Dog Trainer Confronts Owner With Uncomfortable Truth

John Black Smith

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00:00She's fat, but that ain't what's made her fat.

00:02You stuffing food down her face has made her fat.

00:04Humans can prevent being fat.

00:06They've got a choice as to whether or not they're fat or they're not.

00:09Dogs don't because they rely on us to feed them.

00:11Being fat for a dog matters because it puts a lot of adverse pressure on their heart.

00:15You should.

00:17Oh don't.

00:18You should.

00:18You feed her once a day.

00:20Yeah, okay, okay, okay, so you feed her once a day.

00:22How many treats do you give her during the day?

00:24What do you give her if you want to move her?

00:25Just as well.

00:26She ain't a f***ing builder.

00:27This trainer confronted her for being a bad dog owner.

00:30Blame my stepdad for that.

00:31He looks after him.

00:32No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:33The blame stops at you because you're her owner.

00:36I know I sound like I'm being a c***, but I've got zero sympathy.

00:40And I'm ruthless when people have fat dogs because it's not the dog's fault.

00:44It's fat.

00:45He's about to tell her some harsh truths.

00:46I understand like you've had surgery.

00:48So the last couple of months walking has been impossible.

00:50I get that that that's not an issue.

00:52But even when she was being walked, she was being walked to bare minimum.

00:56Yeah.

00:57She was literally probably being walked around the block quickly for 20 minutes to go to

01:00the toilet.

01:01And then right, in we go.

01:02Have a sausage roll.

01:02She was not expecting to hear all that, but she was the one who sought his expertise in the

01:06first place.

01:07What dog you got?

01:08Collie Cross.

01:08I rescued her from a dog's trust last June, wasn't it?

01:11Yeah.

01:12And she's so reactive.

01:13How old is she?

01:13Paul.

01:14Always being reactive.

01:15Yeah, yeah.

01:15What sort of things she do?

01:16If I'm walking, she pulls me and I can't, I can't hold her and she barks everything.

01:21Little did she know she had been doing something dangerous.

01:24The only thing I can do at the moment in the car to go to the bathroom is to grab a water bottle.

01:27Was it another trainer that told you to use a water bottle or was it just something you've

01:30seen in the fridge?

01:31Yeah.

01:32Okay.

01:32Trouble with using, um, like a water bottle is if she don't like the water and she develops

01:39a fear of it.

01:40Yeah.

01:41She can stop drinking.

01:42And if she stops drinking, you've got days to get her to drink.

01:44Yeah.

01:44Or she's, cause she'll dehydrate.

01:46Yeah, yeah.

01:46She just wanted to correct her dog's behaviour, but it could have ended badly.

01:49I'm going to correct a dog's behaviour, but you don't intentionally want to correct it,

01:53but it's like it needs to survive.

01:55Yeah, of course, yeah.

01:55Cause if they do develop a fear of it, then they'll go, yeah, no, um, and I've had dogs,

02:00I've worked with dogs before now where the client's done that and the dog's just developed such

02:05fear of it, it's gone, um, my drink.

02:07I just want to walk down the road with her, not be dragged, and not bark at everything.

02:12He quickly figured out what was causing her dog to be so reactive.

02:15How long is she going out for?

02:16She's just half an hour.

02:17That alone can add to her behaviour.

02:20Okay.

02:20Because she's not getting enough exercise.

02:22So a dog really, especially a dog like her, should be having at least like an hour and a half

02:27working weeks a day.

02:28The more she gets to go out, and the more she gets to go and explore, and the calmer she is,

02:33the less she'll start to react to things.

02:36Now he could guide her to do the right things to help her dog.

02:38But if you imagine living your life at 100 miles an hour, or living your life of anxiety,

02:44and how much nicer it would be if someone took all that anxiety away from you,

02:48that's effectively what you're doing with her.

02:50It is my job to tell my client harsh home truths if they are needed to be said.

02:55Although he can be harsh,

02:56he doesn't want people online to leave negative comments about his clients.

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