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that's ten week old golden doodle
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link below today is my first time
meeting Goldie and my very first
training session with her so I thought
it might be a good idea to do some
training exercises with her and go over
some things that you need to keep in
mind with your new dog on their first
day first week or first month even the
first thing that you're gonna want to
prioritize is getting to know your new
puppy my general goal here is just to
see how receptive she is to
communicating with me today I'm using a
very high value currencies real meats
remember almost everybody uses pieces
that are way too big so we're gonna keep
them nice and small I don't even know if
Goldie knows how to sit yet so let's see
we'll just use that nose in this turkey
like magnets to lure her back until that
butt just falls into a sit let's see
almost sit good you can see how she's a
little receptive to lure training with
young dogs like this their focus can be
so in and out that you know even though
you're using something like real Turkey
they may go in and out see right there
she's like what about the other hand I'm
trying to keep her focused on this and
don't worry if your puppy doesn't seem
to know what you're asking of them just
yet you're in the very beginning stages
of building your communication plus
you've got all of my videos on YouTube
to help you out
so don't sweat anything sit until her
butt just hits the ground so sit looks
really good how about look at me look at
me is a core skill that all dogs need to
have cuz you have to be able to get
their attention on you and look at you
so that you can guide them so I'm going
to use the treat hold it up here so I
have eye contact almost yes even though
I kind of had a little eye contact she
was mainly looking at the treat that's
still okay we can focus on phasing out
the treat in a future lesson
let me come by and sit and look at me
now let's just see if we can get that
yes look at me good job you're amazing
impulse control is a huge thing in dog
training that's where we have to teach
our dogs how to override their initial
impulses for example if I put a piece of
meat right here in front of Goldie and I
say leave it alone that's not very
effective is it you can't just do what
you want because you want to all the
time what if that was a squirrel running
across the street but let's quickly
teach you how to leave a piece of meat
alone without restraining her or forcing
her to leave it alone in any way I'm
gonna teach her to think that's why this
is a powerful exercise so I'm gonna
close my hand every time she goes for it
when she backs off I'm going to reveal
it and I'm just looking forward to show
just a tiny bit of restraint at first
right now she's just acting impulsively
trying to get that tree that's not what
we want yes good job
so right there she just stopped on her
own I appreciate that but still she's
not leaving that sheet alone yet yes
right there I like that she kind of laid
off for just of minut second but let's
see if we can improve that just a little
bit more and every time she goes through
the treat I'm just gonna pull away until
she shows some restraint so when you see
it in your dog's eyes that they're
trying make sure you let them know that
you appreciate that yes good girl now
we're starting to hit some momentum I'm
not saying leave it or anything like
that I'm just strictly communicating
with her visually here now let's see if
we get her to exhibit 3 seconds of
impulse control yes good job I'll take
it for a 1st leave a training session
she's off to a great start another great
way to really increase communication
with your dog is to play with them some
dogs are into some toys more than others
that's why it's important to try out a
huge variety of different toys to really
find out what your dog likes this is
what you want if your dog is this
intense about a toy you've probably got
the right one and it's really important
that you understand that your dog picks
their favorite toy you don't
to do that but some things you can do to
increase the likelihood that your dog is
gonna like a toy is make it really
interesting move it around a little bit
you want these toys to really retain
their potency so it's important not to
let your dog have access to it unless
you're engaging it in other words you
want this toy to always be exciting
every time you bring it out play is
important because it accelerates the
bond between you and your dog like
nothing else can and it allows you to
get to know each other really well and
very quickly and that equals faster
training success keep in mind that just
because your dog loves a toy during one
training session they may lose interest
in that the next day or eventually or
whatever so you want to make sure that
you have a variety of different toys
that you can play with aside from toys
being a really great way for you to bond
with your dog they're also great for
rewards and for just enriching your
dog's life in general if your dog is a
problem puppy biting as Goldie currently
is right now because she's young and
teething having the right kind of toys
to get their attention on is also
crucial and see you see what I'm doing
here I'm making the toy interesting I'm
not just offering the toy saying do
something with it think outside the box
when it comes to offering toys to your
dogs as well sometimes traditional dog
toys may not interest your particular
dog one of my favorite dog training
hacks are cat toys and while you
wouldn't really encourage your dog to
play tug-of-war with this you might be
able to encourage them to chase it
around getting your dog to chase
something is still play even if it's not
tug it helps with their coordination
it's fun for them look at that if you're
using a toy like this you would want to
make sure they don't grab a hold of it
and swallow any feathers but this is
really just to kind of get her engaging
with me see how much fun she's having
there right when your dog is having fun
with you they're more likely to listen
to you so there's more to play than
might meet the eye of course a tennis
ball is a classic dog toy this one's
squeezed so I like tennis balls at
squeaky teaching your puppy how to come
to you is critical and you can start
right away with introducing this general
concept but do you understand that it
takes months of training come when
called in a variety of different
settings before your dog truly
understands and generalizes the skill
here's a fun little exercise we can do
to get started I've got a little treat
here this is a dog treat and I'm using a
dog treat here because it's easy to toss
and you can
by tossing a little treat like that over
there and since she knows that treats
coming from me she's likely to come back
on her own here after a couple of
attempts to say hey can I have another
one and I'm gonna give her another one
toss the treats there she goes
and she's gonna wait pretty naturally
come back to me come very good I'm
saying come as she's in the process of
walking to me just to let her know what
she's doing so that's a really great way
to introduce this whole concept of come
when called to your new puppy teaching
your new puppy how to walk on a leash
can be definitely a little problematic
at first because you know puppies don't
really understand why we would attach
them to a leash but it's for their
safety so we can keep good control of
them and I'd like to see how Goldie
responds to her first leash walking
session we're already gonna start to
combine some of the things that we've
already gone over in order to keep this
really simple all I want to do is see if
I can get look at me while moving she
looked up at me so I'm gonna go ahead
and reward at this point in her training
almost every time that she looks up at
me while moving she's kind of pulling
ahead but I really want her paying
attention to me Hey yes good girl very
good over here come on
there we go up here so you can see we're
already combining things like look at me
come when called can we get a sit we
sure can so things are really coming
together quickly here for one training
session now if your dogs doing this well
don't get too excited or overconfident
because it's a lot easier for dogs to
pick up these easy skills like this in a
really distraction-free environment and
that's really where you want to start
with your dog as to not overwhelm them
the main thing you want is your dog just
paying attention to you while moving and
we are certainly accomplishing that here
I'm rapidly changing directions trying
to be unpredictable little hesitation
there but I just worked with her through
it and I'm resisting the urge to pull
her to say hey come on because that's
not really gonna teach her anything
long-term or at all for that matter her
leash skills are looking fantastic
you're off to such a good start next
you're definitely going to want to be
able to get your dog's attention on you
when you ask so for this you'll need a
good food reward or play reward whatever
your dog is responding to and a positive
attitude
most dogs aren't going to intuitively
understand their name just because you
keep saying it to them
however most dogs especially young
curious ones like Goldie will respond to
you know a high-pitched sound or a kissy
noise let's see and she looked up at me
so I'm gonna go ahead and give her a
reward and so every time she responds to
any vocalization I'm making I'm gonna go
ahead and reward her now after a few
times of doing that you can start to
pair that with your dog's name Goldie
right there good see she was
investigating my hand for treats I made
the sound and she looked up at me Goldie
he's job let's let her forget about the
treats for a second Goldie
yes and right there even though she
didn't respond immediately I gave it a
second I didn't continue to say Goldie
Goldie Goldie because I had a hunch she
was gonna look up at me
Goldie doing great so she's really
coming around very quickly now of course
you'll need to be ready for house
training as well and house training can
be a weeks to months long process so
don't underestimate what's required
there but if you're really consistent
you start immediately you can
dramatically reduce the time it would
otherwise take if you have a new dog
especially a young puppy don't put the
responsibility on them to let you know
when they have to go for now just give
them ample opportunities to relieve
themselves in acceptable places that way
you can help them develop good habits by
preventing bad ones from day one real
time that we've been focusing on this
training session is probably 30 minutes
so far there's a lot you can do with
your dog right away when you get them
but training is really about repetition
and training in a variety of contexts
over a period of many months but this is
how you get started obviously there's a
lot more to training a puppy than what
we've covered here but I'm gonna have a
link to my playlist on how to teach your
puppy or dog the basics and beyond in
order that will also be in the
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girl you did great oh you get so good ok
today is my first time meeting Goldie and my very first training session with her so I thought it might be a good idea to do some training exercises with her and go over
some things that you need to keep in mind with your new dog on their first day first week or first month.
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