Bringing home a new puppy? Start training the right way with these essential tips for beginners! In this video, you'll learn the first steps to training your puppy, from basic commands to building good habits. Whether you're new to dog ownership or looking for expert advice, this guide will help you create a strong foundation for a well-behaved puppy. Follow these easy steps to ensure your puppy grows into a happy, obedient dog.
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00:00Today I want to show you the first step that I like to do with a brand-new puppy
00:03I have a German Shepherd puppy that I'm training and when I start working with them when it comes to obedience
00:08I want them to love training if I can get the dog to want to train then teaching them new behaviors becomes very
00:15Very easy. Now when we're focusing on obedience in the beginning, we're not worried about markers
00:21We're not gonna do engagement training. We're not worried about commands
00:24All I want is for the puppy to understand how to follow a food lure
00:28I'm gonna show you how to properly hold the food and then we're gonna have the puppy move in six different directions and positions
00:35Relative to our body the left heel position the right heel position the center
00:40Lateral movements right and left directly in front of us and the backwards follow exercise
00:45Which is the first step towards teaching a very nice recall where the dog comes to the sit front position
00:51When I'm doing my training with the puppy when the puppy is moving and I'm actually luring the pup
00:56Then I'm praising them the moment I give the dog the treat
01:00I disengage I walk away and what I want is for the puppy to come back and re-engage me
01:06So then the puppy starts to learn that he's making me work instead of me making him work
01:11And this is what operant conditioning is all about
01:13Operant conditioning is when a dog starts to understand that their behavior has an effect on their environment
01:19Meaning they can make good or bad things happen
01:21And in this case the puppy is making me work for him
01:25And in the end we get the results that we want
01:27So I'm going to show you this process each step so you can do this with your puppy at home
01:33Before we bring out the puppy
01:34I want to show you some key details that you need to know before we get started
01:38Number one is how we're going to handle the food
01:40Now often a big mistake people make is they hold the food with their fingertips
01:44This is fine
01:45If you're just gonna do very simple basic obedience
01:48But if you really want to take it to the next level
01:50You're going to want to place it in your hand and then use your thumb to secure the position
01:54This creates a valley for our dogs to place their muzzle in in order to get the food
01:58Which helps a great deal when it comes to luring
02:00Now the puppy is going to see two main pictures when we're luring
02:04One is where it's going to look like this. They're going to bring their head up
02:07This is going to keep our dogs head up
02:09So they get used to looking up which is going to be important for the focused heel
02:13And then the other picture that they're going to see is this right here
02:16When we're moving away and we're guiding them and luring them into different positions
02:20Now it's similar but because our dogs have to be generalized this is slightly different
02:26So we want to make sure the puppy knows where the food is
02:28Before we start doing the luring exercises
02:31And you might have to just sit there and wait for your puppy to figure out the location
02:35Once they know they will go right to it every time and it's gonna make the luring very easy
02:39Now you're gonna see I'm gonna be moving my puppy to the left and to the right
02:43This is what I call my lateral exercises
02:45I'm stepping with my right leg as I'm going to the right
02:48I'm dropping my body down
02:49I'm guiding the puppy and then I release the food as my hand is moving
02:54A common mistake a lot of people make is they will start to lure and then they'll stop their hand
02:59Trying to encourage the puppy to get the food
03:01But what that does if you move and stop
03:04Your puppy will start to anticipate that and it will slow your puppy down
03:08So you want to continue the movement all the way until they grab it
03:12Same thing when I come back the other side
03:14So that's how I'm holding the food and how I'm moving for my left and right lateral movements
03:18For my heel position as I was showing you the handling before
03:22I'm gonna have the puppy right next to my side
03:24What I want is the puppy's nose straight up
03:27And it's gonna create a straight line from their jaw down to their chest
03:30This is gonna help develop that really nice focus heel position
03:34As I'm walking in the beginning you might take one two steps
03:37You're praising good puppy
03:39You release the food walk away to disengage
03:42Your puppy will eat the food and go hey I want more
03:45And then your puppy is gonna come back to you to engage some more training
03:49Now when I'm guiding the puppy into the heel position
03:52I step back with the leg relative to the side that I want the dog to be in
03:57So if I want the dog to be in the right you're gonna see I'm gonna step back
04:00I'm gonna guide the puppy with my hand
04:02And then I'm gonna flip around very quickly catching them on this side
04:06And then I'm gonna start walking good
04:08And then again I release the treat
04:10And I'll do the same thing on the other side
04:12For the center position you're gonna notice the movement is the same
04:16The only difference is if I step back and I want the puppy to be on my left heel position
04:21That's the movement we bring it back boom right back into that left heel position
04:25If I want the center I like to use my opposite hand
04:29But I'm gonna step back with the same leg
04:31I'm gonna do the exact same movement as in the left heel position
04:35But I'm gonna bring the puppy right into the center
04:37And then I'm gonna walk with the puppy in the center position
04:40And then the last one the backwards follow
04:42We're walking back we have our hand
04:44This can be uncomfortable if your dog is a little bit bigger
04:47But we walk back our hand is nice and close to our body
04:50And then we praise once they're in a good position we can release
04:55And then again we go quiet for a moment
04:57We disengage they eat they come back
04:59And we start it back up again
05:01Once you have your pup moving very nicely in these different positions
05:05Then we're going to add the sit and the down
05:08Now what I like to do this is a little trick I learned from Nino
05:11Which is an excellent dog trainer
05:13As you're walking when the dog starts to understand the movement of the lure
05:17When we lift up the puppy's nose goes up butt goes down
05:20Then we give them the food
05:22But if we show them by applying a little bit of pressure on their back end
05:26And then lifting up we can start to teach them to sit very quickly
05:30And we're gonna do the same thing with the down
05:32We apply a little pressure lure them into the down position
05:35In addition final important note
05:37When we're doing the down the way that I hold the food
05:41Is I have it in my hand and then as I bring it down
05:44We really have to bend our wrist back
05:46So my hand is going back like this it feels uncomfortable
05:49But what that does is as we go down
05:52Your dog's muzzle goes underneath almost like a cave
05:56And then it naturally brings that back in down
05:58And then we reward them and go on to the next set
06:01The better your handling skills are
06:03The better your puppy is going to look
06:05So let's bring the little guy out and get started
06:08I like to start with a phrase to let them know we're training
06:10Are you ready? Are you ready to train?
06:12So remember the first thing he already knows this
06:15But just show your puppy where the food is
06:17Give him a minute to figure out how it looks
06:19Show him the other picture where the hand is facing the opposite direction
06:23So you can see relative to him the thumb is now on his left
06:27And when I do it this way the thumb is now on his right
06:30So that is a different picture to him
06:32Now we already have him doing these exercises
06:34So I'm going to start with those lateral movements
06:36Notice how it's nice and straight boom and then I release
06:38Come on little guy nice and straight and then I release
06:41Now I'm going to show you how it looks when I'm training
06:44Because when I'm explaining it you're going to miss some key details
06:46So let's go
06:47Good very nice
06:51Very good excellent
06:56That's a good little puppy
06:59Very good my little man
07:05There's that center movement good job
07:08Let's do another one of those
07:10Notice how I step back with this left leg
07:12That was a little sloppy but it's okay good
07:15Now we're going to do it on the left heel position
07:18Very nice that's a good boy
07:22Do a couple more lateral movements
07:25Good excellent work
07:29Disengage good he re-engages me
07:32A little bit of a backwards follow excellent
07:35Give him the piece disengage
07:37Very nice that's a good boy
07:39You see how he's working me
07:41That's what we want to see we want him working us
07:43Let's do that movement good nice right heel position
07:46And then release
07:48Now I can do the same thing where I spin him into the center
07:51That way but I step back with my right leg
07:53Very good now we're going to add the sit and the down
07:56So I'm going to guide him back this way good quick turn
07:58And now I'm going to lift
07:59We're just going to do the lift at first
08:01Excellent remember no commands
08:03I'm giving him the food when he's in the position
08:05Good that was very nice
08:07We'll do another sit I'm just lifting up
08:09Giving him the treat excellent
08:11Now we're going to do the down
08:12Look at how I bend my hand to get him to bring his body down
08:15Good work my little man
08:17Same thing here very nice
08:19Now we're going to do the same thing
08:21In the left right heel position
08:23As well as the center he's a little crooked there
08:25Very good
08:27Let's get it on the right side as well
08:29Excellent
08:31Make him oh I messed that up
08:33Good job buddy
08:36Right back into that center position
08:38Now we're going to sit there
08:39This is going to help him become generalized
08:41Same thing with that backwards follow
08:43We lift
08:45Get him to put his butt down excellent
08:47Give him the treat disengage
08:49Very nice now we're going to do the down
08:51Boom
08:53Good boy let's get him back to the right side
08:55And then back into the down position
08:57Excellent
08:59And then let's get him into the center
09:01Very good back into the down
09:03That's my good man
09:05We'll do the backwards follow here
09:07Good job and now we're going to drop down
09:09Put him in the down position give him the treat
09:11Excellent
09:13Very good
09:15Nice work now we're going to add
09:17The additional hand
09:19Very good let's speed up that movement a little bit
09:21I'm going to cut him back this way
09:23And then put him back into the sit good job
09:25Let's go back the opposite direction
09:27Very nice
09:29Some sound effects for fun
09:31We're going to come back this way
09:33And then very good
09:35Dropping him into the down position
09:37Excellent buddy
09:39Let's do a couple more
09:41He's almost out of food so that's going to conclude the session
09:43Good now let's bring him into the heel position
09:45Same thing
09:47Boom right into the down
09:49And then into the sit good
09:51Let's do another sit very nice
09:53Take him to the right heel position
09:55Boom into the sit good
09:57And another sit
09:59Excellent
10:01Nice work
10:03And then again the center
10:05Very nice
10:07And if you start getting really brave
10:09And you feel like your puppy is following you nicely
10:11You can start transitioning from
10:13The center position
10:15Oh he lost it
10:17To the heel position good
10:19Let's get another one
10:21Very nice
10:23Working on those mechanics
10:25His muscle memory
10:27We're training an athlete here
10:29So he really has to know how to use his body
10:31And this is why
10:33In the future exercises
10:35We're also going to teach him to walk backwards
10:37To pivot that back end
10:39Remember training sessions need to be fun
10:41So that one I actually
10:43Had him spin the wrong way
10:45So I made a mistake there
10:47If you make a mistake no big deal
10:49Very good we just go into the training
10:51We don't worry about it
10:53One mistake is not going to ruin your puppy
10:55Very good buddy
10:57And now I let him know we're done
10:59I'm out of breath all done
11:01Short fun session
11:03And he wants to keep going
11:05He's like let's keep training let's have a good time
11:07And that's what we want to see
11:09This is how he wants to train
11:11And as I continue to do this
11:13This is going to be one of his favorite activities
11:15And we're going to see a really awesome dog
11:17So I hope you guys do the same thing at home
11:19And enjoy this video