How to Train ANY Dog To Stay, Stop Pulling, Come, Lie Down and More!
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welcome to another episode of shelter
dog training revolution where we pull a
dog from the shelter work with them a
little bit to try to make them more
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guide to a well-behaved dog I’ll have a
link below let’s go inside and see what
we can find Bigfoot is one of my
favorite kind of shelter dogs he’s a
senior dog Bigfoot’s nine years old he
spent the last year of his life living
at the animal shelter Bigfoot was
relinquished because his last family
just didn’t want him anymore and
training and teaching a dog how to be
more social and listen better can go a
long way towards making them more
adoptable and giving them the better
life that they deserve there are a lot
of pros to getting an older dog
oftentimes when you adopt an older dog
you don’t have to deal with as many of
the common puppy problems and they’re
older and more settled and more mature
that doesn’t mean they don’t need
training necessarily when you think
about the environment of many shelters
it can be a potentially stressful
environment for many dogs so I like to
take that into account before I just
start jumping into training a dog and
being very mindful of the fact that just
moments ago that Bigfoot was in a
shelter environment around lots of dogs
nothing can quite compare
– being out here with one person getting
that one-on-one time so we’re gonna give
us some time to adjust I’m putting a
long lead now on Big Foot just to give
them a little bit of a greater area to
roam around and check everything else
let’s go see what’s over here Big Foot
it’s really important for dogs to get
comfortable with and take in their new
environment they’ve got to appreciate
all those smells and sights and the wind
and all of those things those all affect
your training and if they’re too focused
on those things then it’s hard to
connect with them so better to let them
get it out of their system and just take
it all in hey what’s this let’s say oh
look at that guys alright so that’s an
encouraging sign as far as I know
Bigfoot’s never been here before and
he’s playing with a tug toy what’s the
significance of getting him to play with
a toy well his mindset appears to be
pretty happy and optimistic and excited
right now he’s focused on me cuz I’ve
got the toy those are two really
important things when you’re training a
dog I’m gonna make the toy boring and
see if you let’s go yes drop it kind of
an accidental let go but notice I’m
gonna give him the toy right back so
we’ve done a little bit of playing with
Bigfoot we’ve let him explore a little
bit I think it’s time to see what he can
do I’m getting him to take a treat from
me to let him know look I’m good I give
you good stuff does he know what’s it
not a bad start I love it sit how about
it down oh good job buddy that’s great
now let’s see what happens if I say down
see he’s confused when I point to the
ground if I lure him that’s great but
look I got a bend over here and hunched
down maybe I don’t want to do that so
let’s see if we can teach Bigfoot to lie
down while I stand up the way to do that
rather than just luring him like I did
I’m gonna do like a half floor I’m not
gonna go down quite as far down very
good so that way I was only down half
way and we’ll bring him in to enough
just by luring him there
good job do you see the difference
though from here listens very readily
when I do it just like that as compared
to down see that completely different
we’re only a couple of inches away
that’s how nuanced your communication
can be I’d like to see if we can improve
on that real quick he’s a sharp dog you
can see just working through that a
little bit with them going a couple of
times showing him exactly what you mean
it’s a good way to improve communication
and broaden their view of you and by
that I mean if you can really get your
dog to focus on you in a variety of
different contexts it really helps to
broaden your communique
with them let’s work on stay now and see
how he does let me give him a hand
signal with Stacy we get him to stay for
five seconds stay one two three four
five works for me let’s see what happens
when I walk away though stay okay come
on let’s go get over here and look come
win calm he’s really a smart boy he’s
doing so well it’s really important that
our dogs know how to stay and how to
come when we call them I think as long
as his new family continues to work with
him on his basic obedience that should
be looking good but I did notice that
before he was pulling on the leash quite
a bit I’m gonna switch back to a regular
leash in let’s see how he does on his
leash walking skills leash skills are
incredibly important for dogs especially
a big strong dog like Bigfoot you want
him to be very obedient on leash so I’ve
got his currency I’m using good treats
today the way I like to start a leash
training session is really just by going
back and forth and rewarding liberally
when he pays attention to me and so you
can see there every time he’s pulling
ahead I’m just encouraging him to come
back and part of the reason he’s doing
so well is because he’s been out here
we’ve been doing training he’s gotten a
little bit of exercise that sometimes is
all you need to get a compliant dog
Bigfoot is a perfect example of how
shelter dogs can be just fantastic dogs
I mean straight out of the shelter he’s
been there a year his other family
didn’t want him I’ve spent what an hour
with him and he’s doing fantastic on his
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