Reactive dog training is one of the most frustrating and rewarding types of training you can go through. Although you have regressions and obstacles to overcome you will feel amazing when you actually succeed. Let's get you started now! This episode is a masterclass in reactivity training. If you master these 3 secrets you will be able to transform your dog's life and make it easier for you wherever you go.  Free Gift!!! https://www.matadork9.com/resolvingbadhabits Get reactive training anywhere anytime with our Reactivity Online course - https://www.matadork9.com/reactivity 00:01:41:04 - 00:01:59:04Michael J. AccettaI'm talking about reactivity. The three main things you need to do in order to have a successful training plan when it comes to reactivity and kind of set you up for success. You can have a training plan in general and you could start doing stuff with your dog. But if you don't have a system, if you don't have an organized way to do it, then it's not going to work. 00:01:59:14 - 00:02:15:04Michael J. AccettaSo I want to talk about three main points here, and then I wanted to dove in a little bit more on some of those points. The first thing that I want to talk about is called threshold training. If you have a reactive dog if you have a dog that barks at people, they lunge at other dogs, they're dragging you down the street. 00:02:15:04 - 00:02:31:26Michael J. AccettaIf you have a dog like that, then you need to understand threshold training. Whatever you're doing with your dog, no matter regardless of what kind of training you're doing. There is a fine line between stressing them out and continuing the progress and pushing them to where they fail. You don't want your dog to fail. You want them to succeed. 00:02:32:10 - 00:02:51:05Michael J. AccettaSo we have to find that fine line. And there are three main ways that we can do this. We can control the threshold training. Number one is management. If you're going out with your dog, you need to manage their entire environment, their entire life, essentially, even if it's not reactive. If you're talking about something else, your dog's destroying the garbage. 00:02:52:01 - 00:03:11:24Michael J. AccettaYour dog is chewing up the couch, your dog's jumping up on people. You have to manage things. But when it comes to reactivity, you need to control the environment as best as you can. So that means having eagle eyes and looking out into the environment as far as you could possibly see and recognizing what might stimulate your dog and trigger them to become reactive. 00:03:12:13 - 00:03:30:15Michael J. AccettaOkay. Your dog is people-reactive. That might mean don't go into areas where there are a lot of people that's probably not the best place to go. Instead, go to a park where things are a little more relaxed, and a little calmer, and then you can reward your dog heavily there. Now, you cannot control everything so you also have to have a backup plan. 00:03:30:16 - 00:03:46:18Michael J. AccettaWhat happens when my dog loses their mind? Where could I go? Oftentimes I have my clients go to the park in their car and they can just jump right back into the car if something happens. Right. They stay right there. They don't go for a walk. They stay right near their car and they practice. And if they have to, they can jump back into the car. 00:03:47:09 - 00:04:09:18Michael J. AccettaBut your goal is to observe the area as best as you can and stop your dog from being put in to situations where they're going to have problems, where they're going to freak out, where they're not going to be able to think clearly or progress in training efficiently. Now, number two, I want to talk about different variables just because we're talking about sight when it comes to managing the environment, right? 00:04:09:19 - 00:04:30:05Michael J. AccettaYour dog sees another dog, they lose its mind. We also have to consider, smell and sound. So when you're trying to keep your dog bel