturing the zoomies would help since the reason the dog does it is emotional release (displacement behavior). To get rid of that behavior, you have to change the dog's emotions in the situation.

[@kuya3000]

You are absolutely amazing :D