My little guy has grown so quickly, I can’t believe it! In the last month he has gotten his full set of adult teeth, found his big dog bark, and his adult coat seems to be in (shedding and all).

This past couple days it’s become quite clear that he is hitting his second fear period. I would be interested to hear everyone’s advice and tips on how best to support him through it to come out the other side as confident and comfortable as possible.

So I’m really lost on what to do here with my nearly 2 year old Aussie. His entire life he’s been good about going in his crate at night or whenever we tell him to. About two months ago he just randomly refused to do it anymore. When it started I tried to guide him in by his collar and he bit my thumb hard enough to bleed pretty good. He never had accidents in the house until he started doing this also. Once you get him to try and go in the crate he just shows his teeth trying to be all bad. I’m to the point of leashing him at night and forcing him in but I don’t want to do too much. Just looking for some advice please

I recently adopted a 7-8 month golden retriever mix from a rescue I work with and he is a nipper. He can be sweet but definitely think we’re playing with him all the time and he starts to nip hard. Teaching him no or even substituting it with a toy or doing techniques of ignoring him doesn’t stop him at all. If anything, he comes back to bite even harder. I know he doesn’t mean any harm, but it’s getting bad to the point where we have to separate him from our other pets because he starts showing aggression to them when we ignore him for biting us. Our hands are all chewed up. Any recommendations would help us a lot

Greetings-

Looking for some help getting to the next level of training with my 11mo Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. She is a great dog - smart, has adapted to our hobbies and lifestyle, gets tons of time outside and exercise, behaves very well in the house. We just have not cracked comfortable walking on a leash with her. She has learned to leave other dogs alone (mostly) unless explicitly given the freedom to go and meet them. She is clearly smart enough to understand what we want (walk with no pressure on the leash) because she does so reliably when we train her in the house and yard. But once we get into the world, no food or treats are enough to keep her focus on us rather than birds, bunnies, and the smells of the outside.

At the advice of a local trainer, we have been using a Martingale collar for the past ~3 weeks. We have been diligent - if she pulls, we stop until she engages with us by looking at us or removing the pressure by walking back towards us. Our normal loop around the block+park takes us 3x as long now, which is fine, but it feels like after a few weeks it feels like the only thing she's gotten out of it is a stronger neck from all the pulling. We hold the leash taut until she removes pressure, sporadically call her name, and more - but get minimal engagement in return.

We are simultaneously training her recall to allow for off-leash hiking and exploration, and she has gotten pretty good - this training is clearly stimulating to her and she works hard at learning. We have an ecollar that we are planning to introduce soon to polish the off-leash training. I recognize she is bred for bird hunting, but I'm confident that the lifestyle we are giving her - tons of time outdoors in the mountains and brush, growing off-leash freedom - can satisfy her breed & age. We give her a great life and she totaly repays it - just not when on a leash!

Totally open to any new ideas or recommended strategies. Help! We have had minimal luck contacting local trainers in the Seattle area (many respond extremely slowly and/or fail to impress us on an initial call), and I would really like to avoid sending her to a board-and-train, which to me feels like total overkill. Something about the loose leash walking (in the neighborhood, on a long lead in large parks, etc) just is not taking.

I've started working a bit more on obedience back in april and at the beginning we couldn't even take a step without my dog dropping his head down, facing forward and losing eye contact. We've reached a point where he's got a somewhat decent focus while moving (couple seconds but hey, can't complain since we're learning on our own) but, alas, he still drops it from time to time. I've tried moving my hand a bit back on my hip but that pushes him too far back, now I switched to a magnet ball on my pec, right between our eyes and even if he does look up while moving but as he's more food motivated( and can't catch treats thrown at him if his life depended on it) spitting them from my mouth failed as well. What would you do to improve that occasional head drop, which also sometimes leads him to lose pace or get away to the side?

The other glaring problem is he can't stay still. We're using a strip on the ground to fix positions and I can't have him keep a sit or a down for more than a seconds before he starts twitching, whining and changing position, so I'm not able to work on longer waiting times. We've been at it for 6 months now and he still keeps moving without any kind of cue as I remain still, doesn't get rewarded and ends up panicking (at least that's how I see it) unable to keep a simple sit or even front, going through every other position even if the command was said clearly. I'm 100% sure he recognizes them since there's times I can chain them with no issues but sometimes his brain just overheats and ngl it's pretty frustrating as I have no clue on how to work on that, and nobody has been able to give me a solution yet. I've had to stop several training session because he just couldn't calm down, while I'm standing there like a fool after asking him a simple sit.

Is it even impulse control he's lacking or something else?

I'll record a short video tomorrow morning to give you an idea about the level of excitement I'm talking about, maybe it's something easier to fix than I might think and y'all can help me.

She seems on ultra high alert, darting around, sniffing the ground like her life depends on it. When it gets really bad, I am stopping her, getting her to sit down, and I rub her belly and just let her take it all in until she gets up from her sit.

This works a few times, but then I guess the soothing impact of a belly rub stops working and she just gets frustrated and starts trying to mouth my hands and get back to sniffing like her life depends on it.

She's VERY scent orientated in general, but it's dialed up to 100 the moment it's dark out.

She also makes a bit of a clicking sound as she's walking when it's dark.

It definitely seems like anxiety.

She's a 6 month old Golden Retriever, for reference. She's seemingly been scared of the dark since forever, it's not a new thing. But now with it getting dark at 4:30pm it's unavoidable going out in the dark for walks. So rather than a horrible dark walk every few days, it's now every evening.

It's pretty horrible to walk her in this state, I'm just getting yanked all over the place. A bit dangerous too now with slippery leaves everywhere. I've already almost stacked it once.

Treats don't seem to do anything. She breaks from sniffing for a microsecond to take the treat out my hand and then it's nose to the floor again.

Hi there- I’ve got a 6 month old vizsla pup who has been doing great with off-leash training in the trails by our house. I normally walk her there at sunrise and typically, we never see folks on the trail.

This last week, I think due to daylight savings, we’ve run into three other people while walking. Pup and I are both surprised seeing them- and she will bark to alert me of them. She will recall but will keep “buff”ing while we pass them. I really want to make sure I’m not creating a territorial dog. Does anyone have recommendations on how to encourage her to be less nervous or unsure?

our gsd that we had every since he was a puppy has recently (ever since about 2.5 weeks ago has been growling and biting family members whenever we try to pet/approach him. First it started off (2 weekends ago) as we came home and he would be excited to see us. Then as we go to pet him, the hair on his back would raise and he would have a really low growl that would get louder until he would lunge and bite. He actually bit my hand and I got a little bruise and he drew a little blood on my hand. This has NEVER happened before, nothing about our behavior has changed — we always would act very happy to see him when we come home and he would be very happy to see us as well.

This weekend a family member and I hugged him and then he suddenly snapped and lunged and bit her hair (he nicked her scalp in a new places so there was a little blood), I had to pull him back by the neck.

He would act super guilty, knowing what he did wrong when we confronted him about biting but then if we got a little too close he would growl again. As I said before, this has literally never happened before and none our behavior towards him has changed differently from before so we don’t know why this is happening and we’re a little scared because we don’t know the next time he’s going to lash out. Hes truly a really sweet dog, super smart and is pretty tolerant.

We have a theory he might just be tired/sleepy but it literally only started happening just recently. Any advice pls?

First time looking at using a prong collar on our German Shepherd Dog, to help train against her reactivity towards dogs. Have tried positive reinforcement only (without a prong collar), for a year with it only going backwards. Will be working with a trainer. We do have a general idea of how to use it and desensitise the dog to it when putting it on her etc. (We’ve done our research)

What are your tips and tricks when using prong collar to aid with reactivity towards dogs? Got any other useful things to know when using it?

Thank you!

Edit: Desensitising meaning, making sure she’s not afraid of the prong collar being put on her.

Would love opinions from other trainers. We have a 6 month old bull terrier puppy who is very curious with our cat. She will jump up on the cat tree and chase him wanting to play. No aggression shown and the cat is not afraid of her but clearly wants to be left alone. We had a trainer who didn’t really address this and thought their interaction was actually pretty good given that the cat is not afraid and comes willingly into the dogs space. The puppy is also capable of ignoring the cat but once he moves she thinks it’s all fun and games and will chase. I’ve brought this up again to the trainer and her take on it seems to be that this isn’t a big deal. She has said cat chasing training is very nuanced and has to be specifically timed just right. Since there is no aggression here and no one is getting hurt, she basically has said really what is the big deal if the cat is getting chased? I don’t know if she thinks the puppy might grow out of it or if this is too difficult of an issue to train a dog out of. So, just looking for some opinions on this from other trainers.

I would like to try using a remote training collar - budget under £100. Would prefer to just use a vibration/tone collar - can anyone recommend a durable and affordable collar?

I have a 5 month old dog named Zeus I got from an abusive home about a month ago. They are a mix of several breeds (German Shepherd, blue heeler, we think great dane as well). I have trained him how to handle potty, sit, lay, come, break and kennel. I am now about to incorporate using the shock from an e collar as eventually I would like to trust him off leash and use the e collar as a long distance leash. This is partially so he can have more freedom as a dog and partially because eventually we will be with me hunting other animals (this'll be a long time from now). Ideally I would never shock him in a punitive way (unless something life threatening were going on). Realistically I will use probably a 5 or 6 out of 99 strength to just give some stimulation so he knows somethings happening. I will probably use the vibration option as a punitive method when he does something he knows he shouldn't to unteach the behavior (getting in the trash, chasing cats etc).

My main question with this is what are some things I should be careful about? I don't want to use it and then somehow make him backtrack in the hard work he's been putting in. I also don't want him to be scared in a general sense that randomly the world is going to vibrate. Do you have any advice or best practices? Thanks in advance!

We just picked up a two-year-old from the shelter, he was supposedly a stray, and although he has a wonderful disposition I do believe that he was feral based on some behaviors.

Poop:

One thing I've noticed is that he is very shy about pooping; he greatly prefers the cover of a bush or a tree. And I don't mean like next to it, I mean like being IN it lol. I'm assuming this is from when he was a stray, and probably felt vulnerable in that moment, and like he had to hide. He will not poop unless he has something to get into. I'd love to eventually train him to use the bathroom in my backyard, which doesn't really have a lot of cover. Currently he gets well into my raised garden beds, stomping all over the flowers, I don't really care because the point is just going at all - I just praise him and tell him he's a good boy, and I hope eventually that we can move into an open space. Would love tips on expediting this if possible.

Pee:

I feel like my own calibration is off here, I lost my senior dog in June, and he had so many health problems for the past two years that he was needing to pee every 30 minutes or so. How often should I be expecting the new dog to pee? Again, he never seems to ask. I'll take him outside every 90 minutes or so but he only pees maybe three times a day. Which is also strange to me because every male dog I've ever had took every opportunity to mark things. He pees very few and far between but when he does it's like 45 seconds or so. I'm a little worried he might give himself a UTI? He never seems uncomfortable.

With both number one and number two, he's never hinted or acted like he was wanting to do it inside the house. Last night for example he Peed at 6:30 PM. I tried to get him to go again before bed but he wasn't the least bit interested. Slept all night, zero problems, then I woke him up this morning and we went outside and he used the bathroom. Idk maybe it's just me but that seems like a long time to hold it? Doesn't seem to bother him one bit.

He eats and drinks normally. He's definitely still "coming down" from the shelter, he had a clean bill of health there but is tired. We will go see my vet this week for a check up on our end.

Although I have crates and was totally ready to crate train, I haven't done that with him yet because he's been so mild mannered and respectful indoors that we haven't needed to. We go for a walk a couple times during the day but otherwise he is very content to just lay down and chill in whatever room we happen to be in.

Would love any advice, he is my first stray and also my first adult dog, I've only ever had puppies before.

Does anyone have any advice or tips to help with a quicker down from distance.

I have a doberman where I can get her to do an emergency stop from far and then she drops into a down till I walk over to her. She can stop instantly but then takes about 10 seconds to drop into a down. Anyway I can speed that step up.

Down in other situations she does straight away.

So this isn’t a really big deal my dog is around 7 years old she’s trained well, just she doesn’t like to be in the basement like she does like she’ll be down there and go down there but won’t sleep down there or like with any of my family, is there a way to like teach my dog to be downstairs more and stay for longer periods of time or sleep in my bed with me, I’m a teen so like I’d like my dog to be by my side, but also her chair and bed is upstairs where she mainly sleeps but she roams around I just would like her to be downstairs more just sleep down there, any help?

One month I ago I brought home a 3 year old dog who lived on a farm his whole life. I live in the city 3 blocks away from a major freeway and there is lots of construction going on in my neighborhood, so it is very noisy.

He is frightened by all the noises and will not potty outside and will barely walk on a leash. He also will potty in his crate and step/sit in it. I have set up an xpen with potty pads and because he can climb out of the xpen, he goes into his crate when in I have to leave my house. He is really good about going on the pads when he isn’t crated.

I take him outside several times a day and sit with him to try to get him used to the noises. He will mostly either freeze or he will come up to me to get into my lap. When he isn’t frozen I can throw treats in the grass to get him to sniff around, but no interest in pottying. I have tried squeezing his urine out of the pee pads onto the grass and also putting a used pee pad on the grass and throwing treats near it, but he doesn’t seem to pay attention to the scent of his urine outside.

I would appreciate any insight or tips because I want him to be less stressed and to be able to enjoy going on walks.

Hi there! Been following this sub for a little while.

When seeing other dogs out on walks he does his best to ignore or avoid them (sometimes walks a large diameter to put me between him and other dog).

For dogs his size or smaller (less than 20lbs) he'll entertain touching noses but no butt sniffing allowed (he'll try to walk away). He's starting to growl a little even if the interaction with the other dog is calm.

He fears large and larger young dogs the most. The rescue said he may have been attacked a lot as a stray. As he gains confidence he's been experimenting growling and even charging at some.

I've tried to introduce him very slowly to dogs on the streets by having him pay attention to me, recall and pets when the other dog walks by. I think it's helping a bit, but I'd like to find an effective way to progress further from a "tolerate" interaction to a healthy playful one.

He doesn't hate our dog park either, he prefers to not be harassed but can still enjoy himself running around and rolling in the grass with other dogs nearby.

Backstory:

My partner and I adopted a ~2.5 year old "Chihuahua mix" that's about 1/3 Australian shepherd, 1/3 Pomeranian, 1/3 Chihuahua advising to DNA results.

He was found as a stray earlier this year, emaciated with lacerations, fleas, flight behavior. Very submissive and tucked his tail hard for most things. No aggression.

We've had him for about 4 months and he has improved immensely. He is still a bit skiddish but has adapted very well to city and apartment living. Doesn't love strangers but doesn't cower away any more (even takes treats from nice ones).

He's very affectionate, trusts us almost unconditionally and has been responding well to basic training, recall, and leash sensitivity.

How do you personally deal with having dogs you just don't bond with?

I have three dogs, one I chose, and two who chose me. I have a little sporty mix who is my perfect dog. Good drive, good off switch, he's perfect.

I have two seniors I inherited from a friend after her mom passed away. I've had them for four years, and I'm so much more tightly bonded to one than the other. Sunny (the female in question) has mild resource gaurding and separation anxiety, and I don't know if that's why I like her less. But both my other two dogs will pick fights occasionally. They are all spicy dogs.

Sunny has HIGH food drive, to the point where she's difficult to train because she can't learn when food is out, and she has no toy or play drive.

I love her, but I just don't like her as much as my male dogs.

I'm fine with this. She's a spicy thirteen year old dog. I can't rehome her because a) she's a bite risk and b) no one wants her. She will live out her days with me, and she'll get above average vet care (yearly dentals anyone) and I still train her, so I'd say she gets decent mental stimulation. She has a good life, and I'm keeping her.

But selfishly, I don't want another Sunny. I only get ten more dogs MAX before I die (I'll probably be thirty when I get my next dog, two dogs at a time until I'm 70... ten seems like a good guess). I don't want to "waste" one of those ten with a dog who isn't perfect for me.

How do other people deal with this? Do you rehome dogs if you don't click with them? That sounds super harsh, but is it best for you and the dog? Sunny was 9 when I got her, but if she had been a year or two it would have been much easier to find her a home.

Do you always click with a dog from a good breeder? Is it easier if they don't have behavioral issues?

I've had Sunny and her brother (same breed, he's older, not biologically related but they came from the same home) for four years. Initially I was going to privately rehome them (their initial owner didn't want them in the shelter, and they needed some training) and it took me three months to bond with them. Two months in and I would have been happy to see them go, I didn't even like them. Three months in, and I knew I couldnt say good bye (again, that was a combination of falling in love with them, and not being able to find a home good enough for them... Sunny is a real bite risk).

I really do love her... it's just that I feel a lot of anticipatory grief about losing my two male dogs (particularly the older one) and I don't feel that about her. Part of me thinks I'll feel relief after she passes. She is the reason I have to be hyper vigilant about high value chews and food, and that won't change (and tbh, it shouldn't change after she passes...) but I have hope she'll get over her separation anxiety. I followed some bad advice when I first got her, so I have to undo that as well as fix her, and then I waited too long to put her on meds, so I burnt myself out on training her... finally life has calmed down, and I'm actually working on an SA protocol now :)

I think if she were an easier dog, it wouldn't bother me as much as it does. I know not every dog can be a heart dog, and for a long time my sport dog was my heart dog, and he still is, but now I've noticed her brother (let's call him cloudy) has been creeping up there.

Sporty has always been my favorite, and Cloudy was number two, and Sunny was third, and now it's Sporty in first, Cloudy in a very close second, and Sunny in a distant third...

I guess my point is, I feel stuck with Sunny. I don't like her very much. That's fine, and she gets to live out her golden years with me, and she's not my "main" dog, but I don't want it to happen again with a puppy.

I get one sport/hobby dog. I train my hobby dog until I have nothing left to teach him, and then I get another dog (or at least that's my plan). I'm still having so much fun with Sporty that I don't want another dog, but also, I can't afford another dog, financially or timewise. What happens if I get Sporty the second and we just don't click and then I'm stuck with her for the next ten years? How can I prevent that?

Basically title says it all, even when he obeys commands on leash he doesn't engage with me. For example, I can pretty reliably get him to sit etc on leash but he just never looks at me. He's always engaged with something else, whether it's a dog, scent, another person, car, wanting to go to the park to run. It's made teaching heel near impossible as he almost doesn't care about the food I have. He doesn't like tug of war much so tug toys don't motivate either. He loves fetch so much I can put a treat in his mouth like beef liver and he just lets it fall out. Indoors off leash is a different story though. In a month he's learned sit, down, paw, circle (spins in a circle), middle (goes between my legs). I feel like I missed the crucial early months to build proper engagement. Thinking of working with some trainers to see what options I have or I'm just missing something crucial when trying to teach heel. Any advice? I've started also just working on getting eye contact from the dog before giving treats for obeying commands.

I rescued our newest doggy about 2 months ago- She's a 1y, 2m Rottie-Terrier mix with probably a ton of other less prominent breeds in her. She's a beauty and she's really fun to train- Most of the time. She's a very fast learner, and she's a smart girl too. The only problem is her tendency to get WAY too excited.

It's especially bad when me or my mother get home from work, she piddles even if we're really not interacting with her- but we've learned to not react at all to her and just grab the leash to take her straight outside, and she hasn't piddled in the house - from what I know (my mom takes her out after her work) - in two weeks.

The problem I'm having is with training. She gets really excited when I take the treats out and starts to run around, or when she gets frustrated with training she starts to run around the house doing different things I've taught her, like going into her crate or laying on her bed. I've put the leash on her during training sessions, but it's kind of just to stop her from wandering away, and I don't think it's teaching her anything. I want to teach her how to settle down and not be so erratic and frantic.

Is there any way to train her out of her craziness or is it something I'll just have to let her outgrow?

The way that I saw to teach a puppy to speak is to just frustrate them with their food until they bark and right as they do it, say the cue, then reward. So far, we’ve been teaching my puppy impulse control by having him wait a few moments and be calm and silent before he gets it if we’re not training positions. Will trying to teach him to bark on command ruin this? I’ve done it literally once today, but didnt think about this until after.

My Olde English Bulldog is a year and half or so, and I’ve had her since 3 months of age. The first year was rough because she came from a very rural area and I live in a very busy city. Upon arrival, it immediately became apparent she was naturally shy and noise sensitive. As you might expect, that combination in a busy city quickly turned into anxiety.

She’s been on Prozac 6 months or so, and the difference is night and day. It’s not magic, but she was triggered a lot less, her reactions because much more mild when she did get triggered, and it took her a lot less time to calm down when she did get triggered.

On Tuesday, at 3:00 pm or so (in broad daylight), some jackass decided to donuts in the middle of normally busy two-way street. We were on our way home from nice long walk from the park. She was happy. Then this guy starts revving his engine and burning rubber at 50 yards down the street from us before revving up again and leaving. Then, as if that wasn’t bad enough, the douche came back! Seems he had just gone around the block and came back to do it again… what an asshole

My dog hasn’t been the same since. She just doesn’t want to be outside. She’s not bolting to go back inside the like she used to, but she’s ALWAYS on guard outside now. She’s lost all interest in her favorite games. I get the ball out, bounce it right in front of her, and she’s still scanning the area. Even if we’re inside and she heads an engine revving, she’s wary

Her reactions are still more mild than before the Prozac, but she’s back to taking hours to calm down. We’ll get back from a walk and she’ll go right to sleep (instead of wanting to play or eat like she used to). She’s still somewhat interested in playing at home, but yea.. she’s just not the same

I know it’s only been a few days, but does anyone have any advice on what I can do to help her through this?

Here’s what I’m considering:

• limiting exposure to the outside for now and gradually building up
• Treat anyone there’s a loud noise, especially outside
• Transitioning to feeding outside exclusively (I’d appreciate as much help as possible with this last one cus her appetite greatly decreases when she’s wary)

Thanks in advance

Oh, and I’ve also been giving her CBD Oil along with Prozac

Just ordered a dogtra iq plus but i’ve been seeing people say it’s inconvenient due to the stim dial. I personally chose this one due to its smaller size and simply preferring dogtra to any other brand.

I’m now wondering if anyone could give me their reviews of the product. Has anyone had good/bad experiences with it?

I bought this herm sprenger prong collar for my reactive a couple years back and recently I lost a couple of the links, I need to buy news links but I don’t remember what size this is and i don’t want to buy the wrong fit. Any ideas?

My Cane Corso puppy he is almost 4 months now in November and we deal with start jumping and bite . But he jump most of the time to my son (9y old),when he se him is happy but start to jump on him bite his clothes and no let go ,same to me sometimes. How we can CORRECT this behavior,I know he just want attention and play but my hands and legs are bruised all and ,we are also in a training session with him ,so he is learning step by step ! We can’t do the tactics with hands up and turn around or not give him attention because he still “grab you “or your clothes! Any advice will work or some online training videos also work !!! We love our crazy boy and we need to make him to have a good behavior!!! Thank you !!!🙏🏼

My Kian is a 2.5 yr old Caucasian shep with reactivity issues that extend exclusively to people. He loves other dogs. We used to go to the dog park, before we were informed it was unsafe. Because he loves other dogs, and he’s extremely playful, would he benefit from having puppy play dates? Or pack walks? Or because of his breed and issues, do we think he’s happy playing on his own?

Hey all, I have a 3 year old American bulldog, I wanted some advice on how to train my dog out of growling so much when he plays or around other dogs. When he was young I believe I got him into the habit of growling by doing it to him while we played tug of war, the growling is now a non stop when he plays and I worry how intimidating it looks to other dogs/dog owners due to his size.

He has now recently started growling around other dogs a lot more and even snarling with teeth showing at points, he is not an aggressive dog, nor has he ever been an aggressive dog in the slightest (bit of a pussy if anything) so I’m not worried about him biting other dogs. But more so would like to know where this behaviour is coming from, we met a puppy the other day and he was growling while wagging his tail and playing so I just don’t really understand.

Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated, thanks !

I had my other dog trained on e collar with trainer help now working with new trainer who great. Recently I found a trainer in va who does e collar with mini educator but how she uses the ecollar sound little weired to me.

She use tone for recall .I ask her if he don't respond to tone she told me if you hold the button down on tone it switch to stem .I have never felt that on mini educator.

Than she said the tone volume can be turn up on computer. That don't help me in situation if he irgoriing the tone on e collar for recall .For place command they use tone button also .

I notice with all vidoes she use tone for recall and to tell dog to get in heel position and other commands.She use stem for down and correction.

I seen trainer use tone just for recall nothing else. She using stem for basically correction mostly . All trainers I had use everything with stem from recall to basic commands to correction.

When she does nail tranining with dremeal she use e collar for correction. She keep tapping the Dremel on purpose to try to get to vibrate to make sure the dog dont react .

In another vidoe dog scared of getting nails done and scared of the knee pad they use .To expose the dog they take the pad and wave it front of face itches from nose ,drop it in front of dog and than turn dremel on and turn all the way on and just let them feel vvibrate on them

Does this all sound ok ?