When to start training a husky puppy
4 Things to Teach your NEW PUPPY Right Now!
today I'm gonna cover some of my
favorite things to teach your new puppy
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teach dogs now let's cover some of my
favorite things to teach your new puppy
on their first day
since basic communication is lacking
with most new dogs we have to come up
with other ways to keep their attention
especially in that first few months of
training that's what I like to call the
communication building phase which
usually lasts a few months treats are a
great way to do that I'm using tiny
pieces of real chicken lure training is
where you encourage your dog to be in a
particular physical position by kind of
coaxing them with a tree you can see
that right now bb-8 is in a lie-down
position why would encourage him to come
up so I'm gonna use his nose right here
right here gonna use it like a magnet up
to kind of encourage him to come up did
you see that and let's see if we can get
him to spin around in a circle
wow that's pretty awesome how about sit
lie down and you got to be kidding me
look at that roll over first attempt
guys not even kidding
I honestly have never worked with him on
any of this stuff so he's doing a great
job
that's called roll over so you can see
he's really doing well there's a lot of
power in lure training especially at
first it's not just about the treat
either always inject your training with
lots of enthusiasm positivity and
encouragement when you're working with
your dog that'll go a long way to
teaching them to do lots of new cool
things teaching your dog to come to you
when you call them is absolutely vital
and you can't practice this too much
always make sure that you have a leash
on your dog whenever teaching them
anything in the first year you want to
really maintain control of the
environment a good rule of thumb when
you're teaching your dog to come to you
is to always call them in a really
encouraging optimistic happy voice do
what you can to be real exciting to make
sure your dog wants to come to you bb-8
I mean come here good boy you did so
well the other thing you got to remember
is to go out of your way to make sure
that they understand that coming to you
results in something amazing and for
dogs like bb-8 there are a few things
that are more desirable than a piece of
real chicken at first keep your distance
is short with your dog don't ask them to
come to you from a massive range the
closer you are to your dog the more
likely they are to listen to you and
beginner training now let's go running
away from them is also a great way to
encourage them to come to you because
instinctively most dogs really like to
chase you're doing a terrific job if
possible try and get down to your dog's
level
and encourage them with your eyes to
come to you that always helps bb8 come
on come here come on oh right there it's
a good thing we have a leash on see
there we go baby hey come here come on
there we go good job so right there we
work through a real-life distraction so
that's pretty awesome you don't always
have to use food as your primary
currency when teaching your dog to come
to you either
consider using toys too sometimes it can
be really frustrating if your dog
doesn't come to you immediately you
might be tempted to use a really firm or
even angry voice but don't resort to
doing this keep it optimistic for your
dog and enjoyable if you go out of your
way to reach deep during these moments
you'll get a lot more out of your
training and your dog will appreciate
you a lot more perhaps one of the most
important skills any dog needs to know
is how to stay when you ask them to this
is a potentially life-saving skill let's
go over what a beginner state training
session should look like I think we'll
focus on stay for a period of time and
stay while I walk away a key thing to
remember when teaching your dog to stay
is to build it in small little bits let
me show you what I mean stay yes that
was like a half second stay that's where
we start I'm also being really
purposeful with my hand signal here so I
can really communicate what this word
means stay yes since he stayed I'm going
to reward him and I'm gonna give him a
good reward there to let him know how
much I really like that he's staying ok
good
come here I'm letting him know that his
stay is over now stay one two three full
old boy I pushed him to failure did you
see that he got distracted by these
lovely people walking behind us so since
he broke stay there you know what I
messed up I pushed him to failure and I
want to make sure that doesn't happen
two times in a row so I'm gonna take a
step back on my training right now and
try and set him up for success on this
next attempt so over here good sit stay
yes I wanted to make that one extra easy
for him and he did really well my goal
here is to see if I can work up to a
good four maybe five seconds stay so let
me get his attention
good stay one
two three four five yes good you might
have noticed that he went into a down
there that's totally fine because he's
not up running around everywhere he's
still kind of staying in this general
area so I'm cool with that especially at
first now let's see if we can get him to
stay while I walk away this is gonna be
a little bit more challenging though
especially in this distracting
environment just as we kept stay really
easy for a period of time I want to do
the same thing when I walk away stay yes
good I move back just a little bit to
kind of plant the see that I still want
you to stay even though I'm going over
there remember with young puppies like
this that are under five months of age
they're particularly clinging to you so
they like to stay near you so stay with
distance can be particularly challenging
with these guys stay he's in a Down now
nope yeah good job did you see himself
correct there I love it when they do
that that was great means he's starting
to get it that's the thing you want to
reward good decisions that your dog
makes on their own that's really what
dog training is all about it's not about
making them do something it's about
making them want to do the thing that
you're asking them to do now let's see
if we can combine stay for a period of
time while I walk away at the same time
stay
okay good come here good job toys add a
completely new dimension to training for
many many dogs you know the philosopher
Plato once said that you can learn more
about a person in an hour of play than a
year of conversation I think that is so
true especially with dogs when you're
introducing a new toy to your dog go out
of your way to make that first
experience really exciting for them so
that they're super intrigued by it even
sees them play keep-away with it at
first to make them even more interested
in it of course let them win here and
there as well so that they keep interest
in the toy experiment with a variety of
different toys just because your dog
doesn't like one particular type of toy
doesn't mean he won't love another
so variety is super cute toys like this
are very different than chew toys you
don't leave toys like this or tennis
balls or frisbees out when you're not
attending to your dog that keeps these
extra special if your dog always sees
that toys like this are super exciting
then they're a lot more likely to focus
on you when you're playing with toys
like this sit yes stay ok good yes good
job
we just rewarded by playing with him on
a basic skill like stay you have to
practice these in a huge variety of
different circumstances situations and
environments especially during that
first year of training this is just one
example of what one of many training
sessions should look like if you want to
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