Over the last few months, you may have ended up with lots of these things.
These empty boxes from Amazon. Most of the time,
I just ended up breaking them down and they go out into the recycling.
But in today's video instructor,
Carol is going to show you three really cool dog tricks using these empty boxes
from Amazon. And once your dog has mastered those,
you can unleash their canine athlete with a homemade agility course.
[inaudible] I'm Ken Steepe, welcome back to McCann Dogs.
This episode is brought to you by.
I am here with Cheerio already to teach him to hop into a box.
I've got my box. I've got my Cheerio.
I've got a little mad in the box because when I'm introducing something like
this, the cardboard could be pretty slippery.
I don't want Cheerio to slip on that and scare himself or potentially hurt
himself. Now notice I am holding him back. I've also got my treats. I'm already,
I'm holding them back for a couple of reasons. One,
if I want to teach him to hop in there on command as a cool trick,
I want him to have value for it.
So if he needs to go check out the box and decide it was boring well,
because I'm not ready. That's no good.
I also don't want him to interact appropriately and scare himself.
So I'm going to have my treat so that he can just throw himself in there and
then maybe slip and decide that scary.
So I'm just going to let him know some dogs are gonna throw themselves at it.
Uh, without a care in the world. Other dogs may be a little bit timid.
I'm not gonna put any pressure. I'm not going to encourage him.
I'm not going to beg him. I'm not going to try and lower him.
I'm just going to sit with my body, facing the box, nice and close.
And I'm looking at it. My treats are in front of my body.
So then in order to get them, when my hands like this,
he's going to have to move ahead.
So it's pretty natural for him to start to move towards the box.
Every time he moves towards it, I'm actually going to yes, yes.
And then throw away. So he gets to rehearse coming back again. Yes. Good boy.
I get that. Oh yes, yes. Good boy. Good work.
You get that. Whoa. Look at year two quick. I'll learner buddy. He said,
I know how I get the treats. What? I smart guy. Excellent. Oh,
and I'm gonna throw a break. So I'm teaching him. He holds that sit. Yes.
Till I say break. Yeah.
Good boy. Good stuff. And now that he's offering that behavior,
I could even put it on commute break. Yes. Big box. Yes.
So I can say box yes or in boy. Yes.
Break. Yes. Box. Yes. Good boy.
Excellent. So now let's see, I built some value.
I wonder if he'll hold a little bit. Yeah. Is good boy.
So now what a good boy.
I think we are ready for the step brick. Good work Cheerio. Yes.
I made it a little harder. I do want to comment.
Cheerio made that looks so darn easy. He hasn't honestly ever done that before,
but if you remember the last YouTube video with chiro, he's such a good worker.
He's so cute.
He's very confident because we've done lots of different exercises.
So he's got good trust and he's happy to explore all of these little exercises,
build confidence. So if your dog's unsure, don't worry. Notice that.
As soon as he looked at the box, I threw away. I don't want my dog.
Not sure they get one foot on there and now they're not sure. So I'm yes.
And we're awarding that one foot throwing away. And even though Cheerios quick,
you could see his exuberance built the third time he came back and just threw
himself in. He didn't do that the first time. So even that crazy dog,
um, gained more confidence by rewarding.
I always were awarded right here in front of the box. Um,
I don't want to be telling him box and I didn't say the command till I knew what
was happening. He was lunging into and I release him. Now he's going to do it.
Now. I have gone to a slightly harder box. Slow is fast.
I don't want to push it. The box is a little taller,
but what's really hard is the box is actually a little smaller in
size. So some dogs aren't going to like that enclosed feeling.
Are you ready? I'm going to say the command,
but only because he's so darn confident and I'm pretty sure he's going to get it
right. Box. Yes. Glide work.
The box also helps just provide a bit of a barrier.
I'm going to just build a little more value. Good boy break.
So I'm helping him know it's over box. Yes. You can't get in there.
Fast enough book. So I wrote a bunch for coming back to it,
but I'm going to wait till your, wait until all his feeder in to reward.
And now I can build a little distance. So that box glow break.
So I'm going to say break. Like it was my idea. Anyhow,
that was a tough distraction. But now look,
I've sort of built a wave here so I can work some emotional control.
It's a cool.
Trek. Yeah.
Well good. Almost there. So I'm going to get down low,
get my treats back where I can help him be sick.
Yes. Just moving too far.
Yeah. I can provide a little challenge.
What a good boy. Oh. And one foot snuck out.
So I'm just going to help him again. My moving the treats.
Too far too fast. Just you're such a superstar buddy.
It's when just going to come back once those feet. Yes.
One step one foot went back in. Yeah.
Good boy. Yes. What a good day.
Man. And break. Good words, Cheerio. Yeah.
And then I'm going to take my.
Walks away so that he's not jumping in and not getting rewarded.
I love doing this little exercise with, with my new dogs. Uh, one,
I can turn it into some pretty great.
Tricks, but two, it builds.
A lot of foundation with my dog, their getting on different surfaces,
their trust in me as I introduce those new surfaces,
Nick's a little trick I'm going to do is have my dog go through a box.
I like to do the in first. This one can be a little intimidating for dogs.
Now I have cut both ends off the box so that I've created a little bit of a
tunnel. I've also taped it up a little bit.
I don't want it too flimsy or falling as my pups going through. Uh,
so I wanted a little bit reinforced. I'm also gonna put a mat down.
I want something that's not too slippery. Now. One,
some dogs will get a little bit intimidated if they get in there.
And that feeling of the cardboard, other dogs may get a little silly.
And if they say I'm not nervous at all, go running through,
they could end up slipping and now they're afraid of it.
So I'm going to put the mat down to start. Can't hurt to work safely first. Um,
I like to start with a box just a little bit bigger than the dog I'm working
with or a lot bigger. If you've got, uh, you know,
this would be perfect for a little Jack Russell. Doesn't matter if it's too big.
I want that feeling of space. Not that feeling of entrapment.
Now I've said that. However, I'm going to be working with Euchre,
who is extremely confident. So we'll see how she does.
I think she's going to be fine.
And it's going to show you a little bit more of the skills as the dogs move into
smaller boxes. I am here with little Euchre.
Who's 17 weeks old to show you this little trick of going through a little
homemade tunnel. Good girl. So notice again,
I've got her on lead and I'm not going to have her go explore that tunnel and
decide it's boring or decide. It's scary before I'm ready.
So I have our unleashed,
but I'm going to take it off because I don't want the line getting caught.
Normally when I'm working with a young puppy,
I'd always have a house line on so that I can manage their behaviors,
but I don't want it getting caught. No,
we don't want that to happen and maybe scare, you know, so initially again,
just like the box, I'm just going to let her sort of explore Shannon,
just gonna put a treat. And if my dog was nervous, I would just wait, uh,
leave that treat there. I'm not going to tell them, get it, get it, get it.
Because it's like me going parachute jumping and you're behind me going go, go,
go. Um, so I'm just going to let her explore. Good.
And then I might put a tree a little farther and I don't care that she's coming
back out. I cared that she's so confident going in there.
What a good girl.
I'm going to put a couple of treats so that she's got some longevity in there.
What a good girl. And then Mike, you can put one right through to the end old.
Yes. You get that.
Yay. Get that one. Oh, she came through so that, okay. Ready? I don't care.
She's building confidence. Yes. Ready?
Yes you are. Yeah.
You are so smart because she has so much value in so much confidence.
I've actually turned this on the side. So it's.
A little bit lower. Let's see what you can do. Girly. Go through pretty.
I'm going to Trump.
Yes. Go through Yas Euchre. So you can see, I needed to help her a little bit.
I'm going to draw a few. If you're working alone news.
A good thing to tell you guys, if you have someone else,
I could have someone else holding Euchre and I could go the other side,
get my head down, write down so that she could see me working alone.
When I reached the treat over here. Now her head comes up.
She doesn't see that tunnel so I can put that down through. Yes.
Or now that she's so confident,
I'm going to toss that treat how you're already go through. Yes.
Good girl. You're brilliant. Oh, you want to come back again? You are so brave.
She learned this pretty darn fast. Your dog may not go as quickly.
And I would want to put a little bit more value to this, but you know,
what's cool. A little bit more value in practice with this.
And I could be taking it outside and setting up an agility ring.
Now wouldn't be much of an agility course without a job.
So that's the exercise we're going to do next.
And Texas is my young border Collie.
We're going to show you how to teach your dog to jump. Now.
She realistically has not done this at all. This will be new for her,
so she I'm going to have the bar on the ground. But before I start,
um, I'm pretty sure she wants, won't be spooked at all by these boxes.
But at home, what I would do is maybe knock them over. Yes. Make some noise.
With them. Yes. Oh, get that one. Yes, yes.
Yeah. Oh yes. So I want her to.
To see that if a box falls, um, as she's going by, she knocks it.
It's not going to scare her at all. She,
now what I'm going to do is I've got a treat in the same hand as right beside
her, the hand next to her, I'm going to tell her jump or over or hop.
And I'm going to send her across jump and I'm.
Going to signal and throw that treat. Here you go. Girly.
Good girl. Hang up. Tell her.
Yes, Texas. And I like to go to the side too,
that she's not just jumping back on her own, but.
Leads on command. Granny jump. Yes.
Ooh, good girly now. Well, she's pretty quick study.
So now I'm going to add a little bit of height.
So she's going to learn a little bit more about where her back feet are hanging
out a second girl. Yes. Good work. Yep.
Notice I've made a little modification to those boxes.
I've just put little tabs there so I can raise my bar up,
but I don't want the bar actually attached to the boxes.
If her back feet were to catch, she's going to do pull them along behind her.
It might startle her. So I want the bar to be able to move.
I also want it very, very low,
so I wouldn't want it higher sort of then just above her ankles and she's over a
year, um, for a really young pop,
you might keep the bar on the ground or only in each app.
We don't want those dogs having any impact. And trust me, height is easy.
It's the learning to leave me and go.
That object jump. Yes. Good girl. He came back. Oh,
and you knocked my bar in. Knocked my Bard in. Yes. Yes.
He jumped Texas. Yes. That was better. I was on the ball.
He jumped.
Yes, Texas. Ooh, good girl. Now you can see,
I've got some value now again,
I'm seeing command because I'm sure she's going because I'm throwing that treat.
What happens though? If I throw the treat as a reward.
So now my treats going to be in the right hand,
I'm going to tell her over and throw the treat.
So now I'm not bribing her. I'm rewarding her jump,
but I'm throwing soon enough that she's not going to refuse seeing where's that
tree jump. Yes. Yay. And then once she knows that I can just tell her jump.
Yes.
And I like to throw out ahead of her so that she's landing,
not catching back feet on a jump or turning and catching herself on that jump.
I want her plus great little exercise again. Ready? Jump and look.
How fast she, Texas. She comes back to me to play again.
That's something I love having my young dogs do rehearsing coming back to me,
not going and checking out anything else. And again, once I've got this jumping,
it can go in my little backyard. Agility.
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