When to start dog training classes
DOG TRAINING FUNDAMENTALS: LESSON 1
Hey, what's up guys Oscar here with elevated canine together with documentary TV
We are gonna start a training series called fundamentals of dog training and I hope you guys enjoy
alright guys, so the first step in our dog training is
Making sure that we charge our markers with what I mean by that is letting the dog know when he's gonna get rewarded
So in this case, we're gonna use the word. Yes when we say the word. Yes
we are gonna produce a reward it could either be
kibble, you see here in my hand or it could be a tug have one back here and
So basically as soon as I say the word, yes, that's gonna produce the reward
Why is that important?
It is important because that is gonna let the dog know exactly what he did that is gonna get him paid
So, for example, I'm gonna I'm gonna break Benny from his place right now. So if I go, okay, and if I go Benny
place
Yes, he knows that he's gonna get rewarded he can come off of his place place
Yes, alright, so we're gonna start from the beginning place and
How we charge this marker?
alright
So the first step is to make sure that you have a dog that is interested in you
so we want a dog that is very
Invested and wants to work for you so that you could teach the behaviors
if you go outside and you're trying to teach the dog to sit down come whatever you're trying to teach them and
Instead he's sniffing looking at other dogs or whatever he's doing it's gonna be very difficult
so we have to make sure that the dog is invested in us and he wants to work for us so in
At this point I'm gonna show you how we start that
So what you do is you're gonna grab your dog come out put a leash on your dog
just because
Okay, and I'm gonna remove this place out of the way
So if I have a dog say that sniffing like how he is right now
He's going around as soon as he focuses on me, and he looks at me. I'm gonna mark the yes, and I'm gonna pay him
Three pieces of the kibble and I'll stand still he's looking at me. Yes, I pay again, obviously
You know, we've done some training with this guy so he knows the program
But we will take out other dogs, or we can show you
Yes
So here he's invested in me. He wants to he wants to work
Yes
He's being very focused on me. And that's what you want from a dog
All right
So I'm gonna take out a puppy
Next so you guys to see the the process with the dog that has no training. I have done no training with his dog
We just got him in from Costa Rica and he's a German Shepherd puppy. So we'll bring him out and show you guys the process
Alright guys, so this is my young dog, I just got him in from Costa Rica his name is hustle and
We're gonna show you guys a little bit about that engagement thing that we talked about again
This is for dogs that are a little more food motivated or you know, some dogs are not treat motivated
So you got to find other ways that they are gonna find satisfaction in whatever you give them tug
Praise whatever it is in this case
We're using food just to show you guys the process, so I haven't done any sessions with him yet
He just got in a couple days ago
So he as you can see, he's already a very focused little pup, but you know
So I'm gonna show you guys and again, we're charging the marker as I go. So
I'm gonna charge the yes marker at the same time that I'm building engagement. All right. Yes
So he doesn't even know what yes means, but I'm gonna produce a reward
He looks at me yes
Then I produced a reward I can even make him chase it a little bit standstill
Yes, he looks at me I mark and I feed
Yes, you got to make sure that you capture the right moment as soon as you say he looks at you
Yes
In this one, I'm gonna give them three treats
So you kind of you could jackpot make sure that you give them more than one
Yes, and you'll see that there'll be a lot more attentive rather than you just giving one piece of food
You give three pieces of food. Yes, and then you'll see how the dog becomes a lot more engaged than you
Yes
so the reason why I put him on leash is
Just so if he was interested in a lot of other things I could stop him
I'm not gonna correct them and I'm gonna stop him
Yes
All right, yes
All right guys, so the reason why I'm using food to me
It's just the easiest thing to use when working because I can limit their food a little bit. Yes. I could feed them
Through training and create that bond that engagement. Yes
But you can see this little guy already picking it up, all right
Yes, nice buddy good boy
Yes, and then you just end your session done yeah boy good boy
That's a good
All right, guys
So just a little recap on this video that we shot
Is is how to create engagement and charge your yes marker at the same time again?
So the yes marker means you are gonna produce a reward so the dog looks at you you say the word
Yes
You reach into your pockets and you can give them one piece two piece three pieces of food
Or if your dog is in food motivated, what you do is you'll go. Yes, and you'll bring out the tug
Give your dog the tug and play play play play out
You can give him another bite or you could put it away
He stays focused on you. Yes, bring it out
and again
you are just
Making sure that your dog is invested in you he wants to work for you instead of being into all these other things
So I know it's gonna be questions. What if your dog isn't food motivated what if your dog isn't ugh motivated?
Well, you can create you can create that motivation
you could bring it up by either cutting their food a little bit and maybe
instead of feeding them in a bowl you feed them out of your hand create that engagement with you or
You could even you know, if your dog you want your dog to be a little more tug motivated
What you could do is you could attach it to a leash where he has to chase it play with them remember?
It's about the game
Not necessarily the tug
So how some dogs you know?
Like like to pull on the tug you got to see what your dog likes every dog is different
So if that's for you to find out and there are some videos out there of other trainers Ivan Balaban of Michael Ellis
Those are trainers that I look up to again
I hope you guys enjoyed this if you guys have any questions, feel free to email us
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