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Good morning, everybody.
Elizabeth here at Dog Logic.
We went to pick up Miss Bella Boo Blue
and we are headed off to Manhattan
to do some training.
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We've been working on a ton of foundation skills
and now we're going to apply it
to a brand new environment.
What's really important for people to understand
is when you go to a new environment,
you really want to make sure that they're calm
before you let them out.
It works.
Training paid off.
I'm gonna have her exit the car.
Bella through.
We're gonna ask Bella to sit.
Bella, sit.
Help her a little bit.
Good girl.
And we're off to the park.
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We're here at Central Park where we can
safely social distance and I can remove my mask.
I wanted to take a second
and kind of catch you up on what our goals
were with Bella today in the city.
And that is to layer all of the great
distractions New York city has to offer
on her basic obedience skills.
Those skills are, sit stays,
down stays.
Bella down.
Good.
Coming when called.
Bella this way.
Good.
And walking on a loose leash.
And she's done beautifully.
I want to just give you guys a great tip
in your training of your own dogs.
Start slowly,
start in areas of no distractions
and slowly layer distractions
that the dog can handle.
And that's what we did with Bella,
so that she's ready for today's challenge.
Good girl.
Please welcome back to our show,
Elizabeth Lajeunesse, our fairy godmother.
Hi, Elizabeth.
And she runs Bella's home away from home.
Dog Logic.
Shout out to Dog Logic.
How's everything going down there with her?
It was adjusting to the apartment,
that was a struggle.
(Elizabeth nodding)
And that's what I wanted you to give some
great advice about to everyone out there that's
watching that has an animal,
as part of their family.
How do you manage the dog's environment
within your environment?
One of my favorite tools
that I think we don't pay enough attention to
is dogs love to go for a walk
and doing so means that they're on leash.
And just having a leash on them
where we're attached,
really gives them a huge sense of comfort.
So, I always recommend when you're in transition
with your dog, even coming into a new home,
any new situation, just have them on a leash,
even if they're dragging it around
the house with them.
And that way it's also a really wonderful,
effective way to communicate with them
so that if they, maybe they,
you don't want them in the kids' nursery,
or you don't want them in an office.
And it's just a nice way to say,
"Hey, I need you do this,
or I don't want you to do this."
So, it's kind of like a little umbilical cord
to your dog.
And I find they respond to it really,
really well.
And it's very, very effective.
This is so true, Elizabeth.
You know, another thing that's really worked
for us is,
the reward system.
Can you speak to that.
Training a dog is like driving a car, right?
You want to keep it between the yellow line
and the white line.
So, what I tell my owners to do is,
be super clear about what
the dog is getting right.
And then interrupt the behaviors that you
don't want to see.
So, that they spend their time kinda
in that happy middle space where they're doing
what you want.
So, each dog's gonna be a little different
as different as far as their value system
and you know, what their rewards system is.
So, take some time and figure out
what your dog really, really likes.
You know, their favorite toy,
their favorite treats.
And again,
just to go back to this leash,
super helpful because if we ignore behavior
sometimes in a dog,
we're kinda saying. "It's okay."
So, this allows us with maybe
a verbal interrupter,
like ah-ah or leave it to redirect the dog.
So, they're very clear about-
Yeah, we do leave it.
Yup.
Yeah.
They want to stay in that happy place
of the reward system.
And when we can get in there,
when they're not doing it,
you know exactly what we want
and say kind of veer them into what they know
and what's positive,
really building efficient training.
And the dog picks up on it really quickly.
I think Bella is backstage.
We tried to wake her up.
Let's see.
Let's see, stay here.
I'll stay here. I would love to see her.
You, stay there.
Oh, there she is!
Hi, Bella!
Here she is.
Hey, Bella!
Look, it's Elizabeth, honey.
Look. Hi, sweetie.
Elizabeth did you see? Hi, honey.
Look at you chime.
She like where the voices
coming from?
Hi, Bella!
How's my girl?
What are you doing?
Look up.
Like, "I don't know if I could see her screen?"
She doesn't know where you are. (laughs)
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