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Oh there’s dogs over here see how she Immediately stopped listening to me Wasn’t with inertia I’m Zack George I Trained dogs this is my new dog and I’m Gonna show you how I trained her from Day one things definitely won’t always Go smoothly you can start from the Beginning or you can take up anywhere Subscribe and hit the bell notifications So you never miss an episode when you Put into motion an approach based on Love and respect your results will Forever remain in motion this is inertia Welcome to the dog training experience In this episode inertia and I will do Some more training out in the real world And I’ll leave my wife alone with Inertia for a few days I guess we’ll Have to wait and see how that goes Remember inertia is older than she is in The series right now if you want to see How far she’s come in real time follow Me on instagram not only will you see Inertia in real time on instagram but You’ll be able to catch us when we go Live a lot more easily and see our daily Updates and our insta stories too i’ll Have a link to my instagram in the Description of this video we’re at a Park today and you might remember Recently I’ve been training inertia Around a variety of distracting settings Like a really populated area Jackson Square in downtown New Orleans that was
Pretty challenging so I’ve come out here Today to a more moderately populated Park so there’s some people around and I Think that might make my job a little Bit easier and just doing general Training in a setting like this so when I open it she’s automatically holding Her position I have her on a thirty foot Lead just so I have options okay let’s Go here’s a nice big lawn in City Park And I’m gonna extend the full length of This long lead here so many smells over Here I want to get a baseline on come When called I mean less than two minutes We’ve been here let me see if she’ll Come to me Inertia come yes good job so I’m gonna Give her a big reward for coming to me In this new environment on a long lead From several feet away and I’m also Gonna let her go back to smelling around So that she doesn’t think she’s gonna be Restrained and life is gonna be boring Just cuz I called her I think that’s a Really important thing to do in the Early stages of teaching your dog to Come to you for that first one or two Years inertia come on the word inertia She started coming oh but look come on Inertia come on girl let’s go yes She got a little distracted when that’s Normal but I just wanted to stay with Her and follow through she’s really Glued to the ground
Hey inertia come on there you go good Three times in a row so that’s 100 Percent accuracy three consecutive times I’m very happy with that especially Considering this is a pretty distracting Environment wait There’s dogs over here so she’s see how She immediately stopped listening to me This is the kind of thing that I’m Hoping will go away one day but the fact That she’s not running after these dogs In the distance I appreciate I don’t Have her full attention inertia come Fail your point on come when called There she’s trying to gather information From this sense in the air right now as They walk by trying to smell them so This is challenging I’m gonna manage her Management is a subset of teaching your Dog remember you have to prevent them From reacting unfavorably come come on Let’s go come on and I’m doing that by Keeping her on leash and at a Significant enough distance where she’s Unlikely to lose her composure I can Tell she’s had an appropriate distance From those dogs because ultimately I am Able to get her attention but we’ll Continue to work on improving this even More maybe now I should call her and Encourage her to stay rather than Releasing her and maybe throw some Distractions at her and see how she does Inertia come yeah that’s it that’s it
Good can you give me a sit good stay yes Since I’m getting her warmed up right Now and since I’m competing with the Environment I’m gonna be extra liberal With my treats right now in order to Keep her heavily motivated I’ll focus on Reducing the amount of treats as the Training session goes on basic obedience Is looking solid here for you know a Six-month-old dog almost seven months Now and sit stay and right now I’m just Throwing random basic requests at her in An effort to prove these behaviors in a Variety of different places okay good Job nice work this is the most reliable I think she’s been in a public setting On basic stuff like come and stay so far She’s really responsive out here let’s Practice some of her other tricks and See how she does Gotta make sure you don’t get tangled up Go on Oh No help me help me having the lead Honor doesn’t exactly let me do leg Weaves I’m a little tangled uh but that Was good you did the right thing so I’ll Go ahead and give you a treat Honestly she would probably be pretty Reliable off the leash right now but I’m Not comfortable with a dog this young Being off leash so I’m not gonna take it Off but the next best thing is just Having like a 30-foot lead that you can Simulate off leash conditions with in
Public places like this stand take a bow Okay good let’s see if she’ll do that Without a food lure can you take a bow Wait want her to hold it okay good work There’s just enough people around here To kind of make it distracting to her But to also not overwhelm inertia while I’m training her inertia come here good She was really distracted by these People over here walking by but I was Able to get her to come to me oh wait I Love that wait Yeah nice being out here having her do All of these things I’m very happy I Think she’s doing great If you’re training your own dog get out There do things with them and challenge Them often especially in new places That’s like one of the best things you Can do for your training in my book Guide to a well-behaved dog I give my Most detailed advice on getting a dog to Listen to you and behave in public Places I also talked a lot about Training your dog and partnership with Your family members hopefully my wife Bree will take my advice when I leave Her home with inertia while I go out of Town for a couple of days Zach has left Me alone with inertia for a few days I’m Just gonna do my best and do what he Asked me to do give her exercise take Her for a walk play some fetch with her And as long as she gets her exercise
She’s generally pretty good you guys Have asked before how inertia behaves With me compared to what Zach and the Answer is I don’t train her very much Zach is always training her he’s very Focused on training her and I’m very Focused on filming him training her She’s over here barking in a bird right Now inertia can you be quiet please nope That’s not quiet inertia yes good girl So I made a little sound on the floor to Distract her and get her attention hey That’s good can you be quiet yes I Didn’t want her to just barn after I had Asked her to be quiet because I guess The only other thing zach has asked me To do Is not undo the training that he’s done With her so far be consistent in her she Was really smart and she knows that I’m A different person than Zack my main Goal is to just have inertia understand That I too will enforce the rules I’m Not gonna let her get away with things That Zack doesn’t let her get away with So we’ll see how it goes I’m gonna try To take her for a walk Inertia do you want to go outside she Knows what that means we always make Sure that inertia stays at the gate Before we go out that’s pretty good I Didn’t even say wait I’m being super Deliberate because she’s not used to Working with me
Inertia ah back up wait see that okay Come on she’s doing really well with her Leash walking so far I have her on this Ten foot leash cuz that’s about the Length I’m comfortable with when I’m Walking her by myself I like having this Safety grip on the handle like holding An extra like that extra tight she’s Pulling a little bit right now she’s not Like really pulling she’s just kind of Got a little tension on the end of the Leash inertia come yeah good girl Surprise come that’s the first one I’ve Done on this walk I promise okay let’s Go good job II enjoy yes I like it when She looks back and checks in with me Like that because I love that she’s Paying attention to me let’s go yes good Girl that’s good Inertia wait let’s test her weight while She comes inside so I did a hand signal Okay you want to come in Good girl I’m trying to keep the dogs Happy while Zack has gone so I made them This delicious treat inertia is really Starting to behave well when she’s off Leash but still supervised in the house All right what’s up guys it’s day two of Me being alone with inertia we’re on our Walk again she’s doing pretty well Although I did weight a little bit late Today to take her for a walk and so she Started kind of whining and like chasing Her tail barking a little more than
Average and those are the things that Zack warned me about he said I’m leaving You with inertia all you really have to Do is give her enough exercise and she Will leave you alone today I tried to Get some work done before exercising her And so I let her go all morning without A walk which is not what Zack does but There Really wanted to get work done and I Paid the price because she was a little Bit more high-maintenance So now we’re taking a walk and hopefully That will help I’ve got a creepy flock Of giant buzzards over here so far Inertia doesn’t care she likes ground Sense the most you see those birds good Girl I like how she looks back at me kind of Checks in a little bit there you go what Do you think of them nope she’s pulling Oh she stopped pulling that was nice she Almost went for a pull and instead Thought better of it and decided to sit And watch if she wants to sit and watch For a second I’m okay with that Those are some big birds she just wants To watch the buzzards let’s go yes good Girl that’s good the fact that I’m able To get her attention at all around those Big crazy birds makes me feel really Good because you know they’re probably Eating something I’m sure it’s something Fragrant that inertia can probably smell
It’s got to be a really interesting Scene for a dog and yet she’s pretty Compliant overall it sucks about to get Home I wonder what a nurse is gonna do Wow you’ve got so big in just three days Did she grow I think I was thinking that Too actually Yeah follow us on Instagram to see how Far inertia has come in real life Subscribe to my channel and click that Bell notification so you get notified Every time we post a new video get a Copy of my book guide to a well behaved Dog for my most detailed collection of Dog training advice ever I’ll have all Of the links in the description of this Video Next time I’ll continue working on some More tricks with inertia we’ll check in On her frisbee progress and how she’s Doing while getting a bath see you guys Next time