Mini German Shepherd abandoned at Home Depot -Watch when she’s told she’s a good girl for first time
Summary
TLDRIn this touching video transcript, the host shares an intimate moment with a fearful, stray German Shepherd found in a Home Depot parking lot. The dog, initially unresponsive to treats and affection, gradually warms up to the host's gentle and patient approach. The host emphasizes the importance of patience and understanding in helping such dogs come out of their shells, and the need for a supportive community to help them find loving homes. The video also highlights the power of positive reinforcement and the transformative impact of showing love to animals in need.
Takeaways
- 🌟 The speaker is providing comfort and companionship to a fearful dog in a shelter, aiming to reduce its stress and anxiety.
- 🎥 The dog's initial reluctance to engage is common for animals in fear states, and the speaker uses patience and treats to slowly build trust.
- 🐾 The speaker emphasizes the importance of avoiding direct eye contact to de-stress the situation and make the dog feel more comfortable.
- 📝 The dog's backstory is revealed through a shelter information sheet, indicating she was found as a stray and has been at the shelter for a week.
- 🚫 The speaker clarifies that the video is not a training video but a shared journey to show the impact of comfort and love on dogs.
- 🎁 The speaker receives mail from viewers, including art and toys for the dogs, showcasing the positive impact of the video content.
- 📦 The shelter appreciates the support but requests not to be overwhelmed with mail sent directly to their location.
- 🆕 The dog, initially without a name, is given the name 'Bobby' by the speaker and the dog seems to respond positively to it.
- 👋 The speaker encourages the viewer to share the dog's story to help find her a home, emphasizing that she will need patience and understanding.
- 🏡 The speaker explains that adopting a dog like Bobby will require time and space for the dog to develop curiosity and come out of its shell.
- 💌 The speaker expresses gratitude to the community for their support and involvement in helping dogs like Bobby find their forever homes.
Q & A
What is the main goal of the person in the transcript when interacting with the dog?
-The main goal is to provide comfort and reduce the dog's anxiety and stress, helping it to eventually accept affection and increase its chances of adoption.
Why does the person mention that their voice sounds like AI?
-They use a filter on their voice because the barking is so loud that it would be hard to hear the video without it.
What is the significance of the person avoiding eye contact with the dog?
-Avoiding eye contact is a method to de-stress the situation, as direct eye contact can be intimidating or threatening to a fearful dog.
How does the person try to connect with the dog initially?
-The person tries to connect by offering treats and sitting down to appear smaller and less threatening.
What is the dog's reaction to the treats?
-Initially, the dog shows no interest in the treats due to its fear state, but later it starts to show some interest and takes a treat.
What is the dog's background according to the information provided in the transcript?
-The dog is around 3 years old, found as a stray in a Home Depot parking lot, and has been at the shelter for about a week.
How does the person react to the dog's progress?
-The person is very encouraging and positive, praising the dog for even small signs of progress, such as taking a treat or showing interest.
What is the 'Pac-Man' method mentioned by the person?
-The 'Pac-Man' method is a technique where the person places a row of treats and tries to entice the dog to move forward by progressively getting closer to the dog.
What is the importance of naming the dog, Bobby, in the process?
-Naming the dog helps to create a personal connection and gives the dog a sense of identity, which can be a crucial step in its recovery and adoption process.
How does the person plan to help the dog, Bobby, in the future?
-The person plans to continue providing comfort and patience, allowing Bobby to develop curiosity and come out of her shell at her own pace, and will advocate for her adoption through the community.
What is the role of the audience and community in helping dogs like Bobby?
-The audience and community play a crucial role in sharing the dog's story, being its voice, and helping it find a suitable home through adoption.
Outlines
🤗 Welcoming a New Friend
The paragraph introduces the scenario where the speaker is comforting a fearful dog in a new environment. The speaker explains the importance of patience and understanding when dealing with scared animals, emphasizing that this is not a training video but a journey to show how comfort and love can positively impact a dog's well-being. The speaker also mentions the use of a filter to mute the barking sounds to make the video more enjoyable for the viewers.
🐾 Building Trust with Treats
In this paragraph, the speaker describes attempts to build trust with the dog using treats. Despite the dog's initial reluctance due to fear, the speaker patiently tries different methods, such as placing treats closer and using the 'Pac-Man method' to encourage the dog to move forward. The speaker also shares the dog's lack of interest in the treats, which is a sign of her fear state, but notes the first small success when the dog takes a treat, symbolizing progress in their interaction.
🌟 A Name for Bobby
The speaker discusses the process of finding a name for the dog, who was initially nameless. After considering a connection to Home Depot, where the dog was found, the speaker decides on the name 'Bobby.' The paragraph highlights the significance of naming and positive affirmations in building a bond with the dog. The speaker uses the name to reassure and comfort Bobby, reinforcing the idea that she is a 'good girl' and deserving of love.
💌 Mail Time with Bobby
This paragraph features a segment where the speaker opens mail from viewers while interacting with Bobby. The speaker reads out letters and shares stories of how the videos have positively impacted the viewers' lives, including a touching story of how the techniques learned from the videos helped a viewer assist a lost child. The speaker expresses gratitude for the support and engagement of the community, emphasizing the collective effort to help dogs like Bobby.
🤗 Comfort and Adoption
The speaker discusses the importance of providing a safe and patient environment for Bobby to come out of her shell. The speaker explains that adopting a dog like Bobby requires understanding and time, as she may need weeks or months to adjust and become comfortable with her new surroundings. The speaker calls for the community's help in sharing Bobby's story to increase her chances of finding a loving home, highlighting the unique bond that can be formed by rescuing a dog in need.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Comfort
💡Fear State
💡Eye Contact
💡Adoption
💡Positive Affirmations
💡Pac-Man Method
💡Shelter
💡Treats
💡Name
💡Mail Time
Highlights
The speaker reassures a fearful dog, emphasizing a non-threatening presence and a calm environment.
The speaker discusses the importance of avoiding direct eye contact to reduce stress for the dog.
A method for working with dogs is shared, which involves using treats to establish trust.
The speaker reflects on the impact of a dog's fear and how it can prevent them from taking treats.
The use of a filter on the speaker's voice is explained to accommodate the loud barking environment.
The speaker's approach to building trust with the dog is detailed, including sitting down and making themselves small.
The speaker's realization that the dog may not have ever been shown love or received a toy is discussed.
The speaker introduces a new name, 'Bobby', for the dog and explains the thought process behind it.
The speaker emphasizes the need for patience and understanding when adopting a dog with a history like Bobby's.
The positive impact of the speaker's methods is highlighted by a story of a child being safely returned home.
The speaker shares fan mail and art, showing the broader community impact of their videos.
The speaker's commitment to helping dogs find homes and the importance of community support is stressed.
The speaker's method of slowly moving the dog, Bobby, out of her corner to encourage comfort and trust is described.
The speaker's observation that Bobby is shedding badly and the symbolic meaning of dog hair on clothing is shared.
The speaker's pride in Bobby's progress and the importance of recognizing small steps of trust is highlighted.
The speaker calls for community help to share Bobby's story and find her a home, emphasizing her need for a patient adopter.
The speaker's final words of encouragement to Bobby, reinforcing the positive changes observed in her behavior.
Transcripts
hi can I come in your
space hi I'm just going to hang out with
you here for a minute is that okay no
pressure I know this can be a scary
place especially if you don't know
what's going on and you don't know why
you're
here but I'm going to spend a little
time with you okay we're going to we're
going to work through this we're going
to figure this out together I think
she's looking at me isn't she no I think
she's trying to not look she's
hiding it's really loud in here
sometimes people say oh why does your
voice sound like
AI I'm not AI but I put a filter on it
because the Barking is so loud it would
be hard to even hear the video if we
just played the AUD like listen to
here's just some
audio see all that barking you
definitely couldn't watch my videos with
your
dog so I mute it so that you can hear it
but just know that unfortunately I can't
mute it for
her you know there are a lot of methods
in working with dogs and this is
definitely not a training video this is
a a journey that I share to just show
some of these dogs and how a little
Comfort can go a long way a little love
can make a lasting impact and that's
what we're trying to do here and the
thing I've noticed over time is avoiding
eye contact and not giving them eye
contact really goes a long way it just
de-stresses the
situation one of the first things I try
is a treat now when a dog's in this fear
State it's typically unlikely that
they'll take a treat but if they do that
is my first step in to allowing them to
accept some of my love not a tree taker
okay all right I'm going to go ahead and
sit down I want to get small as I can
with her I think it's a her you got a
pink collar on she going to go real slow
keep looking
away I've noticed that the more dramatic
I can make the Look
Away the less stress so that yeah so the
dog clearly sees my head and my eyes
just not focused on them they are not
the focus of this
interaction use this my phone as kind of
a rearview mirror to see her well she's
cute she definitely kind of a one of the
smaller German Shepherds that I've seen
I glanced at our info sheet and I said
it I think it said like between 35 and
75 lbs which is kind of a broad
range I think she's 35 lbs for sure I
mean that delicious treat is right there
and she has zero interest in it honestly
I I don't know if we'll be able to have
any impact on her and and a lot of dogs
surprise me but she is she is so I mean
not shut down but so dis interested in
receiving any sort of Love remember
there are no goals when I sit with a dog
but if we can get her to accept some
affection it will only increase her
chances of getting adopted and just
her reduce her anxiety and her stress
which would be so helpful but I think if
anything it's just going to take time
I'm going to find out her story here in
a minute Alexis can you look up her
story and tell me here in just a little
bit yeah of course Alexis is going to
look in the shelter system she's got her
computer with us and she's just sitting
right out there and uh she's going to be
able to look into the system and see if
there are any notes and we'll get we'll
get some more info on her but I mean
look she has not moved from that look
away position I'm going to try another
treat that I'm going to put it closer to
her the reason I don't go in and and
take that treat and give it to her again
closer is because what I don't want to
do as small as it may seem is take
something away like I want to add things
so I'm going to give her another treat
closer and see if that does
anything she did I am going to bump it
for closer oh oh I should Oh wrong move
I just even said I going to do that and
then I did it I'm going try this
again dogs are so much like people is
wild right like sometimes sometimes the
fear that we have inside of us is so big
that we can't even take a step forward
albeit so small like that treat is an
inch away from her snout and she is too
scared to reach forward to take that
treat but we're going to help we're
going to work on that and guess what I
know I said I didn't know if we could do
anything now that we have some treat
movement we're oh we can we can show
this girl some love we we can make an
impact here I'm going to try the the I
call it the Pac-Man
method
very scientific here you know it's kind
of like when Pac-Man Chumps all the
treats forward so I kind of put a row of
treats and then will she packman in
forward let's
see come on come on thinking
about no okay I'm going to try again I'm
going to go backwards on the Pac-Man
method oh maybe not oh so
close I'm going to make the crumbs even
crummier
can you guys see that I went from like
big to small come on so close she got it
she got it yeah player being cool being
cool Rocky be cool that's that's like my
life motto be reminding myself to be
cool cool be cool bro I I think it's
great because it's like when you see a
dog like this in this state it's so hard
and it's so painful and it just hurts
your heart but it's like if you you
think forward from this moment with that
little progress right there like you can
just fast forward to seeing her on the
couch cuddling with a family being loved
being supported like someone giving her
the same loyalty that she gives them in
the first place and like that and that
makes me really happy and that's what I
try to look at cuz when I sit here it's
really easy to get angry and frustrated
especially if I find out her story and
it's a bad one so I just always try to
look forward and see the dog that I know
she will be
I'm going to try
something I'm going try an open hand
now see an open hand is a much bigger
Step A lot of times trainers will advise
you to go with an open hand with a treat
versus handing it where your fingers can
be little Vienna sausages and they'll
take them off
but this is a much
Bolder statement with a dog who is shut
down and terrified and so this just
makes a little easier because every
centimeter makes a difference when
you're dealing with a shut down
dog it's just less in your face but
that's really good we have some progress
I think we find out a little bit more
about her story to see if we can get a
little information oh okay Alexis what
uh tell me more about her how old old is
she so uh they're saying she's around 3
years old okay so she's pretty young do
we have a name she has no
name uh and she is available she was
found as a stray by a Good Samaritan
when did she come in she came in about a
week ago now so she's been here for
seven days so so here's how it works at
this shelter and it's different Shelter
by shelter the the shelter in your town
is is likely different but they're
they're all very similar it's a 5-day
hold if the owner is unknown to give a
family time to come in and find their
dog if she's not microchip there she not
microchipped right no she's not
microchipped so no no
collar no collar no leash uh found stray
she was found in a Home Depot parking
lot a lot of times when dogs are found
in those situations in my opinion
they're they're trying to get help now
they may not go they may not be seeking
help but they're looking for food or
something because they're really
struggling water you know they don't
know how to survive on the street
because if it's a street dog they'll
typically stay away from busy places hi
are you looking for another treat let's
try an open hand you want a
treat oh that was good that was really
good some good things happened right
there so she put her pause forward very
small movement I'll replay it very small
movement but a really big movement in
her world and then she inspected me
before she took the treat so she sniffed
me out so that's that's really good is
she looking at me right now she is right
no still no I feel it's funny cuz I mean
maybe she's looking at your butt I get
to a
lot I don't I I don't think I've ever
been able to say
that
dog maybe let's keep this yeah from dogs
yes all right let's keep this family
friendly Killy looking at you okay yeah
cuz my wife's making inappropriate
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comments I guess I made inappropriate
com oh yeah we're making progress that's
good that's really good right there
she's actually in a really bad spot and
I'll tell you why she''s been here for 7
days and she's still acting this way and
that's a problem because as people walk
by the kennel when she's scared and
she's shut down people don't see her and
I know you're watching this video and
you might see that is the dog that I
would be attracted to that might be
because you're a dog person or you're
experienced or you're seeing this video
and you're seeing her story but I'm
statistically dogs that are at the back
of the kennel that are shut down are
less likely to get adopted and they
don't make it out of shelters and so you
know she's available now for adoption
and it's one of the reasons we do this
and one of the reasons I appreciate you
all so much just being involved and
engaged in sharing this and becoming a
member by the way would love to have you
as a member and be a part of this
community but we get to tell her story
right we get to be the voice for the
voiceless and even bigger than that is
we get to show her some love and comfort
and I've seen a drastic turnaround from
just a small amount of comfort where you
come in the next day or the next hour
and they're at the front of the kennel
or they're approaching humans because
they see humans now as a good thing
maybe a treat dispenser and that's okay
too I'm okay with that I'm okay seeing
being seen as a giant Pez treat
dispenser so now we know our story which
doesn't tell us much she was brave
enough to probably look for help that
was probably a big step and so I'm going
to tell her how proud I am of her for
that we're going to move into some
positive affirmations and I'm going to
try to move back a little
bit just to get a little more on her
level and in her eyesight
hi uh oh we don't have a name right no
name yeah
let's think about something that has to
do with Home Depot Home Depot what could
what could have to do with Home Depot I
mean I don't want to name her
Depot but something let's try this
you're a good girl you're a good girl hi
you're a good girl hi do you want a
treat do you want a treat do you want a
treat good girl you're a good girl you
want to treat do you want to treat good
girl you're a good girl I would I would
absolutely say she's never heard that
before treat or good girl I mean there's
zero reaction so uh that's okay it'll be
the first time she's ever been told
she's a good girl and I'm okay with
being the first person to ever tell you
that because you are a good girl you
know that you are deserving of love and
you are a good girl and I am so proud of
you for being brave enough to ask for
help that could not have been easy and
now you're safe and you are probably the
littlest German Shepherd I've ever seen
which makes you so unique and special
and I know right now it's hard to look
at at me and make eye contact but just
know that I love you and you are worse
more than you know we got a little eye
movement there she felt it you're a good
girl you're loyal and you're kind and
you're loving and you're deserving and
one day you're going to have a family
who loves you and you're going to be
able to give your love and loyalty in
return good girl
here you go we're going to try just a
little touch huh hey good girl he a good
girl
yeah good
girl yeah it's just good girl does that
feel good huh you feel good yeah you
want a
treat huh you want a treat yeah okay we
take a little break she's processing a
lot of information right there and you
can see like there's no not an ounce of
of any fear turning into any reaction
like no teeth snarling or growling or
anything like that she just doesn't know
what to do right she just hasn't
probably ever been shown love before and
she might have been on the streets long
enough to be feral not fully feral but
you know to start to regress to that
over that
evens okay that feels good though
doesn't it does that feel good a little
bit she's leaning into that a little bit
that's good that's a good girl
you're a good girl thank you thank you
for giving me a little trust here yeah
does that feel good yeah good
girl yeah does that feel
good okay can we get in there a little
bit there we go oh yeah okay good girl
take a little break little breather what
do we come with a name yet we got to
work on a name or what about what's Home
Depot's color orange hope does a lot of
donations to animal shelters like for
helping them build stuff so that's good
this is not a sponsored Home Depot post
they have like a slogan or a saying you
guys wouldn't know you're not my Home
Depot audience um
yeah get it done that's the that's not
their slogan get it
done maybe that should be though um how
doers get more
done well that was pretty close I mean
get it done outd doers give sure it's
funny it is funny I know it doesn't seem
funny right now but that was funny um
she did not lie for your joke we don't
have to do home deep we don't have to
name her after something home I feel
like we're trying to force it I'm like
you know thinking about like a cedar or
pine or
Oak hammer
wrench how about Bobby has nothing to do
with Home Depot and I think that's
probably a good thing well Bob the
Builder Bob the Builder Bobby the
Builder Bobby the Builder okay I like
has nothing to do with Home Depot I
think is she getting tired you know a
lot of dogs in this state that their
fear is just so exhausting that when
they do get into a comfortable State
they fall asleep which is understandable
and so that that's a good that's
actually a good sign right there she
won't put her head down it' be really
nice if she' put her head down and relax
a little bit but oh okay so Bobby Let's
try her a new name even though she's
falling asleep Bobby Bobby do you like
that name
is Bobby a good name hi Bobby Bobby
you're a good girl look at that she's
looking up Bobby you're a good girl good
girl Bobby sorry did I move too fast
Bobby I'm sorry I'll take it slow you
want to check me out I'll give you a
little head rub again you seem to like
those Bobby you're a good girl yes just
a good girl yeah Bobby you're a good
girl okay good Bobby yeah what okay a
good girl I think she likes her name
okay so now we're going to do a fun
segment cuz I want to spend a little
more time with her cuz sometimes it just
takes time you know you all have been
sending mail sneaky sneaky you looked up
the address of the shelter and you sent
mail now don't everyone go and send a
bunch of mail cuz the shelter only has
so much they're not a post office box
right but I did get some mail and uh I
thought it'd be fun to open it and Bobby
and I could read it to you guys you okay