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Your dog needs more focus. And that's easier said than done. If you have a dog that's distracted by other dogs when you're out on a walk, then this is the video for you. Today you're gonna see two different dogs with different levels of training, but both are moderately distracted by other dogs. You're gonna watch instructor Carol and Instructor Shannon both work through the individual challenges that each of these dogs have so that by the end of this video, you're gonna have a plan when your dog gets distracted. I'm Ken Steepe and welcome back to McCann Dogs. So we've got young Kiki over there in one corner and we've got Lucy over here in another corner. Lucy's a little bit older, she's got some better skills at this point, so we're gonna use her as a bit of a distraction for young Kiki who is working hard to maintain focus. So I'm never gonna let my dog go visit when they're in that emotional state. You know, when she's pulling, I don't exist even now. Um, you could say, well she's relaxed now. She's not pulling in the leash, but her brain is on the other dog, which means it's not on me. So if she goes now, it means I mean nothing to her. And I want a great relationship with my dog when they're older. I wanna be able to give them freedom. I want them to think I'm a wonderful person. The most important thing in the world, I wanna be their buddy. So if I let them rehearse, I'm meaningless. I'm gonna go play with that other puppy. Um, I'm never gonna get that relationship where I'm gonna have a tough time. So even though she's calm now I'm gonna work getting focus on me, not that other puppy. Oh I know you're wild, you're. Wild. Before I even think about letting these two dogs greet, I wanna make sure that one, I can get my dog's focus on me. That's a really important piece of the equation because if I reinforce my dog only being focused on that external distraction, that other dog at this point, then I'm actually rewarding her for making a mistake and for doing something that I don't want her to do. I don't want her to learn to pull towards other dogs. I want her to learn to pay attention to me until I give her permission to go and say hi. If I choose to do so. Not every dog is gonna be appropriate to allow my young dog to go and say hello to. So it's really important that my dog understands the default behavior is just to ignore that other dog until they're specifically given permission. And that's gonna make my life so much easier. When I'm walking down the street and we come across dogs that I don't necessarily want to stop and have an interaction with. I wanna make sure that my dog clearly understands that default behavior is to be mannerly and hang with me. And until they're given that permission. Notice. How I'm rewarding the food is between me and Kelani. Oh, there's nothing over there. You need to judge your dog. See how Kelani turned off? I gave a few treats and then she turned away. She's a Lab. Lab's are food hounds. Is your dog a food hound? If even though you've got those treats, your dog says, I'm focused on that distraction, then I maybe need to build a little more distance. And I even wondered there, is she gonna be able to handle this situation or do I need to move her further away from the other dog? You wanna make sure that your dog is in listening mode all of the time, not just when there's no distractions in the environment. So when you're setting this up, work on some of those simple skills. So right now, Lucy's excited about what's going on in the corner over there. Lucy, yes, good girl. Yay. You're so smart. I wanna make sure I can get her attention back on me by calling her name and then I might be able to um, follow that up loose, sit with some simple commands like sit maybe like a little bit of a look at me. Yes, very good. Now I know I've got her attention and her focus. Something else I really like to do with my young dogs is to make sure that I can take ahold of their caller without that being something that they worry about or try to struggle to get away from me. This. Is a big deal. A lot of the time people really neglect this small step and it is so important when we need to take control of our dogs. It's crucial that they are absolutely 100% fine with us reaching in and taking ahold of their collar. Yes. So I'm gonna reward her choice now she looked over and she said, I'm not interested. I'm more interested in you and that's what I want lots of. I'm now adding some motion with Kelani. You can see not nearly as much as Shannon was doing with Lucy, I'm also not giving her as much leash. Shannon had pretty much the whole leash for Lucy because there was that connection there. Kelani's owner actually commented that she was amazed at how easily I handled Kelani. 'cause even though Kelani's a baby, she's pretty big and she's very strong. So some of that great thing for you to learn is good leash technique. So I don't wanna give her six feet of leash. One. How much leverage does she have? She's gonna pull me pretty easily. Two, when she's six feet away, I might as well be a mile away because that level of distraction, young dogs just don't have that attention span. So I only wanna give her a small amount, maybe three feet of leash. But I don't wanna just hold the middle of the leash and let it drag. I have the, the loop over my thumb and then I've gathered up the remaining leash in my hand, which means I can give Kelani really good information. I'm also not jerked all the time. It's much easier on an arm with a young strong dog. So I'm very easy when I want to apply that tension towards me. 'cause she starts to pull. I can get that other hand out. I take a hold of the leash not too far from the clip and I can apply that pressure back or I can turn. So instead of her dragging me, you know, six feet, as I'm trying to deal with that pulling, I'm now very easily able to deal with it. It doesn't hurt my arm. I can deal with it fast and I'm able to give such good information to my dog. Weaning off of food when, how all of these questions can be so confusing. They can often be a little bit more of a nuanced behavior and something that we need a little bit more time than just a couple of minutes on YouTube to be able to thoroughly explain. These are things that we work very hard on in our online training programs. Join us for life skills. If you're looking for support and information on how to get from food in your hand to a reliably listening dog without having to carry food on you all the time, Life Skills is gonna be a great program for you. And we're there to support you the whole way. Getting your dog working, doing some, you know, tricks. I could do some tricks but even, you know, there's not much difference between a sit. Yes, good girl. I'm always delivering the treat for me remember. So I'm not, even though she's looking out there, she's holding the sit. I could yes, but the treat comes out yes when she's focused on me. Good girl. Now a toy is a great way to get your dog's attention. If your dog really likes it. I'm not sure whether Kelani is or not and maybe with uh, it's fairly warm plus a dog in the vicinity. She may not be that keen, but let's give it a try. Ready? Set. Get that thing. Now I don't mind if she jumps a bit again. My main goal is getting focus around the other dog. My dog's saying I'm the only thing that matters, but if I keep that toy low, I can avoid repetition of that behavior. You're a good pup. You are a good pup. Look at you. I'm not following a checklist and saying do this, do that. Notice I was on the curve. I was gonna put that toy away, but Kalani was so good. She jumped up on me. I moved the toy. She didn't get what she want. And what did she do? She offered a behavior. She offered to sit. So one, she's saying, you are valuable. I'd like you to keep playing. She's also being respectful. Okay, I'm not jumping on you. I'm gonna sit. Even though I was on a game plan to do something else, I'm capturing that moment. Wow, that was such a good choice to be respectful of me not jumping up. I wanna reward that behavior and that focus on me. So notice I immediately pulled that toy back out to catch that. So don't get caught at home that I'm working on this. Watch your dogs when they're doing things you really like. We wanna reward those behaviors, especially when they're offering them themselves. I am working on keeping Lucy in a stationary position at my side and her job is to simply hold that sit as distractions approach. And what I'm gonna do is make sure that I reinforce her well for making those good decisions. What Carol is doing is using that opportunity where I'm training Lucy Carol's, using that opportunity to systematically come a little bit closer and then move off again. Come a little bit closer with Keilani and then move off again. The goal is not to get all the way to the dog. So I blew it. I got a little too close now. I probably should have seen that from Kalani, but she was doing so well. So that's gonna happen. You're gonna have those periods where you get a little close to that distraction. But notice immediately I turn her away. The tension back to me. Your pulling is not gonna get to that dog, which is a lesson in itself that says, Hey, you just try and go over there. You're never gonna get what you want when you're pulling. And I'm just gonna move her back. And I know now I need to build a little bit more distance to help her be successful. What did I get out of this? Or what did Kelani get? We got a lot, a ton of this one, a number of repetitions of this Kelani soon learns pulling, will never get me what I want. So she's not gonna pull on walks to see every dog. She's not gonna get pull me out in traffic. She's not going to have another dog react badly 'cause she's going in there. She's also learning how to properly interact with dogs. She also, um, was able to focus on me at the beginning and the end. So I'm building a relationship with Kelani that says I'm pretty important because I'm now better than those other dogs. If you're. Struggling with focus on walks, you're probably also struggling with jumping up. And if that's the case, watch this video. And on that note, I'm Ken. Happy training. ...
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