How to Teach your Dog to Listen TO YOU Around other Dogs!
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the link will be in the description I’ve
had the pleasure of working with Nina
the rescue dog for the last few months
and I think that she’s ready to start
taking on some more serious distraction
so I’ve invited her out here to the park
to see how she does if you want to learn
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revolution experience changing your
dog’s environment is one of the most
serious distractions you can provide but
you don’t want to wait until you have to
be somewhere in order to then start
training them that’s why today we’re
going to work in this big field we’re
also going to see how Nina does with the
dogs across the street over here at the
dog park when you’re doing training like
this it’s important to give your dog
your full attention you should have some
pretty good communication and they
should already be doing well with laying
off of moderate distractions if you need
help with that see the video I posted
right before this one the link will be
in the description now if you need help
with teaching your dog the basics make
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dog all of the basics tell me how
training has been going with Nina
overall in general over the last several
weeks that’s been going great I mean
she’s very responsive very attentive but
as you keep saying anytime you you start
to introduce a new environment your new
surroundings it’s there’s a bit of
aggression just because the dog does
really well in their home environment
doesn’t mean they’re going to do well
when you change something major like the
environment around them so we have to be
prepared to take a step back that’s
something you’re brilliant at dogs are
so excited when they come to a new place
like this the first thing we should do
when teaching our dog to respond to us
in new places is let them adjust let
them explore I was thinking we would put
her on the lead like this let her
explore the field let her run around a
little bit get some of that energy out
maybe even play some fetch if she’s up
for it what do you think I think the
goal today should be just to get her to
do some of her basic behaviors but in
the new environment sit lie down maybe
you can throw a trick or two in there
later
on and then if she does well here will
graduate over there to the dog park and
see how responsive she is and listening
to us around other dogs before you do
any distraction training remember a dog
who’s gotten their edge off and it was a
bit tired is much more likely to be
responsive to learning new concepts be
prepared to slow down go to a slower
pace and be empathetic to the point that
they’re in a new place and they’re very
curious about their surroundings we have
to have a good currency for Nina it
happens to be a ball so we’re going to
see if we can get her to do her basics
for a ball in the distracting
environment remember we’ve got to be
able to motivate our dogs if we want
them to succeed she’s all over this ball
I’m gonna hand the ball over here to
Jose he’s the main trainer for Nina
they’ve been doing really well look at
that and reward on sit don’t be afraid
to reward on seemingly easy things with
your dog when you’ve changed up a
variable like the environment sit you
know you go so you can see she’s
distracted here but Jose sticks with or
look at that little game Arabic Rasha
pretty good notice his timing – do you
see how when she sat pretty he instantly
threw that ball as if to say I love that
you did that and she’s doing it in this
new place which is super exciting and
right here you can see she’s dying off a
little bit what is Jose doing he’s
getting more interesting he’s getting
more exciting his goal is to be more
exciting than the surroundings and he
succeeded look at that that’s it that’s
how you do it dogs experience the world
very differently than we do they’re very
distracted by different smells different
things in the background and plus a dog
like Nina who’s only been on planet
earth for ten months is still learning
they’re still exploring and they’re
still very curious do you think she
would be responsive to doing her basic
obedience over here by the dog park with
access to other dogs gonna try whenever
I do training with a dog around other
dogs I like to go to a dog park but I
don’t like to go into the dog park
because I want to make sure that we can
control the environment does that make
sense there’s going to be dogs coming
and going that’s bound to be tempting
for Nina she loves other dogs now
there’s a time and place for our dogs to
socialize and interact with other dogs
but there’s also a time when they need
to listen to us and that’s something
that I’m hoping we can make progress on
here it’s not so important that she does
amazing but we’re looking
for her to do just a little bit better
than she has in the past does that make
sense we don’t want to wait tour on a
walk with our dogs and then have to try
and teach them these things set up
drills like this set up situations where
you can control the environment to no
surprise Nina was in a pretty social
mood and wanting to greet every dog that
walked by
rather than get discouraged or
frustrated when your dog doesn’t listen
reach deep try and be sincere and try
and motivate them to succeed mixing up
currencies with your dog can help you
get a lot more out of your training for
example if your dog isn’t responding to
a toy perhaps try some really good food
like real deli meat if no currency is
working with your dog it probably means
that you’ve thrown them in the deep end
a little bit too early so you need to
take a step back on your training and
create distance between your dog and the
other dogs
this might mean going back across the
street or it might mean just going a few
feet away it just depends where you are
in your training
Jose made the decision that the tennis
ball wasn’t a strong enough currency so
he’s using this as currency and look at
this she’s really dialed in now this is
her favorite toy see oh he’s not waiting
for dog to be right up here to train you
no one’s coming he’s trying to get her
into training mode right here this is
exactly what you do it’s important to
reward extra generously whenever you get
any compliance in an overwhelmingly
difficult environment like this here’s
another dog over here there’s dogs
everywhere yes they’ll reward big there
even though nina clearly knows sit and
in most environments were past rewarding
on sit when we make it so challenging
it’s important to really communicate to
our dog and no uncertain terms that we
love that they’re listening to us while
distracted I’m quite pleased with this
because you’re getting briefs it stays
while she’s distracted we have to get a
1 second sit stay before we can get a 5
seconds its day around heavy
distractions yes let her know you love
that sincerely good and see the
attention is on Jose now it’s not on the
other dogs because they’re starting to
break through this is what we want to
see most people don’t recognize these
small little bits of progress it’s very
very important to recognize that in your
dog and to let them know that you
recognize that don’t expect too much too
soon
you have to train like this often with
your dog in various environments I’m
skeptical that we’re gonna be able to do
this because she’s pretty distracted but
I think we’re gonna try ah I want to see
if Nina can do her money trick while in
the presence of other dogs and it looks
like Jose is ready to snap into action
here hey Nina Nina come here
yes look at that I love it as funny as
this looks the fact that she’s doing a
pretty cool trick while in the presence
of other dogs while distracted stay
right there
so she sees another dog she’s
maintaining balance while distracted
very nice Nina you are doing so well yes
come on girl
Jose that was amazing she jumped on your
back she had the concentration to
maintain her balance while dogs walk by
I think that was incredible you know
that’s the great thing about teaching
our dogs tricks as well on the side note
is that it really builds their brain
their ability to think in a more
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and tell me what you think
Nina is doing a terrific job you’re an
amazing trainer with her so just keep
working with our keep working with her
in various environments like this keep
it fun and engaging with her but I can’t
say enough good things
see you brother thank you both well I
appreciate that but I think that you’ve
done a very good job but I’ll take the
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