This is Maui and I just met Maui and Maui is in his second home.
He belonged to an older couple that really struggled to deal with his
exuberance.
He's just over a year and he doesn't have a lot of skills and he's really
strong. Maui missed out on a lot of that foundation, puppy training.
So now it's time to take an older dog and give him those basics that he missed
when he was a puppy in today's video,
I'm going to show you the first three things that I'm going to teach Maui to
help him to be successful in his new home.
And you can use with your rehomed dog. I'm Steve. This is Maui.
Welcome back to McCann Dogs. Good boy, buddy. The
first thing I want to do with any new dog.
I see whether it's a young dog or an older dog is make sure I can try and have
control of the dog. And that's as simple as having a leash on the dog.
Now you'll also notice I've got this leash gathered up.
I'm not holding it at the end of the six-foot leash and having him pull me
everywhere.
I want to be able to keep him within about arms reach so that I can start to
teach him things. And now that he's on a leash,
I need to teach him that I'm valuable.
Now I figured out pretty quickly that Maui likes food and you need to pick the
reward. That's going to be motivating for your dog. It might be pet.
It might be praise. It might be a toy, but for him,
I've got some delicious chicken weiners and some cheese cut up here.
And all I want him to do, first of all,
is understand how to take food from my hand. And you can see,
he doesn't even know how to do that at this point.
So I'm going to be a little patient with him,
cause he's in a bit of a new place. I'm going to get those treats out. Yes.
Good boy. Excellent. Good boy.
And I am just going to let him learn to take treats respectfully from my hand.
There's a guy. Good job. Hooray. What a good puppy dog. Excellent job.
Very nice.
Once he knows I have food and he understands that it's okay to take them from
me. I'm simply going to teach him to follow my hand with the food.
So I might lure him across here.
One step at a time and I can reward him for simply moving with me on a loose
leash. Good boy, buddy. I'll move them across my body. Yes. Good boy. Excellent.
Maybe take a few steps back. Yes. Good boy.
I'm teaching him that I have value and that paying attention to me is a really,
really good thing.
I found a currency that I can build on with Maui to start to teach him some
skills. So apparently this dog knows his name's Maui and you know,
it's important that we understand. Does he actually know his name? Okay, buddy.
Okay. Let's back up. I'm going to let him go. See Rob here.
I'm going to see what happened now. Maui. Maui.
Apparently doesn't know his name. So what do we do now?
The first step is go and gain control of Maui.
The next thing I'm going to be now that Maui's figured out that I'm a pretty
interesting guy to him. Cause I got these great treats.
I'm going to start to teach him his name.
I don't know if he knows his name or maybe you got a rehomed dog that you've
renamed. It's important. We teach them how to respond their name.
The first step is teaching him that there's value for his name.
I've got these great treats here.
All I'm going to do is say his name in an excited fashion and then immediately
feed him. Hey buddy. What's this? Oh yes. Good boy. Good job. Good. Maui. Yes.
Good. Maui. Yes. Good boy. Hooray. Maui. Yes.
Good boy. He's starting to think, wait a minute. This sound that I hear.
It's really good. Things are coming.
I've spent some time building value for his name.
I've said name and fed and name and fed and name and fed.
Now I'm going to help him to learn how to respond to his name.
And that's just not calling his name and seeing what happens.
I'm going to let him look away from me like he is right now.
I'm going to say his name one second later.
I'm gonna put that food in his nose and I'm going to get his attention.
And once I do, I'm going to yes.
And I'm going to back away and praise and let him know. So here's your name?
Here's what to do. Here's what you get for doing it. Okay. Maui. Yes, good boy.
Boy hurry. Excellent. Good job. Yeah. I want to talk about that right there. Um,
he's really distracted in this new place.
I don't want to call his name over and over and over.
I had to be a little bit patient that food to ensure he responds. Now.
Let's see if we can shoot again, buddy.
I'm going to wait until he looks away Howie. Yes boy. Excellent.
Good job, Maui. Yay! Good boy.
Again, this is all about building a foundation that says, here's your name.
Here's what to do. And here's the rewards that come for doing it.
I've done some training now to teach Maui, what his name is.
And teach them there's value for it.
Now I'm going to bring my little distraction back. That's Rob.
And I'm going to use him now to proof through hearing his name,
showing them what to do and rewarding him. Now again,
this isn't just letting him run free and jump all over. Rob again.
I think Rob's had enough of that for today.
And I'm also going to start at a distance.
You may remember we referenced a training target in some of our other videos.
Well,
Rob is on the outside of that target and I'm going to stay on this side of that
target so that we can be successful. I'm going to get my treats out.
I'm going to have them ready to go.
I've got my leash gathered up so that I can ensure Maui does respond.
I'm going to let him look at Rob.Ok. Maui. Yes. Good boy. Excellent.
Good job. I'm calling his name one time and then making it happen. Maui.
Yes. Good boy. Excellent. Good. Now that I've had a little success far away,
I'm going to see if I can move a little bit closer. Good boy. Maui. Yes.
Good boy. Excellent job. What a good puppy dog.
We'll see if we can go closer again, but good job. I know it's hard. Maui.
Yeah good boy. Excellent.
So I got within three feet of Rob and was able to show Maui how to respond to
his name. This is not going to be testing though.
I'm not now going to let him jump all over Rob and see what happens.
I'm going to spend time teaching the steps over and over and over to help him be
right.
The next skill I'm going to teach him is I'm going to teach him what to do
instead of running at people.
Instead of jumping at them instead of barking and doing all those things.
I want to be able to say, here's what I want you to do instead, buddy.
Rob is just here off screen and you can see that Maui's pretty darn excited.
Now he's offered to sit, which is a good guy. I'm going to praise that,
but I'm actually going to be a little bit more specific.
I'm going to bring him right to my side. I'm going to tuck him in a sit.
Good boy. Excellent job. Good.
I got to put some slack back in the leash and allow him to make that choice.
Yes. Good. And as long as he maintains position, On a loose leash,
I'm going to reward him. I dropped that treat there, buddy. Good, good. Yes.
Excellent boy. Very nice. Good. Yeah.
So I'm gonna reward him often with Rob standing there. Excellent job. Very nice.
Now with a new dog,
I want you to coach the people around you use your family members to teach them
because Rob can now come a little closer.
This is where it gets hard for bowing because he's such a social social guy.
Now Rob is being really smart because he's coming in fairly slowly,
but Rob I want you to just walk right in. Good sit. Good boy. Excellent. Now,
now he's gotten up,
but because I've got my leash got up and I've got some great control.
I'm just going to tuck them right back into that sit really, really quickly.
And I'm just going to ask Rob to take one step back.
Now it's my job to help Maui. I'm going to reward him a little more frequently.
As Rob comes in to make sitting more value than getting up and going to Rob.
So he's sitting now and he got some great treats out. He is on it.
Let's see buddy. Hold on. Excellent job.
I'm going to make sure he's on a loose leash. I don't want to hold him in a sit.
I want him to make that choice. Yes. Good. Sit Rob. Come on. Back in. Yes.
Good sit. Excellent. Yes. Good sit. What a good puppy dog. Hooray, good boy.
Now Rob's, standing here, Rob. Super exciting in his own right. But to Maui,
this reward he asks good boy is the most important thing.
Excellent boy. Good job.
There's slack in my leash and then Rob can move away again. Good job. Good. Now,
if that all goes well, here's what I want you to do.
Rob's going to come back in and as long as Maui's able to still hold that sit on
a loose leash. He's simply gonna reach down and give a little pet.
Because I want Maui to learn the only way he meets new people.
If he's sitting at my side. So Rob's going to come back in sit, but that's it.
So he got up. Whoops. I'm going to shift them right back up. Back here bud. Sit.
Good. Sit. Excellent job. Yes, Good boy. Now I'm going to get some rewards here.
Excellent boy. Very nice. Rob can reach down and give him a pat. Yes. Good boy.
What a good puppy dog. Yes. Good, excellent job. Very nice.
All of a sudden. Maui's starting to develop some manners.
You may have also noticed that now he likes to jump a little bit and if you want
to check out his brother, Emmett,
in this video about jumping click that card right there on that note.
I am instructor Steve. This is Maui. Happy Training!