People are often really frustrated when they can't easily get control of your
dog.
So today I'm going to talk about three really easy tips that you can use to help
get better control of your dog and make sure that they think it's a really fun
thing. I'm Kayl McCann, this is border collie puppy Final.
Welcome back to McCann dogs.
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Now we're currently babysitting your dog sitting this little border collie puppy
Final.
He's four months old and I want to make absolutely sure that I can get control
of him at any time, especially since he's not my dog.
So we're going to talk about three things that are going to make things a little
easier.
One of the most important ways to get control of your dog as being able to reach
down and take a hold of their collar if you need to pick them up or hook their
leash on.
And it's really common when you go to reach your hand down that the dogs will
play, keep away on, they'll jump away from you just staying out of that arms,
reach. So I'm going to work on teaching Final. The,
actually Hulu coming close to me in order for me to take his collar and I want
to make this a really enjoyable experience.
So I have some really tasty treats in my hand, which he is pretty keen about.
I'm going to put them on his nose and then I'm going to first draw him towards
me. So you'd ever want to reach out and grab your puppy?
That can be a little bit intimidating.
We're going to work the opposite direction.
I'm going to put the food on his nose.
I'm going to draw him in clothes and while he's snacking away,
I'm going to slip my hand underneath.
Take Ahold of this collar once my hands there. Yes. Good boy.
Yes I'm going to yes and reward multiple times. And as soon as I'm done feeding,
I'm in a let go because I want the most special part to be when my hand is
actually in that collar.
Now it's really easy to forget not to bring the dog close in.
So one of the little helpful hints we can give you is think about drawing your
hands so close to your body that your hand actually touched.
This touches your knee.
That way I can be sure that he is as close as he possibly can get before I go
ahead and take control. Good boy. Yes.
Now there's going to be a lot of times where I need final to pay attention to
me.
So what I need to do is build a lot of value for his name's that when he hears
his name, he knows really good things happen.
So this is a super easy game that hardly takes anytime to do that really teaches
the dog to have a great association with their name.
So I have several pieces of food ready here and I'm literally going to call out
his name right people.
He's sitting here in front of me and then I'm going to feed him one second
later. So it looks like this final, final,
final good boy final.
So it's really important that you say the name first and then you feed one
second later.
So what I'm doing is I'm associating his name with something really delicious.
I think he really wants to play this game again. Final boy. Final.
Cool man. Final good boy.
So the next thing that we're going to do is we're going to work through this
with distraction. So Final is convinced that there is something good,
that there is something delicious on the grass.
So I'm going to practice calling his name and I expect him to stop sniffing and
pay attention to me. And if he does,
I'm going to yes and reward very generously. If he doesn't,
I'm going to help him out with some of these treats. Final. Yes,
I was just so, so I'm going to see what happens again. Final. Yes, boy.
Good. Okay. I'm going to make it a little bit harder here.
I'm going to throw some of these treats in the grass and purposely distract them
final. So that was a pretty lousy response. So I'm going to help him out
know. Yeah, it's good boy. Hey.
So once I was sure that he was going to be engaged with me,
it took me a second to get his attention on the food.
I then said his name and then drew his attention directly towards me and again,
I'm not testing his name and crossing my fingers and hoping that he responds.
I'm saying his name and then showing him what to expect of him.
That was a good boy. You want to try it again? He'll check that out. Final, yes.
Good boy. You figuring this game out. Yes,
and you'll notice I'm beating several times. He's very close to me.
He's paying attention and I could even take a little of this call or to
incorporate that first game into the mix. Yes. That was so good, buddy. Good.
Now this particular dog loves treats,
but he also really loves to play with toys,
so I can also practice these same exercises using a toy as his reward.
We can play a little game of tug letting him know that I absolutely love what
he's doing. Now,
you may have noticed that while we've been practicing these exercises,
I have this insanely long line on Final's collar and this is to ensure that he
can have a little bit of freedom in my yard or yards pretty big back here,
but then I still always have control so when I let him out to go to the bathroom
or I just want to come out and play with them, maybe play Frisbee,
I have this long line attached so that he can get about 25 feet before I need to
start to panic and then from there I can practice my response to name.
I can draw him in, take his collar, but this allows him to have some freedom.
But again, it makes sure that I'm always in control of my dog.
Another common mistake that people often make is they run towards their dog and
try to tackle them or catch them when they're not listening and we actually
suggest that you do the total opposite when you want your dog to come towards
you back away from them.
That will ignite your dogs chase drive and they'll be much more likely to run
after you.
We want you to take these three tips and go outside and practice them with your
dog so that you can have better control.
If you're looking for more puppy training tips and click that card right there.
I'm Kayl, This is final happy training.