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Hey guys haz here at shield k9 so quick Little update i know i haven’t been on Youtube for a while i haven’t really Filmed anything in a while and that’s Because i made the conscious decision to Not film videos unless i really want to Um i’m not a youtuber i’m actually a dog Trainer youtubing is a secondary thing For me i do it when i feel like doing it Um i felt like sometimes i was forcing The videos and i don’t ever want to Force the videos i think you know the Videos that people really enjoy and the Videos that i enjoy are the ones that Are just very organic and and i just Feel like doing it in that moment so i Do it um You know the last week i’ve really been In the workshop i’ve been working on my Skills as a dog trainer you know i got To go down the united states train with Some some some world level trainers and And diamond and christina hassell and That was very instructive and productive Um you know gage Gage is my as you guys know he’s my Competition dog and um you know we’re Really working towards specific goals With him um hopefully one day high level Competition and there’s a lot of work to Be done there um And as a trainer it’s important that you Expose your work to situations where It’ll fall apart and i felt like this
Trip between you know we went down to Tennessee it was like 100 degrees the Heat Everything It really put a magnifying glass on my Dog’s weaknesses and my dog’s failings And my failings as a trainer with him And um you know it’s given me the Opportunity to grow and to become you Know more productive as a as a trainer And and to you know make less mistakes So on and so forth and i think that’s Really something that i’ve said it Before i’ll say it again i don’t think Enough dog trainers do this you have got To find people that are better than you At different things you need to go to Them you need to expose yourself To that critique You need to expose your dog to that Failure or to that lack of success so That you can see where the holes are in Your training so on and so forth the Same thing happens in trial but the Problem is when you trial your dog and He screws up i think it’s a little bit Less productive than when you actually Go to you know a training situation i Really like to take advan opportunities Like that where you completely go to a New environment new vegetation New new temperature new people new Smells new everything and you see how The dog performs in that situation and
You see you know how he reacts to the Training so Um that’s just a quick little update on What i’m doing here at shield canine I’ve also got a couple of other small Projects in the work in the works that I’ll let you guys know about i will Still do the lives for all the elite Members that are in our online training Programs um i have not forgotten about You guys i know i’ve been quiet on Facebook lately it’s just been a week Like i said i’ve been working on myself Working on my abilities as a trainer and Um you know Also i’ll i’ll keep doing lives and i Will film videos When i feel like filming videos so you Know i haven’t disappeared nothing bad’s Happened to me i’m just You know focusing on what’s important The dogs the training The horses you know things like this um Unfortunately champi champ is a little Bit lame right now so i’m not putting Him with his buddy over the fence that You can see maybe a little bit and Yeah so that’s kind of a little bit About what’s going on around here Um Anything for me to add from a Dog training standpoint that might be Profound let me think There’s always a better road to roam
Right there’s always someone that’s Better at something than you are seek That person out Seek that seek that technique out refine What you’re doing i love it when i go to A dog trainer and they’re kind of doing What i’m doing but they’re doing it Better Um because then i’m like okay i see what I can do here to refine my process They’ve already made the mistakes uh you Know they’ve learned the hard lessons Let me jump Start off with them and that’s why it’s So important i try to get out to two Three seminars a year i think it’s Really really important All in all you know i’m happy with gage I know his weaknesses i don’t ever lie About you know what he is and what he’s Not he’s not super dog but i think he’s A good dog and he’s my dog for better or For worse and um i’m going to work as Hard as i can he’s he’s my have to Project my last couple of competition Dogs you know i had bastion i had onyx You know I had a little female melody That i was working a little bit nova and So on and so forth these um you know Bastion and onyx were reclamation Project projects these stocks were three Years old they’d been through some bad Training some bad situations
Some good training too but there was a Lot of baggage there but they were also Very extreme dogs in certain specific Ways You know gage is not an extreme dog he’s A good dog but he’s not an extreme dog And he certainly has you know some Weaknesses but as a trainer i like that Because you know It gives you like i work with these like Kind of you know dogs that have more of Like a kind of king kong complex but Sometimes they don’t have a king kong Complex and you need to build them up More you need to find ways to make the Dog stronger and more confident um on The field and to show better than what He actually is so it’s a different kind Of challenge instead of trying to get Things under control you’re trying to Make things um maybe a little more than What they are It’s it’s you know it’s one thing to say A dog is ex a dog is why when you put That dog in training when you put the Grind on the dog where is a grind day in And day out your training and you can Make things as positive you as you want To make them but at the end of the day If you’re like okay look I you know i want you to want to do this But also there’s going to come a moment When every dog and you know diamond said This and i fully agree with them every
Dog at some point is going to quit And it’s what you do when that dog quits That really that really really matters Um And uh you know this is this is the Important part of the learning you know Problem with dog training i think There’s a lot of Things where that are unsaid it’s not Common knowledge like everybody knows Okay How there’s like a dozen ways to track Online for instance right here’s how you Track your dog x y follow x y z point a To point z or whatever what happens when The dog says screw you i’m not tracking For whatever reason could be a hundred Thousand reasons right what happens when He says i’m not doing it Oh okay well i guess we’ll go into the Truck and we’ll wait till you feel like It that’s not realistic that’s not ever Going to be something that you can trust Or rely on right there has to be a have To but to have to Can’t break the want to again i’m going To steal another saying from diamond we Want the dog to need to Right he doesn’t just want to he doesn’t Just have to he needs to that’s the Ideal place to be in your training and Um you know we’re trying to find that But i’m trying to find that balance with My dog of the half doing the need to and
If you go too far in one direction the Picture isn’t so nice and if you go too Far in the other direction the picture Might be nice but there’s technical Errors so if you watch my video of my bh That’s a wonderful example of a dog that Really really wanted to But You know he Um he he was making technical mistakes And then a week later we do our igp one And we go from Want to to Kind of want to but doesn’t really feel Like he needs to and then we start to See some reliability issues crop up Right so these are the kinds of things That you kind of problem solve your way Through training and every dog obviously Is a little bit different Um and i know a lot of you guys that Watch are pet dog trainers or sorry pet Dog people and you have pets and maybe a Lot of this doesn’t necessarily apply to You But At the end of the day i think you know We need to pursue a stock trainer some More advanced form of dog training in Order to be good at the most basic form Of dog training for me the most basic Form of dog training is pet dog training I will say this though the working dog People don’t believe me
But It might be a more simple Form of training in terms of Um you know training like commands like Simple commands like sit down heal come Whatever But it’s definitely more complex from a Behavioral standpoint because you see Such a wide range of temperaments um Drive levels uh behavioral issues so on And so forth that you do not see In the um In the uh What’s the working dogs here guys come Over here i’m going to show you guys the Q litter and we can go visit the q Litter and you guys can see them Um i really like these puppies they’re Big blocky puppies These puppies are out of vasco And Demi nori dog aka diva you can see Demi on our website she’s a She’s technically she’s a bi-color Because she has a little tan between the Toes but for all intents and purposes She’s black Um And she grows Really high black Bicolor so you know for all intents and Purposes the black puppies in this Litter are i guess basically bi-color But anyways let’s take a look see at
Them these poppies are adorable i have Them in our outdoor Little puppy pen here I want you to check these guys out look At these guys Let’s bring the cat let them see the Puppies Just a happy group And they’re so i really love the builds Like you know vasco’s a big dog and um You know diva’s a big dog for a female And they they have big family members Like i mean this is the little female The one female in the litter Look at her adorable Yes you are And then we’ve got Big black Male Oh wow i’m sure he’s gonna be have some 10 points on his toes like his mother But right now he’s like all black so for All intents and purposes he’s a black Boy I’ve got two of these Very nice Big big boy and then we’ve got some big Sable males oh yes i see you Mr green here Mr minty green Look at this i love these puppies these Are beautiful puppies very nice dogs I think they’re going to make some nice Guard dogs and
Family dogs and i think also for sure There’s going to be A real gangster or two in the bunch We’ll see you know people always i pick The puppy pick the puppy look i know i Have puppy picking videos guys but to be Honest i i don’t know i don’t know you Know i don’t see any red flags um things Look good we keep them we race them and You know God’s gonna sort it all out we’ll see Who’s who’s you know who’s who in the Zoo maybe by the time they’re a year old So anyways guys That’s a little About what’s going on here what i’m Doing Um I’ll touch base with you guys soon we Got to do it live soon so that we can uh You know get everybody up to date i know We got a lot of new um online training Members that are really doing good work I see the stuff you’re posting in the Facebook group um so keep up that good Work if you want to check out our online Training shield k9.ca also my pants are Provided by eric outdoor Usa all right they make all they do all The training pants that i use i love Their training pads Um all my staff wear their training Pants fantastic stuff um The promo code for them is shield 07
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