My Dog Listens at Home, But Definitely Not Here!
I don’t know how to get down so she’s
barking because she wants to get back
here I’m Zack George I trained dogs and
this is my new dog inertia I’m taking
you along as I train her from day one
you can start from the beginning or pick
up anywhere and start learning
welcome to the dog training experience
today we’ll see what it’s like living on
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is an exciting day because I’m going to
take my dog inertia to Atlanta that’s my
hometown where I have lots of family
because my family hasn’t seen my dog is
a puppy yet
so I thought this was a good opportunity
to show you guys kind of how I prepare
for a road trip the things that I bring
in order to keep inertia happy I’ve got
some different leashes this is a 15 foot
leash to give me some options because I
don’t want to let her just have the run
of the house and houses that she’s never
been in before I’ve got a 6 foot leash
when I need to keep her more contained
and assuming we can find a nice park to
work at I’ve got a nice long retractable
leash to give her some free roaming
space on those longer walks to where she
can just check out the environment and
explore two bowls one for food one for
water a nice fun unconventional ball one
of her favorite plush toys I think she’s
ready to go right now I’m just going to
ignore that barking for now she heard
the squeak can I have a saddle excuse me
while I try to get this barking under
control
relax good girl since she’s just under 4
months of age she’s gonna need lots of
things to chew on so I’ve got this I got
a little plastic thing I’ve got these
deep tendon shoes so she should have a
decent variety as far as currency goes
for food I’m gonna be bringing cheese
can you settle thank you the good thing
about these little packs is that they
keep well for traveling whereas keeping
real meat with you
might be kind of tough I also have some
other dog treats that you might like of
course I’ve got my clicker got a brush
here to make sure she looks good for
everybody got wipes for to keep her
clean of course if she has an accident
we have to be fully prepared for that so
we’ve got stain remover and paper towels
and a couple of ways to transport her
water so a bigger water jug and one of
these these are great right here you can
squeeze it out and you have a bowl of
water everywhere you go and of course
we’ve got her food too so that’s it I’m
ready to get on the road in my personal
experience most dogs tend to really just
get infinite eyes by the road and go to
sleep inertia has been sleeping pretty
much the whole time we haven’t heard
much out of her at all and the reason
for that is that we’ve exercised her
she’s had some training today and she
probably feels content hopefully she’ll
sleep through the night then that’s
gonna be interesting we’re at a Tesla
supercharging stop right now and I’m
gonna show you more about how we travel
with a dog
we have inertia back here you can see
that she is in her travel carrier this
is how I feel safest transporting a dog
having a dedicated crate for them is
especially to the puppy the way that I
like to do it waits the nurse has been
doing really good on wait at the crate
okay come on good girl now you’ll want
to make sure that your dog’s harness is
super secure on them because you don’t
have the safety net when you’re
traveling we double-checked hers to make
sure it is there’s not a fenced area
you’re often by an area where there’s a
lot of cars good girl she went pee
that’s good we’re stopping every couple
of hours because we have a dog that
isn’t quite four months old yet you want
to give them ample opportunities to go
so every couple of hours is pretty good
if you have an older dog you might be
able to travel for longer periods of
time when you’re taking a road trip you
have a lot on your mind and maybe it
might be easy to forget to give your dog
some water so pack extra water with you
and offer it to them at every break some
dogs get carsick and they get kind of
queasy when
you travel if that’s your dog give them
a light meal so that there are less
likely to lose their breakfast I
exercised inertia before the trip but if
you have a high-energy dog or a fairly
energetic one its if at all possible do
some playtime with them at your stop
maybe some fetch if you can find an area
or certainly a short walk might be a
good idea that’ll also encourage better
behavior on the trip if they tend to get
a little antsy in the car she’s still
under that critical socialization age of
eight months of age so every new
experience every new place is a welcomed
opportunity when you have a dog this
young today we stopped two or three
times that’s two or three new places in
one day all right put her back in there
and she’s gonna go back to sleep it
looks like nice and comfy so I’m gonna
be staying with my dad and his whole
basement is available for us hopefully
that works out I’ve never stayed in this
basement
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okay we’ve made it to Atlanta and my dad
is extremely anxious to meet inertia for
the very first time however inertia not
so much she looks a little nervous of my
dad right now she’s like why is this guy
on the ground over here I’m trying to
encourage my dad to be calm as his
enthusiasm is met by skepticism from
inertia turns out dad training is
tougher than dog training let’s go when
you get down that throws are off I think
your excitement really makes her nervous
it looks like you really want to say hi
dad’s more excited than she is look just
let her come up and smell you show there
she goes that’s good she’s jumping while
I generally discouraged my dog jumping
on people in this case it’s a sign that
she’s more comfortable always consider
its context when your dog is behaving a
certain way she’s good she just needs a
minute sometimes okay she loves her
grandpa chef now let me introduce her to
this new place a little bit more
formally maybe we should give her a
bigger leash right now to explore since
she’s been cooped up all day this is
very encouraging she’s playing fetch in
a new state usually dogs are too
preoccupied in new places to focus on
games like fetch which would be just
fine but this shows she is capable of
focusing on me in some new outdoor
places that was pretty good cuz I mean
she’s never experienced grass like this
I mean even small things like a
different species of Atlanta grass can
be distracting factors in your training
the first thing I really want to do is
show her the proper place to go potty
which is either out here
but she’s gonna be going in the back a
lot so let’s go there – this is her
potty area back here and I’m gonna let
manure get familiar with it smell around
she seems to be really interested in the
smell of the tree and rather than
waiting until you think they absolutely
have to go it’s a good idea to get them
nice and comfortable when you have some
time to show them okay so she’s doing
well outside let’s go see what’s going
on inside this is a nurses sleeping area
over here I’m just kidding are used to
this crate right here because it’s
smaller than the one that she usually
uses it’s really important to make sure
that you control your puppy’s
environment all of the time but
especially in new places you can think
of a crate like this as a crib for a
baby it keeps them safe and out of
trouble but we’ve set it up really close
to where we sleep so that we can keep an
eye on or obviously keep her from waking
my dad up upstairs and you might also
notice that we’re right by the door so I
can easily let her out in the middle of
the night if I have to or first thing in
the morning or whatever she has to go
out but I want to be mindful in the
amount of time that she’s spending in
the crate as well even though I’m out of
town I’m here to visit family I can’t
forget about her I’ve got to make sure
she’s getting her exercise I can’t just
leave her in here while I go off and
visit I’m hoping to give her lots of
exposure to people and also get her
comfortable in the crate when I
definitely need my own time but so far
she’s doing a great job good job okay
come on I’m about to take inertia on a
walk but I want to do some warm-up
training drills with her we’ve been
working on heal indoors she’s not ready
to do this outside I love how she’s
looking at me they’re here I’m simply
proofing getting her attention a basic
look at me is a great way to measure if
she’s in a teachable mindset leave it
yes this way yes
look at me good yes yes notice how she’s
holding that stand we’ve been working on
that and she’s not automatically going
into the sit look at me we’re not
focused on heel now now I’m just focused
on making sure she’ll walk on leash in
this new place doing a good job
things are looking so good in this new
place it’s wonderful not having these
additional family distractions around
right now hey Dad how are you yeah come
on come say good morning to YouTube and
now she does tend to pee when she gets
excited yep right there we’ve been
dealing with this excitement urination
right here inertia has been struggling
struggling with excitement urination
it’s really common with puppies when
they get excited they just can’t control
their excitement they start peeing
everywhere
that’s something typically dogs will
outgrow but in the meantime you can take
them outside before they’re likely to
get excited encourage your readers to
greet them a little less excitedly of
course my dad doesn’t listen to me at
all
but it’s not really a potty training
issue because the behavior is completely
involuntary no doubt having dad here is
making my training more difficult for
inertia as she is distracted but this is
the real world so let’s take advantage
of having this distraction present have
enough – can you turn out here oh well
he loves a grandpa there’s still work to
do let’s go out into the wild and do
some training now I’ve driven to a local
park here to give inertia some room to
walk and check out the new place this is
less of a training walk and more of a
explore and have a good time walk hence
the retractable leash over here if you
are gonna use a retractable leash don’t
be obnoxious about it when you know that
there’s gonna be people around make sure
you shorten it so your dogs not just
running up to people oh there’s a dog
coming up over here so let’s go over
here because I don’t want to create an
excited situation but this is nice and
shaded this gives her room to explore
ready go get it
her playtime outside is still quite
intermittent it really just depends on
her mood I expect that to change with
time though that’s really typical of
dogs regardless of age early in their
training with fetch they’re less
interested in it than they will be in
the future when they start playing fetch
so their interest slowly intensifies
over time assuming that you continue
try and work with them if I catch her in
a moment where she’s feeling playful
then I’ll try and encourage her to play
fetch otherwise I’m happy for her to
just explore the great land of Georgia I
found a basketball court here that’s
nice and fenced in would have closed
this door see if I can get her running
around of course this is a rough
pavement so I don’t want to encourage
rough play too much inertia come on
what’s this get it come on you want to
play okay so I thought I’d try and play
in here since we have this enclosed area
but look still doesn’t want to play at
the toy when we say dog is
overstimulated this is what we’re
talking about they’re just really really
interested in everything around them and
I can’t underestimate the importance of
really satisfying your dog mentally and
physically when you’re out of town with
them because remember the most
significant way that you can throw off a
dog is to dramatically change their
surroundings and environment and when
you go to a new house and a new city
with new smells and new people and a new
routine and everything that can really
cause a dog to act unpleasantly
uncharacteristically by letting her
explore by getting her energy out that
we keep her training routine up she’s
likely to adjust much better we have a
bit of a spark here she’s taking an
interest in a tennis ball so that’s
exciting good sometimes switching up the
toy health the goal is to be able to get
her to play fetch anywhere at any time
and time will tell if we ever get there
good yes ready go get it people so we’ll
stop before she gets bored we’ll
continue on our walk now so these walks
are kind of a combination of walk
explore let’s see if you want to play
check out new things new dogs new people
at a distance there’s just a lot of
things to kind of consider on these
walks I think so she’s doing really well
with that weed whacker a few weeks ago
she was really scared of those that’s
encouraging yeah now that she’s like
taking a walk she’s kind of gotten some
energy out this is a good time to work
on some of her basics let’s see how
responsive she is in this new highly
distracting place remember we don’t have
pine straw like this where I’m from
every little thing like pine cones
completely new variable to her and
they’re quite fragrant to us I can only
how she smells and processes these
things but I do know one thing I do know
that when we give our dogs exercise and
attention that they’re more likely to
pay attention to us than if we don’t
what’s this you want to treat can I have
a sit
oh very good so I love that I love that
we’re getting a sit out here in a public
environment okay come here right here
I’m just doing some of the more easy
things that she knows like sit and calm
I’m having to use a treat right now I
think if I weren’t using treats she
wouldn’t be very responsive it’s
important to use a good currency for an
extended period of time let’s try that
heel in this outdoor environment see if
I can get her into that heel position
come here
what this yes good holding the stand all
right yes good very good
look at me okay yes all to far too far
come here wait
do it wait okay yes
look at me yes
look at me yeah sit good actually ask
for the sit now so really good this
might not look like much but just taking
these small steps in this environment
keeping her on my left side doing this
general training is a really good sign
for a dog that isn’t even 4 months old
yet and with the weed whacker in the
background too it’s time to go catch up
with my sister’s boyfriend upon arriving
a nurse I had a barking outburst that
was pretty challenging to quell so in
this case I elected to manage her by
simply picking her up and carrying her
inside rather than dedicating a full-on
training session to this we finally made
it inside we got inertia quiet I’m
hanging out over here at my sister’s
house and just really trying to show
inertia how to be good and behave well
when in new places I love this position
I love that she’s relaxed here so I’m
gonna say ok give her a piece of meat
and I’ll just continue to acknowledge
the calm ideal babe this is my sister’s
boyfriend
he likes to periodically we’re dead cool
mask whatever to each their own oh look
at that
yep that’s a mask okay an Ursa is thrown
off by that can you give me a sense why
don’t we take the mask off for a second
and then let her see that there’s a
human in there that’s gonna trip her out
look at that okay I know not much
different huh and now maybe walk over
slowly see if she reacts no she yeah
she’s like I know you I remember you
from me a few minutes ago she’s okay
when he’s not wearing the mask putting
on in front of her and let’s see what
that does so interesting and now call
her over yeah make some move your usual
yeah exactly I mean just like that okay
so now it’s like oh I get it sometimes
humans wear masks right right and here
I’m gonna tolerate the jumping just
because she was scared I like that she’s
not scared that is more important to me
than the fact that she’s behaving a
little wildly so if you ever want to
take your dog to a convention and you
want to socialize your dog with people
wearing masks maybe you’re at cosplay or
at Halloween or you want them to be nice
to burglars oh is that not right they
fun visit with my sister now we’re on
the way to North Point Mall to see my
dad my dad has a jewelry store I thought
this would be a good opportunity to show
inertia
an indoor retail environment so we’ll
see how she does I’m gonna obviously
give her a potty break before we go into
a shopping mall because it’s no fun if
your dog is peeing or pooping inside of
them all now that I’ve instructed my dad
to be nice and calm when he greets
inertia since she pees when excited
we’ll see how that goes
there’s the pee look at that okay so
that didn’t go quite as planned oh well
we’re coming in the back way you know
through the secret entrance into the
shopping mall here’s a great opportunity
to introduce an Ursa to the staff you
understand hi yes I like how she’s
settling kind of quickly so that’s good
yet another new place a completely
different environment and she seems to
be going into her settle after just a
few moments so I want to reinforce that
give her a little bit of meats the idea
is you take your dog to so many places
that they all just become normal like
new places or just the normal thing we
do so there’s no need to act really
crazy just cuz you go to a new place
environment causes dogs to act more
uncharacteristically than anything else
just about and so now we’re gonna go
from this back area into the pretty
jewelry part and see how she does so
yeah you can see how she’s uninterested
in my dad all of a sudden there because
there’s new smells new things let’s go
see what else we can see look at that
good I love the way she’s reacting just
because we’re out here it’s not the same
as back there everything’s a little bit
different she wants to check out all of
the new stuff going on let’s see if
she’ll do something basic like whiteout
good so that’s a sign that she’s not so
overwhelmed that she can’t pay attention
to me good
nice can you give me a leave it’s good
inertia is really adjusting well well
she was but that’s gonna be normal for
puppies they’re going to relax they’re
gonna get up they’re gonna smell around
but as long as her overall behavior is
decent and she’s behaving politely I’m
happy let’s go check out one of my
favorite spots in Atlanta today I wanted
to take inertia to Piedmont Park
Piedmont Park is one of my favorite
parks in Atlanta real sentimental to me
it’s a wonderful place to spend time
with your dog that person is just
running come on this way she’s getting
thrown off less and less by like joggers
and bikers and things but she still
reacts here and there and that just
underscores why it’s so important to
continually get out there and show your
dogs lots of different things so they
get a broad sample and get a clue as to
how the world works
you might notice I have her on the
retractable leash today I have it really
restricted but since we’re in a pretty
open park I want to give her lots of
room to explore I use a retractable
leash in a very specific way not for
leash training or anything like that but
I’m trying to get her just into an open
grassy area to smell run around in you
know that sort of thing she’s pulling
right now I’m not too concerned with
that as it’s more important that she
explore this big lawn back here was the
site of a frisbee dog competition I did
years ago every time I look at this lawn
that’s what I think of you’re not
technically allowed to play frisbee with
your dog over here but I used to do it
all the time you know dogs are supposed
to be on leash which is a good idea but
my dog was really trained and she
listened to me and she didn’t go up to
other dogs and bother people the most
wonderful sight to play frisbee with
your dog in all of Atlanta and
unfortunately you’re not allowed it’s so
far as much as playing frisbee with my
dogs was a big part of my past with my
dog something I really love doing I
haven’t done it with inertia until this
very moment really I’ve shown her the
frisbee before but I’ve not really done
a lesson or sugar how to grab the
frisbee and right now I’m loving this
this is great because she was tuning out
but she looks so into it right now it’s
like she can detect she’s in frisbee
playing territory so let’s have a little
impromptu lesson here now I do have to
admit that if I had planned this frisbee
lesson for you guys I would have her on
a 15 foot lead rather than trying to use
this retractable leash but it’ll work
for a brief lesson the first thing that
you should do when you’re teaching your
dog to play frisbee is teach them how to
grab it from the rim we call it a take
so let’s see what’s this
see how she’s not grabbing it at the rim
she’s going above she’s like trying to
grab it here she’s like how do I grab
this thing yes good very good
it’s not necessarily intuitive for a dog
to just bite it like that look look how
she’s trying to get control of it by
putting her head under it doesn’t quite
know what to do what’s this but I don’t
want to release interest yeah
god what is this seed eating it up from
underneath is that how I do it
so she’s not really feeling the take it
I don’t want her to lose interest in the
training session by dwelling on take it
she wants to chase something so I’ll
adhere to her desires right now it’s so
rolling the frisbee like this can also
encourage her to grab it by the rim as
well because dogs don’t know how to
catch a frisbee out of the air just cuz
we think it should seem illogical I
can’t even tell you how happy I am that
we’re doing her first frisbee lesson
right here if we didn’t plan it that way
but I can’t resist what’s that
youko good notice how I’m also keeping
her short range I’m not throwing it
across the field nice work good so she’s
chasing it now let’s see if she can
chase it pick it up and return it again
we’re not gonna throw it yet she’s not
ready for that
hey inertia good looks like she lost
interest in it she’s distracted by a
runner coming up this is completely
normal especially in a distracting place
like this looks like our Frisbee session
is getting invaded by helicopters and
more pedestrians and dogs walking by I
know what is that those are people
working a letter satisfy my curiosity a
little bit see her pilo erection see her
hair standing up just means she’s unsure
she’s caught off guard she’s like I
wasn’t expecting all those people to
come over here right now overall even
though she’s barking she doesn’t seem
too concerned she’s kind of taking steps
towards them and everything this is what
I like to refer to as sparking the Flint
when you’re teaching a new game like
this we’re really trying to get a big
fire going but she loses interest when
we’re sparking the Flint therefore we
have to take a step back and try again
later we’ll take a five-minute break
we’ll see if she wants to revisit it or
not okay it’s been a few minutes let’s
see how things are going now
oh oh you see that introducing it a
different way
you know sometimes makes a difference a
really good attempt right there see it’s
so frustrating to pick up for a dog in
the beginning oh look at that
yes good come on that’s what I’m talking
about there we go good war and if she
wants to play tug I’ll reward her or it
looks like she’s really into the chaser
aspect of the game right now so I’ll
give her that look at her try to pick it
up good yes yes good yes come on good
girl go get come on come on okay good
job take a break so general interest in
the frisbee is well within range I’m
happy with this and we sought to teach
her how to do the take it she’s showing
promise there but I like that she’s
chasing it in the future I’m sure we’ll
cover her catching it in the air but
she’s not ready for that just yet
good job inertia this was a great
session meanwhile back at the house
there’s more training to do inertia has
yet to have a formal lesson on going up
and down stairs when you travel what
they’re going to families house or
whatever you’re going to encounter
things that you realize hey I didn’t
anticipate that with inertia here’s a
good example this is a fairly steep
staircase for her she checked this out
and she was like you know I don’t know
about this this looks a little weird my
goal is to show her how to go down these
stairs comfortably so we’ll see how she
does you can see she’s like whoa I don’t
know see how she took a step I don’t
quite know how to handle this this is
weird wait a minute come back here I
don’t know how to get to you my
intention is to walk her through this
rather than starting up here I think it
might be smarter to start down at the
bottom of the stairs just so she can
kind of get the muscle memory intact and
understand how to do stairs so let’s go
to the bottom of the stairs and see if
we can get her taking the stairs like a
champ I’m just gonna lure her yes good
job you got it so
she’s good at putting two paws up can we
get her up here is he going up the
stairs she’s a little bit more
comfortable oh look at that I mean so
she’s going up she’ll go all day long
but inertia what about you gonna come
back down I don’t know how to get down
so she’s barking because she wants to
get back here good very good so I’m
starting at the bottom because I think
it’ll be less daunting and here I’m just
lowering her with the treat come on
what’s this yes good she kind of did a
step in the right direction there so I
don’t let her know that I appreciate
that okay come on yes look at that she’s
gonna go real slow what you don’t want
to do is force your dog yeah good girl
you did it that was great
are you gonna give her a big reward so
she took like the bottom two stairs
nice and easy yeah good job so it’s kind
of like when she’s really at the top
it’s overwhelming but my hope is wife
taking the time to do this one step at a
time that shall come to adjust to it
good and see I’m here to spot her in the
event she slips you know you do have to
be careful it is a new movement for a
puppy to be going up and down stairs
this is where building trust really
comes in with your dog you really want
to build trust with them so they know
they can trust you you’ll find that when
you prioritize building communication
with your dog they catch on to a lot of
things like this really quick because
you have this common language and the
trust that you focus on building with
one another really compounds to give you
success on lessons like this I think
we’re ready now to see if she can take
the whole staircase let’s see how it
goes oh look at that boys she can haul
up them alright good girl no can you
come down come on yes
good yeah good girl
did you see how methodical she was she’s
just learning inertia that was awesome
it may not look like much but dogs don’t
automatically know how to go up and down
the stairs I think this was a really
productive lesson I’ll continue to
monitor her and make sure she does it
safely
that’s your leash you don’t want that
staying in a new place also gives you
the option to train in a new environment
and it’s still an indoor environment so
it’s pretty easy but it’s one that she’s
not used to training in so I’m gonna
work on some of her basic training I
know we’ve been hitting settle quite a
bit in these episodes but that’s because
I want her to be able to settle tune out
and relax on hue in future environments
in future new environments I should say
good so I’m working on that right now
she’s on a long lead just so I have
general control look at me good job
settled so I’m gonna turn my back on her
very often when you turn your back on
your dog like that they’re like oh gosh
I better go chase them I’ve been really
focusing on assuming a lot of different
positions good I’m gonna reiterate
settle to her just in case there’s some
confusion I’m gonna go up to her and
then go back down the hall over here
good job
pretty reliable in this calm nice easy
setup training session let me try out of
sight right here real quick settle oh
did you see that out of sight we haven’t
done what’s training with that so that’s
something we can work on settle Oh
oh wow so she’s really sensitive the
moment I go out of sight that’s cuz dogs
like to be nearest saddle and to slow
down my pace a little bit
the reason I’m being so deliberate right
here is I’m sensing the early stages of
frustration from her cuz she’s like what
did I do wrong I don’t understand
look at me wait you need to focus on her
now I’m just gonna watch her I’m not
gonna turn my back on her because that
makes it harder easy
wait okay I need to take another step
back so I’m pushing it way too much set
settle sometimes you have to break down
your training into smaller goals than
you originally plan for here I’m
pre-empting likely failure points by
acknowledging success before she breaks
her settled settled yes nice work
look at me settled turning my back this
time settle
yes so
yes okay good job very good she got
excited I got excited there so that’s
how we start like out of sight settles
basically I believe that was an extra
potent training lesson because it does
take place in a relatively unfamiliar
environment for her so take advantage of
new places especially when you’re
traveling to train your dog it’ll go a
long way because if they get in the
habit of listening to you in unfamiliar
places well that’s pretty amazing it’s
been a great family trip here in Atlanta
and we’re about to head back to New
Orleans so I want to make sure that
inertia goes potty and get some exercise
before we go there fetch is getting
better and better she’s loving this yard
here where she can really run we’re
gonna get her plenty of exercise before
this trip so she’s likely to relax and
sleep and just be a really good dog the
whole time
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