Does your dog have leash reactivity or pull?// WATCH

Knowledgeable without being arrogant, Professional without talking down, Calm but passionate enough to hold my complete attention. Giving real advice in real time that we can actually use ..I love it

Three years of struggling with my dog and this one video has just changed everything. I’m convinced this is the one and only video anyone needs to watch if they have a reactive dog.

As always great stuff. When I started using this method I made the commitment to giving the walk a 30-60minute time slot in my day. And my dog got as far in the steps and away from the house as he earned. My friends would poke fun because some days it just looked like I was walking back and forth with my dog never going anywhere. Two months and now he can go around our neighborhood(1 mile) loop and is perfect. I comment on a lot of your videos. I can't stress enough how much they have helped me shape my dog into a well behaved canine citizen.

What I see is patience, timing, and follow through. I really appreciate the reminder on breaking it all down into individual steps; and only progressing under your terms. Great content. Keep it up

Joel, you are SO RIGHT about the incremental earnings. My dogs walk like champs bc of your method. And it does ONLY work if you rinse and repeat until they get it right at each stage. Thank you! My 100lb. Goldendoodle used to be such a terrible puller. Now I can walk him and my Great Dane at the same time without any problems. Thank you so much for your free help and expertise! Really generous of you and very much appreciated! Blessings to you and your family!

I not only have watched numerous videos of other dog trainers and techniques, I am also a dog trainer. I did not learn the cues, signs, nor the 'if we let the dog do this here, he is going to do that there', rational, which is disappointing. I have been watching your videos for only a couple of months and have learned so much more than I could ever have imagined. I am blown away by the simplicity of it, yet when not explained/taught your way, the problems seem to be insurmountable . I love your channel and am here to stay! Thank you so very much for all you do, and are doing to help us humans understand and enable our dogs to be the best they can be.

This guy really understands dogs! It’s not only training them to be good, it’s also understanding the dogs. Respect to this guy and appreciate you a lot for teaching us!

True story. I had the best walk in 4 years TODAY. We just walked. A few corrections, but not many. Booker doesn’t react to other dogs behind fences etc. and I’m grateful for that. He was a puller so he could smell stuff. Beautiful walk we had! No pinch collar, just a regular leash and collar. Grommet? Gorgeous!

I know this is a 2 year old video but Joel THANK YOU your method works. It takes longer than people think it will not to mention every dog is different. Some dogs take months, some dogs take 5 minutes, some dogs take 1 correction, some dogs need a correction every time. Every single dog is different. Every person is different. It takes time, dedication, patience, and effort. Keep trying. 🙂

This is how I've always walked my dog and she's been off leash for 8 years now, constant learning everyday is a training day every moment is a chance to reinforce previous lessons, your dog doesn't need to be a circus dog just keep on top of those obedience basics at all times.

We have an 8 month old standard Bernedoodle who is very strong. Your methods are wonderful! I'm getting compliments from neighbors because they can see her progress. Her confidence is getting greater every day. Thank you so much.

Hi all, my dog was not one to allow a stranger or dog too close without barking and lunging like an out of control lunatic whilst on the leash! I was embarrassed to walk her and seriously worried about the risk if she got loose as she does bite. She is trained very well with many commands and the relationship between us is amazing. She is very well exercised and has a job too. So I thought she was guarding us while on a leash or perhaps she was not socialised or maybe even mistreated in her previous home? So when it was suggested to me to practise ''Loose leash walking" I found one of the many videos that Joel has uploaded on his methods and followed them. I had two issues though so I had to adapt a little. One, my front door has a spring to close it and two my dog will not allow me to use a gentle leader, prong collar, normal collar or any collar to correct her, she will just turn and bite me! (I believe this was caused by a so-called 'trainer' using a cheap shock collar on full power). So, I ask her to sit and wait, I open the door and then ask her to come, I then ask her to sit while I lock the door and before moving off ask her to heal. If she pulls straight off, we reposition to sit near the door and start again and again and again till she waits for me to move first. I'm using a pulling harness with a short-chain leash, yes a harness. I corrected her with a disapproving tone of hey! and kept repositioning her before moving off. Same if she reached the end of the leash. So how did things go? Well, I spent a whole day (about 10 hours) with us practising and I only found the turn into her to be the hardest thing to deal with as she walks ahead of me a little. (Luckily she knows the commands to turn left or right). Anyway, we saw a cat in a gateway, right next to us. She walked straight past and just looked. unbelievable! We saw about twenty dogs and walked head on to about half of them, she huffed and puffed only at one of them who was barking a lot at her. She did not react to a single person. On day two, about a half-hour into our walk I 'fake' removed the leash and perfection continued, about an hour in I removed the leash. I know my dog is very quick to learn new things but I didn't expect these results. It's truly amazing! So I wonder how or why walking nicely on a lead might stop reactivity etc. I can't say I understand but I know it works. Perfection comes with practice but we have done so well together already that it was worth typing this huge comment! Thank you so much, Joel and the team from Beckmans!

Joel, this is your best video on this topic to date. Thank you so much! For reference, I have a 6.5 month goldendoodle and he's improved his leash walking so much

You are the trainer for regular people. I've never owned a dog until a year and a half ago and you are the ONLY one who has taught methods that actually work for me. Thank you!

Loving this guy!! Best method and trainer for me thus far. I perfectly understand this, and recognize all my mistakes. THANK YOU Beckmann!! 💕

Spot on! Which is why my dog never EVER catches me off guard anymore. You taught that to me. Thanks 🙏

This video is a game changer, now I realize how much sense it makes. The reward is the walk, but getting out the front door is the key. Our dog used to dictate the walk, the pace, leash pull, everything. After one session with the Joel method he was 50% better, and kept a better loose leash. Lots of corrections were needed. Still a long ways to go.

Joel pointing outside and Brumley trying to peek around the corner to see what he's pointing at---so cute. What a good boy! Great content as always Joel--thank you!

I just can't stop sharing your videos with family and friends with reactive dogs! Thank you for giving chance to all of us who are unable to physically visit your facility to understand where we go wrong! Thank you for always being so straight to the point! 👏👏👏👏👏 Stay safe and God bless! 🙏🏻

Man I love your tutorials, thanks so much. You’re so right that the owners are doing it wrong, I’m guilty of making mistakes. I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 months of Malinois x GSD ownership and you’ve been a great inspiration 👌🏼