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One of
the most common questions about puppies is when do you start training them
today flurry the lab puppy and I are going to tell you everything you need to
know.
There is
zero truth to the myth you can't teach an old dog new tricks but if you're
asking this question, there's a lot more you need to know when the moment you
get your dog regardless of their age should be teaching them.
Ideally, the youngest, you would get a puppy
is at about 10 weeks old. It's a perfect time to start training so is 10 years.
The
relationship you have with your dog is going to be the foundation of all of
your future success with them. Your very first priority should be to bond with
your dog and if you do that the communication between you two is going to
blossom today flurry and I assure you several great ways to emphasize trust
build a strong relationship and build communication with one another.
We got
some work to do. Don't wait a couple of days ago I had flurry over here and I
noticed that he was a little nervous about going down the stairs because I know
he could be nervous about the stairs.
I'm can seize this opportunity to build some
trust with them. That's one of the cornerstones of teaching any dog now for safety
reasons.
Organist
start here at the bottom of the stairs. That's probably gonna be a lot less
daunting to flurry.
Remember
your dog has some say in how fast training should be as well. So for example if
Lori decides that today isn't the day where he's comfortable to learn how to go
downstairs.
I'm going
to accept under make sure that flurry doesn't fall down the stairs only to
secure him on his leash and harness here and got some great treats that he
really loves to see if I can just lure him down one step sees a little
reluctant there.
You see,
that doesn't want to take that step.
You can
understand. I mean, it's gotta be a little weird is the ground changing level
right there.
He just lifted his foot. I love that he's
trying their okay all right that's one interesting loophole.
I'll take
it. The fact is he's engaged with me. He's trying right now. Plus I want him to
know that I'm here.
He can
trust me and that he doesn't need to worry about falling in the nocturnal
anything bad happen to him this week.
Okay he
made it somehow to the next stair yes good job buddy. Very good. So he's
missing from one stair to the other, albeit a bit unconventionally, but that's
okay I'm not picky.
Remember
the bigger picture here is where emphasizing trust between one another to make
sure I'm here to support him yes leave this guys. Yeah, good job. So he's
handled a couple of stairs there.
Now it's even getting all the way down to the
ground. Yes, good job given extra big reward.
There is
try that faster yes right away, just like I thought. I think he's learning the
stairs wonderfully.
The job
really good so I'm I'm just thrilled that you can ask better that's great job
flurry part of knowing when it's the right time to teach your puppy is being
able to read them.
You notice that your dog isn't particularly
enthusiastic about learning something new that might be the key to take a step
back and be little bit more patient when working with them until they're
feeling comfortable by inviting my hand how much all right now were down here,
let's have some fun by far the fastest way to get your dog to bond with you is
to get them playing with you and that's not just my opinion either.
A study
done on the physiological effects of human animal interactions has shown that
levels of the bonding hormone oxytocin increase for both the human and the dog
during interactions like this when your puppy is having fun.
Good
things happen. This may not look much like training but actually this is one of
the most powerful things you can do to your dog eagerly excited about.
You
remember the two raw ingredients for teaching a good game of batch are chase
and tug-of-war, and right there.
We just
got him to do his first batch that was great. Just look at his body language.
You can
tell he's having a blast right now. Look at that.
Make sure
you let him win a little bit will be a fetching machine in no time, since every
puppy will have different needs.
You
should make sure that you talk to your vet about the level of exercise that say
for your puppy as he grows as a general rule, the younger your puppy is the
more careful you need to be Lori the homeless excellent think it's time to go
inside and play a brain game.
See, we
go up the stairs. Yet job you did it when you have a dog as young as flurry and
have a ton of mutual communication yet, so how do we begin to build
communication with a dog who said little to virtually no training at all.
Well, I
know that flurry likes to play and I know he likes food facility we can use
some treats to build some more sustained interest in interacting with me as
important as exercises lots of mental stimulation for your dog.
So you
play little game with flurry of new that would wake you up now to put the treat
right here.) Let's see if we can figure out where the treat.
Witnesses can be interesting. Go for a nice
work Bud and he found the tree. This is a great game for teaching them how to
brainstorm and put the treat their covered up there you go work that's nice.
Now let's
see if he puts two and two together here on the treat inside here and just do
that. Now let's see if he figures it out again is kind of on the right track.
Maybe there's the treat.
You got
it all right chunky burrito you ready to do this with 2 cups. Now let's see if
he can do it with both of them okay.
Well, he
seems to have forgotten about the treat here and he seems to prefer the cup
long as he's having a good time on now might look like.
Flurry is
just getting treats but what else is happening here.
Look,
he's engaging me. He's interested in working with me right now.
Whenever
your puppy is paying attention to you like this. It's a golden opportunity and
I want to squander that I want to seize that opportunity to really build some
communication with him by playing a simple game like this you are increasing
your overall bond and communication simultaneously because you're teaching your
puppy that looking at you can make his life awesome.
And since
he's paying attention to you probably means he's receptive to learning new
things give flurry a thumbs up.
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