today's a huge day it's time to start
phasing in off-leash training with
inertia can you believe it
i'm zach george i train dogs this is my
new dog and i'm going to show you how i
train her from
day one things definitely won't always
go smoothly you can start from the
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motion an approach based on love and
respect your results will forever
remain in motion this is inertia
welcome to the dog training experience
guys today's lesson is going to be huge
i'm going to show you how i
address off-leash training with inertia
my own dog
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off lease training is a huge step for
most dogs it's true that some dogs are
more reliable off leash
and do tend to stay near their people
but in inertia's case well
she's a pretty average dog in this
respect and she's definitely going to
make me work to teach her to be reliable
off-leash inertia can you leave that
alone
come
yes it's like it just takes her eight
seconds to process it
that said inertia is at the point in her
training now where i am methodically
phasing in
more off-leash training in new places
notice that i said off-leash in
new places that's because most dogs are
a lot less likely to listen to you
when in a new place so you have to do
extensive training to prepare for that
long tale of distractions that's likely
to occur
in the real world throughout our
training so far you've seen how we've
been using a long lead to manage inertia
in new places as well as
less controlled places because this
still gives her the freedom to explore
her world
using a long lead like this can be a
really helpful intermediate step while
you're working on teaching your dog to
listen
off leash during early off leash
training sessions i like to wait to take
the long lead off until she's had a good
bit of exercise
the reason for this is that it's more
challenging for a dog to listen when
they have all of that pent-up energy in
the nurse's case if i had just
immediately let her off leash as soon as
we got here it might be more challenging
for her to resist running and
investigating every little thing that
she wanted to
since being anywhere new might be
absolutely overwhelmingly
exciting for some dogs by giving her
some exercise to get that initial
layer of energy out and giving her a
little bit of time in the environment to
satisfy some of her natural curiosity
about what's around her she'll be more
likely to listen to me without being
distracted by wondering about
everything in this new place and make no
mistake
about it dogs know when that lead is on
versus when it's
off so she still understands that she
has a lead on her
also taking advantage of the fact that
she comes to me so reliably
when playing fetch to really solidify
come when called so watch look how fast
she's running to me right now
looking right at me come so i'm saying
come when she's doing that very
deliberate
sprint towards me so she's had a good
round of exercise we're gonna go
off leash now you might notice we're
here in a baseball field which is
pretty fenced it's still a controlled
environment but here's the thing
she doesn't realize that she doesn't
know that she can't run for 20 miles
that's why it's important to make this
part of your off leash training go to
new places
where your dog is still under control
you might have to get creative with this
you may have to drive a few miles
outside of town but
i'm sure you can find something i want
to do some training on come
and stay those are the two most critical
skills especially
when you're doing off leash training
notice her body language right now you
can see she's looking around she's
curious about her environment but she's
generally pretty relaxed let me verify
that i can get her attention
on me in her show that was pretty good
so
i always like to do that because it's a
good way to measure our dog's mood
and since we're currently in alaska our
freeze-dried salmon treats are the
perfect choice for this training session
and if you're wondering why i'm even
using treats at all it's because i've
changed a major variable i've now taken
that lead off and i'm asking her to
listen to me
remember dogs know when that lead is on
versus when it's not
stay gonna give her a stay i'm gonna
walk out here
come good girl
nice and a heel for extra credit i
love it okay okay good we have a flock
of seagulls look at a nurse's reaction
she's already noticed them but she's
holding her stay really well
some of the nurses favorite distractions
happen to be things in the air like
birds
and airplanes so we have a lot of that
here today inertia come
lie down stand let's try to stand
stay while i walk away again completely
off leash that is the major change here
from past lessons
lie down stand stay
come i guess i just can't help but mix
it up like that to be unpredictable
good girl good you want to take a break
so let's try come when called as we walk
around out here i mean there may be a
situation where it's appropriate to do
an off-leash hike in a rural area at
some point i want to make sure that she
comes back to me
as we walk along the field so maybe i
want to turn around and call her
to come back this way inertia come
whoa good girl lie down
good job and we're just showing off with
lie down that's all
since she's behaving so well right now i
want to give her some time to
you know explore the environment she was
really enjoying those clovers over there
so i'm going to let her go back to it
again we're just looking for general
compliance we're trying to keep the
training session very upbeat and
pleasant for her so she doesn't feel
like oh gosh
i can't do anything we want her to feel
like she can still do some things
by the way i base this lesson on a
section of my book guide to a
well-behaved dog check out that book to
help you with the most common behavior
problems
say we're walking and i notice a
distraction in the distance i mean it
could be
a bear which is the reason i'm wearing
bear spray here maybe i need to put her
into a sudden stay for example inertia
stay lie down good
good job yes good work okay so i think
it's a good idea to practice these
spontaneous training sessions especially
with stay and come when they're not
expecting it so much
inertia come yes
good now
i snagged this rope over here out of the
bag i'm gonna use it
as a surprise distraction here in a
minute i'm gonna
just let her tune out and walk around
okay let's go go on go
inertia come good girl
lie down stay
look at me here come
good lie down
stay you can see the genuine surprise
there she didn't know it was coming
okay good work here you go
i like that she wants to play we'll go
ahead and let her play with it
she loves her tug toy good girl and so
she's really focused today doing a good
job
fortunately it's a good day of training
for her you never know with inertia kind
of cool when you have a toy this
powerful
this isn't really like her she doesn't
usually get this obsessed with toys so
i actually like it she's behaving like
an actual border collie right now
if you have a dog that likes to play tug
like this use this currency you don't
always have to use
treats so it's important to use the
currency that your dog values most
let's do another surprise drill with her
this time i'm going to use the frisbee
we're going to do some off-leash frisbee
which wow
awesome right good job very good now
watch what i do this time
i want to do an emergency come when
called let go
ready go faked her out
come no come
there we go
come on lie down stay
come around ready go
inertia come
come on good girl here it is yes
ready go
great job girl even with some people
around here she's getting a little
distracted but she's regaining that
focus so i appreciate that
go inertia come
yes good girl you can see the confusion
but she's still
honoring come when called the point of
this
is you want your dog to know that they
still need to listen to things like
come when called even when they're in
that confused state of mind in her mind
she was virtually
positive that i was going to throw the
frisbee there but she heard me say come
and she came running back
heel come on and since i have her so
into this tug toy and i have her off
leash
i'm going to use this as a reward here
do some more training good job
you're doing great right now
come on come lie down
stay
okay get it so we got some dogs in the
distance what a good opportunity to
practice
off-leash training in the presence of
other dogs if you've been following our
series you'll understand that the
ultimate distraction for
inertia are other dogs so we're gonna go
over here we're gonna walk up near the
fence where she
sees the other dogs over there in the
distance she gave them a look
okay come
girl yes do you want this or do you want
you want to just smell
fine a nurse has just spotted another
dog
stay so i'm seeing a great opportunity
to practice getting her more
focused while in the presence of other
dogs over here looks like i've got her
attention
hey you want to play frisbee come around
ready go
so i was able to get her attention off
the dog onto me to play frisbee that's
always good let's see if this continues
i'm going to deliberately play at close
range
to these other dogs she hasn't forgotten
about the dog you know she's still
keeping track
stay come around
yes go it's one of the reasons i like
activities like fetch and frisbee it
gives them that outlet of running and
chasing and jumping and biting
all that kind of fun stuff they like to
do and again another great opportunity
to practice
while dogs are right behind me this
is the most distracted she's been
all day and she's really doing well
remember a nurse is a very social dog
she can be interested in the other dog
there's nothing wrong with that
she just can't run and chase them
without permission if your dog will
behave
closer and closer range to the things
that distract them you'll
know that you're making progress on your
training
take a break lie down inertia can be
great at taking breaks
seek out opportunities like this where
you can easily control
the variables in your training so here
we have the fences in place so she can't
immediately access them
i'm able to exercise her just prior so
she's more receptive to listening in
other words these are the things you
have to do to set your dog
up for success there's a group of young
people over there
in the adjacent field she also loves
children
inertia stay
yes very good like that she reduced her
posture there i'm gonna go ahead and
give her a reward
and since we have this group of kids
over here i'm gonna put her back on lead
here never be afraid to do that
i'm gonna go do some training at closer
range and even though we have a fence i
still want to have her on lead here
because i don't want her to experience
running 50 feet away from me and not
listening
inertia come yeah
good girl so she saw the dog again just
uh you know
she's more distracted by the dog than
the kids i suppose let's see
inertia here come good girl
lie down the high-pitched sound of these
children over here is definitely going
to be a distraction
come yeah good girl i'm going to try
everything without the lead now
lie down stay
come
doing great yes
stick come
lie down stay even if you've been on top
of your training you have to keep in
mind those outlier events can still
happen i mean we're in alaska for
example
a moose or a bear or an excited dog more
likely could show up at any time
come i didn't even have to call that
time okay the distractions are out in
full bloom now that we've been out here
a little bit
so doing these initial practice sessions
in areas that still have an extra layer
of protection
like a fence is really important when
you're teaching your dog to listen to
you no matter what happens
most people are way too quick to let
their dogs off leash in
uncontrolled settings i see this
especially with new puppy parents since
most puppies naturally have the tendency
to stay close and not wander off but
most puppies
also grow up really fast and they might
stay with you on one day but suddenly
get the urge to run and chase a bird the
next
your goal is to prevent your dog from
ever experiencing getting away from you
or at least as little as possible that's
why you shouldn't be afraid to go back
to the long lead if your dog suddenly
becomes overwhelmed of course if your
dog has managed to get away from you in
the past you can still get this training
done but you're going to have to be very
consistent and very deliberate about
your training and doing the kinds of
exercises we've done today so if you're
going to do this right you can see
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today's a huge day it's time to start phasing in off-leash training with inertia can you believe it.i'm going to show you how i address off-leash training.frequent playing and just generally giving your dog a high quality of life is likely to keep your dog more engaged with you.
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