The way you talk to your dog is one of
the most integral parts of your training
routine. It's really important to use a
tone that's understandable that the dog
can grasp and the dog can gain something
from. There's a saying in German and it
is tone music and that is it says the
tone makes the music. So the way you say
things, the way you intonate, the level
you speak with the dog makes a big
difference to the dog. So, for example,
if I tell my dog something in a really
happy tone, hey, house. Oh, good house.
Good house. Super. That's a praise,
right? A boy. Good boy. So, here I'm
praising him still while he's doing it.
And since he understands the command,
switch, I don't have to yell it. Now
here if I want him to out it a lot of
people will teach the dog an out on a
really hard command
like but that kind of breaks the dog
another makes the dog go whoa did I do
something wrong and there's a time for
that there's a time when you want to use
that kind of intonation when the dog is
doing something in a higher level of
drive but it's not the way you want to
communicate with with the dog just
dayto-day so if I tell the dog here yep
at a boy. That a boy. And I say,
"Oh, good house." I use a happy tone or
a neutral tone to get him to out because
he understands the command. I don't need
to pressure him there. And when he outs
it, that's when my praise comes up. Good
house. Super house. Good. Yep. Oh, good
boy. That's a good boy. That's a really
good boy. And there's my praise, right?
So, I'm praising him. Oh, good boy. Oh,
good boy. Good boy. Good
boy.
Plutts. Even the command of plots is a
good command for him to understand.
Sits. Super plots. Good.
Plutts. Good. Sits. Good. Stay. So, all
his commands are real easy for him to
understand. Chip. A boy. Good. I can use
neutral tones.
when I'm talking to my dog because I
don't want to shout at
him using pressure. Ah, so there's a
correction tone. So he dropped this one
and went for this ball and that wasn't
something he was supposed to do. Now I
could have said, "Hey, no," and been
really harsh on him, but that wouldn't
have done us any good. Even with those
dogs meandering in the background, he's
still focused on me. But if I give him
pressure, if I go, "Hey, don't do that."
That takes and disconnects him from me
and will then connect him to something
else. For example, the kid screaming
over here or the dog's over there idling
around. The the correction was simply
like, "Uh-uh. Uh-uh. That's not what I
wanted." And here, like, if I tell him
done, good. Done is one command or out.
And the next command there will be when
I tell him to get it, which is yep, that
a boy. Good boy. And he should stay on
this until I tell him otherwise. And he
will because even though I'm talking to
the camera, I'm engaged to him here and
he understands the game. Remember
something. When you're teaching your dog
something, you need to use a tone of
teaching, of motivation, of getting your
dog to want to do something. It's like,
"O yeah, good
house. Get it." Good. No. No. Uh-uh.
That's incorrect, right? That's the
correction. Nope. That's incor Nope.
Nope. Get it. Good. Nope. Get it. So, he
understands cuz he's still in a learning
phase. He's not even a year old yet. So,
we've set a lot of foundations for him,
but those foundations are set in a
communicative style. In a style that I
want to have a relationship with you,
not I want to beat you up or dominate
you. Nope. Nope. Uh-uh. Nope. No. So,
you see how the tone went up from there?
It went up. And I'm kind of setting him
up to fail a little bit here because I
want to show you the
examples. Get it? Good. Now, he's got
it. And this is still tempting to him.
And the reason this is tempting to him
is because I'm holding it. But the tone
I'm using with him is good. Good. So,
this is the one now that I'll reward.
I'm not going to reward this one, even
though this is the one he keeps having
his eye on. And the corrections keep
they'll go up as they need to. I don't
want to start at a level five or 10
verbal correction. Instead, I want to
start at a lower level and give him the
chance to succeed because it sounds and
looks much more impressive for me to
say.
Good.
Good. Yep. As opposed to having to yell
at my dog. Because yelling at your dog
shows that you don't have control over
them. And it also shows you have a
really crappy relationship with them.
And that's not fun for you. And it's
certainly not fun for your dog. Because
although you may have many relationships
with many people in the world, your dog
really only has a relationship with you.
So, uh, so using a nice tone and telling
them when they're wrong and when they
should be doing something different in a
respectful, educative tone makes your
dog happy to train with you. and happy
to be with you. Right, Schmill? Right.
Good boy. Oh,
switch. Good, good, good,
good. Super house. Super. Go
ahead, boy. Yeah. Super. Oh, he's the
best dog. He's the best. Best best dog.
Best dog. Oh, yeah. Good. Good.
Yeah. You blow.
Yep. And that's it. We're done. Good,
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