Two dogs who hate each other meet

I really like that you aren't coddling her to get her to relax. When people coddle their nervous dogs they are inadvertently reinforcing the nervous behavior.

Today my previously leash reactive rescue dog successfully met my friend's 2 excitable Cockerpoos with me saying "Do you want to go meet your FRIENDS!?" In Joel's tone, complete with American accent. I'm very much English. 🤣😂 My friend thought I was nuts.

This is a fantastic guide. There's nothing better than non-edited videos showing the process. Camera person did great too.

7:51 “she’s like ‘Hell, No…’” Joel, you’re too funny.

I love it when Joel demonstrates the stance and the pop. I want to get a leash for the kids and be ready to pop!! Lol 😂🤣😂🤣 ( I don’t have kids or any pets I’m kidding. Don’t come for me)

For the inexperienced viewers them walking together at the end doesn’t mean they’re friends now it just means the process of them being desensitized to each other is working it still takes time and even then they might still not actually like each other but you’re building your tolerance

Jade is my dog--towards all dogs. Will watch this again with many thanks.

My 125 lb Shepherd is super reactive. I won’t have him meet strange dogs, but I have been practicing getting him to pay more attention to me and ignore the other dogs. Usually, if it’s a calm dog walking by, he’s been very good, obeys commands, keeps on walking.. If the other dog is reactive first, he wants to drag me across the street and go at it. Yesterday I was walking him and my daughters husky on the trail and around the corner comes a couple with a doodle. We pull off to a space on the side and let them continue past us and their dog goes insane, my husky puppy (1yo) gets excited and is jumping around, this too usually sets my dog off, but I told him to sit and he looked at me and I praised him. He seemed very happy with himself. There’s a first time for everything.

This is excellent! Working through a difficult situation -So nice to know the practical aspects needed for a successful meeting and what to do when there is a reaction. Love this!!

The most significant improvement seemed to be when you started praising Jade for calmness on top of the corrections. Reassurance from you reduced her stress

As far as my own personal situation with my dogs goes, this is without a doubt the most helpful video to date. This was great and very applicable for my “real life” scenario .

Omg this video is a perfect situation of how my reactive female Doberman acts and it’s hard to settle her down. Thank you for showing me how to use all your methods on calming her down. I know I can do this kind of meeting now during our neighborhood walks where she guards dogs, people and kids on bikes. Thank you Joel. I’ve saved this video so I can refresh my techniques.

This video turned out perfect for all of us who can relate because the dog was reacting (cooperating for us viewers🤣) every time it gets close! Really showing us what to do and how the meeting is not necessary if the dogs are not ready!!! Thank you!

I love this guy. He's so real and not preachy. He always shows you the process from scratch. I can't stand the videos that edit out the process, failures, and/or frustrating moments. That's exactly the stuff I need to see to learn from.

Great video brother, there’s many owners that think their dogs is just a human person dog …. And never try to get over that barrier. It’s usually the smaller dog that react aggressively out of fear. The more videos you see the better dog owner you become m. Once again thanks for another banger 💪💪🙏🏻

Thank you for such a good demonstration of such a nuanced technique. I just recruited a friend and her dog to help me teach my highly reactive boy to meet appropriately. I’ve been getting him (and me too) ready for weeks and I am so excited to try this!

If I hadn't seen 100+ of your vids I wouldn't believe it! Top 10 clips for sure!!

As a trainer myself.... What you did at 9:07 is a better way to approach this. You stand still in one area with your dog on a short leash, while at a distance on a short leash she walks her dog, back and forth. And slowly she gets closer and closer. And if both the dogs allow it slowly getting closer and closer doing that. Looks like your dog is the lunger not her dog, so that's the reason why she should be the one walking her dog back and forth slowly getting closer and closer. PS At the end of the video, great job with the re-direction! 17:19

Needed this because Jade is literally my Pit. Thank you!

By far the best and most informative video on dog meeting