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now a lot of people out there think that ,
being a leader means that you need to be ,
really loud and heavy-handed in like a ,
drill sergeant but today I'm going to ,
talk to you about how you can be a great ,
leader for your dog without being any of ,
those things I'm Cal McCain this is ,
Grand Slam welcome back to McCann dogs ,
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well-behaved four-legged family member ,
today we're going to talk about one of ,
the most important topics when it comes ,
to dog training and that is the idea of ,
leadership now it's sort of a strange ,
word and it's something that gets thrown ,
out a lot and unfortunately it's ,
something that's misunderstood a lot of ,
people think that leadership is all ,
about you know being really in charge or ,
being really controlling or yelling and ,
screaming at the dog and getting them in ,
trouble but I want to talk to you about ,
how you can learn to be your dog's ,
leader in a much less confrontational ,
way in a way that builds your ,
relationship build your dog's confidence ,
and teaches them to like to listen to ,
you in the 20 years that they've been a ,
professional dog trainer have helped ,
tens of thousands of dog owners to train ,
their family pets and one of the most ,
common things people ask is how do I get ,
my dog to listen to me and of course ,
there's many responses to that but one ,
of the most important things is that you ,
learn to be a good leader for your dog ,
because dogs love to listen to whoever ,
they feel is in charge and in fact dogs ,
seek leadership so it's really important ,
that you are able to provide that for ,
your dog so that they can sit back and ,
relax and let you do all the work ,
people often apprehensive to go through ,
some of the steps that are needed to ,
provide good leadership over their dogs ,
when we start to ask people to implement ,
structure or rules or things like that ,
sometimes people think that the dogs are ,
going to not like them if they take away ,
some of the luxuries than if they've ,
already been giving their dog but the ,
truth is it's actually the humans that ,
are a little bit more worried about ,
these steps than the dogs are well we ,
need to remember is that dogs are not ,
babies they're not kids they have a ,
completely different way of thinking so ,
it's really important that we treat them ,
like dogs and then eventually once they ,
understand the rules of where they fit ,
in and that you are a good leader you ,
get to spoil them rotten just like ,
you've wanting to for ,
beginning so how do you know whether ,
your dog needs more leadership or not ,
well it's actually pretty easy you just ,
need to look at you know how are they ,
handling the freedoms and the luxury is ,
that you're giving them already how good ,
of a listener are they how well do they ,
make good choices in your house around ,
distractions or your furniture or your ,
kids how well do they listen when ,
they're when you take them outside and ,
there's a lot of distractions right ,
there is gonna tell you how much respect ,
and how well do they listen to you when ,
there's other things that could tear ,
their attention apart from you know ,
being a good dog and making good choices ,
it's very common for people to come to ,
us with dogs that are you know well ,
under a year of age and sometimes the ,
luxuries or the opportunities that those ,
dogs are given it allows the dog to make ,
too many poor choices so what happens ,
the dogs start to learn bad habits ,
because they're maybe given too much ,
freedom in the house or too much ,
opportunity to self reward which means ,
you become a little bit less important ,
in their life therefore you're gonna ,
start to struggle with some leadership ,
issues so the goal is to come out right ,
from the beginning with your puppy and ,
to establish really good rules and ,
structure and then as your puppy starts ,
to show good behavior they start to make ,
good choices we then start to give them ,
more freedom and more luxuries so ,
basically the more well-behaved they are ,
the better listener they are the more ,
opportunity they get to kind of do their ,
own thing what a lot of people don't ,
realize is that there's many things that ,
you'll do in your dog's life that your ,
dog will view as an important resource ,
and it could be something simple as ,
whether or not they're allowed up on the ,
furniture the bed the couch what toys ,
they have available to play with all the ,
time do they have the ability to decide ,
whether they can go outside or not like ,
with use of a doggie door versus you ,
know asking you to go outside first ,
there's all kinds of scenarios or ,
decisions that can be made all ,
throughout the day that either the dog ,
can choose to do on their own without ,
your help or you can use those resources ,
that your dogs find valuable and you can ,
use them to your advantage to teach them ,
that you're a leader in you're in charge ,
of those things and that right there is ,
a great non-confrontational way to say ,
if you want this you have to come ,
through ,
me first because I'm the boss but guess ,
what it's a pretty fun thing when those ,
things happen now let's talk specifics ,
let's talk about non confrontational ,
ways that you can teach your dog that ,
you're a good leader and to listen to ,
you without you having to be a big ,
meanie so first things first is say what ,
you mean and mean when you say so when ,
you ask your dog to do a behavior and ,
they deliberately ignore you it's really ,
important that you follow through and it ,
could be something as simple as asking ,
your dog to sit so if you ask your dog ,
to sit for example and they're too busy ,
sniffing the floor or barking at you ,
know a distraction all you need to do is ,
repeat sit in the same you know kind in ,
a neutral voice you did the first time ,
and then follow through by helping them ,
to move into position but often what ,
happens is people will start to say sit ,
sit sit and they'll get you know louder ,
and angry worth each time that they ask ,
the dog until the dog finally you know ,
gets overwhelmed and learns to listen ,
well I don't know about you but I don't ,
want to have to scream at my dog in ,
order for them to listen to me I want ,
them to learn that if I ask them to do ,
something they need to follow through so ,
my follow-through needs to be really ,
calm and collected so the dogs not ,
getting worried or stressed they ,
basically just learned if mom tells me ,
something to do I really need to listen ,
the other thing that we really recommend ,
is trying to put your dog in situations ,
all throughout the day where they're ,
less likely to make poor choices and ,
this is how we train and raise our own ,
puppies you know in my house I control ,
scenarios so that most of the time the ,
dog is sort of being influenced to make ,
good choices so I spend most of my day ,
reinforcing praising playing with my dog ,
rather than saying you know leave that ,
leave that you know don't know all that ,
stuff I want to try to avoid that no of ,
course now if I need to help my dog to ,
understand a lesson if they make a ,
mistake I'll help them with that but I ,
don't want that to be my primary way of ,
delivering information I might utilize ,
things like my crate more often a leash ,
or a longline I don't have any kids yet ,
but we have you know baby gates in our ,
house and we barricade rooms off so the ,
dog can't go wandering and doing their ,
own thing so we try to control the ,
environment so that the dog is less ,
likely to get into mischief and to learn ,
bad things there's actually other easy ,
things that you can do to help you know ,
show your ,
that you're a good leader it could be ,
things like you know don't just hand ,
them food for no reason make them do ,
something for it it could be something ,
really fun to like you know doing a ,
trick or asking them to sit or to lie ,
down and then you can reward them you ,
know it's fun to give your dog a treat ,
just because they're cute but you're ,
missing a perfect opportunity to teach ,
your dog that you know you're a good ,
leader and they should listen I often ,
will have my young dogs wait in their ,
crate when I open the door so that I can ,
easily put the leash or longline on ,
before they barge out and I need to ,
release them so that I'm working a ,
little bit of control into those ,
scenarios you can also do things like ,
control their resources so you know ,
typically when my dogs are young I don't ,
have you know dog toys scattered ,
everywhere around my house so that the ,
dog can go and play on their own ,
I might have things like chew toys chew ,
bones or Kong toys that aren't going to ,
hurt my dog if I'm not paying attention ,
but I see it the really fun toys for ,
times that we can play with them ,
together maybe it's through a game of ,
tug-of-war or a game of fetch but those ,
things I want my puppy to associate with ,
me so that it gives it a more valuable ,
role in the dog's life now let's talk ,
dogs on the bed and dogs on the ,
furniture now I will be the first one to ,
admit my dogs absolutely snuggle on the ,
couch with me and they sleep in my bed ,
but here's the thing I don't offer those ,
luxuries to my dogs until they have good ,
training and they listen really well so ,
in the time being if you have a dog that ,
tends to be a bit unruly or maybe ,
they're not listening that well to you ,
those are two areas that you can you ,
know remove from your dog as an as an ,
extra luxury so for example you know if ,
your dog is up on the couch make sure ,
that if you tell them to get off that ,
your dog happily gets off the couch when ,
you ask or maybe you come into the ,
living room and they're you know lying ,
on the couch you know in your spot ,
rather than going and find somewhere ,
else to sleep or till I have them just ,
move out of the way so that you can sit ,
there you know maybe you have them sleep ,
on a dog bed beside your bed instead of ,
up on your bed initially or we usually ,
start by having our dog sleep in a crate ,
beside our bed and then as time goes on ,
and you know our relationship and our ,
skills start to get better then we start ,
to allow them to howl ,
those additional luxuries in the house ,
but of course that's all personal ,
preference if you want to go your entire ,
dog's life without letting them on the ,
couch or on the bed that's totally fine ,
but we often suggest that you wait until ,
you've you know established some good ,
control before you allow your dog to do ,
things like that our ultimate goal is to ,
be such a strong leader for our dog that ,
when they make poor choices were able to ,
redirect them with the simple use of our ,
voice but unfortunately when your dog is ,
young you first need to teach them that ,
your voice has merit that your voice you ,
know there's a reason to listen to you ,
so this comes back to my follow through ,
comment if your dog you know is making a ,
poor choice whether it be you know ,
getting on the furniture you don't want ,
them to sticking their head in the ,
garbage you know barking at the the you ,
know people walking by you know outside ,
their fence it's really important that ,
when you're asking your dogs to not do ,
those particular behaviors that you're ,
then following through with you know ,
something that's gonna actually get them ,
to stop but could be utilizing your ,
leash and you're maneuvering them away ,
from that particular area or you know ,
taking them and placing them into ,
position if you've asked them to sit try ,
not to be repetitive with your words our ,
ultimate goals that our dogs learn to ,
listen the first time and every time and ,
if your ultimate goal is to have your ,
dog to listen to your voice without ,
having to follow through it all it's ,
imperative that you have good timing ,
when you're going to help your dog ,
understand these situations more clearly ,
so for example if their heads in the ,
garbage and you tell them leave it try ,
not to you know take ten years to walk ,
across the kitchen and remove their head ,
from the garbage move close to them ,
repeat leave it and then follow through ,
using the leash dog learn within one ,
second so it's really important that ,
when we're teaching them that we ,
remember what time and what types of ,
information they need from us in order ,
for it to be clear and not confusing be ,
careful you're not allowing your dog to ,
you know spend them you know extended ,
time in the backyard without you paying ,
attention to them initially you know be ,
careful that you're not allowing your ,
dog to just have free range of your ,
entire house so that they can you know ,
get in your laundry and you know eat ,
your kids toys it's very important that ,
you're trying to spend quality time ,
together as much as possible so that the ,
quantity isn't as important any ,
here in a YouTube channel we often talk ,
about three elements that we find is ,
very important in your dog training and ,
that is to be consistent to be clear and ,
to be fair and if you can nail down ,
those three elements you're bound to be ,
a great leader for your dog now we ,
talked about many exercises today in ,
this video to help you establish ,
yourself as of leader now I've made a ,
playlist that has a lot of those ,
exercises in them and you can check ,
those out right here if this is your ,
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I'm Cale bye for now ,
happy training
