Hard to Train, Stubborn, Excited, Hyper Dog? You’re Probably not doing these things.
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high-energy dogs so I’m going to give
you some tips on that and if you’re
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enjoyment and offering affordable dog
training classes here in New Orleans
we’ve been doing a little while now and
it’s been very rewarding in fact we
donate a pretty sizable portion of the
sales back to local animal rescue groups
thing is though you never know what
you’re going to get in these classes in
this particular class we had so many
hyper dogs now I was excited about this
teaching basic things to our dogs is
really important but how do we get them
even receptive to learning especially if
you have a high-energy dog
I encourage people to get to class early
the first time they do bring their dogs
to class so that they can get them
familiar with the environment right now
puppy horn is here in class and he’s
playing fetch before class it’s so
important that before you introduce new
concepts like basic obedience to your
dog that you really get them nice and
tired with a dog like this you have to
be really exciting that that’s good good
because he’s so full of life so exciting
that if you’re boring and you’re like
very methodical they get bored with you
so quickly so many people think that
these are the behavior problem dogs
these are the right dogs these are the
smart dogs they just need a lot of
interaction with people if you have a
dog like this that has behavior issues
and they’re not getting structured
exercise that involves the mind and body
you’re not going to get anywhere but if
you’re prepared to do that dogs like
this will learn anything in the world
this is evidenced by their clear
interest in everything curiosity and
intelligence are virtually synonymous a
dog like this has been bred for 500
years to be the ultimate working dog if
you look at puppy
born right now look at that tail Waggin
this is a happy dog this is the mindset
you want your dog in when you’re working
with them but look at this ball I’m not
even using a leash right now because
he’s so interested in a ball
we’re being engaging I mean look at this
we have practically a perfect heel
simply by holding up a ball good go get
you know the power of a ball for a dog
that likes to play don’t underestimate
it it’s amazing
puppy Warren loves to play fetch now as
a review if you have a high energy dog
remember that taking them on walks is
not usually sufficient exercise for them
I’m not even focused on teaching
anything specific to him I’m just trying
to get his general attention onto me
here he has a clear currency and I’m
gonna use that see he started to drip
there what did I do I put them all right
over here to get his attention good and
I’m gonna pay him you don’t want to be
too stingy with your rewards and you
don’t want to over reward depending on
where you are in your training I am so
excited to introduce you to Samson he is
a high-energy happy pitbull pitbulls are
among the sweetest dogs in the world yes
good that’s it finding a rhythm and a
fast pace with your dog is required to
achieve that initial spark with that
usually the problem with teaching a
hyper dog is that we as people are way
too slow when we engage them and they
get bored fast I mean they’re going a
million miles an hour we have to keep up
with them one of the first things we go
over in my dog training classes is how
to teach our dogs to look at us when we
ask now this will make future training
much easier if we can get their
attention when we ask you can see the
description of this video if you need
more information on teaching your dog
this skill yes right there and look look
how fast I’m moving when you got him you
got him you got to be prepared to move
quick if you have a high-energy dog
you heard me click there with the
clicker I love using clicker training
with high-energy dogs especially in the
beginning stages because that synthetic
sound can really get their attention
remember the click means that we like
what they did and we’re going to follow
that up with the reward for an
introduction to click our training see
the description of this video look at me
yes good very good keep that energy
sincere cat real don’t be a robot our
dogs are very responsive to our energy
and if we move slow they get bored with
us so it’s on us to be more engaging
that takes a little bit of practice if
you’re not good at that instantly don’t
be too discouraged by that be patient
very often hyperactivity is exaggerated
with
young puppy I mean who could blame them
there’s a lot to take in in this world
and their new be understanding of that
Gracie the Yorkshire Terrier is a great
example of that if you make Sam with
like a chilled-out dog sometimes those
moments are very brief because those
moments with our dogs are often so brief
especially when they’re young especially
when they’re high-energy you have to
really prioritize your timing understand
this might be a bit challenging at first
but commit to it and get better at it if
your dog’s attention is dying off speak
their language get a little bit goofy
with them be appealing be interesting to
them hey hey hey
look at him yeah sometimes you got to
get a little peppy like that look at me
yes remember that dogs are extremely
receptive to body language from us we
will want to use hand signals throughout
our training with our dog because there
are times we’re on the telephone and we
need to just be able to tell them to do
something with our hands or their any
distance and they can’t hear us and we
need to be able to give them a hand
signal so always ask yourself what’s the
hand signal I’m giving my dog and you
can make them up by the way you do
what’s comfortable to you look at me
very good if you have that eye contact
that is your moment to play there’s no
treat my hand this time so I’m saying
look at me when we can get eye contact
at will from our dogs we can direct them
so much better we can communicate with
them so much better and we don’t even
need words when we have solid eye
contact very often they learn to read us
so well
look at me that’s some kind tone of
voice is a great way to communicate
sincerity to our dogs remember that dogs
respond much more to sincerity than they
do to a drill sergeant or a monotone
trainer keep a nice quiet on a voice a
lot of us tend to use a loud voice if we
use a quiet voice our dog is more likely
to listen to us when we’re using
positive training like this because they
have to Zone into us more they have to
know if I want to get paid I better be
paying attention I don’t want to miss it
you know it’s amazing how fast dogs
start to learn once you get some
momentum going
like down sit and stand piece of cake
I’ve always known that exercise for dogs
makes them more manageable and more
receptive to learning one of the very
first audiobooks I ever downloaded from
audible I think this was back in 2010 or
so was a book called spark in a nutshell
it’s a book on how structured physical
activity benefits the brain and
cognitive ability with people it’s not a
stretch to say that when a dog gets
regular mental and physical exercise
that there are a lot easier to work with
and there’s so much more receptive to
taking on new tasks don’t forget you can
get your free audio book as well as a
30-day trial at audible.com slash is act
Gorge that link will be in the
description of this video now I have a
question for you guys do you guys prefer
training videos where I feature young
puppies or do you like adult dogs in
this video you may have noticed that
when touched on how to teach our dogs to
sit lie down come back up and to an up
and then into a stand in my next video
I’m going to show you Knox the adorable
and awesome Border Collie puppy learn
how to do these tasks in a single
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