Preparing a Dog for Training

Video Transcript

"Roby, as I said before is about a year old. She has not worn a collar and a leash together. She has not have formal training yet. So, what you're going to be seeing is a raw product. When I'm training a dog, I have a toolbox in my head of methodology. And there are different things I'll do to encourage a dog to give me the behaviors I'm looking for. See, there she jumped, I almost lost my balance that she jumped. She's a little nervous. So, but she is, you know, interested in the treat, so that makes her a candidate for some learning, some positive reward today. Good. Right now all I'm doing is letting her know that I can be trusted and I am a source of some good stuff right now. But she does not know me. And if you take a nervous dog, and just start telling them what to do, it's going to be kind of productive. We want her to have fun, we want her to build her confidence, and teach her that it's a good time to go to school. Good girl."