All right you guys wanted to see these Two guys out and about together Well here they are Actually engage I wouldn’t say they’re friends I mean You actually would like to be Gage’s Friend but Gage is Um you know not the friendly type with Other males So I have to monitor them carefully Yaxby’s at least half the age of Gage Gage is two and a half the axis 14 Months so you know he’s got the edge in Maturity And he actually still has the mentality Of a baby So I have to stop him from trying to hey Yaxi come here Actually he’s not you know not to be Disrespectful as long as he’s respectful Of Gage and I don’t allow them to engage In high arousal activities They will be fine but uh you know if There is a collision accidentally on Purpose If I allow them to engage in rude Behavior with one another ah come on Much higher likelihood that there’s Going to be an issue and with dogs They’re very pattern based so the longer You go without there being an issue the More you create that as the Baseline of Behavior we don’t argue we don’t fight We don’t compete we just coexist and I
Think that’s the best thing for two Males especially since the axi is going To be the stronger dog when he’s full Grown Gage I’m not talking about Physically I’m talking about in every Capacity but Gage get over here there’s The electric jack seat come here and you Actually it’s not a lot gauge Because the mentality of Gage what’s he Doing there’s somebody else in the woods With their dog and he’s caught the odor Look at his tail look at his behavior He’s showing yaksi Gage come here good Come on So he’s showing an unhealthy interest in That yaxi come on Gage and I will make electric anytime I See him going after that odor because It’s an unhealthy mindset he’s not Coming from a good place it’s not just Curiosity for him he’s gonna be a Reactivity and arousal for him are like Together Just the kind of dog that he is So And there’s another Electric But when you’re using the electric on One dog sometimes The stimulation That and the dog reacts to the Stimulation yaxi come here The stimulation can yoxi come here Can cause interest in the other dog and Then the other dog runs over and next
Thing you know you have a dog fight very Common problem hey come here Come on dude Good So you keep them close to you you’ll Keep your eye on them you don’t allow Them to engage in high arousal Activities And you make sure that they be Respectful of one another and you Discipline anybody who is not so Respectful And this is the key to ensuring that Things are more likely to go well Nothing is 100 percent Hey Uh get yaxi yaxi call me yeah Come on Yahtzee I should have put an electric on him hey Come on Good job Just because he’s a little bit sometimes Silly But yeah I mean you know nothing is 100 All you can do is is stack the odds in Your favor and you know sometimes I Don’t feel like going on two walks I Feel like going on one walk so I take Both my nails and You know we gotta break them up then We’ll break them up you know yeah again Something you have to be careful with Because it’s easy to get tagged doing
That because emotions are high arousal Is high adrenaline is high and then You’re putting yourself into that Situation So you have to be careful I think Probably one of the most common ways for People to be bitten hey come on guys Boy you silly Billy one of the most Common yeah Gage And you can see there just that activity Made him excited Yahtzee I have to always keep them from getting A little bit too carried away with one Another That fun play that people think it’s Like play it’s not play it’s arousal and Then arousal can quickly turn into Aggression and Gage will be the Aggressor but now we’re creating the Habit and you actually is not the type To just take a beating you know and Submit maybe right now he would because He’s a baby but that would stay with him And believe me it would make it more Likely he’d be dog fighting when he’s a Bit older so yeah I prefer to keep Everybody as social as I can possibly Keep them And not allow them to practice come on Guys stay with me Come on good practice an unhealthy Mindset but there’s always one dog when You have a pair Or a trio or a four of them five of them
Six of them there’s always the one that You watch the most because that’s one’s The the disturber the troublemaker And it’s the one that usually has the The smaller threshold for arousal Um you know There’s always one like that there’s Stuff here where they’re kind of pushing On each other a little bit to smell the Smells that can cause a problem but Right now they’re not really sensitive To each other because nothing bad has Happened yet If I allow something bad to happen or Something does happen then they’re going To be much more sensitive towards one oh He touched me hey guys Gage come back Gage Come back Come on Come on good boy Okay So it’s one of those things where you Have to be able to recognize the mindset Of the dog before he acts on the mindset Because the mindset leads to the action So that’s why you saw me there I made The stimulation on Gage when he was tail Up touching his back and moving towards The odor of the other Handler and dog That were off in the woods there’s Nothing good that he plans to do there There’s no reason for him to show that Level of activity arousal and excitement
At the Sight and Sound of another Handler and dog I don’t allow that That’s energy that he’s not allowed to Use in that way and when I don’t allow Him to practice that and satisfy himself Through that then he’s much less likely To do it in the future and I just have To be very consistent with that because He’s the kind of dog you know like I Said a reactive type dog who really Derives a lot of satisfaction and Arousal from those types of behaviors Gage come closer come on Gage come here Stop making me repeat myself come here Good Good okay He’s the kind of dog he always You know he actually is a very nice dog He listens to me out of the goodness of His heart most of the time Gage is more Of a jerk off So this is the new building guys 60 by 120. training facility you can see We got the the walls in Soon we’re gonna I think next is the Stone dust then we frame we’ve got the Trusses over there Very exciting Yaks yaks Come here yaxi ah yaxi come here good So again managing two males it’s all About preventing problems before they Occur Um you know certainly if I had two axes
It would be a lot easier if I had two Gauges it would be I’d say close to Impossible it wouldn’t Be worth it for me to do it Um Gage A bigger group is never is Sometimes Good sometimes it’s bad right now for These two males is good because Sometimes if there’s other dogs Gage what are you doing There’s another electric and I didn’t Say anything because I already said it I Already said it you shouldn’t be leaving You shouldn’t be going I know he’s Thinking about going over there and Jumping in the back of my side by side But he’s not allowed I didn’t tell him To go there I don’t like him going that Far from me So I shouldn’t say things more than once I try not to nag too much it’s a bad Habit All right boys Gage with me You actually Good no jumping that’s a bad habit you Have It’s because I allow it because he’s Such a cute little bear yoxi Don’t do that So this is the voice now And they walk next to me he actually Obviously need some work on this And we’re calm I don’t make them walk on The same side because again if an
Arousing situation occurs And they’re bumping into each other more Likely That they decide to have a disagreement So You know there’s something I’ll work on A little bit It’s not a big priority for me that you Know they hang out all the time or Anything but I’d like to be able to take Them both on walks together because These are my two competition dogs You know so it’s something that I don’t Feel like I have to hide them from each Other or anything like that all right Guys engaging yaxi Gage kettle Gage Gage Jesus Christ Gage come here Down All right let me fix that situation It turns out you can’t open the door ah Oh What did you do No All right Good I’ll lock you in here All right okay all right yaxi thank you