I don’t leave comments very often, but felt I had to on this one. Fantastic video! I think this type of thing is what most people need to see. It not only showed the importance of starting early, but also that persistence pays off.
@@magdelinesahdala5060, @Thoughts from Jon, @Ben Salinas, and to other more recent viewers - with similar interest in what TREAT is used. IMHO writing as an avid viewer only, not as a professional or a student yet. Here goes... Stonnie gives 1/2 of daily food at meals and the other 1/2 as reward for behavior during training from the treat pouch, especially for puppies. Just his regular kibble at the kennel. The special treat, kiddingly called 'dog crack' is for overcoming a mental obstacle like fear or something akin to fear. Or training away from something they are addicted to like biting tires on a bike or ATV. (Trading one drive for another). That treat looks like a dried liver treat (Stewart's?) but I'm not for sure. What matters is not what it is, as much as that it is strong enough to overcome the obstacle in the dog's mind. It's also used in other videos for dogs that are not particularly food drive oriented. Just the ones that don't go "koo-koo for Coco Puffs"! Sometimes, in videos, that high quality treat has been used on older dogs that have already been weaned off of kibble treats (called 'fading the lure'). Stonnie down-plays the 'What' it is, and focuses on 'How' it's used. There is no magic treat. I'm sure if you are consistant and calm, and work with lots of patience you can get the same result with kibble on a hungry dog or hot dog pieces, or bacon bits on a more resistant dog. I use cut or broken dried liver treats myself to avoid upset tummy and greasy treat pouch with other purchased or homemade treats. Stonnie recommends a good book in 'Coffee With Stonnie' series. If you have never trained a dog with positive reinforcement, you will be amazed. It really works much better than the old fashioned choke-chain method. Other methods work but why wouldn't you want your relationship with your dog to be the very best it can possibly be?
I know this video is 2yrs old but I just watched it. I started my dog training as a kid, then in to the USAF MWD handler into my LE career & after. I like your videos how you break things down so you’re the first UA-cam resource I send folks to who ask me to train their dogs. I tell them THEY need training first. I appreciate your patience with thus lab. It shows folks the small wins for a lot of effort does pay off. Not to mention the rapport y’all build. Oh! FYI: Love your Bronco 😎👍🏻🇺🇸
Little Finley, what a champ! Major breakthrough for Breck too ! Then he danced up and across those tires without missing a beat, whereas on the first round he stepped into the hole. Huge victory for a good boy. Nice work Stonnie.
I understand about the importance of that last few inches of that board. The dog MUST trust YOUR judgement, and have the confidence, to ignore his own fear. Cause when it counts, in a real life situation, you will pray the dog listens to your command, no matter how much he doesn't want to!
That is so true, not only with dogs but horses too, they have to listen to the rider who can keep both themselves and the horse safe. Nothing worse than a headstrong dog and horse. Also very dangerous to the latter.
@@elizabethgardner5950 ABSOLUTELY! With horses, its even more important simply because of the size of the horse. It blows my mind how many people argue against this! Somehow think its cruel to expect your dog to obey your commands. I feel so bad for their dogs. I live in KY. If you love horses, and ever get a chance, drive through Lexington and look at the horse farms. So beautiful!
U admit ur own mistake, I like it.. Thx a lot for making videos like this, love it Ohh and I did my own mistake, I adopted a 9 months old doberman, damn.. And I just realise it is the same with that lab, he is so scared of everything and nervousness always shows
Thank you so much for sharing your craft with us, so enlightening to watch you work. This video has helped me a lot since I'm a little discouraged with my 4.5 month old Aussie, mainly because I'm too impatient. I'll get back to work now, since you've made it so simple for me!
I wish these videos were around eight years ago, I have Eng. Chocolate 114# he has thyroid problems so hard to keep weight off we walk beach everyday but winter is on us won’t be long the Beach will be mostly ice so not much fun. Barney is almost too friendly to everyone, walking we walk mostly unleashed I’m working on keeping him close without the leash sometimes I win sometimes he meets new friends.. Alaska
Enjoyed your video, made me smile. Collecting 8 week old German Shepherd puppy next Saturday. Intend to get starting with training early. Coming into Autumn in the UK would love your weather.
The best thing that could be done, there are some really important things that dogs need to learn and if they have missed that training dogs become much harder to train mostly due to fear related to lack of socialization, not saying that they can't but things become much harder. Each age of dog has different things to learn and it's important for a good outcome. Discipline is another area and just plain listening. A lot depends on the breed also. But in the long run, good old fashioned love and care plus fairness in training will go a very long way.
Stonnie couple of video ideas for ya, one about the difference between stay and wait, and a video about what you jot down in your journal for a dogs progress. Good luck sir and God bless
There's as much difference between "wait" and "stay" as one chooses. I'm pretty conversational in my approach to giving directions so I kind of use one for temporary pauses and one for long boring pauses. In all honesty though I have a tendency to use them interchangeably. As far as journaling goes, in the beginning more information is better. As time goes on, you will kind of develop a personal short hand. If you work in a group setting though, the journals need to follow a common format and the entries should share a common descriptive vocabulary.
I can't answer what he's giving this dog. But if you watch his earlier videos (ua-cam.com/video/gbrlM_QbDpY/v-deo.html) he's using a part of the daily food ratio as "treats", so it's actually not treats but food.
Where are your video,, around how you would "go get" the New pup/k9/buddy... The Journey and introduktion in dog perspektive... (The separation-integration)..? I trust you mr. :)))))
My 8/9 week old lab puppy goes berserk and won’t sit still at feeding time. He also eats his meal in under a minute then gets hiccups. What can I do about that?
I want to thank you for all your videos. I have a 4Mo. old female lab puppy and I have picked up some useful tips from you. The one thing I am working on now is when she here's a car motor she must set until the motor shuts off. I live off road about 5 miles from Cave Run Lake. One question what kind of treats do you use? Thanks
Men are all block headed you can't teach them diddly squat, there all hard-wired and I think some of their wires need to be replaced at times. Just damn friggen pains the ass sometimes. Really??
Hello.... my new puppy is a crybaby a whiner never experienced this... German shepherd puppy born on 1/31/ 20. Date now 4/12/20 she just wants to run back to the house. Only poops on the pads not Outside. Help
My pup is 6 mo, we go camping often and he does great but we are struggling with 3 things. On a walk he wants to pull, if I leave him in his kennel in the camper he howls, and he likes to jump on everyone. I want to be able to take him everywhere with me. What do I do to correct these things?
Stonnie has used a type of wire panel called pig panel, I believe, in some videos to sharpen up the heel for a more show quality product. As you suggest with people, the panels acted as a barrier to the dog swinging out. I'm thinking this dog is a bit panic prone, and might not react well to closed-in environs. I'm no professional but Stonnie probably had his reasons. I'm just offering conjecture.
Great video! Do you have a way for a puppy to distinguish between work/training and play? For example, can you play tug of war and let them get "mouthy" during play without hindering progress in retrieving and obedience training?
Hey stonnie, I have a 10month Labrador retriever and i have a few problems with her is there a way i could private message you by some chance its nothing long you might already have a video of it but i cant find it on your channel so far.
I asked to start online training and Stonnie set me up and gave me some helps first to get me on the right track. I asked through email. His online was about $800 for the duration a couple of years ago. You should contact him directly by email.. Sadly, we lost that puppy to Blsto, and did not participate in the online program. We adopted an adult dog because of our own retirement age and I still journal an keep a good work ethic. Stonnie is the best and makes sharing the online journal easy with google docs. You can go at your own individualized pace.
It's an English Show Lead. Pretty thin and long, I just get what they have locally and mine are always fatter and shorter but they still work. I can even do the figure 8 easily, to make a head halter, in very highly distracting environments, like getting into the door at the training facility or while I'm paying at the cashier. You can probably order a couple different ones online and use one in the car and one on the back of the door at home. Then decide which one you like best. NOTE: Don't get one with a metal keeper. if yours has a keeper, cut it off with something like a bolt cutter. It could hurt the dogs eye if you ever need to make the figure-8; head halter.
Hello Stonnie. I will have a little question for you. I have friends who have a dog completely obsessed with her toys. She comes with one of her toys and wants you to throw her all the time without stopping. And she is able to do this for hours. Is there anything I can advise them to channel their dog? Thank you in advance and thank you again for your videos. Edit: If subscribers of your chain have solutions, I take too! ^^ Edit 2 : Excuse my english, i'm french.
Elric De Melniboné hey! This is advice from my experience working with dogs but setting time during the day to sprint and exercise high energy dogs is important. Setting times and making sure that is dedicated exercise time just for the dog, walk, run, fetch, whatever. For however long it takes to tire them out. Depending on the breed and age, you can do obstacles like Stonnie is in this video, even weight pulling for larger breeds. The dog being obsessed with fetch means it's has energy that needs to be let out through exercising! :) Hope that helps
I'm a subscriber. Put toys up when play is over. They are YOUR toys that you allow the dog to play with with you, for limited time periods. Dog has to come to you and; Come, be still, and have good manners; in order to earn the right to play time..
I bought a Doberman when she was 8 weeks old. She is my service dog as I rely on an electric wheelchair. I trained her myself and would NEVER EVER use treats to train a Doberman.
Since I accomplished her training (with one functioning arm/hand) all by myself years ago, how in the world could I show her "training progression" now? You are merely being passive-aggressive in your reply (as you know). Also, as I've stated, I rely on an electric wheelchair (the left side of my body is paralyzed) and am VERY self-conscious about my condition. Why would I put myself on display just to refute the bribery "training" practices that you have to resort to? I will give you a hint regarding my training technique: It starts immediately by instilling my alpha role at feeding time. Once that is established, training a Doberman is a piece of cake. As I stated, NEVER EVER use treats to train a Doberman. Other breeds of dogs are not relevant to my well-founded statement.
Lisa D I’m not being “passively aggressive”, I’m simply asking you to show your level of expertise. If you are expert enough to comment, then you should be expert enough to back up your position. But let’s be honest, you and I both know you can’t do that...
Stonnie Dennis...let's be REALLY honest, you are a pansy that can't handle criticism. As I stated, NEVER EVER use treats to train a Doberman. You've obviously never trained a Doberman or a Belgian Malinois or a GSD or any kind of police/protection dog. Do those dogs needs constant reinforcement with treats? No. I rest my case.
Lisa D You are right , I’m not too fond of criticism from fake experts. This channel is full of content that includes all of the breeds you just listed. So, not only do you lack expertise but you are also too lazy to troll in an informed manner; what a grand combination...
I don’t leave comments very often, but felt I had to on this one. Fantastic video! I think this type of thing is what most people need to see. It not only showed the importance of starting early, but also that persistence pays off.
I appreciate your comment!
What treat do you feed them
@@magdelinesahdala5060, @Thoughts from Jon, @Ben Salinas, and to other more recent viewers -
with similar interest in what TREAT is used. IMHO writing as an avid viewer only, not as a professional or a student yet.
Here goes...
Stonnie gives 1/2 of daily food at meals and the other 1/2 as reward for behavior during training from the treat pouch, especially for puppies. Just his regular kibble at the kennel. The special treat, kiddingly called 'dog crack' is for overcoming a mental obstacle like fear or something akin to fear. Or training away from something they are addicted to like biting tires on a bike or ATV. (Trading one drive for another). That treat looks like a dried liver treat (Stewart's?) but I'm not for sure. What matters is not what it is, as much as that it is strong enough to overcome the obstacle in the dog's mind. It's also used in other videos for dogs that are not particularly food drive oriented. Just the ones that don't go "koo-koo for Coco Puffs"! Sometimes, in videos, that high quality treat has been used on older dogs that have already been weaned off of kibble treats (called 'fading the lure'). Stonnie down-plays the 'What' it is, and focuses on 'How' it's used. There is no magic treat. I'm sure if you are consistant and calm, and work with lots of patience you can get the same result with kibble on a hungry dog or hot dog pieces, or bacon bits on a more resistant dog. I use cut or broken dried liver treats myself to avoid upset tummy and greasy treat pouch with other purchased or homemade treats.
Stonnie recommends a good book in 'Coffee With Stonnie' series. If you have never trained a dog with positive reinforcement, you will be amazed. It really works much better than the old fashioned choke-chain method. Other methods work but why wouldn't you want your relationship with your dog to be the very best it can possibly be?
larry andrews can’t you ever say anything nice?
I know this video is 2yrs old but I just watched it. I started my dog training as a kid, then in to the USAF MWD handler into my LE career & after. I like your videos how you break things down so you’re the first UA-cam resource I send folks to who ask me to train their dogs. I tell them THEY need training first. I appreciate your patience with thus lab. It shows folks the small wins for a lot of effort does pay off. Not to mention the rapport y’all build. Oh! FYI: Love your Bronco 😎👍🏻🇺🇸
So generous of you to share your wisdom here. Cheers !!!
bluegrass fun and love ! thank ya!we really need to see you all working with pups that are a bit slow and low!!! thanks!
I like seeing the videos where the dogs have some difficulty doing the course. Thanks Stonnie.
Thank you Stonnie! I really appreciate what you do!
Thanks for watching!
Little Finley, what a champ! Major breakthrough for Breck too ! Then he danced up and across those tires without missing a beat, whereas on the first round he stepped into the hole. Huge victory for a good boy. Nice work Stonnie.
I understand about the importance of that last few inches of that board. The dog MUST trust YOUR judgement, and have the confidence, to ignore his own fear. Cause when it counts, in a real life situation, you will pray the dog listens to your command, no matter how much he doesn't want to!
That is so true, not only with dogs but horses too, they have to listen to the rider who can keep both themselves and the horse safe. Nothing worse than a headstrong dog and horse. Also very dangerous to the latter.
@@elizabethgardner5950 ABSOLUTELY! With horses, its even more important simply because of the size of the horse. It blows my mind how many people argue against this! Somehow think its cruel to expect your dog to obey your commands. I feel so bad for their dogs.
I live in KY. If you love horses, and ever get a chance, drive through Lexington and look at the horse farms. So beautiful!
I just love watching George and Charlotte growing up and participating in the dog business!
Stonnie, these videos are terrific! I'm getting my new lab in a few weeks, and I plan to use your training videos to help train me to train my pup.
Gotta love Breck! He is teachable and thanks for breaking it down, Stonnie!
you are amazing. early training that's the key. thank you Stonnie. that's a learning.
Love the Bronco!
I'm so glad I came across your videos, Stonnie! We're bringing home a 9wk old English springer spaniel lass tomorrow.
My fav video to date
Love the videos Stonnie. This was a fun one seeing Breck’s progress. I think I’m in love with Iris.
PhillyFan344 me too! I want to see a video with Iris!
PhillyFan344 I love Iris too 💕💕💕💕💕🐕
Awesome teachings Stonnie. I have 4 labs in my pack and always having to train or retrain on something.
Brilliant advice as always
wow, i love your videos! what a wonderful life you have there
U admit ur own mistake, I like it.. Thx a lot for making videos like this, love it
Ohh and I did my own mistake, I adopted a 9 months old doberman, damn.. And I just realise it is the same with that lab, he is so scared of everything and nervousness always shows
Thank you so much for sharing your craft with us, so enlightening to watch you work. This video has helped me a lot since I'm a little discouraged with my 4.5 month old Aussie, mainly because I'm too impatient. I'll get back to work now, since you've made it so simple for me!
You will do just fine as long as you remember that exercise, consistency, and persistence are the keys to good unlocking your pup's potential.
I wish these videos were around eight years ago, I have Eng. Chocolate 114# he has thyroid problems so hard to keep weight off we walk beach everyday but winter is on us won’t be long the Beach will be mostly ice so not much fun. Barney is almost too friendly to everyone, walking we walk mostly unleashed I’m working on keeping him close without the leash sometimes I win sometimes he meets new friends.. Alaska
Enjoyed your video, made me smile. Collecting 8 week old German Shepherd puppy next Saturday. Intend to get starting with training early. Coming into Autumn in the UK would love your weather.
I continue to really enjoy your instructional videos. Great job!
Wow! I was soooo excited! I get my puppy in about 4 weeks and can't wait to get him started. He's a Yorkie so I want to start him off right.
The best thing that could be done, there are some really important things that dogs need to learn and if they have missed that training dogs become much harder to train mostly due to fear related to lack of socialization, not saying that they can't but things become much harder. Each age of dog has different things to learn and it's important for a good outcome. Discipline is another area and just plain listening. A lot depends on the breed also. But in the long run, good old fashioned love and care plus fairness in training will go a very long way.
Stonnie couple of video ideas for ya, one about the difference between stay and wait, and a video about what you jot down in your journal for a dogs progress. Good luck sir and God bless
There's as much difference between "wait" and "stay" as one chooses. I'm pretty conversational in my approach to giving directions so I kind of use one for temporary pauses and one for long boring pauses. In all honesty though I have a tendency to use them interchangeably.
As far as journaling goes, in the beginning more information is better. As time goes on, you will kind of develop a personal short hand.
If you work in a group setting though, the journals need to follow a common format and the entries should share a common descriptive vocabulary.
Great job stonnie! I love your videos and they’re helping me train my 2&1/2 year old Lab👍 Great work and God Bless You!
As if you couldn't get cooler enough. Check out your bronco in the background 😍
Go on, Iris!
Love watching your vids! My 13 month old lab Maggie thanks you, lol
Stonnie!! This is a great video! I am also excited to see breck's progress as he gains confidence!!
Haircut looks Great! Love your videos!
Thank you! I'm really glad you like them!
So, wondering how to train a puppy to do "hard things" if I don't have a cool obstacle course set up like you do??? Love this video! WTG Breck!
Go outside and take a walk; there are adventures waiting around every corner!
I 🐾❤️ Stonnie Dennis
You are too kind!
Omg their soooooo cute I love them on my moms bday we’re getting an English chocolate lab puppy and name her faith
Please film a dog adventure! I would watch the heck out of that!
Cool video. Do you think your son will follow your career path?
Red River Gorge? You in KY???
edit, just checked, you are! well well!!! Good to know!
Could you tell me what kind of treats you use I just got a new lab but isn’t motivated by the treats I’m giving her
I can't answer what he's giving this dog. But if you watch his earlier videos (ua-cam.com/video/gbrlM_QbDpY/v-deo.html) he's using a part of the daily food ratio as "treats", so it's actually not treats but food.
Where are your video,, around how you would "go get" the New pup/k9/buddy...
The Journey and introduktion in dog perspektive...
(The separation-integration)..?
I trust you mr. :)))))
My 8/9 week old lab puppy goes berserk and won’t sit still at feeding time. He also eats his meal in under a minute then gets hiccups. What can I do about that?
Hey Stonnie, writing from Turkey, can you show a little demonstration on how to walk a dog on street, what all to pay attention... Thanks mate
I want to thank you for all your videos. I have a 4Mo. old female lab puppy and I have picked up some useful tips from you. The one thing I am working on now is when she here's a car motor she must set until the motor shuts off. I live off road about 5 miles from Cave Run Lake. One question what kind of treats do you use? Thanks
Can I put my husband in an adventure training program?? He's human.
Men are all block headed you can't teach them diddly squat, there all hard-wired and I think some of their wires need to be replaced at times. Just damn friggen pains the ass sometimes. Really??
This guy has a dream job
Hey Stoonie me and my dogs 💖 your style 😍
Hello.... my new puppy is a crybaby a whiner never experienced this... German shepherd puppy born on 1/31/ 20. Date now 4/12/20 she just wants to run back to the house. Only poops on the pads not Outside. Help
Is it okay to a puppy to give him immediately water after long exercise or training?
What treats do you use to train?
My pup is 6 mo, we go camping often and he does great but we are struggling with 3 things. On a walk he wants to pull, if I leave him in his kennel in the camper he howls, and he likes to jump on everyone. I want to be able to take him everywhere with me. What do I do to correct these things?
Stonnie does have videos on these
Why don't u have someone stand next to the plank on either side at the point where he jumps off early? Don't give him a way out?
Stonnie has used a type of wire panel called pig panel, I believe, in some videos to sharpen up the heel for a more show quality product. As you suggest with people, the panels acted as a barrier to the dog swinging out. I'm thinking this dog is a bit panic prone, and might not react well to closed-in environs. I'm no professional but Stonnie probably had his reasons. I'm just offering conjecture.
Is 7 months late? My dog is a large size breed
No, you just have to be persistent and consistent!
Great video! Do you have a way for a puppy to distinguish between work/training and play? For example, can you play tug of war and let them get "mouthy" during play without hindering progress in retrieving and obedience training?
Yes I have that to deal with as well
Good question!!
Of course the Paul Harrel of pooches has a kick arse Bronco!
Hey stonnie, I have a 10month Labrador retriever and i have a few problems with her is there a way i could private message you by some chance its nothing long you might already have a video of it but i cant find it on your channel so far.
I asked to start online training and Stonnie set me up and gave me some helps first to get me on the right track. I asked through email. His online was about $800 for the duration a couple of years ago. You should contact him directly by email.. Sadly, we lost that puppy to Blsto, and did not participate in the online program. We adopted an adult dog because of our own retirement age and I still journal an keep a good work ethic. Stonnie is the best and makes sharing the online journal easy with google docs. You can go at your own individualized pace.
14:08 the one in front is a pitbull
Oh, really? I thought it was a Boxer pup
It's a boxer.
Stonnie what lead are you recommending, leather or is the poly rope mendota type ok also? Thx
It's an English Show Lead. Pretty thin and long, I just get what they have locally and mine are always fatter and shorter but they still work. I can even do the figure 8 easily, to make a head halter, in very highly distracting environments, like getting into the door at the training facility or while I'm paying at the cashier. You can probably order a couple different ones online and use one in the car and one on the back of the door at home. Then decide which one you like best. NOTE: Don't get one with a metal keeper. if yours has a keeper, cut it off with something like a bolt cutter. It could hurt the dogs eye if you ever need to make the figure-8; head halter.
goodonya Stonnie, burt
Wish i could whistle like you! :)
You talk about high value treats in your videos. Can you give us examples?
see comments on Chad Fawcett post above.
👍✳️👍✳️👍✳️
Hello Stonnie. I will have a little question for you.
I have friends who have a dog completely obsessed with her toys. She comes with one of her toys and wants you to throw her all the time without stopping. And she is able to do this for hours. Is there anything I can advise them to channel their dog? Thank you in advance and thank you again for your videos.
Edit: If subscribers of your chain have solutions, I take too! ^^
Edit 2 : Excuse my english, i'm french.
Elric De Melniboné hey! This is advice from my experience working with dogs but setting time during the day to sprint and exercise high energy dogs is important. Setting times and making sure that is dedicated exercise time just for the dog, walk, run, fetch, whatever. For however long it takes to tire them out. Depending on the breed and age, you can do obstacles like Stonnie is in this video, even weight pulling for larger breeds.
The dog being obsessed with fetch means it's has energy that needs to be let out through exercising! :) Hope that helps
I'm a subscriber. Put toys up when play is over. They are YOUR toys that you allow the dog to play with with you, for limited time periods. Dog has to come to you and; Come, be still, and have good manners; in order to earn the right to play time..
Let's breed our chocolate labs ;0
I bought a Doberman when she was 8 weeks old. She is my service dog as I rely on an electric wheelchair. I trained her myself and would NEVER EVER use treats to train a Doberman.
That’s cool. Can you post a link to your videos showing the training progression and the finished results? We would all love to see your work!
Since I accomplished her training (with one functioning arm/hand) all by myself years ago, how in the world could I show her "training progression" now? You are merely being passive-aggressive in your reply (as you know). Also, as I've stated, I rely on an electric wheelchair (the left side of my body is paralyzed) and am VERY self-conscious about my condition. Why would I put myself on display just to refute the bribery "training" practices that you have to resort to? I will give you a hint regarding my training technique: It starts immediately by instilling my alpha role at feeding time. Once that is established, training a Doberman is a piece of cake. As I stated, NEVER EVER use treats to train a Doberman. Other breeds of dogs are not relevant to my well-founded statement.
Lisa D I’m not being “passively aggressive”, I’m simply asking you to show your level of expertise. If you are expert enough to comment, then you should be expert enough to back up your position. But let’s be honest, you and I both know you can’t do that...
Stonnie Dennis...let's be REALLY honest, you are a pansy that can't handle criticism. As I stated, NEVER EVER use treats to train a Doberman. You've obviously never trained a Doberman or a Belgian Malinois or a GSD or any kind of police/protection dog. Do those dogs needs constant reinforcement with treats? No. I rest my case.
Lisa D You are right , I’m not too fond of criticism from fake experts. This channel is full of content that includes all of the breeds you just listed. So, not only do you lack expertise but you are also too lazy to troll in an informed manner; what a grand combination...