inertia has recently discovered all of
the pedestrian traffic and the busy road
in front of our paddles and her barking
is beginning to get a little out of
control
we'll see if I can get a handle on it in
today's episode I'm Zak Jorge I trained
dogs this is my new dog and I'm gonna
show you how I train her from day one
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welcome to the dog training experience
oh my gosh inertia I'm going to let you
open both of these boxes at one time
today bark fox and super ture are two
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them both I've been looking forward to
this box more than any box I can think
of
it's the scooby-doo box it's legit
that's scooby-doo the real scooby-doo in
Ursa that's scooby-doo he's more famous
than you are it like belongs on his
shelf almost I almost don't want to let
an Ursa destroy it and the Mystery
Machine barkbox legit keeps raising the
bar on their toys of course we've got
Scooby Snacks they even have like a
scooby chew get it Scooby chew
let's see what the theme is on our super
chewy hyper space Oh cause of hyper dogs
I get it every super tour you will have
chews and you'll get a couple of bags of
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below as you know one of the issues
we've been dealing with with inertia is
her getting very excited by things that
outside of our window here remember
things that move are exciting to dogs
and this street in front of our house in
Atlanta is way more exciting than the
streets inertia is used to at our other
house in New Orleans now that inertia
has demonstrated she doesn't chew up the
furniture I have no problem with her
being on the furniture she's been doing
very well with that and I have no
problem with her doing exactly what
she's doing right here just looking
outside and checking things out today I
was thinking we would make things a bit
more challenging now that she's pretty
successful with this barrier and this
wall between her and the outside world
this is gonna be my first major screen
saver dog training session out here in
this yard with this level of
distractions
you might remember screen saver dog
training is a term we coined where you
basically just find an environment
that's different from your indoor
environment where you just let the world
happen to you and you practice whatever
it is that you're training your dog at
that particular moment in that
environment come here and so that's
actually a really good example she did
extremely well as that dog went by
however she did bark a little bit and
that's normal I mean you're not just
gonna go from bark bark bark to okay
I'll be quiet you're gonna have like
more subdued barking in between and
that's what you're seeing right now that
in-between phase and she even looked
back at me she's like okay what normally
happens after I bark well my dad calls
me and I get a treat so she kind of
autonomously looked at me and came over
here even though she was a bit anxious
and conflicted because her instincts for
saying I want to interact with that dog
over there now I will say we have
recently added a front fence as a safety
barrier so I feel comfortable doing this
off leash since I got Scooby Snacks
today we can't go wrong right so every
time we open the door you remember it's
stay you can even see her stay is pretty
much automatic but just by virtue of
opening that door remember you're
introducing a ton of distractions
because of the smells and sights that
come rushing in just practice that 1 or
2 times just for good measure you can
hear how loud it is out there a good job
girl
nice job ok stay
so we'll walk out here you can see she's
immediately alert here and checking
everything out around her I even have a
dog over here I think she may have
detected but I'll let her know it's okay
a nurse I come good girl
oh and runner sorry okay so I'm aware
that my dog is acting totally
embarrassing right now
and I'm also aware that yeah I'm a
professional dog trainer sorry so many
people might even question how can your
dog be like this act but honestly
working through behaviors that emerge
like this is part of the reality of
having an adolescent dog so I love
showing you the reality while working
through issues like this with my own dog
come okay good girl you'll good job I
love the fact that she's coming to me
but she can't be doing that that is
ridiculous
we got our work cut out for us on this
one don't we so I'm gonna put her on a
30-foot lead right here cuz I want to be
able to simulate off-leash conditions
where she's free to come and go but I
also want to make sure that if she goes
into one of those fits where she starts
barking at a jogger coming by so
embarrassing that I can at least limit
her from traumatizing anyone that comes
by our front yard and it's only a matter
of time before one of these joggers is
one of you guys so I really need to get
her in shape here stay ah come on over
here lie down and so I'm really
encouraged by the fact that she recovers
relatively quickly after an outburst but
really I want to minimize or eventually
eliminate those kinds of outbursts I'm
just gonna let her exist and chill for a
second let her kind of get acclimated
even though it's our front yard for
obvious reasons we haven't been spending
a lot of time out here before we have
the fence installed just because of the
danger factor out here so we got a
jogger across the street there good girl
she's discovered her mystery machine as
well so I'm gonna have that out here
just so I have both types of major
currencies her two types of currencies
are food and play we have a dog and
people walking over here this is a good
way to give her exposure at a distance
you can see she's looking at the dog yes
good girl alright come on let's go you
good
look at me okay come and so while we're
out here you know I'm gonna do light
training with her come stay maybe a
couple of tricks or whatever just to get
are used to listening to me out here
but the major goal of this training
session is to get her to not act like a
lunatic when someone comes by them
sidewalk stink lie down stand sit sit
pretty okay good job hey not bad good
stay okay come
that was nice she looked at the person
across the street there and then decided
to come to me let me see if I can get
her playing out here good job
ready go like you're a dog barking
somewhere I wonder if that's gonna throw
her off stay
okay come let's go nice job over here
come around stake fly down good wait
when she does become distracted calling
her to me is something I really want to
burn through her brain I want her to
really understand I want you coming to
me when you're distracted looks like we
have a dog way in the distance that
might be making their way which is a
fairly ideal training scenario just in
case she gets overly excited I'm gonna
make sure I have a hold of her long lead
beer I hope to not have to restrain her
at all though but I'm gonna get nice and
low be close to her a good girl
stay got a jogger coming up as well on
this side so double distractions good
girl
it's a pretty dog stay she's about to be
surprised
yes good lie down you almost saw her
think about barking there I was able to
intervene there and get the attention on
me before the outburst occurred that
really is your best time dogs we'll give
you a little bit of foreshadowing just
about all of the time for example you'll
see their eyes light up or their ears
perk up and they look very alert
sometimes they only give you a
microseconds notice focus on really
getting to know your dog in that way and
that'll put you in a much better
position to work on issues like this and
if you're not at that point yet remember
I have an entire book on this actually -
I'll have links below when we first came
out of here she was pretty reactive and
barking at the joggers and everything
but just by virtue of being out here for
I don't know 15 20 minutes so far she's
like okay I've adjusted I still want a
barking chase but I have some guidance
here from my dad I'm pretty open to
listening and that's why so much
repetition is required when you're doing
a screen saver training like this the
more we do this the shorter that
adjustment time becomes until she's just
generalized the good behavior that we
want her to possess at all times so we
have another dog coming across the
street here see if she notices stay
inertia come no come hey why don't so
good example there that's now two
successes we've had with dog across the
street that have walked by without her
going nuts
yeah so the jogger is walking and then
he started jogging and that's when she's
like oh my gosh what are you running
from the lead came in very handy there
so I was able to intercept the behavior
and at least stop it okay in her shop
lie down
good girl there's a jogger you good girl
yes stay victory moment right there a
jogger right in front of the fence and
she acted like a well-behaved young lady
inertia come here good lie down
good girl stay good girl that's it yes
you know it's common when we're training
dogs to think what do I do after the
outburst occurs the only thing you can
do is manage your dog get them under
control have them on leash get them away
from the thing that's causing them to
react but if you're really on top of
things and you can intervene before the
outburst occurs that's where you're
going to see your gains and successes
come I'm under no illusions that this
particular training session is going to
solve everything I've got to do this a
lot all right another jogger coming up
over here and she's right up on him and
her shot come yes good come here
lie down perfect stay
yes I love how she looked at me good
you've heard me talk about to leave it
look at me combo that was an example she
looked at the distraction and then
looked at me so I was able to give her
guidance there so that was terrific we
have another exciting dog coming up
she's already spotted the dog she's
possible before I do stay so I'm looking
for five seconds of staying then I'll
give her a tiny piece of a Scooby Snack
good girl
inertia come good girl I know you hear
that conflicted vocalization good girl I
know it's hard you're doing great
stay good girl Wow okay go get it so
there I decided to reward with a toy lie
down
good let's see if I can get her to do a
stand stand stay good girl okay get it
playing with your dog like this and
giving them that outlet to chase things
and play is another way to cut back on
the type of behavior we saw earlier as
well so she has an outlet to run and
chase things that's also going to go a
long way so we have another dog coming
up you can see she's looking a little
alert there stay she's just discovered
the other dog good girl nice job I love
that automatic look at me right there
she's giving me and it's worth
mentioning I'm rewarding extra here
because there's a lot of different
variables in this particular training
session than she's used to
very good perfect so I'm just gonna go
ahead and give her one reward there
because she's showing a lot of stability
right now come on let's go hey heel good
look at me
let's go some basic heel work out here
in this environment you are healing so
well how do you do that come on lie down
okay come back here yeah let's go lie
down okay come on over here stay here
yes and switch good okay come on let's
go and switch
give me a switch one more okay
good stay
yes good girl you know it's one thing
when she can see a dog coming at a
distance but very often you know a dog
or a person or some type of distraction
will just appear lie down so I'll put
her in a downstage so something gonna do
here as these charges come by is I'm
gonna create distance or to walk away
stay I mean maybe you're doing yard work
or something like that you want to know
that your dog isn't going to react crazy
or you're on the phone and you want to
know that you don't have to be right on
top of them Thanks I love that and this
is why I'm not afraid to show you when
my own dog does not behave ideally this
is part of the process because if you
understand that it's normal well I think
you're much more likely to be more
patient with your dog and not give up so
easily and be encouraged to work with
them inertia come got a jogger coming up
sorry
stake two of them good girl
nice job good work who knew there were
so many joggers in Atlanta it's kind of
inspiring me you want to start jogging
yes all right
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going to take inertia on her first hike
in the woods and we'll encounter some
adventure and danger
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