WEBVTT 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:36.240 Welcome to Pawprint Academy, your blueprint to 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:39.140 raising better dogs. My name is Ryan, and I'll 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:42.020 be your host for this journey. I've got my trusty 00:00:42.020 --> 00:00:44.659 co -host here, Brianna. Hello. And together, 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:46.520 we're bringing you real -world training insights 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:49.280 built on leadership, structure, and proven methods. 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:52.539 We record this podcast with live clients on the 00:00:52.539 --> 00:00:55.799 line in one take with live, unscripted questions 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:58.579 and answers. At the end of the day, this podcast 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:00.619 is a lot more than just teaching your dog to 00:01:00.619 --> 00:01:04.969 sit or stay. creating calmness, and becoming 00:01:04.969 --> 00:01:07.930 the kind of leader your dog truly needs. We do 00:01:07.930 --> 00:01:10.370 that with our three pillar method of trust, obey, 00:01:10.590 --> 00:01:13.829 and perform. Together, we'll show you how these 00:01:13.829 --> 00:01:17.349 three pillars shape every step of training. Thanks 00:01:17.349 --> 00:01:38.099 for being here. Let's get started. Good evening. 00:01:38.180 --> 00:01:42.060 Episode 12. The first commands every puppy should 00:01:42.060 --> 00:01:46.140 learn. Building foundation. We're going to get 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:48.900 right to it at the beginning here. We're going 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:53.000 to say that puppies for this episode are going 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.739 to be the first two years. And I know that that's 00:01:55.739 --> 00:01:58.739 not a puppy by the time they're two years old. 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:03.519 But the goal, so this is the last. puppy specific 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:07.480 episode um the last i think the last two episodes 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.259 we kind of said that this doesn't just go for 00:02:11.259 --> 00:02:14.180 puppies it also goes for you know no matter what 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:17.960 their age is but this is let's just talk at the 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:20.800 beginning of training it is puppy centric because 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.960 it's the last episode of our like puppy series 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:29.599 but um i would say that everything that we talk 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:35.280 about today should 100 % be like pushed for those 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.960 first two years of a dog's life. Right. And even 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:41.599 if your dog has training, these are the basics 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:45.439 that you can always practice. Yep. So good evening, 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:50.659 everybody. And we are coming to you kind of recorded 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:55.460 live from a huge mess in here. We have a new 00:02:55.460 --> 00:02:59.460 podcast room slash studio that is under construction. 00:03:01.870 --> 00:03:05.590 A work in progress is a loose term for this right 00:03:05.590 --> 00:03:11.310 now. We're like sitting on top of stuff. So I 00:03:11.310 --> 00:03:14.110 don't know that we could cram any more into this 00:03:14.110 --> 00:03:17.569 room right now. All right. So the first first 00:03:17.569 --> 00:03:21.250 commands that we'll say every dog should know 00:03:21.250 --> 00:03:27.750 in the first two years. Core idea. As we jump 00:03:27.750 --> 00:03:32.110 into it tonight is the early commands. Give puppies 00:03:32.110 --> 00:03:35.389 structure, focus, and a shared language with 00:03:35.389 --> 00:03:39.129 the owners. Because obviously puppies and dogs 00:03:39.129 --> 00:03:44.069 don't speak English. So right when I say that, 00:03:44.150 --> 00:03:47.830 I realize that we now have a bunch of listeners 00:03:47.830 --> 00:03:52.990 across the pond in the UK. And Lord only knows 00:03:52.990 --> 00:03:55.650 what language you speak right now. I'm just kidding. 00:03:55.990 --> 00:04:00.550 I have a lot of friends. I just realized that 00:04:00.550 --> 00:04:02.270 that joke isn't going to land very well because 00:04:02.270 --> 00:04:05.129 it's not to the people that I would be normally 00:04:05.129 --> 00:04:08.870 saying to. All right, just ignore it. We'll backtrack. 00:04:08.949 --> 00:04:14.229 We'll backtrack. The joke is that the Brits, 00:04:14.229 --> 00:04:17.149 they speak English. Right. But you could only 00:04:17.149 --> 00:04:21.439 understand. Yeah. Selective parts of it. Right. 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:24.399 It's still English, but it's not American. Right. 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:27.139 We speak American. Yeah, it's the accent. Sorry, 00:04:27.220 --> 00:04:30.399 I had to explain it. It's not just the accent, 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.360 though. The words are different. I gotcha. All 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:35.699 right. So early commands. I'm going to start 00:04:35.699 --> 00:04:38.160 over. Early commands give puppies structure, 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:40.339 focus, and a shared language with their owners. 00:04:40.459 --> 00:04:43.779 Start simple, keep it consistent, and build from 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:46.680 success. So that's our core idea that we're laying 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:52.959 out tonight. When we talk about early dog life 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:59.519 structure, we talk a lot about focus and engagement, 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:03.379 this big buzzword called engagement. But without 00:05:03.379 --> 00:05:06.300 engagement, you don't have a dog that's trained. 00:05:06.379 --> 00:05:08.480 You don't have anything because if a dog's not 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:10.519 engaged to you, they're engaged to something 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:13.379 else because the dog's always looking for something. 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:16.459 They're never just like sitting down and just 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:23.860 like. I was going to say a different analogy, 00:05:24.060 --> 00:05:25.800 but then I'll have to explain that one. I'm really 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:31.579 trying to dial this in. Dogs are always looking 00:05:31.579 --> 00:05:35.699 for things to do. They're always looking for 00:05:35.699 --> 00:05:38.779 something. They're always watching your expressions 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:41.860 and your body language and trying to figure out 00:05:41.860 --> 00:05:47.680 how to work. how to live in the situation that's 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:51.779 going on around them. So with that in mind, if 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:55.319 you aren't engaging your dog and then you're 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:58.160 giving them a command, it's highly unlikely they're 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.220 not going to listen. Right. Because they're like, 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.939 wait, what? What you were talking? What's up? 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:04.920 Yeah. They're not going to be just listening 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.379 to you every second. Yeah. Without you. Right. 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:08.959 Because it's not a language that they can even 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:15.139 communicate with. Right. All right. So. The first 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:19.259 one that we recommend, and the first thing that 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:22.839 we recommend, we're going to talk, I'm going 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:27.019 to talk about two things. Cues, language, drills 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:30.660 are separate. Those things. They're separate 00:06:30.660 --> 00:06:35.639 from what I've kind of outlined here. The three 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:41.379 basic commands that I think that every dog should 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:44.170 know in the first two years. Starts with sit. 00:06:45.009 --> 00:06:48.750 And sit, the reason I chose sit, because I went 00:06:48.750 --> 00:06:50.110 back and forth with this because there's like, 00:06:50.310 --> 00:06:52.470 okay, as a dog trainer, really, are you going 00:06:52.470 --> 00:06:55.290 with sit? Right. But I really think that sit 00:06:55.290 --> 00:06:57.589 is very valuable. And I think it's very valuable 00:06:57.589 --> 00:07:03.730 because one, across every dog that I, and not 00:07:03.730 --> 00:07:06.910 every dog, but every dog owner that I've ever 00:07:06.910 --> 00:07:11.930 talked to, prides themselves. On the fact that 00:07:11.930 --> 00:07:16.250 their dog can sit. Right. And it gets mentioned 00:07:16.250 --> 00:07:19.910 immediately as soon as we start to do like an 00:07:19.910 --> 00:07:22.850 evaluation. Oh, they can sit. Right. Watch. Watch 00:07:22.850 --> 00:07:27.029 this. Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit. Can you sit? 00:07:27.110 --> 00:07:33.110 Good. Oh, good job. Sit. And this repeats itself. 00:07:33.389 --> 00:07:36.769 Yeah. Right. But I love it. And it's OK because. 00:07:37.610 --> 00:07:39.829 because it's that excitement right you taught 00:07:39.829 --> 00:07:41.430 your dog to do something and they're listening 00:07:41.430 --> 00:07:44.949 to you that's an incredibly exciting task and 00:07:44.949 --> 00:07:50.629 it's an and an exciting event so there's nothing 00:07:50.629 --> 00:07:52.430 wrong with that i don't want to discourage that 00:07:52.430 --> 00:07:55.610 i think and that's why it ranks as my number 00:07:55.610 --> 00:07:59.329 one thing that we can teach our dogs yeah because 00:07:59.329 --> 00:08:04.930 it also is incredibly valuable invaluable in 00:08:04.930 --> 00:08:09.939 the terms that It gives the dog a job that immediately 00:08:09.939 --> 00:08:13.839 defines. It's relatively easy to teach. It's 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:18.319 easy to lure the dog into. And once the dog figures 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:23.620 it out, now the dog has a job. Yeah. You want 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:26.920 to talk about what you can do with a job? Yeah, 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:29.899 you can use it to build impulse control in puppies. 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.080 Right. Most importantly. And that, exactly. And 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:36.279 that shapes. The entire experience that you might 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:39.379 have with your puppy or your dog in those first 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:41.919 couple of years. By giving the dog a job, we 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:47.539 give the dog something to do rather than just 00:08:47.539 --> 00:08:51.039 don't do this, don't do that, don't do this. 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:54.740 We've got to give the dog something to do. So 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:59.820 when they're doing something we don't want, even 00:08:59.820 --> 00:09:03.470 something as simple as sit. is a job that we 00:09:03.470 --> 00:09:06.830 can do, enforce, and hold the dog accountable 00:09:06.830 --> 00:09:10.649 to do once they understand it and exhibit their 00:09:10.649 --> 00:09:13.450 understanding. Right, and I think the thing that 00:09:13.450 --> 00:09:17.110 people miss with puppies is putting them on a 00:09:17.110 --> 00:09:18.769 leash. They're like, well, how do I make them 00:09:18.769 --> 00:09:22.269 sit? Well, you put them on a leash. Right, right, 00:09:22.350 --> 00:09:25.269 yeah, because the leash skills are so important, 00:09:25.350 --> 00:09:27.610 and so we teach all of our initial obedience 00:09:27.610 --> 00:09:32.039 skills on a leash. A lot of people are just averse 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:33.379 to that because they're like, no, I only use 00:09:33.379 --> 00:09:36.179 leash when I go out to walk. Right. But but it's 00:09:36.179 --> 00:09:38.340 like, hold on. But you want your dog to listen 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:40.740 when you're out on a walk. You should pattern 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:44.679 the same environment in wherever you want the 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:48.000 dog to listen. So if you want the dog to listen 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.259 on a leash on a walk, you need to teach the dog 00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:54.360 to listen on a leash without those same distractions. 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.940 Right. And also when you're first starting out, 00:09:57.019 --> 00:09:59.750 you could just walk inside. Right. Yeah, the 00:09:59.750 --> 00:10:03.490 dog doesn't. Really, honestly, the dog does not. 00:10:03.710 --> 00:10:07.429 And as a puppy, the dog does not need as much 00:10:07.429 --> 00:10:10.470 physical exercise as they need mental exercise. 00:10:12.049 --> 00:10:15.629 So a puppy is growing. They're not going to get 00:10:15.629 --> 00:10:18.570 overweight. I mean, they can. I've seen it. But 00:10:18.570 --> 00:10:21.610 they're usually not going to end up overweight 00:10:21.610 --> 00:10:24.850 as a brand new puppy. They're just growing and 00:10:24.850 --> 00:10:26.409 growing and growing. And everything that goes 00:10:26.409 --> 00:10:31.539 in just turns into energy. and muscle yeah so 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:34.899 where we're going with that is they they don't 00:10:34.899 --> 00:10:39.580 exercise is important yes but not at the expense 00:10:39.580 --> 00:10:44.740 of the mental stimulation mental stimulation 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:49.940 ranks high and above physical exercise when you're 00:10:49.940 --> 00:10:52.080 trying to teach your puppy to like listen to 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:56.679 you and calm down yep yeah um Because, yeah, 00:10:56.700 --> 00:10:59.279 you can just run your puppy. Run and run and 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.039 run and run until they're so tired they can't 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:03.000 move. And then they're just going to sleep. They're 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:05.519 not going to calm down. They're just going to 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:11.840 zonk out. Instead, we can teach them to calm 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:17.200 down by repetition and patterning. And that's 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.659 what we're going to talk about. All right. So 00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:21.799 sit teaches puppies patience and also focus. 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:25.899 Because, hey, I told you to sit. That is a specific 00:11:25.899 --> 00:11:30.039 task with specific points of performance. You 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:31.860 teach them how to do it. You pattern it. You 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:33.639 hold them accountable. And then they perform 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:39.279 it. That is the building blocks of this obedience 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.740 concept. And the obedience concept is what builds 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:48.179 so much engagement and fun and trust and relationship 00:11:48.179 --> 00:11:54.009 in this dog -human relationship. So the other 00:11:54.009 --> 00:11:55.570 things that it's going to do is it's going to, 00:11:55.570 --> 00:11:58.850 it's going to make greetings a lot calmer because 00:11:58.850 --> 00:12:02.669 a dog who's on all four paws is a spring waiting 00:12:02.669 --> 00:12:09.330 to go off. They feel significantly more comfortable 00:12:09.330 --> 00:12:14.970 jumping and, you know, and you know, moving quickly 00:12:14.970 --> 00:12:20.009 because they are in a much higher state of arousal 00:12:20.009 --> 00:12:22.990 or alertness. When they're on all four paws and 00:12:22.990 --> 00:12:28.970 they're like standing. So teaching a dog to sit 00:12:28.970 --> 00:12:32.429 or hold a position helps to increase that calm 00:12:32.429 --> 00:12:36.710 and respectful greeting environment that we want 00:12:36.710 --> 00:12:40.809 to see when we bring guests over, which is incredibly 00:12:40.809 --> 00:12:45.490 important. in the thanksgiving and christmas 00:12:45.490 --> 00:12:48.629 holidays right and in order for your dog to do 00:12:48.629 --> 00:12:50.830 that you're gonna have to rep it out beforehand 00:12:50.830 --> 00:12:53.029 your dog's not gonna just do it successfully 00:12:53.029 --> 00:12:56.529 on thanksgiving day when you have 27 guests over 00:12:56.529 --> 00:13:00.389 you cannot just teach your dog to sit 20 000 00:13:00.389 --> 00:13:04.870 times and then when guests come over you tell 00:13:04.870 --> 00:13:08.549 them to sit and then they're like um i'm sorry 00:13:08.549 --> 00:13:12.049 hold on there's guests over here they're Because 00:13:12.049 --> 00:13:15.590 this is a concept called generalization. And 00:13:15.590 --> 00:13:22.070 when you change specific variables to the dog 00:13:22.070 --> 00:13:27.970 or in front of the dog, the picture looks different 00:13:27.970 --> 00:13:31.029 to the dog. It's like a puzzle. If you take a 00:13:31.029 --> 00:13:34.070 puzzle with a puzzle picture on it, but you just 00:13:34.070 --> 00:13:36.850 change it, all the puzzle pieces are exactly 00:13:36.850 --> 00:13:40.269 the same. But if you put a different picture, 00:13:40.730 --> 00:13:45.590 on there how much more difficult is it going 00:13:45.590 --> 00:13:48.830 to be for you to to put that puzzle together 00:13:48.830 --> 00:13:51.789 if let's say that you put this puzzle together 00:13:51.789 --> 00:13:54.809 a hundred times you know where all the pieces 00:13:54.809 --> 00:13:58.690 go but all the puzzle pieces remain the same 00:13:58.690 --> 00:14:03.330 you just change the picture and now you spin 00:14:03.330 --> 00:14:06.970 around three times and go now you're looking 00:14:06.970 --> 00:14:09.779 down at it And this puzzle that you put together 00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:14.139 a thousand times looks completely different. 00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:18.799 That's how a dog feels when you just change a 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.559 couple of variables. It's a totally different 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:25.340 picture to them, which is why when we take a 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:30.620 dog in, we do so many, we do a hundred different 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:33.279 pictures. Right? It's like, cool, I want you 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:35.559 to sit here. I want you to sit outside. I want 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:36.940 you to sit on the sidewalk. I want you to sit 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:38.379 on the porch. I want you to sit on the grass. 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:40.399 I want you to sit on the gravel. I want you to 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:42.840 sit on, like, I want you to sit in the coffee 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:45.840 shop, in the brewery, in the mall, in the, I 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:49.620 don't know, whatever. Whatever it is, we have 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:52.980 to get them experience to all these different 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:56.500 things so that they're like, oh, sit just means 00:14:56.500 --> 00:15:01.440 to sit no matter where I am. At that point, That's 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:05.059 where obedience starts to make a human proud 00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:08.179 because they're like, oh yeah, my dog understands. 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:12.960 But generalization is much easier for humans 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:16.220 than it is for dogs. And so we can be like, cool, 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:21.100 sit is specific to the performance of this task 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:24.720 regardless, and the positioning, regardless of 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.620 the environment. But dogs don't think that way. 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:31.879 They don't get it. So, We've got to show them. 00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:36.179 So that's why Brianna's saying you've got to 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:38.120 rep those things out. You have to practice those 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.940 things. You've got to practice people coming 00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:41.759 over. You've got to practice doorbells going 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:43.679 off. You've got to practice doors opening and 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:46.259 closing and slamming and shutting and creaking 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:49.500 and everything. That's how dog training goes. 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:55.220 All right. Next thing that it does, creates a 00:15:55.220 --> 00:16:00.120 default behavior rather than jumping, right? 00:16:00.590 --> 00:16:04.549 And so usually another reason why sit is like 00:16:04.549 --> 00:16:07.990 this primary thing that we want because a dog 00:16:07.990 --> 00:16:12.029 or a puppy jumps up on you in order to get close 00:16:12.029 --> 00:16:15.470 to you. And when they come down, they almost 00:16:15.470 --> 00:16:21.009 always land in a sit. If a dog jumps up on you 00:16:21.009 --> 00:16:23.870 and you step into them, you kind of push them 00:16:23.870 --> 00:16:29.090 back. A lot of times they kind of fold down. 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:34.179 into a sit and at that moment you can read you 00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:38.019 can name that command and then reward for it 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:45.659 yeah so it is a great default behavior right 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:48.240 or replacement or replacement behavior right 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.620 give your dog a job that you want them to do 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:53.120 rather than what you don't want them to do no 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:57.600 don't jump sit oh good sit that's so good Right. 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.320 Because if you tell a puppy to not jump, they're 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:01.080 not going to know what to do instead unless you 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:04.500 tell them. Yeah. Yeah. We got a reward for what 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:09.279 we want. Yep. All right. And the final point, 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:13.140 it's super easy to teach and it's easy to reinforce. 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:15.880 All right. So let's talk through it. So when 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:19.740 I first teach a puppy to sit, I'm going to use, 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.720 we've talked about this a couple of times, how 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:28.210 it is. All right. Sorry about that. We had a 00:17:28.210 --> 00:17:32.049 little internet outage, and so we just had to 00:17:32.049 --> 00:17:36.910 reconnect. We are back up and running. So we 00:17:36.910 --> 00:17:41.710 were talking about how SIT was easy to teach 00:17:41.710 --> 00:17:48.109 and easy to reinforce. Yep. So when we talk about... 00:17:48.109 --> 00:17:51.230 Sorry, I'm trying to get back on track here. 00:17:51.430 --> 00:17:54.240 When we talk about SIT... We've got the three 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:57.279 languages that we teach and that we can teach 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:01.400 a dog. The most basic language is food luring. 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:04.200 Then we got leash pressure. Then we have verbal 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:09.799 language. And with puppies, we use food luring. 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:15.019 And so luring that dog with food and we lure 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:19.420 the dog forward and then up. and their head kind 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:22.019 of comes up towards the food and their butt just 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:25.380 kind of naturally sinks down. And that's how 00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:28.559 we can start to shape the sit. You have more 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:31.339 to add on that one? No, I was going to jump right 00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:33.519 into the question because we had already addressed 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.279 the first question of why it's the best command 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:39.440 to start with. So how do you avoid food luring 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:44.059 forever? So we start patterning and we move to 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:46.819 our second language. Um, I would say we just, 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:51.079 we layer in the, um, the leash pressure because 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:54.059 I think that leash pressure is one of those languages 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:57.119 that we don't ever really want to fade out. Nope. 00:18:57.220 --> 00:19:00.160 Even for a dog that you want to go or the, you 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.039 want a dog to be off leash capable and you want 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:05.759 them to run around a park or run around your 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:09.240 yard or your property or whatever. We still want 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:13.279 to always continue to bolster their understanding 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:17.119 of leash pressure. Because at some point I want 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:20.220 to take my dog out in public and I can't walk 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:22.660 through a dog friendly store like Lowe's, Home 00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:27.980 Depot, Academy, Michaels, HomeGoods, anything. 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:33.059 I can't walk through those. Right. Not on a leash. 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.539 Yep. For sure. Even the stores that are like, 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:39.759 yeah, we're dog friendly as long as they're well 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:41.599 behaved. Yeah. They're not going to put up with 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:45.920 you having your dog off of a leash. Nope. The 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:48.319 leash is here to stay. Yeah. You might as well 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:54.859 work with it. Right. When we do that, like that's 00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:59.380 when and as we integrate that dog with more leash 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:02.460 pressure and more leash skills, we can fade out 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:05.680 the luring with the food because they understand 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:08.720 the next language. Right. And we also use the 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:12.319 alternate marker words for treatable and non 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.490 -treatable. which means that you don't really 00:20:14.490 --> 00:20:19.230 have to avoid food luring or treating necessarily, 00:20:19.450 --> 00:20:22.430 not really luring, but treating. You don't have 00:20:22.430 --> 00:20:24.789 to avoid treating. You just change your marker 00:20:24.789 --> 00:20:27.730 words up. And then as far as building reliability, 00:20:28.069 --> 00:20:31.069 I'd say like corrections, right? And nobody wants 00:20:31.069 --> 00:20:32.589 to hear that you have to correct your dog, but 00:20:32.589 --> 00:20:35.950 you have to teach your dog what no means, just 00:20:35.950 --> 00:20:37.950 like you have to teach your dog what yes means. 00:20:39.150 --> 00:20:41.490 Because if your dog doesn't know what no means 00:20:41.490 --> 00:20:45.190 and there's no consequence for no, that no doesn't 00:20:45.190 --> 00:20:47.869 matter. And when your dog does something wrong 00:20:47.869 --> 00:20:50.609 and you say no, your dog ignores you because 00:20:50.609 --> 00:20:53.869 you haven't told them that there was a consequence 00:20:53.869 --> 00:20:58.430 for their actions or a consequence that follows 00:20:58.430 --> 00:21:08.299 that no. Yeah, 100%. And that goes also. The 00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:11.339 next question that I had here was share a case 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:13.980 where teaching sit fixed another problem, right? 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:17.299 So jumping. Jumping is 100 % where I go. Yeah. 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:22.119 Because when I walk into a client's house and 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:24.279 we're doing an evaluation, they're like, I just 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:26.799 want you to fix the jumping. They just jump and 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:29.400 jump and jump like on everyone. Jump on me, jump 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:33.859 on everyone else. All that dog needed to know 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:40.779 was what to do. rather than jump. Because right 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:43.420 now they show up and they're like, I'm jumping 00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:46.319 and this is great. This is fun. I get lots of 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:50.079 attention. They get all crazy. They're yelling 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:53.299 a bunch of words and we're all having fun. But 00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:57.000 to the owner, the owner's like, I can't get through 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:59.779 to this dog. But they never taught them what 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:03.980 to do instead. Right. And so a lot of times you 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:06.720 teach them sit. And then you enforce it with 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:10.160 the leash and with the leash pressure. You get 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:13.099 a dog to sit. You have enough leash for them 00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:15.359 to sit, but not enough to jump. You step on that 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:18.920 leash. And when they jump, they jump up. That 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:21.859 leash gets tight all by itself. They get an immediate 00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:30.660 correction. And then they're like, oh, what was 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:33.539 that? And now you have an opportunity to teach 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:37.819 them. they sink back down into that sit and you 00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:41.299 immediately throw a party oh my gosh you're the 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:44.480 best dog ever great job here's a bunch of treats 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:47.480 and they're like oh this sit thing is pretty 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:53.220 cool right yeah that's all it takes but i say 00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:56.339 that all it takes that's all it takes to start 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:59.059 shaping that in the dog's mind right then it 00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:04.349 takes consistency yep it takes like intestinal 00:23:04.349 --> 00:23:08.349 fortitude. You have to be like, I will not reward 00:23:08.349 --> 00:23:12.170 this dog for anything other than a sit when guests 00:23:12.170 --> 00:23:14.470 come over. Also, the one thing I think people 00:23:14.470 --> 00:23:17.450 miss is like coming up with a reward or a word 00:23:17.450 --> 00:23:20.130 to break your dog from that position. Because 00:23:20.130 --> 00:23:22.890 if you don't ever teach your dog to break the 00:23:22.890 --> 00:23:25.549 position, then they're never going to hold the 00:23:25.549 --> 00:23:27.349 position. And you're just going to have to end 00:23:27.349 --> 00:23:31.390 up saying, sit, sit, sit, sit, because you're 00:23:31.390 --> 00:23:33.809 going to. reward them. Also a good point. And 00:23:33.809 --> 00:23:35.849 they're just going to get right back up. And 00:23:35.849 --> 00:23:37.250 then we have the dogs that just sit. When is 00:23:37.250 --> 00:23:39.750 the dog done? Pop up, sit, pop up, sit, pop up. 00:23:39.950 --> 00:23:42.390 Yeah. They got to know when they're done. Right. 00:23:42.930 --> 00:23:44.910 They got to know when to do it and they got to 00:23:44.910 --> 00:23:47.470 know when they're done. Yep. For sure. All right. 00:23:47.490 --> 00:23:51.470 So the next command that we're going to highly 00:23:51.470 --> 00:23:57.490 recommend is place. So place ranks in at number 00:23:57.490 --> 00:24:07.480 two because it is the epitome of calm energy 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:13.880 before the storm, right? We don't have to allow 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:18.180 the storm though. So that potential energy of 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:22.160 a dog laying on a bed is an incredibly powerful 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:28.660 teaching tool. So place helps puppies settle 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:32.960 and it builds duration skills. When you use a 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:35.880 place bed, place mat, place anything, something 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:38.400 that was kind of like has definitive borders 00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:41.900 and ideally is raised off the ground just a little 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:45.059 bit so that the dog not only has to step outside 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:47.579 of a boundary, but also has to change elevation. 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:51.279 That's really, really important. And it really 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:56.099 helps you to define this clear border of the 00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:59.539 place bed to your dog. So now when they step 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:01.940 off the place bed, they're like, I'm also stepping 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:07.099 down and off of this thing. Now you can enforce 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:09.759 and hold your dog accountable to not leave that 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:14.420 area and then reward when they're on it and correct 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:18.099 when they're not. And it makes it very, very, 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:22.640 very clear in the dog's mind where their place 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:26.960 is. And then you can start building duration. 00:25:27.849 --> 00:25:32.150 We start moving back and then coming forward 00:25:32.150 --> 00:25:34.049 and rewarding them. We start moving back further. 00:25:34.130 --> 00:25:40.069 We start increasing the time between those reward 00:25:40.069 --> 00:25:43.349 events. All of those things build duration, right? 00:25:43.589 --> 00:25:48.369 Duration, distraction, and distance. Perfect. 00:25:51.230 --> 00:25:55.279 What's next? So place gives them a job in the 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:58.720 home. So people inevitably all the time are like, 00:25:58.859 --> 00:26:02.960 my dog is eating the couch. My dog is begging 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:05.279 at the table. My dog is jumping on the counter. 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:09.400 I don't remember the last time I told a dog not 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:11.819 to go to place, right? Just naturally, like when 00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:14.940 in the home. Because you can have a place bed 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:18.519 anywhere. The dog doesn't have to be in one singular 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:22.980 place in the house. But place beds are transferable. 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:27.140 It could be different in each room, but you can 00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:30.660 tell the dog place anywhere and have the dog 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:32.700 go to it. It doesn't mean sit. It doesn't mean 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:35.039 lay down. It means put all four paws on this 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:39.380 and stay within the boundary of this item. And 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:42.839 so we don't even train place on a specific bed. 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:45.839 We train it on all sorts of different beds. on 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:49.519 couch cushions, on towels, on blankets, on wherever. 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:53.680 Because I want to be able to point to a spot, 00:26:53.940 --> 00:27:01.039 a place, and be like, hey, you, pause here. And 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:05.000 then just have them go there and be like, okay, 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:10.509 I'll wait for you. That's the concept. And then 00:27:10.509 --> 00:27:13.630 second point is it prevents chaos during meals, 00:27:13.789 --> 00:27:15.910 which I already mentioned, visitors, and downtime. 00:27:16.089 --> 00:27:19.230 When you're sitting on the couch, your dog should 00:27:19.230 --> 00:27:22.369 be sitting on place, right? If you want them 00:27:22.369 --> 00:27:25.410 on the couch with you, fine. But it's a great 00:27:25.410 --> 00:27:30.289 opportunity to use place to practice. And then 00:27:30.289 --> 00:27:33.769 visitors, inevitably everyone comes to us, right? 00:27:33.829 --> 00:27:37.990 Our dog. jumps on people at the door. And I always 00:27:37.990 --> 00:27:40.069 look at people and I'm like, well, why is your 00:27:40.069 --> 00:27:43.970 dog even at the door? Right. Why aren't they? 00:27:44.049 --> 00:27:46.349 Give them a job. Yeah. Why aren't they over there? 00:27:46.410 --> 00:27:47.690 Why aren't they in their crate? Why aren't they 00:27:47.690 --> 00:27:50.849 on place? Why aren't they laying down on something? 00:27:50.990 --> 00:27:53.630 And most of the times what we hear is, oh, well, 00:27:53.710 --> 00:27:56.490 they, they just, I tell them that, but they don't 00:27:56.490 --> 00:27:59.470 stay there. Right. Right. I got it. But like, 00:27:59.470 --> 00:28:01.549 right. If you tell your kid to go to your room 00:28:01.549 --> 00:28:03.990 and then they, they don't go to your room, what 00:28:03.990 --> 00:28:06.539 do you do? Right. You just throw your hands up 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:08.980 and you go, ah, they just don't listen. But with 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.960 kids, people take it a lot more personally. They're 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:13.859 like, no, no, you're going to your room. Yep. 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:18.960 Well, the dogs are no different. And then last 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:21.740 one is impulse control, obviously, which we already 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:24.480 talked about with sit. They have to stay on the 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:27.980 place bed. They get off. You put them back. Right. 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:31.769 Impulse control. Yes. And then neutrality around 00:28:31.769 --> 00:28:34.470 distractions, which we have dealt with with dogs 00:28:34.470 --> 00:28:37.329 that are aggressive or don't like guests coming 00:28:37.329 --> 00:28:40.150 into the home. Yeah. It's their safe space, just 00:28:40.150 --> 00:28:42.069 like a kennel, but it doesn't make them feel 00:28:42.069 --> 00:28:45.890 so entirely like trapped. Right. So they just. 00:28:46.150 --> 00:28:49.029 It's a little more freedom than the crate, but 00:28:49.029 --> 00:28:52.150 it's not complete freedom. Right. They get to 00:28:52.150 --> 00:28:53.809 hang out. They get to hang out. They get to be 00:28:53.809 --> 00:28:56.140 part of the family. They get to relax. They get 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:59.359 to see these visitors from a distance. And we 00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:04.180 do not encourage people to go up and then pet 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:07.859 those dogs on place. Leave them alone. They're 00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:12.240 just on place. They're working. It's a job. If 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:16.039 you really want the whole like, yeah, go and 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:20.839 see this dog, then give them a break. All right. 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:27.900 What? I'll take this one. So go -to methods for 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:31.900 teaching place to a young puppy. So right off 00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:36.660 the bat, I use food. We lure the dog over. And 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:40.740 I like to teach a dog to walk over place first. 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:44.880 So I'll take a bed or a little placemat or something, 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:47.160 even if it's like a little elevated platform, 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:51.740 put it on the floor, and I will walk. around 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:55.519 it and lure the dog with my hand up and over 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:59.700 the place bed at the point where the dog gets 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:03.460 all four paws on the place bed so first off before 00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:06.900 we even do place i'm just walking over it right 00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:09.819 to make sure that the dog will go over it right 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.339 we're not using place we're not using anything 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:14.299 go over it go over it go over it give them food 00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:17.539 go over it over it over it give them food now 00:30:18.170 --> 00:30:21.069 Go over it and stop just for a second. Give them 00:30:21.069 --> 00:30:25.809 food. And then free them, right? Let them run 00:30:25.809 --> 00:30:30.670 around. Lure them. Go over it. Stop just for 00:30:30.670 --> 00:30:33.970 a second. Give them food. Then start naming it. 00:30:34.269 --> 00:30:36.710 Once you have established that pattern, then 00:30:36.710 --> 00:30:40.190 you start naming it. After you name it, now you 00:30:40.190 --> 00:30:43.970 can put the place bed into a corner or one or 00:30:43.970 --> 00:30:48.029 two sides that are kind of limited. And now you 00:30:48.029 --> 00:30:52.349 can kind of lure them into that corner. And as 00:30:52.349 --> 00:30:55.710 soon as their paws hit the, the placemat, we 00:30:55.710 --> 00:31:00.109 name the command place and then we mark and reward. 00:31:02.230 --> 00:31:07.950 And then the final step is to, right. There's 00:31:07.950 --> 00:31:09.930 probably a couple of steps in between that you 00:31:09.930 --> 00:31:12.170 can kind of, you know, figure out to just kind 00:31:12.170 --> 00:31:14.250 of shape. But the final step is to get them to 00:31:14.250 --> 00:31:17.019 go to their place. And that one's the hardest 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:19.779 one. And so the way we do that is I'm going to 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:22.640 drop some food on the place bed. They're going 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:24.559 to be on a leash. I'm going to drop some food 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.339 on the place bed. I'm going to walk away. They're 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.599 going to try to get to the food. They're going 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:29.700 to know that the food is there. But I just walk 00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:32.160 away. Don't tell them no. I don't tell them leave 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.779 it. I don't tell them anything. I just walk away. 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:37.740 And then I get them hyped up and I show them 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:39.579 the place bed. I point over there and I'm like, 00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:41.160 yeah, you want to go over there? You want to 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:43.880 go over there? You want to get that food? They 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:45.740 don't understand all of that, right? I'm just 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:48.359 getting real excited. I get real excited and 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:51.779 then I say, all right, ready, go. Go to your 00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:54.319 place. Go to your place. And they run over there 00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:57.299 to get the food. And I start shaping that command. 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:03.960 Go to your place. Yep. Nice. All right. How do 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:05.680 you explain the value of place to new owners? 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:10.119 Owners, so inevitably we run into owners that 00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:12.670 are like, right, but. They just sleep on the 00:32:12.670 --> 00:32:17.170 couch. Why do I need a place bed? What do you 00:32:17.170 --> 00:32:22.109 say? I always say I go with like the unsupervised 00:32:22.109 --> 00:32:25.210 puppy method, right? It's at no point do you 00:32:25.210 --> 00:32:28.950 want to keep one eye on your puppy at all times. 00:32:29.009 --> 00:32:31.069 And place bed is kind of your saving grace for 00:32:31.069 --> 00:32:35.150 that, right? It's sort of like the jumper that 00:32:35.150 --> 00:32:38.230 you put your kid in when you need to wash the 00:32:38.230 --> 00:32:41.089 dishes. And so you just put the dog on place. 00:32:41.269 --> 00:32:43.470 You do the dishes. They can be right next to 00:32:43.470 --> 00:32:45.730 you. I don't care. Be right next to you, but 00:32:45.730 --> 00:32:48.410 on a place bed. And they can't step off of the 00:32:48.410 --> 00:32:50.269 place bed because they're right next to you. 00:32:50.710 --> 00:32:53.609 Or you could start practicing distance and duration 00:32:53.609 --> 00:32:55.829 and have them across the room where you can still 00:32:55.829 --> 00:32:58.809 see them and hold them accountable. But the key 00:32:58.809 --> 00:33:01.490 to that is you can see them and hold them accountable. 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.220 to being on the place bed while you do things 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:07.799 because that's where the puppy learns i think 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.339 a lot of people get stuck on the fact that you 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:11.380 need to stand right next to the puppy be like 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:14.880 no place no place no place let them make mistakes 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:18.619 right correct them that's how they learn what 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:21.559 no means absolutely put them back puppies get 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:24.119 tired of going back to the same place they're 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:27.279 like oh this is exhausting so annoying right 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:29.299 it is and eventually they'll be like you know 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:31.119 what i'm just gonna stay right here Right. This 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:33.180 is easier. Same thing when you're just treating 00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:35.880 them for going on their place. Eventually by 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.619 like the fifth, sixth, seventh time, the dog 00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:40.859 goes, I'm not even going to get off the place. 00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:43.160 We're just going to stay right here. And then 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:45.059 we have to use the leash to get them off the 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:47.460 place because they've learned. You're just going 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:49.480 to make me go back on it. Right. If I just stay 00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:51.259 on the place, they just keep giving me food. 00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.980 So I'm just going to, I'm just going to stay 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:55.740 here. And so I don't even know what that was 00:33:55.740 --> 00:34:01.150 that fell behind me. This podcast room is almost 00:34:01.150 --> 00:34:03.609 uninhabitable. I'm like, I've already been hit 00:34:03.609 --> 00:34:05.710 in the head once this week. I don't need a second 00:34:05.710 --> 00:34:08.130 one. Something, a big air mattress just fell 00:34:08.130 --> 00:34:11.449 off of this like high shelf. All right. Anyways. 00:34:12.030 --> 00:34:16.210 Behind Brianna. I know. She's scared. Yeah. Anyway. 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:20.579 But you build that, right? I don't even know 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.880 what I was talking about. I'm going to be honest 00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:24.219 with you. I totally lost it. Puppies staying 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:26.920 on place. Right, staying on place. They get tired. 00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:29.739 Oh, right. They get tired of going back and forth 00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:32.860 and back and forth. But you're the person that 00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:37.420 has to outlast them. Just like, you're still 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:40.360 laughing at me. Just like when your dog is barking 00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:42.199 in the crate and you can't let them out, you 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:46.699 have to outlast that. Yeah. And it takes. more 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:49.940 patience than the dog has in order to train things 00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:53.500 like that and if you don't have it then maybe 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:56.500 a puppy is not for you maybe a senior senior 00:34:56.500 --> 00:35:00.199 dog from the shelter you know not a puppy is 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:04.159 not for everybody i'm gonna i'm gonna only say 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.900 one comment and then we're gonna move on but 00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:11.780 i i can't explain how many people um that are 00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:20.389 that have They are like retired. They are relaxing. 00:35:20.489 --> 00:35:24.809 They are the they are the coasting phase of their 00:35:24.809 --> 00:35:27.889 lives. Right. Empty nesters. Empty nesters. And 00:35:27.889 --> 00:35:31.309 then they're like, I'm going to get this puppy 00:35:31.309 --> 00:35:36.230 Belgian Malinois. Yeah, I wouldn't even do that. 00:35:37.010 --> 00:35:41.690 Why? Why did you do that? I definitely adopt 00:35:41.690 --> 00:35:45.190 an older dog over a little puppy. Right. You've 00:35:45.190 --> 00:35:48.909 got to find a dog that's in the phase of life. 00:35:48.909 --> 00:35:50.969 Right. It has to match your phase of life. I 00:35:50.969 --> 00:35:53.550 think that's what we see a lot of the time too. 00:35:53.650 --> 00:35:55.610 It's like, oh, well, I got this dog to change 00:35:55.610 --> 00:35:59.309 my lifestyle. Yep. And a lot of times that doesn't 00:35:59.309 --> 00:36:01.070 work. I'm not even going to say a lot of times 00:36:01.070 --> 00:36:02.789 I've never seen that work. Right. I've never 00:36:02.789 --> 00:36:07.809 seen the, I got this dog to change my lifestyle. 00:36:08.050 --> 00:36:13.130 I am sedentary. And I am not active. And I got 00:36:13.130 --> 00:36:16.769 this dog so that then I will have to go and get 00:36:16.769 --> 00:36:20.750 active. Right. That is not what ends up happening. 00:36:20.989 --> 00:36:24.090 Right. I'm sorry, but if you're 82 and you get 00:36:24.090 --> 00:36:30.269 a GSP, it's going to be a crazy ride. But you 00:36:30.269 --> 00:36:33.230 just commit to it, right? It's just a crazy ride. 00:36:33.530 --> 00:36:37.849 And we're laughing about this because we see 00:36:37.849 --> 00:36:41.130 the pattern over and over. Yeah. There's no part 00:36:41.130 --> 00:36:45.050 of this that I don't, I will, I will rally behind. 00:36:45.650 --> 00:36:48.489 Oh yeah. Proactive owners. You can do it for 00:36:48.489 --> 00:36:52.369 sure. For sure. But it's going to be a while. 00:36:52.469 --> 00:36:55.750 It's going to be wild. It's a roller coaster. 00:36:56.150 --> 00:36:59.710 Right. We're totally here for it. And I really, 00:36:59.869 --> 00:37:03.309 really, really do invest in, in folks that just 00:37:03.309 --> 00:37:06.610 are like, look, I, I, I understand what I got 00:37:06.610 --> 00:37:11.159 into. I, I'm here for it. just tell me what to 00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:14.480 do right i'm on it i was thinking about this 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.840 earlier like by myself in the car and i was like 00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:21.159 you know like when like you're young and you 00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:24.000 get pregnant and you're gonna have a baby and 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:26.300 it's like so exciting right you have to upgrade 00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:31.400 your house usually right usually a lot of the 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.519 time you have to upgrade your house immediately 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:36.059 you need a third bedroom you need a fourth bedroom 00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:39.389 you need whatever oh my gosh you commit To a 00:37:39.389 --> 00:37:43.429 life change. And I think a lot of the time what 00:37:43.429 --> 00:37:45.550 people miss out on, I know you're still laughing, 00:37:45.590 --> 00:37:49.610 but I'm so serious right now. When you get a 00:37:49.610 --> 00:37:55.050 dog, you're committing to a life change. Especially 00:37:55.050 --> 00:37:57.909 if it's a dog that has like issues, you know, 00:37:57.929 --> 00:38:00.130 like rescues, things like that. Like you are 00:38:00.130 --> 00:38:05.789 committing to a life change. That dog is probably 00:38:05.789 --> 00:38:09.039 not going to be normal. Yeah. Right. Because 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:11.079 it's, it's been through a lot. Right. And you 00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:13.280 can ask all the questions and we'll answer every 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:15.739 single one of them or do our best to. Absolutely. 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:17.940 But it's just like a kid with special needs. 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.679 Right. Like they have special needs and you have 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:23.940 the dog that you have. Yeah. You don't have the 00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.780 dog that you see on YouTube. Right. You adapt 00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:29.519 and you overcome. Yeah. And as long as owners 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:32.519 are respond, they take responsibility for that. 00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:37.010 I. love those owners those are the owners that 00:38:37.010 --> 00:38:41.190 i will go so many more extra miles for right 00:38:41.190 --> 00:38:44.670 because it's like i get it right you you have 00:38:44.670 --> 00:38:47.329 the dog you have you're you're owning that you're 00:38:47.329 --> 00:38:50.210 like look just just help me just help me and 00:38:50.210 --> 00:38:52.929 that's where we come in yeah all right so the 00:38:52.929 --> 00:38:56.750 last point uh or the not the last point the last 00:38:56.750 --> 00:39:02.250 command that we recommend um our top three is 00:39:02.250 --> 00:39:07.300 recall And recall comes in hard because recall 00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:11.679 is a safety issue. And I don't pull any punches 00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:15.800 on this. If your dog does not come back when 00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:22.159 you call it, let me rephrase. If you have no 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:25.039 accountability over whether your dog comes back 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:31.199 or not, then I would ask the question if you're 00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:34.250 being responsible. And what I mean by that is 00:39:34.250 --> 00:39:42.110 I have repped out Nala's recall command a thousand 00:39:42.110 --> 00:39:46.489 or ten thousand times. But when we go out somewhere, 00:39:46.750 --> 00:39:51.309 I put an e -collar on her. When we go out and 00:39:51.309 --> 00:39:53.849 we go hiking or we go wherever, we're going off 00:39:53.849 --> 00:39:57.730 leash, she wears an e -collar because that is 00:39:57.730 --> 00:40:01.550 responsible. Because if she doesn't come back 00:40:01.550 --> 00:40:06.750 when I call her, for whatever reason, I need 00:40:06.750 --> 00:40:09.050 to ensure that I can communicate with her. Yep. 00:40:10.730 --> 00:40:15.269 That's it, right? So when I say if your dog doesn't 00:40:15.269 --> 00:40:18.130 recall just because you call them, right? Or 00:40:18.130 --> 00:40:20.130 you're on a leash, you're on an e -call, or you're 00:40:20.130 --> 00:40:23.409 on something, right? But if your dog can't understand 00:40:23.409 --> 00:40:26.809 that when you do this, whatever this is, that 00:40:26.809 --> 00:40:29.619 they're supposed to come back. well how are you 00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:31.599 supposed to get them back yeah how are they gonna 00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:36.159 just not run away and this is where sometimes 00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:39.199 we get the call right i'd say the two things 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:42.280 we get top are leash walking and recall for sure 00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:44.360 when we show up people are like my dog doesn't 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:48.920 recall or my dog sucks on a leash yeah reliable 00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:52.380 reliable recall saves lives there's no question 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:54.989 about it But also the thing I want to like reiterate, 00:40:55.070 --> 00:40:56.610 I don't even know if it's in your bullet points 00:40:56.610 --> 00:40:59.030 because I haven't even looked. But if you don't 00:40:59.030 --> 00:41:05.070 practice recall with your dog, your dog won't 00:41:05.070 --> 00:41:08.769 have it when you need it or want it to happen. 00:41:09.050 --> 00:41:12.289 Right. If you're not constantly or periodically 00:41:12.289 --> 00:41:17.849 telling that dog what come means or here or whatever 00:41:17.849 --> 00:41:19.849 your recall is, it could be their name. I don't 00:41:19.849 --> 00:41:22.780 care. Yeah. But if you're not periodically trying 00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:25.280 that and testing your dog in different environments 00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:30.500 at different levels of distraction, then your 00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:33.460 dog's not going to have it when you really, really, 00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:40.340 really want it. Yep. So right off of that, we 00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:44.039 start on a leash. All right. We start on a short 00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:46.780 leash. Then we go to a long leash. Then we go 00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:52.559 to a long line. Those are steps in the process. 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:57.820 And the whole point is we want to completely 00:41:57.820 --> 00:42:04.679 control that idea of accountability. If you cannot 00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:08.460 affect a change with your dog when they blow 00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:12.199 you off, you don't have accountability. And it's 00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:15.559 important because otherwise they pattern their 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:18.289 own lesson. And we always want to shape their 00:42:18.289 --> 00:42:20.530 lessons. So we start on a leash or a long line 00:42:20.530 --> 00:42:24.610 so that we can prevent failure. If you say come 00:42:24.610 --> 00:42:28.489 or here, which are the, I guess, probably the 00:42:28.489 --> 00:42:32.949 two most popular ones that I hear. And your dog 00:42:32.949 --> 00:42:40.369 is like, eh, nah. They've just patterned a different 00:42:40.369 --> 00:42:45.130 end state than you want. You've got to prevent 00:42:45.130 --> 00:42:47.550 that. You have to prevent the dog from failing. 00:42:47.630 --> 00:42:50.889 You have to help them along. From day one. From 00:42:50.889 --> 00:42:53.590 day one. From the very first time. So it's come 00:42:53.590 --> 00:42:59.030 and then pressure. It's come and then taps on 00:42:59.030 --> 00:43:00.670 the e -collar. You're reeling your dog in. It's 00:43:00.670 --> 00:43:04.469 come and then it's something that the dog understands 00:43:04.469 --> 00:43:08.989 that enforces accountability. It's not negotiable. 00:43:09.869 --> 00:43:13.110 owners like the first mistake owners make is 00:43:13.110 --> 00:43:15.829 letting their puppy out in the yard because it's 00:43:15.829 --> 00:43:18.809 fenced in and not having a leash on them and 00:43:18.809 --> 00:43:20.849 having no accountability and then they call them 00:43:20.849 --> 00:43:22.550 because they don't come in because they did it 00:43:22.550 --> 00:43:25.309 like five times or ten times on a leash right 00:43:25.309 --> 00:43:27.670 and their dog comes just fine right now they 00:43:27.670 --> 00:43:30.230 take the dog off the leash and we assume that 00:43:30.230 --> 00:43:35.070 the dog is dumb and doesn't realize that they're 00:43:35.070 --> 00:43:38.909 not on a leash now dogs are very intuitive they're 00:43:38.909 --> 00:43:42.349 very quick to be like cool i was on this this 00:43:42.349 --> 00:43:46.309 this piece of rope before but now i am not yeah 00:43:46.309 --> 00:43:50.190 now i can do what i want and we give the dog 00:43:50.190 --> 00:43:54.550 too much too fast and then they fail and then 00:43:54.550 --> 00:44:00.030 we're like oh and we're let down and then we 00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:04.340 Project that onto the dog and now it hurts our 00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:08.519 relationship. So we hate that. We got to prevent 00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:10.659 that failure and we can do that with, with the 00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:15.340 tools that we have. All right. Pairing come with 00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:19.760 rewards is super, super important, right? Clear 00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:27.009 marker words, super important. If you are. inevitably 00:44:27.009 --> 00:44:28.969 you're yelling and you're trying to get your 00:44:28.969 --> 00:44:30.949 dog to come and they're not coming. And you're 00:44:30.949 --> 00:44:32.929 like, you have to go out there. And then suddenly 00:44:32.929 --> 00:44:35.829 they, they finally turn around and they run towards 00:44:35.829 --> 00:44:40.550 you. You cannot lose your mind on them. They 00:44:40.550 --> 00:44:43.150 don't understand. You got to throw a party. You 00:44:43.150 --> 00:44:45.309 got to be able to turn off that all those negative 00:44:45.309 --> 00:44:47.190 emotions, all that frustration. You got to be 00:44:47.190 --> 00:44:50.030 able to turn it off, tune it out and immediately 00:44:50.030 --> 00:44:54.369 throw the party because the, when they do come 00:44:54.369 --> 00:44:58.949 to you, It has to be paired with a reward. Yep. 00:44:59.869 --> 00:45:05.690 All right. A strong recall, and the last point 00:45:05.690 --> 00:45:08.630 I had here, right? A strong recall can prevent 00:45:08.630 --> 00:45:15.250 danger. The road is the number one issue, right? 00:45:15.989 --> 00:45:18.650 I don't think a week goes by without me seeing 00:45:18.650 --> 00:45:22.550 a post on Facebook somewhere of some dog that 00:45:22.550 --> 00:45:27.719 got hit by a car. Yep. And now I get that a lot 00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:31.940 of these tragedies happen without owners like 00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:38.539 actually calling the dogs. But some of them wouldn't 00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:40.940 have happened if the dog would have come back 00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:43.860 when the owner initially called them when they 00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:47.500 got outside the fence. Before, long before, hours 00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:51.179 before, they actually ran away and then got across 00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:56.670 a road. recall is super important there's really 00:45:56.670 --> 00:46:01.449 no reason that we cannot prioritize it and there's 00:46:01.449 --> 00:46:03.630 a ton of tools that we can use in order to get 00:46:03.630 --> 00:46:10.289 there but there's there are you can progressively 00:46:10.289 --> 00:46:13.369 use just like we use distance duration and distraction 00:46:13.369 --> 00:46:18.269 you can use long lines of progressively longer 00:46:18.269 --> 00:46:23.719 length to practice the same things yep And then 00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:26.300 you can go to lighter and lighter lines until 00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:29.880 it's just a string, right? Yeah. So that the 00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:33.980 dog feels less, you know, proprioception that 00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:38.440 they're on a leash. But you still can put some 00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:40.659 pressure on that collar if you need to. Yep. 00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:47.340 All right. How, what's the process to introduce 00:46:47.340 --> 00:46:54.170 recall to puppies? Inside on short leash. with 00:46:54.170 --> 00:46:57.230 like pretty much no distraction going on yeah 00:46:57.230 --> 00:47:01.269 so my favorite drill to teach puppies to recall 00:47:01.269 --> 00:47:05.030 is actually with no recall and that is my um 00:47:05.030 --> 00:47:07.849 the get it free i just we we call it get it free 00:47:07.849 --> 00:47:12.329 get it free game goes like this i take a piece 00:47:12.329 --> 00:47:16.090 of food toss it down the hallway puppy runs to 00:47:16.090 --> 00:47:19.449 go get it i yell free as as soon as the puppy 00:47:19.449 --> 00:47:22.500 gets the food i yell free which tells the puppy 00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:24.880 they're released come get your treat and they 00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:27.300 run to me and get a treat so basically what i'm 00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:30.079 doing is i'm creating ping pong ping pong is 00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:33.260 another variation of recall of a recall game 00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:36.219 that we do later it's a little more advanced 00:47:36.219 --> 00:47:38.380 where you're just ping -ponging them between 00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:41.659 two trainers or two people where one person's 00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:43.619 like come and then the other person's come and 00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:45.579 the dog just runs back and forth and gets treats 00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:50.480 so um initially though we pattern that by ourselves, 00:47:50.599 --> 00:47:54.380 which is get it, toss a piece of food, scamper, 00:47:54.380 --> 00:47:57.699 scamper, scamper, go get the food. It's super 00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:59.500 fun for puppies. They love it because there's 00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:01.039 food over there. There's food over here. There's 00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:04.079 food everywhere. It also lowers resource guarding 00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:06.039 because it shows the dog that there's just unlimited 00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:08.920 resources. So really important when you're shaping 00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:12.679 a puppy. That's how I like to introduce it because 00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:17.039 then all you have to do is add come. So now it's 00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:20.030 get it. They go, they get the food. As soon as 00:48:20.030 --> 00:48:23.130 they eat it, you say come. And then as soon as 00:48:23.130 --> 00:48:26.949 they start coming, you go free. It's real easy 00:48:26.949 --> 00:48:30.670 to layer. Yeah. All right. Biggest mistake when 00:48:30.670 --> 00:48:34.070 owners make when teaching recall. Punishment. 00:48:34.510 --> 00:48:37.829 Yeah. I was going to. We already touched on all 00:48:37.829 --> 00:48:40.110 of these. I think we like, I think you like read 00:48:40.110 --> 00:48:42.889 the questions. I don't ever read the questions. 00:48:42.889 --> 00:48:45.269 I come up with the questions beforehand and we 00:48:45.269 --> 00:48:47.599 just. End up answering them. Well, we definitely 00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:50.739 did. But yeah. Punishment. Yeah. When recalling 00:48:50.739 --> 00:48:52.480 your dog like doesn't listen, doesn't listen, 00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:55.880 doesn't listen, listens. Right. And then we're 00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:58.719 like, you're mad. Get inside. Get inside there. 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:02.039 Yeah. Yeah. Never works. No. In your favor. Immediately 00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:04.599 teaches the dog. I'm not coming back next time. 00:49:04.699 --> 00:49:10.400 Yep. Yeah. And then. OK. Yeah. And then we read 00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:14.679 that word for word. You definitely did. But OK. 00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:18.039 Okay. Yeah. You read the question. He's like, 00:49:18.099 --> 00:49:22.400 I don't know. All right. So. But we answered 00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:24.519 it already. So that's great. I love that. I love 00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:26.679 that. Yeah. All right. So at this point, I'm 00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:30.679 going to open it up for questions. If you have 00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:43.019 a question, now is the time to ask. It is about 00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:47.090 to be the. Thanksgiving holiday. And so, right. 00:49:47.150 --> 00:49:51.210 So we are recording this on the 26th. So tomorrow 00:49:51.210 --> 00:49:54.150 is Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody 00:49:54.150 --> 00:49:58.010 that might be listening. Happy Thanksgiving. 00:49:58.210 --> 00:49:59.590 Happy Thanksgiving. I mean, it's going to be 00:49:59.590 --> 00:50:02.030 a belated Thanksgiving by the time they listen 00:50:02.030 --> 00:50:06.750 to it. But we don't have very many people listening 00:50:06.750 --> 00:50:09.309 live tonight because I think everybody's traveling 00:50:09.309 --> 00:50:17.579 and being with family. All right. Right. We've 00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:19.500 had the most questions this week about how does 00:50:19.500 --> 00:50:22.099 my dog act when there's 12 people over? We're 00:50:22.099 --> 00:50:25.599 like, Oh yeah. Yeah. Great. Right. Yeah. That's 00:50:25.599 --> 00:50:29.579 actually true. The today answer this last couple 00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:32.280 of weeks has all been very focused on dogs that, 00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:42.400 um, I just realized that I may have made a mistake 00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:45.480 here. um heidi and michael did you have a question 00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:48.460 i think i may have accidentally had you guys 00:50:48.460 --> 00:50:56.380 on mute can you hear me yep i can hear you hey 00:50:56.380 --> 00:51:01.059 so we still are struggling with maverick when 00:51:01.059 --> 00:51:09.699 he um like is finding a level to recall him when 00:51:09.699 --> 00:51:16.010 he's For example, chasing the squirrel or, you 00:51:16.010 --> 00:51:18.750 know, has got something else that he finds more 00:51:18.750 --> 00:51:24.030 interesting. So we're just struggling on finding. 00:51:24.110 --> 00:51:28.630 I mean, I get that we're supposed to up the volume 00:51:28.630 --> 00:51:33.269 depending on the distraction. Yeah. And I know 00:51:33.269 --> 00:51:35.449 that, you know, it's a fair correction if he's 00:51:35.449 --> 00:51:40.619 not listening. Yeah, if you're getting to a level 00:51:40.619 --> 00:51:43.960 that you are worried about, then where we go 00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:48.260 next is that we try to pattern that as many times 00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:53.079 as you possibly can prior to those distractions. 00:51:53.380 --> 00:51:58.500 So there are going to be a couple of distractions 00:51:58.500 --> 00:52:01.599 that are probably going to be the highest level 00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:06.280 for him. And so what we want to do is... We want 00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:11.199 to be proactive about finding lower level distractions 00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:17.820 and repping those out so that he is very, very 00:52:17.820 --> 00:52:21.519 quick to know the process that he's supposed 00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:26.139 to do. And basically show him the picture. You're 00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:28.980 showing him the answer before the question. The 00:52:28.980 --> 00:52:32.460 question is squirrel takes off tearing off into 00:52:32.460 --> 00:52:35.519 the woods. That's the question. But before that 00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:37.599 even happens, you're showing him the answer of, 00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:40.480 hey, this chicken who you're kind of interested 00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:45.340 in but not really that interested, when I say 00:52:45.340 --> 00:52:49.599 come, you come back to me. And by really repping 00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:52.840 those out, that would be my next go -to. Brianna, 00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:55.639 do you have more on that? No, I think, yeah, 00:52:55.679 --> 00:52:58.019 just repping it out. Give him higher value when 00:52:58.019 --> 00:53:01.980 you are repping it. So that he gets more amped 00:53:01.980 --> 00:53:06.940 to come back. Yeah. Are you, um, have you found 00:53:06.940 --> 00:53:09.900 something for Maverick specifically that he like 00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:13.139 really, really enjoys? Cause he's, I know he's 00:53:13.139 --> 00:53:17.519 kind of food picky. His vegetables. Right. What 00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:20.039 about the vegetables? Yeah. He does like his 00:53:20.039 --> 00:53:23.380 vegetables. Yeah. Pick up some broccoli and like 00:53:23.380 --> 00:53:25.780 some fresh veggies and cut those up and put them 00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:27.920 in your treat pouch and use those for his recall. 00:53:28.809 --> 00:53:32.110 When he's just really reluctant to do so. And 00:53:32.110 --> 00:53:36.829 only, and only for his recall. Yeah. Right. Don't 00:53:36.829 --> 00:53:39.849 give it to him for anything else. Only for his 00:53:39.849 --> 00:53:44.230 recall. So that basically we just want to really 00:53:44.230 --> 00:53:47.130 try to make it super clear in his mind that like 00:53:47.130 --> 00:53:51.110 there's great things. I know that that squirrel 00:53:51.110 --> 00:53:54.369 looks really fun, but there's this highest value 00:53:54.369 --> 00:53:59.590 thing waiting for you. That makes sense. Okay. 00:54:00.250 --> 00:54:03.610 Yeah, because you just need to... It's not an 00:54:03.610 --> 00:54:06.789 always thing, right? You're not always going 00:54:06.789 --> 00:54:10.489 to have to offer him the highest value to call 00:54:10.489 --> 00:54:14.110 him back. But right now, you have found something 00:54:14.110 --> 00:54:18.309 of highest value to him, which, I mean, we didn't 00:54:18.309 --> 00:54:20.610 really have an issue with squirrels when he was 00:54:20.610 --> 00:54:23.010 here, but I don't think we have an extravagant 00:54:23.010 --> 00:54:27.469 amount of squirrels either. But... Nala chases 00:54:27.469 --> 00:54:29.889 most of them away. Yeah, Nala loves squirrels. 00:54:29.889 --> 00:54:33.170 She does chase them away. She goes out there 00:54:33.170 --> 00:54:36.590 and huff if there are squirrels near her yard. 00:54:37.389 --> 00:54:41.050 So Maverick didn't have any to chase. But you 00:54:41.050 --> 00:54:43.269 have found something that's higher value, which 00:54:43.269 --> 00:54:47.030 means you need to up your value, which, right, 00:54:47.130 --> 00:54:48.949 we don't always want it to be the e -collar, 00:54:48.969 --> 00:54:51.210 right? So let's try something different. Let's 00:54:51.210 --> 00:54:55.889 give him a reward that he values. Of the highest, 00:54:55.969 --> 00:54:58.849 which according to, to you guys, I guess is still 00:54:58.849 --> 00:55:03.010 fresh vegetables, which is so crazy. He's got 00:55:03.010 --> 00:55:05.110 such clean teeth. I know he is. He's going to 00:55:05.110 --> 00:55:07.210 have good eyesight. He's going to have great 00:55:07.210 --> 00:55:10.409 teeth. Okay. So, but joking aside, joking aside, 00:55:10.730 --> 00:55:15.650 we're, why don't we try that? Yeah. Still, still 00:55:15.650 --> 00:55:19.849 pair the e -collar with it. Oh yeah. Right. We're 00:55:19.849 --> 00:55:22.210 not just trading this out. We're just layering 00:55:22.210 --> 00:55:27.650 it. Then also really condition those vegetables, 00:55:27.769 --> 00:55:31.030 that high value treat. And it could be for anyone 00:55:31.030 --> 00:55:32.550 else that's listening, who's having the same 00:55:32.550 --> 00:55:36.150 issue. You can pattern the same thing with whatever 00:55:36.150 --> 00:55:38.929 it is that your dog finds value. Right. Cause 00:55:38.929 --> 00:55:41.690 we always tell people like your dog chooses what's 00:55:41.690 --> 00:55:44.929 valuable. Like you, you don't, your dog does. 00:55:45.170 --> 00:55:49.969 Yeah. But I want you to start patterning that 00:55:49.969 --> 00:55:55.619 recall process. in the moments of a little bit 00:55:55.619 --> 00:56:01.199 lower like stress level right where it's not 00:56:01.199 --> 00:56:04.659 a squirrel if that's if that's the like the one 00:56:04.659 --> 00:56:07.719 thing that's just like oh i cannot seem to break 00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:12.159 this well then let's pattern the recall during 00:56:12.159 --> 00:56:17.599 something else like a sniff yeah yeah definitely 00:56:17.599 --> 00:56:21.940 or whatever right but but pattern it All the 00:56:21.940 --> 00:56:26.099 time. So when he goes out, even like before he 00:56:26.099 --> 00:56:28.480 goes to the bathroom, right, you let him go out 00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:30.840 there, let him almost get ready to go to the 00:56:30.840 --> 00:56:33.280 bathroom and then call him right back and then 00:56:33.280 --> 00:56:37.599 get him. Right. I know it sounds silly. It sounds 00:56:37.599 --> 00:56:40.860 silly, but call him back and then give him that 00:56:40.860 --> 00:56:43.460 that reward, give him that really high value 00:56:43.460 --> 00:56:46.900 treat and then let him go back out and then let 00:56:46.900 --> 00:56:49.190 him use the bathroom and call him back in. Give 00:56:49.190 --> 00:56:53.150 him that high -value treat. Because what we need 00:56:53.150 --> 00:56:55.869 to start showing him is the picture that, hey, 00:56:55.889 --> 00:56:59.210 the faster I come back, one, I get a really awesome 00:56:59.210 --> 00:57:05.010 treat, and two, I just get to go back out. So 00:57:05.010 --> 00:57:10.010 it's not the end of my freedom. Right. It's the 00:57:10.010 --> 00:57:13.789 repping that's going to create the behavior. 00:57:14.329 --> 00:57:24.050 Yes, ma 'am. All right. So we will wrap up our 00:57:24.050 --> 00:57:26.429 questions here. Yeah. Sorry about that. I definitely 00:57:26.429 --> 00:57:31.789 had you on mute. I did not mean to do that. No 00:57:31.789 --> 00:57:36.230 worries. All right. The last part of tonight 00:57:36.230 --> 00:57:40.429 is our listener projects. So project number one. 00:57:40.449 --> 00:57:43.960 And so every week. quick reminder recap every 00:57:43.960 --> 00:57:47.199 week i try to give you guys two project uh two 00:57:47.199 --> 00:57:49.579 listener projects so that anybody that's listening 00:57:49.579 --> 00:57:52.400 um that's just taking advantage of the free resource 00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:55.420 of the podcast can you know practice these these 00:57:55.420 --> 00:57:58.599 tasks so number one daily sit routine ask for 00:57:58.599 --> 00:58:02.920 a sit before meals or doorways or play or before 00:58:02.920 --> 00:58:07.159 the dog gets something right ask before access 00:58:07.159 --> 00:58:12.380 um mark with yes And release with free. Those 00:58:12.380 --> 00:58:14.159 are our marker words. That's the way that we 00:58:14.159 --> 00:58:17.719 do it. Yes is our continuation marker. Free is 00:58:17.719 --> 00:58:22.260 our release or terminal marker. Build automatic. 00:58:22.659 --> 00:58:25.059 What it's going to do is it's going to build 00:58:25.059 --> 00:58:30.260 some automatic impulse control. So just before 00:58:30.260 --> 00:58:33.800 you actually allow access to whatever it is, 00:58:33.860 --> 00:58:39.539 just ask for a sit. Sit. Yes. Good job. And then 00:58:39.539 --> 00:58:42.460 free. and then let them do what it was that you 00:58:42.460 --> 00:58:45.119 were about to do. All right, project number two, 00:58:45.219 --> 00:58:48.039 place bed practice. So introduce a place bed 00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:50.960 in a quiet room. Have the dog walk over it a 00:58:50.960 --> 00:58:54.480 few times, and then introduce that sequence that 00:58:54.480 --> 00:58:57.019 I talked about earlier. Guide the puppy onto 00:58:57.019 --> 00:59:02.059 it, mark with yes, then reward, then free, and 00:59:02.059 --> 00:59:05.679 toss a reward away just far enough for the dog 00:59:05.679 --> 00:59:08.519 to have to break their position in order to go 00:59:08.519 --> 00:59:12.289 get it. That reinforces the meaning of free and 00:59:12.289 --> 00:59:15.469 the meaning of yes. Yes. Meaning that I've got, 00:59:15.510 --> 00:59:18.050 I'm bringing you the treat free, meaning you 00:59:18.050 --> 00:59:20.429 are breaking the command in order to go get the 00:59:20.429 --> 00:59:24.550 treat. Gradually increase the time on the bed 00:59:24.550 --> 00:59:29.929 and move around. So start increasing those three 00:59:29.929 --> 00:59:33.989 D's, those distance, duration and distractions. 00:59:35.329 --> 00:59:39.820 All right. That is. All I've got here. So thank 00:59:39.820 --> 00:59:43.340 you for tuning in tonight. 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