 Hey, I just wanted to go, hey Courtney I think, just wanted to go live for two reasons, A it's absolutely beautiful out and B I just had a really good conversation with one of my online sessions that I wanted to go over with you guys because I think it's a really good topic. And if you guys are joining me don't forget to like this video and I'm also going to be giving a online training giveaway at the end of this video so make sure you watch the whole thing. So today I want to again just just one of those kind of spur of the moment type things. I got a cup of coffee. Lola is here. Lakota is also here. She's just chilling. Like I said, it's a beautiful day. I had a really good conversation with one of my online training sessions just a little bit ago and I wanted to hop on here and chat with you guys first and foremost. Again, thank you guys so much for joining me on this channel. We're growing and growing and growing every single day and I can't thank you guys enough for watching everything that I'm doing here on YouTube and I think it's just really cool that we're creating the community that we're creating. You guys are so helpful with each other in the comments. You guys are nothing but positive in this sometimes not so positive dog training industry so I'm really happy that you guys are joining me and everything that I do and so thank you guys. So good morning. Welcome to my driveway in upstate New York and I have like I said some coffee. It's beautiful out. We're going to talk about some dog stuff but thank you guys so much for joining me. So my online session guys basically was going over. The question that really sparked this was how many times do I ask my dog to do a behavior because they're finding a lot of very conflicting information. Look at Lola. She's like yeah answer that. A lot of conflicting information and I wanted to discuss this. So you know I think I think as a dog trainer or whatever you want to call me the when you're working with dogs guys it's it's very very very discretionary when you're working with the dog like everything is very dependent on what you want to do. Now in the dog training industry you're going to find a lot of different people will have a specialty and be much like culinary school. I talk about this a lot dog training is an art. You add your special twist to it. You add your special whatever to it and it's it's very it can change and evolve from different trainer to different trainer. Like I always say guys it really just depends on the results that you're getting the comfortability of the dog and as well as the owners understanding what you're doing and so for me you know this conversation sparked just because they were like this one dog training channel like never ask your dog to do two different things or I'm sorry never ask your dog to say like for an example if you ask your dog to sit you should never ask them to sit again and again and I know that some things are out of context in most situations on the you know on videos and things like that and especially for like the videos that I put out I try to be as clear and transparent as possible which some people give me a lot of crap about because I'm very thorough with my discussions and I'm very um I just go into depth because I want everybody to really understand what I'm trying to say I don't want any I'm trying not to leave any gray areas out and so Coda's gonna drag my phone off here because she wants all she wants out all she wants to do is play with this Frisbee and if I throw it up there she's gonna find a way to get into the back of my truck and get this it's she's insane so anyway so the conversation was this like this one person says this this one person says this look guys it really just I know that dog owners are well some dog owners go to trainers for advice and direction on what to do why to do it how they do it and just know that no and again as long as you're getting the results that you want the dog is happy you're empathetic and so on and so forth look did you guys see her she just sharked right through she's like a she's crazy but um I don't think it really matters and look and look at this she came back with a completely different Frisbee she's a freak telling you um but like for me when I'm working with the dog for the same example I was just talking about if I'm working with a dog that's distracted by all this stuff going on they've never seen me they've they've never seen leash pressure they've never seen structure they don't even know the command or the behavior that you're really asking them to do that well yet I'm not going to ask them to do that behavior that they're kind of eh about and then nail them with a correction because my thought process is say it wants now again you might find a trainer that completely disagrees with that and says only say it wants corrected dog immediately after who's right and who's wrong we're both right it's just an opinion on how you train now for me as you guys know I'm very transparent with what I do and what I'm what I enjoy doing I am not a competitive dog trainer that that specializes in competitive obedience therefore when I'm when I'm doing obedience with dogs my regimen and my structure is going to be entirely different from somebody who competes and that's all they live and breathe and and a lot of a lot of dog trainers also don't do dog training full-time they do it as a side which means when they're in dog training they're fully like in it you know they're really really really getting into it which is great but I just want to let you guys know that you guys need to like decipher what the best dog training is for you and your dog and your goals and accomplishments of what you need and again I can't say that like enough that I think oftentimes people will search out for a dog trainer and you might get somebody that has been dog training for 30 years but they specialize in rally obedience or agility or basic obedience or whatever obedience training in general and they don't touch behavior modification training and you bring a dog to that specific trainer it's going to be really hard for them to get over a certain hurdle so as I can't tell you how many times dog trainers have been like I went to another trainer and they said it was impossible it was only impossible because it was out of their comfort zone of what they are comfortable with doing which is totally fine and at the end of this I'm going to do some Q&A so you guys stick around we have 160 people watching thank you guys so much for watching don't forget to like this video when you get in and we're going to do some Q&A's and I'll do whatever you guys want with Lakota you guys always like to see Lakota do some dancing and all that stuff so the caption of the video is what's the best way to train your dog and the best way to train your dog guys is making sure that when you're doing research on the dog trainer that you're trying to work with or whatever you just have to it's just like personal training when you're asking dogs to do like I'm sorry when you're asking like yourself of like okay what do I want to be how do I want to be motivated what goals and things do I have and you start like and I think we live in a situation now which is a great opportunity for people to consume content from the actual business or the person that they're going to hire before they hire them so they know exactly how they are how they're going to act what their goals are what their guidelines are and so on and so forth so we live in a cool world where that is but anyway I just wanted to go on this topic because I think dog owners you guys just get consumed and confused with well wait wait a minute this one person over here says this and now this other person I don't I don't it's you guys have to take things with a grain of salt oh organ I love Oregon I want to go back so bad but anyway you guys have to take that with a grain of salt and just realize like okay that application for this dog is different from the application with this dog like Lakota if I asked her to do something she knows fully well of what I'm asking her so she will be punished or corrected or get some sort of pressure if she doesn't comply pretty quickly because she's made the mental decision to say I don't want to now if I get a green dog or a new dog or a dog that's never really been trained before and I get them out and I asked them to do something and my philosophy is well only say it once I'm going to correct the dog immediately after it's not fair to that dog you that the dog doesn't know what you're asking as well as they've never been trained before and they're like looking around and they're like what's going on what environment am I in and so on and so forth Washington Nash Knoxville cool you guys from from all over I saw some UK people in there Kansas City what's up I'm actually actually I'm not going to Kansas City I'm going to Texas soon but Chicago cool so anyway so I just wanted to hop on here talk about that for a little bit that nobody's Italy New Hampshire Colorado London Illinois Ohio Texas Malaysia Virginia Beach Wyoming oh Wyoming Portugal Oklahoma I don't know if I'm going to go to Oklahoma New Jersey Arkansas so many people north of England I am working on getting to England or just like in Europe in general Southern California good morning good morning Argentina Alabama wow lots of lots of people Texas cool Oregon yeah Oregon is something I want to do so listen guys I just wanted to have that conversation and then now I'm ready to answer some dog training questions if you have them but I think moral the story with what I was saying you guys can start asking your dog training questions and then we're going to do the giveaway after moral the story guys is there's a lot of different ways to do a lot of different things and you just have to work with somebody who can get results and that you're comfortable with and that's really what it's about I mean like I said dog for me I always tell people dog training is not a science it's an art you can't put like science and textbook regimens on animals because every single animal learns differently and every single trainer applies training techniques differently so it's it's all about experience we had this conversation in one of my podcasts with Michael Ellis recently about dog training certifications and you know that's a whole conversation that we've had so it's there's a lot to it but anyway I appreciate you guys if you guys are watching this after you're going to have an opportunity probably better than anybody to win I'm going to give away two online sessions they're going to be half an hour sessions we're going to be giving half an hour session away and then another half an hour session away working with me just like this except it's just me and you and not 200 other people all right um bug let's see whoever just asked me how to contact me you can go to my website america's canineeducator.com the other question that we've gotten a couple times in this live chat is do I go other places to train absolutely pretty much guys my whole my career right now is literally just about being full time on youtube as well as because that's I really want to make continue to make content for you guys it's like something I enjoy so much mainly because of what I said in the beginning this video is we've created such a cool community I feel like I feel so connected with all of you because we're kind of growing together and we're doing like you know we're there's like 700 to a thousand new people subscribing to my channel every single day so we're growing like immensely which is really cool so I want to try to devote my time to you guys um but the other thing that I'm doing is I'm doing out of states as well where I fly to you um and work directly with you for at least two days if you guys want to to book something like that for for this year you can email me at canineeducator.com all right my dog values the attention of other dogs more than me um is there a moment in her impulse control is non-existent especially when she catches a scent how do I regain her attention well if you watch my recent youtube video on teaching a dog how to focus there's two different things is you can't correct a dog for something they don't know what they've done wrong right so if you get a dog out and you're asking them to do something um like here here's the other thing too is if you guys like look at Lakota like obviously taking like one of the six frisbees she's thrown at me so far like I can get her attention so I think um to answer your question you said that the other dogs are more valuable than um than you well then you have to create more value and engagement with your dog sometimes that means literally teaching them a command to look at you and then giving them some sort of punishment for not looking at you in those times um but I also think being fair to the dog by offering them something more valuable while you're out uh the collar won't stay in place she's very slippery hair slippery hair that's weird um get a tighter collar my 11-month-old roddy will not drop socks or towels or really anything you can't play fetch with her because she will not drop it um that's a whole thing but uh typically speaking um dogs who don't drop things think that they're not going to get it back um so like with Lakota I'll show you guys really quick this is a good opportunity for me to like do a little bit of improv training so with Lakota guys let me show you what I've done with her yes so I'll ask her to take this right and she wants to play tug and she's excited but then if I out her um she'll drop it because she knows she's ultimately gonna get a reward what's that reward is she's gonna get it right back so this is this is the type of stuff you need to be doing with your dog for play Kota out she drops it and then she's like okay yes yes go ahead and I give it right back or out boom and I throw it so you have to recalibrate your relationship with your dog uh regarding an actual item that your dog plays tug with teach them the out give them right back it's called it's a form of resource guarding uh honestly um the dog is resource guarding something that they don't think they're going to get again which then ultimately can create a lot of issues down the road San Diego beautiful I went to San Diego um me my film my film dude Adam and my girlfriend Taylor we went to San Diego it was absolutely beautiful we trained for like three days on Del Mar beach um on a house on Del Mar beach and then we went to La Jolla and hung out in La Jolla a little bit which was awesome and we had a beer that I've been thinking about ever since if anybody lives in California and can get me this beer I will trade or even buy them off of you it's a beer called Cali creaming it's it's Cali cali creaming it's like a cream ale like it's like a nitro I have been craving that beer since I left California and I and I'm literally thinking about booking a trip this fall to San Diego just to have that beer because it's so good uh all right do you train guard dogs sometimes um we've trained some police dogs before and sold them how can I help my anxious akita shepherd who is one year old and scared to do new things such as swimming um great question I think what you have to do is just take your time take your time be patient lots of positive reinforcement it's just like with kids when a kid gets on a bike and they're like oh my god oh my god oh my god I can't I can't I can't you have to just do it in little small increments and sometimes that means taking your time and being extraordinarily patient um Robert do you know you know that beer so you must live in California um but being very patient uh during those circumstances and incrementally so if it means like one foot in one foot out the next day two feet in two feet out taking your time huge yeah if you're going listen I'm I'm not kidding like if anybody in like the California area can send me like a case or something of that beer I will literally like Venmo or pay you back seriously or I'll give you some free no bad dog merch or whatever but I'm like craving that it's so good um how can I get my German shepherd puppy to stop being malvy I've tried all suggestions uh Courtney good question um the best thing to do is just make sure that you're being very clear with your puppy but also knowing why it's happening puppies who are malvy they just came from their mom they just came from their litter mates the only way they know how to communicate is with their mouth that's how they talk I'm actually one of my trainer Zach is getting a brand new German shepherd puppy next week I think she's going to be eight or nine weeks I I plan on doing an entire like puppy stage video and that's going to be included the best thing to do is not give them extremities to bite if your dog is biting your hands especially puppies don't don't give them anything to bite the other thing whoo it's getting hot out here um and my hair is like super insanely long coda you're gonna knock things over stop being crazy yeah right so the other thing that I would also suggest to anybody that's dealing with dogs who are nipping at that at that uh um age is simply make sure you're not reacting so you you do not want to react to dogs that are biting you or nipping you so a lot of people will go oh no don't the puppy's like heck yeah I just got your attention that's what I've been trying to do this whole time so make Lola is super like Lola my older dog you guys know she's like 16 I've had her since high school she's she's so awesome she's super good about correcting dogs actually there's a funny story this morning guys about my Saint Bernard you guys know my Saint Bernard Thompson 150 pound giant dog he's usually out here going in my face but it's it even right now it's like 60 degrees it's way too hot for him um but he actually was like behind he was behind my door or no I'm sorry he was Lola was in between the door frame that Lola and he was behind her and he wanted to get out and he would not come out because she's corrected him when he was a puppy that correction and that so so I'm sitting there thinking you know and I and that's the other thing is this like and that's why I love going live this is such like an improv thing but um I was sitting there thinking this morning that like when she corrected my puppy Thompson at like that early stage and now he's like obviously 150 pounds and she's not he literally will like do this if she like shows his teeth because of that one correction or two corrections that she gave him as a puppy which is why I think like discipline and corrections and being able to like punish a dog very naturally um just by like using your leash using a prong collar is so important because it's lasted literally he's he's gonna be 11 this year which is insane for Saint Bernard but um it's lasted so so long for him it's such an imprinting thing um so anyway good question um oh if you guys are just getting here we have um close to 250 people watching which is great good morning welcome to my live stream that I improv did I'm gonna go live on Instagram tomorrow with Brittany Matthews which is she's she has steel and silver in my homes and we're gonna do a Q&A tomorrow on Instagram as well so anyway if you guys are here like this video and if you guys want I'll continue to do this Q&A and then again at the end we're gonna give away two online if you guys are struggling with your dog I can work with you all over the world via Skype FaceTime or Zoom and I'm giving away two online sessions and I'm going to announce the winner 24 hours after this video is finally published and you guys can enter to win at the end um but we're going to keep answering some questions um uh let's see geez a lot of good questions um a lot of questions in general um Amanda I think your question is is my dog isn't eating due to the passing of my two other dogs how do I get him to eat please answer well I'm sorry that your dogs have passed away um the best thing to do is just time time is like literally the best thing for situations like that um and trying to get into a routine and try to be strong and structured for your dog it's the best thing to do and again if you guys are just getting in here don't forget to like this video when you get in and the reason why I say like this video is because it tells my other followers that I'm live who forgot to see it or whatever so it kind of just notifies the algorithm of like hey I'm live and the more people we can get in here the more questions the more opportunities for other people to like win stuff and all that stuff uh do I like American so pit bulls are if you guys if you guys are real OGs of of me and and continue to watch me um you know my two favorite breeds to train are pit bulls and labrador retrievers absolutely love them uh simply for the reasons of their uh ability to learn and wanting and willingness to to work for people let's see what do I do geez there's so many questions ah Oregon woo hoo lots of Oregon peeps if you guys can find me a place in Oregon to train um I'll be out there in a heartbeat it's hard to find places to train should I let my dog use the feel of the e-collar to start using should I should I let my dog get used to the field oh good question so we talk about this often we just talked about this um on one of my recent podcasts but yes um when you get a remote collar uh what we don't want is we don't want the dog to become collar aware so dogs oftentimes will become collar aware which means they know that the collar is on and they might just I actually had a conversation with the dog owner yesterday that they said my dog is acts way better is less anxious and less stressed with the remote collar on why and some dogs absolutely need crave desire thrive off of structure and guidance and leadership and that was my answer to that that a lot of dogs honestly are just really really like better dogs with structure with discipline with somebody telling them what they can and can't do so to answer your question yes you can definitely um put the collar on before you start using it so they don't become collar aware maybe like a week before is totally fine um we rescued a dog and he is dominant with other dogs in my house but not me he is fine when we correct him tell him no or gets mouthy he has never attacked dogs though thoughts um sarah it's a good question I would just say like hey listen um you know your dogs are you know I let dogs be dogs that's the way like if if anybody were to ask me like how do you train what's your style I train communicate and work with dogs primarily how dogs work with dogs um I of course outside of um outside of like using technology like the remote collar but other than that um you know it's okay for for dogs to continue to communicate and um you know uh like communicate the way that they naturally do it's totally fine um but anyway I would uh I would just like kind of let that play out a little bit if it gets too crazy you can step in but I would just say over time maybe bringing them for walks and doing exercises with each other would be like the best thing to do uh Mac dog training I have a Ford f350 super duty king ranch six seven diesel big boy um it's all super nice um all right I'm gonna do let's see one more and then we're gonna get to the giveaway does the choke chain help make sure your dog won't try to bite passengers on the walk um so any type of collar that we use on dogs guys is a reinforcement so uh yes and also no if you're not reinforcing the collar properly and marking marking to the dog that like what they're doing is bad um then yeah that's not that's not really gonna like completely stop that from happening although correcting your dog for doing things that you don't like will certainly over time help just like with Lola like she corrected my Saint Bernard once when he was like 10 weeks old and he's so so like obedient and like relaxed and calm around here for that um so yes and no it'll definitely help all right we're gonna do the giveaway um I'm gonna give away two online not not four but two online sessions um and they're gonna be half an hour sessions a piece and all you guys have to do is when this is done and process and uploaded on YouTube I want you guys to go in after and you have to letter by letter you guys are noticing that I'm doing this a lot letter by letter enter your dog's name so this is gonna be processed and uploaded on YouTube so not in the chat letter by letter so if your dog's name is Lola it's L enter oh enter L enter a enter and I'm gonna select two of you and I'm also selecting all of the winners of the face mask right after this as well so make sure you guys turn on your notifications to let you know when I contact you or when I when I tell you like hey you won um and if you guys like this live stuff let me know I'll do this again but once this is uploaded you guys can go and enter uh this is an international thing so wherever you guys are living you can do it um but you don't have to do it now because it's not going to matter because the chat is going to disappear so all you guys have to do is after this video is posted go and like this video and leave your dog's name letter for letter like some of you guys are doing in this chat right now in the actual Instagram post so once I post this this is going to go away the chat's going to go away um I appreciate every single person uh liking subscribing following I have some exciting things coming up in the future I I really really feel a sense of community with you guys like I said we're growing um and it's just a lot of fun so don't forget to enter to win after this is posted like and leave a letter by letter a comment um please get my dog out I can't get her out of that truck if I wanted to she absolutely loves sunbathing in that seat she's been doing it for about 11 years and she will try to bite you if you try to get her out because it's what she loves the most so I appreciate your concern but trust me when I say she'd rather be in the truck that's why she's in there all right guys I'll talk to you next time Lakota be crazy she's gonna continue to be crazy I'm also building the new house guys which is exciting and um that'll be fun to to film at because it'll be bigger and have a lot more stuff I hope everyone has a wonderful day I'm gonna upload a new video this weekend and again I'm going live with Brittany Matthews tomorrow on Instagram so I'll see you guys tomorrow bye have a good day bye