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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:10 PupBox
01:45 Bree Meets the New Puppy
02:28 Gameplan
03:30 Zak Meets the New Puppy
06:46 Inertia Meets the New Puppy
07:50 Crate Training
11:50 First Night
14:21 Bonding Day
14:49 Meeting Bree’s Mom
15:00 Getting used to Inertia
15:48 First Training Session
23:08 First Walk
26:32 Naming the New Puppy
27:20 Recap
28:30 Outro
My name is zach george i’m a youtube dog Trainer [Music] I’m speaking to my subscribers now There are going to be some things that You’ll come to learn about us in the Next few weeks i just want you to know That no matter how it may look I only had you In my heart Guess what We are getting a brand new puppy This is actually only going to be the Second puppy that you and i have gotten As a couple in our entire relationship And we’ve been together like forever That’s true naturally we are going to Show you every little thing we teach This puppy how we do it and of course All of the troubleshooting you have to Do when raising a puppy because no two Puppies are alike this puppy was Actually born on the streets in mexico Mexico yes right now she’s in foster Care and she’s been shipped to oregon Morgan You’re getting a totally untrained puppy And you’re going to bring that puppy Into the cabin of an airplane with you I’m hoping these are going to help well I mean yeah you’re definitely going to Need a way to have your treats with you And we got some good treats here and Then something to entertain her with
That must be a new addition to the pump Box you can put peanut butter on it just Sucks onto A surface and you put peanut butter Right there with every pup box you get This training card as well it’s Incredibly packed with information on Things you should be working on that Particular month with your dog if you Guys want to pick up a pup box i’m going To have details in the description i’ll See you in oregon i cannot believe that I’m flying across the country to get This puppy i’ve gotten to know the Rescue she’s from though and i fell in Love with her when i saw her online she Was found in the streets in mexico with Her siblings and rescued and now she’s Ready for a permanent home i hope she Likes me i hope zach likes her too ah I’m here I think i’m supposed to pick her up on This bridge [Music] You’re so cute i can’t wait to dna test You she climbed on me Oh you guys She’s already doing all i ever wanted Her to do The takeoff Scariest part Inertia’s probably like here we go again Another puppy you know but this one We’re actually keeping we just committed
To adopting a dog that we’ve never even Met Happy wife happy life i’m nervous deep Down howard hernan or she going to get Along i mean every dog is different you Have to work within every dog’s ability Does she like to play is she more shy How smart is she Brie is on like zero rest so my job Should be interesting tonight i’m going To come in and hopefully be the hero and Do my overnight shift with the new puppy I think i’m gonna follow my similar Protocol with this hopefully i can get Her comfortable in the crate i mean i’m Really focused mostly on the next Several days with her of just getting to Know her what’s her personality like we Have some big life changes planned for The next several months and involving a Puppy in those life changes we’re not Having a baby with so many unknowns i Understand the myriad of things that can Happen when you’re training a dog hold On brady’s calling me It’s going to be a rough night for me Tonight we’re going to meet zach I’m so excited this is a dog that i’ve Committed to having for the next 15 plus Years hopefully knowing the commitment That’s ahead of me it’s both exciting Very exciting but it’s also kind of Terrifying All right we’re here but i don’t
I don’t see anyone Hi Hey this is my first glimpse of her all Right what do you think you better like Her because i love her we’re home this Reminds me of the opening of gremlins When they get that sasquatch or what’s It called It’s a mogwai yeah mogwai that’s what it Reminds me of and like it’s almost Midnight oh gosh you were saying that You had her on leash just by her collar Because the foster said when she tried To put a harness on her she just freaked Out right yes i’ve got to take her Outside to go potty but the thing is With a leash on her she’s not likely to Do well with a leash it’s like opening a Present In the last four days she’s been from Mexico to oregon to atlanta to here and Here’s new orleans louisiana i’m going To put her on this collar right now Though harness is ideal there’s small Gaps over here that maybe she could get Through if she wanted to oh my gosh She’s so cute You think she’s cute she’s so cute and Little this is my first time playing With her do you think a nurse is going To like her I think so i hope so go ahead take it if You’re wondering what her name is she’s Still nameless brie is taking the lead
On her name so for right now I’ll just have to work around that uh Technicality What That’s how you sound [Music] Since she sees bree over there that’s Thrown around you don’t recognize her From a distance This is normal she’s a little fearful But there she goes it’s like she’s You’ve got a voice oh my goodness Oh man So now aubry has gone back inside and She seems to observe her and we’ve given Her a chew to Enjoy so barking like you just saw too That’s totally normal not something Worth correcting or whatever because It’s clearly from a place of unsureness The temptation In these first few days especially for a Dog trainer like myself is to just train Her and train her but i’m not gonna do That i’m gonna get to know her okay of Course i’m gonna do that but within Reason one thing that i’m going to be Relying on heavily over the next 24 Hours at least is this turbo tendon They’ve been really amazing with the Last few dogs in these series that we Filmed needless to say i think these are Fast becoming a standard for the first Day that i spend with any dog i’m
Working with yes puffford is a Long-standing sponsor of our youtube Channel sponsor or not though i’m a Customer of their products for life She’s really into that i wanna take it Away But i’m gonna be careful so i’m gonna Distract her a little bit rather than Just being confrontational see if this Works Trying to just get her there we go good Before she gets into that i’m gonna take It so We’re doing all right we’re gonna go Inside now but she still hasn’t peed This is her first time in the house she Hears inertia upstairs I guess we can have her say hi to Inertia there’s a puppy downstairs Okay i know you’re anxious to meet her Don’t come on so strong Relax i know you’re excited Say hi That’s normal i know Okay back up What do you think hello Go back up Lie down So i’m trying not to let her get Overwhelmed by inertia but i wanted a Nurse to have a chance to Say hi to are you being very good Stay Say hi
Okay Come Lie down Good girl I’ve been told she can be anxious in the Crate but i’m gonna see if we can get Her in there voluntarily because ideally It’d be great if she’d go in there and Sleep i’m not counting on that i’m Counting on putting her to sleep and Then maybe placing her in there but We’ll see let me grab a chew for her We’ll see how she does Okay So far so good let’s see if she takes to It or Whatever i know interesting huh notice How we’re keeping her on leash here as Well she’s still getting used to that Collar Okay she’s quite the athlete it looks Like enjoy your honeymoon period i heard A rumor crate training might not be easy She’ll go in there but she’s like yeah I’m not into this anymore i’d rather be Out here this is more exciting she loves People that’s good this is what i’ve Been waiting for but now i gotta get the Leash off at least since she’s so into That i think i can get away with this Now i could get lucky and she could just Fall asleep and we could get a fresh Start tomorrow i doubt that’ll be the Case but she’s content in there right
Now and that’s really what i want is her Having a good association with that Crate and in this case you know it’s not Just about putting treats in there and Getting her to go in there it’s about Letting her enjoy that chew she’s in a Positive frame of mind and hopefully That’ll propel us to success So now there’s our first let me out of Here so i’m going to let her out but Before she stresses trying to catch her In a moment of calm here So there i didn’t want to push her to The point where she just started Freaking out and panicking so i want to Let her know that hey this opens two You’re not in jail all the time the Reason that i like to use a crate is for Moments when we can’t tend to her it’s a Place for her to be safe first night With a new puppy that i just met This is nuts good nice job i’m gonna let Her chew on it this time with the door Open and then we’ll close the door for a Second Gauge reaction Everything looks fine although If you want this This is the only place you’re going to Get that for now You can tell that that barking has Worked for her even probably the few Days that she was in foster i want to Let her out
During moments of quiet Okay go on what i know about the few Days that she was in foster is that she Didn’t like her crate and so she slept In the bed which i do not blame them for Yeah that might be the case tonight for A bit but i mean it’s going to be really Important for me and us to get her Comfortable with being alone in a crate In order to minimize the likelihood of Separation anxiety so my hypothesis is By getting them comfortable with being Alone especially overnight so though Tonight might be an exception Given all she’s been through that we’re More likely to prevent Severe anxiety in the future oh look she Went in there on her own again yeah she Did Good for you So we’re not forcing her to stay in There i’m not closing it to keep her in There further validating her fear trying To counter condition her association With being in a crate going in there and Being in there are not always the same The temptation here it’s like oh she Goes in she lays down she must be doing Great and the temptation is just to Close it lock her up you know so that’s Why i want to continue to have her come In come out sometimes it’s closed Sometimes it’s open Good girl
Yay As expected the bed is where she seems To be doing okay right now but this is All done with the aim of easing her into The crate but she’s pretty active right Now Yeah see she’s learning that her food And water is in there so that’s good So she went from the bed into there i’ve Got her attached to me with the leash Because there’s too much to get into She’s good at jumping isn’t she and We’re just really hoping she’s gonna Check out at some point that may be some Time i mean in general puppies do sleep A whole lot so i’m really holding out Hope that we can get a good night’s Sleep both of us tonight so that the Next several days are you know on our Schedule when we’re talking about Positive reinforcement training a lot The natural Thing that comes up is well you have to Correct dogs right you’ve got to correct Them how else are they going to learn And management is one of those things That it seems simple but i don’t have to Worry about correcting her from chewing Up the carpet or getting into things Right now because she’s on a leash see i Mean she’d like to go over there but In due time right she’s settling a Little bit the good thing about shoes Like this is that she’s not going
Through them quickly they last a long Time because you wouldn’t want her Consuming them since our puppy is in a Brand new place it would easily make Sense that she’d become nervous of Things that she doesn’t understand Someone’s got her attention what is this I’m gonna let her go check it out Let’s go check it out let’s see what it Is what is it you’re barking come on You want to go see The door what is it What is it is it this i think she may Have seen the pup box over there oh that Looks like fun Get her mind on something else here So there i don’t know what she was Working at may have been the box she was Looking over there in that direction Maybe not but either way getting her Focused on something that’s less Stressful is the path of least Resistance at the moment yeah she’s Teething away though she’s definitely in That teething phase so i want to make Sure i have lots of appropriate things For her to chew on meanwhile she’s not Showing many signs of wanting to go to Bed which i expected so it’s all good Taking another potty break we’ve been Giving her Lots of opportunity yeah she’s Definitely sniffing i have a strong Hunch she’s gotta go potty
There we go Two for two no pun intended Feel better okay all right I’ll pick that up in the morning it’s One am right now and i’ve Lost the puppy but my blanket seems to Be Alive there you are Okay here’s your middle of the night Update Well good morning i somehow survived Night one is over zack’s doing his thing And i want to get to know our new puppy All i want to do today is hug and kiss You and play Puppies are great huh bonding day She just went in there on her own Because she was hungry boom We’ve just been hanging out In Zack’s living room bed all day just Bonding which is my favorite thing to do It’s not everyone’s favorite thing to do My mom wants to meet her new Granddaughter so she’s here and i’m Gonna introduce them i’m so excited You’re gonna love my mom yay What do you think is she smaller than You expected while i’m hanging out with My mom zach returned from his daily walk With inertia the puppy’s still a little Wary of inertia hopefully she’ll become More confident with her within the next Few days inertia is a pretty good judge
Of a dog’s comfort level so it looks Like she’s pretty happy to give the Puppy some space I like how inertia is like backing off Like sniffing her and then giving her Space rather than overwhelming her Everyone say honey Back up good I need to show her that inertia is Stable and i think when the puppy Realizes that inertia is respectful She’ll become a little bit more Confident around her mom and i are gonna Eat i’m gonna see if i can show her how To be good i brought a bed and i’m gonna Give her her first ever yak cheese let’s See hopefully this will work So far so good Good girl so the puppies had a few hours To adjust today and i gotta tell you i’m Just chomping at the bit to teach this Puppy stuff oh my goodness man she’s so Full of energy already so i’ve got a Hungry puppy here she had a good night’s Sleep i’m hoping to get like some Informal training in with her i don’t Want to come on too strong with her and I think one of the neat things about a Series like this is that we literally Get to Train a dog language from day one you’ll See how i teach her every word And Skill the first word that i like to
Teach a dog is yes i mean you know we’ll Be using a lot of that yes i’m gonna Feed her with her meal today yes i don’t Care if she’s sitting or not she Happened to be sitting there my Understanding is she hasn’t been taught To sit yes right now we’re teaching her Yes equals something she likes now don’t Be fooled into thinking that yes will Always mean only a treat and that’s the Only way to reinforce her we’ll look for Many ways to reinforce good behavior Food is just one way Yes Let me let her get distracted for a Second and see if she’s internalizing The word yes or if we have any Indication of that Yes A little bit All right i feel pretty good i think She’s starting to get it i mean every Dog needs to know how to sit Yes Why did i say yes there she didn’t sit Right she just in fact she jumped Towards it yes I just like the fact that she’s being Really engaged right now and i’ve got 100 million treats here which are her Meal so That’s a lot of opportunity to teach her Something just focusing on lowering see A lot of dogs do this when you try to
Lure them like if you take your Stereotypical lab or lab mix and you try And lure them like that Very often their butt will just go right Into the ground but with a smaller dog Like this i’ve noticed they’re more Likely to jump up after the treat so let Me start to increase the criteria in Other words i’m not going to treat her Now when she jumps up rather than Pushing her to the point where she jumps Up Yes just that slight lean back is Something that i want to acknowledge Yes Almost not perfect but you can see we’re Trying even though i was tolerant of it Just a second ago now i want to show her How to think a little bit more I got to be careful here you see how i’m Pulling away right i’m pulling away as If to say no that’s not what i’m looking For but i also want to avoid risking Making her too frustrated by continually Pulling away that’s a form of punishment To her and ideally wherever we can avoid That we want to one of the reasons that I lean so heavily towards positive Reinforcement training like this is that It tends to really keep a dog engaged And interested in training yes Wow it looked like she was thinking About sitting on her own you know what What if i just wait for a second i
Noticed she offered to sit earlier yes I’m gonna give her a whole bunch right There especially now that she’s holding It and i’d like her to understand that Sit means sit until we say o in k so i’m Going to teach her what okay means by Doing here Okay Yes wow look at that so here’s a case Where luring her wasn’t really working Out yes Okay Yes And really just kind of waiting for it To hit the position a lot of dogs will Go into a sit naturally like that so That’s okay there’s more than one way to Accomplish something so you can see her Brainstorming she’s like it was working So well a minute ago what do i have to Do to get that food yes Yes Right here i’m saying yes for holding Position and here okay Okay yes She’s learning the word yes she’s Learning the word okay i think we’re off To a pretty good start here i haven’t Said the word s-i-t at all either That’s less important right now Sit Yes Okay Yes all right i feel great about that
Now you might notice she’s still on this Collar and this leash that’s not ideal Especially for puppies ideally we want Them To be in a harness because they’re so Fragile and you don’t want inadvertent Tension around their neck but i’m told From her foster home they tried to put a Harness on her and it went terribly and She really didn’t like it so she Probably already has a bit of an Affiliation with that harness i’m gonna Take the leash off right now i have our Attention pretty willingly so let’s take That off and harness Yes see how she offered to sit that’s What you’re gonna see most of these Behaviors we teach dogs don’t just exist For a particular purpose they tend to be Stacked on top of each other Yes Why did i do that Letting her smell the harness just check It out yes Rather than just powering through and Putting it on her Yes Yes Yes Again letting it Come right off of her Just trying to get her comfortable with That Feeling
Yes Started to resist a little bit yes good Girl Yes I started to resist there when i went to Buckle it so i let go because We’ve come this far the last thing we Want to do is just force it if she’s Good girl Nice Sit yes Good girl And this is a great way to give your Puppy a meal i think you’re a smart dog I think you might actually be smart oh My god you got the zack george seal of Smartness let’s not get too crazy now Sit Yes Yes See how we’re not letting her even break Sit right now And by not letting her i mean [Music] Anytime she’s not in that position Unless i’ve said o and k She’s not getting a treat and she’s Catching on super quick yes Yes She might be a genius I don’t want to throw too much at her it Is only day one basically sit and okay Looking great her harness is on her okay Yes
There it is playing is one of the best Ways that i know of to build a bond with A dog and that is by far the first Priority particularly with a new dog Building trust with one another yeah i Love the little return there Goodness Playing is one of the easier ways to Reinforce behavior we like as well so i Mean i just wanted to keep it super Light for training today but training is More than just obedience skills like This training is about socializing our Dogs to the world which we intend to do In a pretty big way with her yeah i want To go see how she does outside just in General yeah let’s do it all right we’re Going to go outside everything the light Touches is your kingdom I’m carrying it right now just so we can Go get subtle and let her sniff around Over here but you can already see how Her demeanor has changed she’s looking Around and yeah she’s fully vaccinated So she’s approved to be out here a big Part of socializing a puppy is getting Them used to different textures that Means this grass Smell in the wind have a lovely breeze Coming off the water here you can hear a Buzzing dragonfly come on do you want to Go let’s see if she follows that’s Pretty nice i like how confident she Looks in the grass here
I couldn’t be more pleased with how She’s doing on her leash here this is The first time on a leash and harness we Even have a little tension there and She’s not freaking out and i think a lot Of that has to do with the fact that we Were sensitive to that and we’re trying To look at it from her perspective and Create these pleasant associations With alicia collar so here she sees a Jogger first time she’s like what the Heck what is that about like almost Everything they see Is new yes and here i mean i tried to Give her a treat to let her know her Behavior was good that she’s not Overreacting but she’s like i don’t care About that I don’t know let’s see yes I’m acknowledging that she just paid Attention to me and walked back over Here let’s see if she wants it she may Be too overwhelmed for a treat and she Is right now she’s overstimulated So Rather than focus on treats here we’re Just going to let her Look around maybe i can keep her moving I’m intentionally off the beaten path Here because i don’t want her to get Surprised by bikes at close range or Anything like that that might be Perceived as something scary to her when Dogs find an environment overwhelming or
Distracting really one of the best ways To overcome that is just by giving them A lot of experience in that environment So just spending time out here chilling Letting her see stuff we call this Screensaver training so it’s really just An opportunity to come out here smell Hear feel the world and so what am i Looking for out here i’m looking for Indicators of things that might cause Her to be thrown off or things that she Might enjoy looking to check out her Overall demeanor does she appear Comfortable does she appear stressed out So far she’s appearing pretty normal Okay Oops there we go That was good i noticed her looking at The bike leave it to me to try and steal A don’t pay attention to the bike pay Attention to me and let’s keep moving i Didn’t want her to think about it too Much because i didn’t want to risk a Total outburst i’m going to get another Opportunity here though hey Dennis Yes Out here i’m giving her treats from time To time again just trying to test and See how receptive she is in public and Sometimes she’s into them and sometimes She isn’t and that’s normal people will Often say hey my dog isn’t treat Motivated and what do i do to reinforce
Things if they won’t take a treat from Me and that’s one of the reasons i like To mention that positive reinforcement Training isn’t just about giving them Treats right now her environment is Reinforcing let her enjoy the Environment if that’s something she’s More interested in at that given moment And look at her just trying to process Everything i can’t even imagine what it Must be like from their perspective our Job is to just reassure them and get Them comfortable with it and do the best We can to help them enjoy this wonderful World that they live in Hey guys i figured i would be in this Too brie is really trying to claim Veronica as her own i mean trying i i Found her i chose her i named her yeah Her name is veronica we have decided That since this morning i guess yes yeah I picked a name what do you think do you Guys like veronica i know you will tell Me your thoughts i’m actually curious That’s a thing that i can’t get over Really is how many things have changed In her short life i mean going at this Pace she’s got to be really thrown off By just about everything I think one thing that makes this series Really different than the ones we’ve Shot over the last few years is we have A really limited amount of time to Prepare her for our next venture
Which is going to be really exciting i’m Not ready to talk about it yet but i Will be ready to talk about it soon but Anyway i think it’s a pretty good first 24 hours exhausting for you mildly Exhausting for me though not as much Well i enjoyed today i’m really happy That the most important part of the First few days of having a dog is Getting them comfortable and bonding Because all i wanted to do today was get Comfortable and bond so that worked out For me well what do you feel like you Learned about her today i Feel like she’s a lot of what i was Expecting her to be and i’m happy about That although at this point you know Once you adopt a dog you love the dog You get and they’re never exactly what You think I really feel like she is In shock from all of the changes that Have happened to her and so i feel like We do not know the real veronica at all Yet and i’m interested to see what Happens over the next few days or week Or however long it takes yeah i feel the Same way i mean what i’ve learned about Her so far is that she seems smart but She’s guarded about interacting with new Things but in my job training dogs you Have to always be really flexible be Ready to alter your game plan when Things aren’t going as expected and i’m
Sure we’ll see many examples of that Throughout this series but i think this Is going to be a pretty good series i’m Just taking selfies full disclosure we Only have a little bit of time before we Turn this series and our life upside Down and if you’re a new puppy parent Sign up for your pup box subscription I’ll have a link below follow us on tik Tok and instagram and check out both of My books that i’ve written as well it’s Going to be a series like nothing we Have ever done we’ll see you in episode 2. [Music]