What To Do With A NEW AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPPY?! — Transcript

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1. 0:00Are you about to bring an Australian
2. 0:01Shepherd puppy into your house, but
3. 0:04you're not really sure what to do when
4. 0:06you get them home? Well, this is the
5. 0:07perfect video for you.
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18. 0:32If you are having an Australian
19. 0:33Shepherd, it is super, super exciting.
20. 0:36However, on that first day when you
21. 0:37bring them home as a puppy, what do you
22. 0:39actually do? Well, today, we're going to
23. 0:41be tuning into a webinar that canine
24. 0:43behaviorist and founder of
25. 0:44fenrircaninleaders.com,
26. 0:45Will, has recorded all about what to do
27. 0:48when you get your puppy home. So, over
28. 0:50to you, Will.
29. 0:50So, here we are, guys, back with another
30. 0:52quick-fire webinar, and today we're
31. 0:53going to be talking about the things
32. 0:55that you absolutely need to do as soon
33. 0:57as you bring your new puppy home. Now,
34. 1:00what I've done is I've broken it down
35. 1:01into my top five tips, and these are
36. 1:02applicable whether you've just got a new
37. 1:04puppy and you're taking your new puppy
38. 1:05home, or maybe you're starting to be
39. 1:07interested in getting into a career of
40. 1:10working with dogs, and these are the
41. 1:11kind of things that you want to be
42. 1:12encouraging your clients to be thinking
43. 1:14about and starting the second they bring
44. 1:17their puppy home. So, my first point in
45. 1:19the number five spot is to get a plan
46. 1:21and get a routine. I can't stress that
47. 1:24enough. The people that have the most
48. 1:25amount of success as quickly as possible
49. 1:28are the people that have done the
50. 1:29research up front. They've put that hard
51. 1:31work up front, and then they're ready.
52. 1:33They know exactly what they're going to
53. 1:35do. They've got a routine in place.
54. 1:36They've got a time management grid in
55. 1:38place. They know what they're going to
56. 1:39be working on, when they're going to be
57. 1:41working on it, and more importantly, why
58. 1:44they're going to be working on those
59. 1:45things with the new puppy. If you've
60. 1:46done that work up front, the stress
61. 1:48levels come down drastically. It allows
62. 1:51you to be a more calm, consistent
63. 1:52leader, and it allows you to know this
64. 1:54is what I'm going to be doing, this is
65. 1:56when I'm going to be doing it, and this
66. 1:57is why I'm doing that thing, and I've
67. 1:58got to trust in the process and the plan
68. 2:01that I'm moving forward. Now, there is
69. 2:02lots of different plans out there. Of
70. 2:03course, I'm going to be very biased to
71. 2:05my own Perfect Puppy Course. That's the
72. 2:07plan that I've created and the one that
73. 2:09thousands of my clients have found
74. 2:10useful, but you don't have to follow
75. 2:12that. If you want to follow another plan
76. 2:13that you find um more applicable to your
77. 2:16style, that's completely okay, as well.
78. 2:19I just want to recommend get a plan.
79. 2:20Now, if you're sat at home and you just
80. 2:22picked up your puppy today, it's not
81. 2:24ideal, but it's definitely not too late.
82. 2:26So, right now, use this as motivation.
83. 2:28If it wants to be our Perfect Puppy
84. 2:29Course, there'll be a link down below.
85. 2:31If you want to go with a different
86. 2:32trainer's course or philosophy, again,
87. 2:34just choose a plan that resonates with
88. 2:36you, research it, and get ready to put
89. 2:38it into place straight away. Catch up on
90. 2:41those few hours, maybe those couple of
91. 2:42days that you're behind, but get that
92. 2:44plan in place, get that routine in
93. 2:46place, and you'll be able to get off to
94. 2:48an amazing start. Which ties in with my
95. 2:50next point, and that is to start from
96. 2:53the very first seconds you meet your new
97. 2:56puppy. Now, again, if you're watching
98. 2:58this video preemptively and proactively,
99. 3:00fantastic. Cuz now you're going to be
100. 3:01able to ready to know, right, here we
101. 3:03go. I'm ready to start. I haven't met my
102. 3:05puppy yet, and I'm ready to get going.
103. 3:07If you're watching this again, because
104. 3:09you've just got your new puppy, maybe
105. 3:10you've had your puppy for a couple of
106. 3:11days, the second you finish watching
107. 3:13this video, get after it. Find a plan
108. 3:17and put it in place. Do not wait until
109. 3:19your puppy is 3 months, 6 months, 12
110. 3:22months old before you start really
111. 3:24trying to put these things into
112. 3:25practice. You have to start from the
113. 3:27second you get your new dog. That
114. 3:30doesn't just mean doing 5 minutes of
115. 3:31training once every other day or going
116. 3:34to one training session at a weekend for
117. 3:361 hour a week. I mean, from now,
118. 3:39displaying calm, consistent leadership
119. 3:41every second of every day and every
120. 3:43interaction you have with your new dog.
121. 3:46It's how you live with your dog, is far
122. 3:48more important than the fraction of the
123. 3:50time you spend training your dog. Now,
124. 3:52training your dog is important, but
125. 3:55manners and socialization and leadership
126. 3:57and relationship are equally, if not
127. 3:59more, important. So, start the second
128. 4:02you meet your dog. Build that trust. Let
129. 4:05that dog see you
130. 4:07as its calm, consistent leader that it
131. 4:08can look to for guidance and direction,
132. 4:10no matter what circumstance or situation
133. 4:12it finds itself in, and you will be a
134. 4:15fantastic dog owner that has a dog that
135. 4:17is just a pleasure to be around. Get
136. 4:19after it straight away. Now, if you're
137. 4:22looking for something to get started
138. 4:23with on day one, toilet training. Again,
139. 4:26do not wait. Do not be lazy. Be
140. 4:28disciplined and routined. Again, we
141. 4:30cover toilet training at length in my
142. 4:32perfect puppy course, and we've got
143. 4:33loads of videos here on YouTube talking
144. 4:35about potty training or toilet training,
145. 4:37whatever you call it from wherever you
146. 4:38are in the world. But again, from the
147. 4:40second you bring your dog home, get
148. 4:42started on toilet training. To give a
149. 4:44very quick summary of how we go about
150. 4:46toilet training puppies and how we teach
151. 4:48our clients to toilet train their
152. 4:49puppies, is set an alarm on your phone
153. 4:52every hour on the hour. Take your dog
154. 4:55out and give them the opportunity to go
155. 4:56to the toilet. If they do a number one
156. 4:58or number two when they're outside in
157. 4:59the designated spot that you've chosen,
158. 5:01lavishly praise and reward them and let
159. 5:03them know, "Excellent job. I really
160. 5:05enjoyed that." On top of on the hour
161. 5:08every hour, when they've had something
162. 5:09to eat, when they've had a drink, or
163. 5:11when they've just woke up from a nap,
164. 5:12take them outside and give them the
165. 5:14opportunity to go for a number one or
166. 5:15number two. If you are routined,
167. 5:17militant, and disciplined, it is very
168. 5:20common for people that are willing to
169. 5:21put in that level of effort to never
170. 5:24have a toilet accident ever with their
171. 5:26puppy from the second they bring it
172. 5:27home. Set your puppy up for success. Be
173. 5:30a calm, consistent leader, and do don't
174. 5:32set them up to fail. If you get ahead of
175. 5:34the game, set them up, and give them
176. 5:36plenty of opportunities to go and do the
177. 5:38right thing in the right place, lavishly
178. 5:41reward and praise that, toilet training
179. 5:43is a breeze. If you wait for those bad
180. 5:45habits to settle in, the dog starts to
181. 5:47have accidents in the house. No matter
182. 5:49how thoroughly you clean it, they can
183. 5:50probably smell it. It starts to become a
184. 5:52learned behavior. Many owners react in
185. 5:54the wrong way by using the wrong kinds
186. 5:56of punishment at the wrong time, causing
187. 5:58more confusion, breaking down your
188. 6:00relationship, breaking down trust, and
189. 6:02it's the start of a vicious cycle to a
190. 6:04poorly behaved dog. Routine, discipline,
191. 6:07structure, get after it, hard work,
192. 6:09effort. I can't stress those things
193. 6:11enough, but if you do that from the day
194. 6:12you bring your puppy home, you'll have
195. 6:15no problems whatsoever.
196. 6:16Hey guys, if you're not already, you
197. 6:18should be following our Fenrir Rescue
198. 6:20Diaries over on Fenrir K9 Training
199. 6:22channel. That is following my journey of
200. 6:24working at a rescue center, helping dogs
201. 6:27that have been abandoned, abused, given
202. 6:29up, or found as strays, and helping
203. 6:32implement behavior modification programs
204. 6:34to allow them to become perfect canine
205. 6:36companions that can be rehomed to their
206. 6:38forever homes. So, if you're interested
207. 6:40in following my journey of how I do
208. 6:42that, there'll be a link to that channel
209. 6:44down in the description box below.
210. 6:46you'll really enjoy the journey, but
211. 6:47I'll let you get back to the video you
212. 6:48were just watching.
213. 6:50Next, let's talk about boundaries.
214. 6:51Again, this is something that you should
215. 6:53be talking about with your family before
216. 6:55you bring your new puppy home, long
217. 6:57before you bring your new puppy home. If
218. 6:59you haven't and you found yourself with
219. 7:00a new puppy, it's not too late. Start
220. 7:02putting boundaries in place now. Now,
221. 7:04the thing with boundaries is that they
222. 7:06are very subjective, and it's not
223. 7:07something that I like to give black and
224. 7:09white definitive answers on because
225. 7:11different people want dogs for different
226. 7:12reasons. Therefore, they'll have
227. 7:14different rules, boundaries, and
228. 7:15expectations. Now, for me, there is some
229. 7:17mandatory things in terms of say
230. 7:19obedience. We want to sit, stay, heel,
231. 7:21down, recall. We want to be able to get
232. 7:24a dog to sit, stay, and break around
233. 7:25mealtimes. For me, that's mandatory. I
234. 7:28think all dog owners should do that with
235. 7:29their dogs. But, if you want to have
236. 7:31your dog come up on the sofa, no problem
237. 7:33whatsoever. If you want your dog to
238. 7:35sleep with you on the bed, I don't
239. 7:37overly recommend it, especially when
240. 7:39they're young, but again, that's
241. 7:40subjective. What I think you should do
242. 7:43is put boundaries in place for
243. 7:44absolutely everything that's good in
244. 7:45that dog's life, including thresholds.
245. 7:48Things that you might not deem to be
246. 7:50highly rewarding for a dog, put a
247. 7:52boundary in place to be able to stop
248. 7:54them gaining free access to those
249. 7:56things. What that looks like is if your
250. 7:58dog wants its toys, brilliant. Don't
251. 8:00give him free access to those toys.
252. 8:02Remove the toys, put them in a basket,
253. 8:03and put them up out the way. Now, when
254. 8:05he gets access to those toys is when you
255. 8:07decide, and ideally, as soon as they've
256. 8:10got a sit, stay, and break command, you
257. 8:12can put them into a sit, stay, put the
258. 8:14toy down, and then break them and allow
259. 8:16them to have it. If you want them to
260. 8:17come up on the sofa, they have to sit,
261. 8:18stay, and then welcome them up onto the
262. 8:20sofa. Before you go out of a doorway to
263. 8:23the great outdoors, sit, stay, calmly,
264. 8:25patiently. Now, I'm going to move
265. 8:27through the threshold and welcome you
266. 8:29through it as well. Put boundaries in
267. 8:30place. Have your dog look up to you for
268. 8:32guidance and direction the second you
269. 8:34bring it home, and you'll very quickly
270. 8:36start to build that relationship. If you
271. 8:39can make that habit, that is the key to
272. 8:42being a high-level canine leader. You do
273. 8:43these things without even thinking.
274. 8:46You ask your dog to look up to you for
275. 8:48guidance and direction without even
276. 8:50thinking. That will build that
277. 8:52relationship. That will build that
278. 8:53leadership, and that's how you have a
279. 8:54perfect canine companion.
280. 8:56Which takes us onto my last point, which
281. 8:58we've kind of touched on a little bit
282. 9:00when I've been waffling in this little
283. 9:02webinar, but that is about the
284. 9:03importance of a sit, stay, and break. I
285. 9:05think that that is something that you
286. 9:06can start working on from the second you
287. 9:08bring your dog home. Now, don't get me
288. 9:10wrong, it's quite a complicated routine
289. 9:12to have nailed, but it's definitely
290. 9:14something that you can start working on.
291. 9:16Talking about boundaries and the
292. 9:17importance of manners, the importance of
293. 9:19having a calm, relaxed dog that's a
294. 9:20pleasure to be around, in my opinion,
295. 9:23nothing is better for that
296. 9:27that goal of having that perfect canine
297. 9:29companion than a rock-solid sit, stay,
298. 9:31and break. Now, a puppy, the day you
299. 9:33bring it home, is capable of learning
300. 9:35how to sit down. With a basic law mark
301. 9:38reinforced base methodology, very fun,
302. 9:40very positive, you can get them to sit.
303. 9:42Once you can get a dog to sit, you can
304. 9:43then layer up stay really nicely. Then
305. 9:46you can start to layer up break.
306. 9:48Teaching a dog to break can be quite
307. 9:49complicated, but if you're starting that
308. 9:51from day one, the quicker you can get it
309. 9:53done, the quicker you can start putting
310. 9:55that stick that sit stay break routine
311. 9:58before food, before water, before toys,
312. 10:00before access to furniture, before
313. 10:02access to going outside, before access
314. 10:04to play, before access to cuddles,
315. 10:06before access to anything that it finds
316. 10:08valuable in its life. If the dog knows
317. 10:11all it has to do is sit down calmly with
318. 10:14good manners and wait patiently while
319. 10:16you ask it to, looking up to you for
320. 10:18guidance and direction, and waiting
321. 10:20until you give it permission, there is
322. 10:21nothing better that you can do for your
323. 10:23dog, and you can start that from day
324. 10:25one. Like I say, you might not get there
325. 10:27in day one, you won't get there in day
326. 10:28one, but start from day one. Start as
327. 10:31you mean to go on. Implement these
328. 10:33things. Get your clients to start
329. 10:34implementing this way of thinking, cuz
330. 10:36it's all mindset. The what we do is the
331. 10:39easy bit. Why we do it is what separates
332. 10:42an okay dog owner from a world-class dog
333. 10:44owner. Understand the mindset, and
334. 10:46you'll be a world-class high-level
335. 10:48canine leader with a perfect canine
336. 10:49companion. So, I hope you enjoyed that
337. 10:51quick-fire breakdown. I really enjoy
338. 10:53helping you guys. Get out there. Work
339. 10:55with your dogs. Help your clients work
340. 10:57with their dogs. Have some fun in the
341. 10:58process. And let's help everybody in the
342. 11:01world try and enjoy perfect canine
343. 11:03companions the way that they're meant to
344. 11:05be enjoyed.
345. 11:05There you have it, guys. Some really
346. 11:06useful tips and tricks that you can put
347. 11:08into practice straight away with your
348. 11:10Australian Shepherd. I really hope you
349. 11:12enjoyed today's video. If so, get
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