Flooding in Dog Training – Darren part 2 (k9-1)
Flooding is a technique in dog training and behavior modification that has a high potential for abuse and misuse. This video shows the flooding being used as part of an aggression rehab plan on a dog named Darren who is 10 years old and has never allowed a man to put his hands on him during the eight years he was at a shelter. We decided to use the technique after careful consideration of what would be the best for Darren’s and the trainers’ safety and as the better option in our opinion to allowing him to experience longer periods of stress through the weeks of worrying about being touched as compared to one shorter spike of stress with almost instant improvement to his overall quality of life with us. We appreciate constructive criticism and opinions to help us better improve our strategies in our rehab programs with the dogs that have no where else to turn. Please leave comments, opinions, and suggestions on our corresponding blog post located at: selfhelpdogtraining.com Thanks for watching!
May 11th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
fantastic job!!! god bless you for saving his life. My rott gets flooded with love and affection and i couldnt ask for a better dog. feel free to go watch his videos. yall get 5 stars easy as usual.
May 13th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
You saved that dog. Congratulations. You are great trainers, great human beings.
May 14th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
i have to be honest with you guys, when i watched the firt 30 minutes I had said ” No use putting energy into a dog like this, he needs to be put down. I am not one to try and save/ rehab human aggressive dogs. I thought it was a waste of time, and whatever you would show , i doubt it would be enough improvement. So I quickly fast forwarded to see. Amazing work. I need to change my perspective on the ability for HA dogs to be rehabilitated. I will now watch the video in full as well as others.
May 17th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
@ThePsittacine “It” is affection. We follow specific rules about when it is best to offer it during training. There definitely is side-effects of all “quick fixes” especially making a problem worse if someone misjudges the situation. I have not seen the “Cotton” episode, but I can imagine that not everything was done in the right order for the dog. I write a little about my opinion on Cesar in my asociated blog post found in the video discription.
May 21st, 2010 at 7:56 am
Can you define what the “it” is that Earl is withholding? I feel that flooding can be used, but rarely and only by pros and only in desparate, time sensitive situations. How do you guys feel about Cesear and what he did (or did not do) for Cotton? Will you also tell your viewers of the side-effects of the flooding “quick fix”?
May 21st, 2010 at 8:51 am
i used the flooding technique on my staffordshire bull terrier who was 4 years old when i rescued him from his lets say his loving but neglectful owners. his dog aggression was high so we simply overwhelmed him with as many dogs as possible his social skills are so much better its took nearly a year to get him there but there are still small dominance issuses with the larger breeds but we gonna get it sorted…… love the video keep on troopering
May 23rd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
@ThePsittacine There was only that one recorded session of flooding so at least one of us could snap a leash on him safely. The guy “Earl” that the dog seems to prefer in the video hasnt been able to get his hands all over Darren yet, but as you can see the patience of withholding it from him is paying off since it seems to make the dog want it more now from him since he now knows how good it can be and Earl has just begun to offer it. Also, Earl is more handsome. Maybe I’m just jealous…
May 25th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
So did you only flood for only the starting of the training, and then you transferred to +R? After watching the video I scanned through it and noticed that the dog very much preferred the human that used the +R. The other guy that used the flooding always had to tug on the dog’s leash to get him to interact with him.