I have been mulling over something for days-- something Emily said. She said "I never tell my dogs they are wrong." Wow, think about that. Really think. She assumes ALL responsibility for the success of the training, does not put it on the dog at all. If the dog is not getting it, it is Emily who breaks it into smaller steps until successfully achieved. The dog is never wrong. This has really gone deep for me. Thanks, Emily. Sometimes a truth comes through so strongly and for you it is just a quick comment and on to the next thing. Well done. (Heart)
I almost died of cuteness at several points in this video. It is endlessly fascinating to me how tiny puppies of small breeds are. In other news, I think I finally found a trainer that doesn't use intimidation! I had my first appointment with her today and I really liked her way of thinking.
Thank you! I've been studying your videos for the past 6 months to prepare for my puppy (which I'll be getting in 5 days)! This video is so refreshing in the fact that it puts everything together and it's a very realistic approach :) Thank you for providing all the resources needed to get started :) I wish you and your dogs well :) I'm not a paying member, but I hope to be one day. Just want to let you know that I appreciate all the work you do :)
Oh congrats on your puppy! :) You know commenting on my video is just as helpful perhaps even more, it means more people see the video so youtube pays me more.
Thank you so much for your videos. I'm getting a puppy in 2 weeks and was getting very nervous and overwhelmed thinking about all the training I need to do, but you have made me feel so much better.
Emily, I‘ve been following your work since around 2011 and still love every single video. Epic is totally adorable and I‘m super excited to see such a little dog getting raised and trained so well. I‘m sure it will surprise a lot of people that think that you can’t do anything regarding training with such a small dog. ❤️
ARG I am still in the process of making that one :) :) :) Because she was so easy I dont think the issue was so much genetic and just that shed had a bad experience being left before I got her. It started with her screaming if I even was in the shower and she could still see me. thats why I was so worried when I initially got her.
Hi! I usually never comment on videos, but I just wanted to say THANK YOU! We just got a little puppy beagle at home and your videos have help us a lot with her training! We adore your approach and your clarity which is perfect for first-time puppy owners as us. Keep on your amazing job! Greetings from Paris :)
The hard energy shift at 1:33 made me chuckle. This is exactly the video I was hoping to come across at some point in this playlist. There are so many wonderful things to teach to figure out what to focus on in that first week is very helpful! Thank you for making this video!
Emily your pups are the cutest! Me and my wife owe a ton to you! We are doing really good with our puppy cavalier, the only thing that has us with doubts is if it’s normal for the puppy to only cry in the crate when they see us getting their food and if it’s ok to play tug games if they don’t know drop it or start growling lightly.
yes the crying is normal- you could take the puppy out as you prepare it, or give little treast for watching it be prepared. Growling is fine for tugging, some dogs do growl when they want to guard the tug but you would experience more forceful tugging and stiff posture wide eyes with dilated pupils and then if you let go the dog would look as if guarding the toy. Its cool to play tug if the dog doesnt know drop. One thing you can do is have two tug toys, play with one let go and then wiggle the other and move it away from the dog so the dog lets go to grab the new one.
2:44 so cute. Looking forward to the separation anxiety video. Just for learning experience. My first dog came from a shelter with separation anxiety and we never were able to help her with it (14 years!), we just avoided having her be alone. On my fifth rescue dog now and none of them has had separation anxiety, but I spend a lot of time conditioning them to relax on their own. Hopefully one day I can help a dog with separation anxiety become confident and comfortable.
Epic is so adorable. I kind of want a tiny dog at some point in my life, but it also seems so scary to have to worry about all these things. For now, I'll stick with my 30-50lb dogs. I'm also really glad that I decided to train my younger dog to use a pee pad when she was a puppy. We don't usually leave pads out for her anymore, since letting her outside is usually a better option. Sometimes though, it can be a life saver. There is so much dumb advice telling people that dogs should only go outside, but it has been so handy for us. She was recently sick and had diarrhea, and thanks to the pee pad training, I was able to give her a place to go when she couldn't hold it, and avoid having her diarrhea on our carpet while we were asleep at night, or when we needed to leave her alone for a bit. (Yes, obviously we took her to the vet and she's fine now.) Those few days would have been a nightmare without her pad training.
Yes, My eldest BC Splash had a bladder infection and I put a bunch of pads by the door before going to sleep in case she didnt wake me up. Now the problem has resolved and I dont have a ruined carpet :) I have to say its hard with different sized dogs. The smart thing would be to get all dogs the same size- easier on walks and when they play etc. There is a lot more management going on, I dont let my little dogs run with the big dogs when they are excited or distracted, sure they can be loose in a big space when everyone is calm but if the bigger ones are playing fetch or running after each other and dont see a little dog walk in front of them it cou;d cause severe injury. I trained my little dogs to wait on a bed while I do crazy stuff with the bigger dogs... Sometimes I dream of having dogs all the same size, but i get lured by little dogs because I do love them sooo soo much :)
Thank you for these videos. I am preparing for getting an Elkhound and the trainer recommended your videos. I am a veterinarian and I think these will be great for my clients. Keep up the good work.
settle down is hardest for my puppy. put her in the cage but she will not settle down the moment she saw me the crazy movement come again. if i do ignore her the barking coming otw.this channel helped me a lot , still i cant have it perfect.
What a great video! it's especialy cool to see that people are watching your videos BEFORE they even get their dog! You really are the best trainer I've seen online and I've been recommending you to everyone I know for ten years. Once, I even traveled to see Turid Rugaas - simply because you recommended her. But there are so many trainers out there that the recommendations often get lost in the shuffle. There isn't a rating system, like yelp or imdb, so sadly, marketing techniques often count more than professional integrity. I had three min-pin chihuahuas (now down to one :( ) and I was opposed to pee-pads because I thought it was tampering with the dogs' natural instinct to keep their indoor environment clean. But living rural (coyotes, bears, bobcats - or even raccoons and skunks), it would have been a good idea. I have the opportunity to regret it at least three times a day, watching a 16-year-old with arthritis try to find a place to go in freezing temperatures and wet snow... On a more difficult topic, have you made any videos where you give your thoughts on euthanasia? I put one dog down at 12 (she couldn't breathe, and I couldn't get adequate medical care for her), I had one die a 'natural' death three months ago, which was agony. And if the local vet had her way, the remaining little dog would have been put down two years ago, even though she still gets wildly enthusiastic about treats and her favorite people. I don't want her to suffer needlessly, but I also can't see killing her as an acceptable medical treatment for the pain and discomfort of aging. I'd really like to know if you'd be wiling to share your thoughts on the subject?
Yeah, pee pads can be handy, but I trained my little dogs so well to want to go outside that after years of not using pee pads, they refused to go on them mid winter in sweden, they preferred to go in the snow, I had to retrain them to go on the pads during fire work season there, because everytime we went in the street some kid would set of fire works. Regarding euthanasia. I really think if you have a strong beautiful relationship with your dog, only you will know what is best for your dog.
I definitely need to check out any videos on how to get the dogs not to interfere with what the other is doing. My boxer mix is always pawing at the other dog when she is napping because she wants to play with her.
Thanks for the helpful video! At 1:19 you mention you’ll be making a separate video about teaching a new puppy to be comfortable being left alone and finding their mat etc. could you point me to this one? I couldn’t easily spot it in your video list. Thanks!
Thanks! Stay safe! We are having my parents over for dinner in my yard where we will sit at two different tables that are apart from each other with the 6 dogs running around :) Should be fun for the dogs!
Hi and thank you so much for sharing your amazing talents with us. I just got my puppy and I'm following all your videos. I have a question though, what kind of treat do you give your chihuahua? I've tried with store bought treats but my puppy doesn't respond like yours to the treats. Thank you again and hope to hear back from you soon!
she already managed to teach her puppy so much in one week while the only thing i’ve worked with my puppy so far is marker/engagement training :(( HAHAHA the pros really make it look so easy im getting so discouraged bc im really struggling to teach her the calm settle and positive interrupter
Hi. Love this video! I just rescued a 2-year-old toy poodle. And he’s very very good and calm inside the house but outside..hgmm...he gets over excited and barks and screams at everything! Cars, dogs, people, kids, squirrels. Do you have any advice on what should I work on with him? He walks really good on leash and doesn’t pull at all, but then when he reacts he loses it. I tried to work on settle but he starts barking at everything that moves over 100 feet away. I’d appreciate any advice! (He’s not reactive I think he’s over excited)
I saw in a separate video you said that you would not use treats in training for 5 days when you get your first puppy aside from capturing calmness - is that correct or do you start training with treats right away
That was for a specific issue of the dog barking and whining when the treats were around. Meaning that if you tried to train anything the puppy would whine and bark while doing the new behaviors if that makes sense.
How do you train an energetic young puppy? Seems my pup is either asleep or hyper, I’m not sure how to exercise the excess energy out so I can train with him. He’s also small and not fully vaccinated, so I do not want to take him outside fir the exercise. Anyone in the community have any tips or know which video touches on this challenge?
Re: super tiny Did you have to change anything else in the house? I imagine that doors would be a concern for me for example. I'd also be freaked out about accidentally stepping on my tiny dog, I'm such a klutz. Would you teach her to avoid your feet for example? I even taught that to my (much bigger) dogs, since ..well, I'm a klutz and dogs tend to be around and "get in the way".
I do have Kiko a 5 pound dog so it wasnt much of a change. When Kiko went almost blind for a few months it was very new and tricky for me but just as we got into routine she regained vision! (she had an eye ulcer that the doctor didnt think she would recover vision after)
Off topic..How can I change and eliminate negative conditioning. I have a 6 years old female brittany and I use mostly positive training, but for her barking at noises and strangers in some situation and for her interest in wild game I also used intimidation. I hadn't had the knowledge to do it differently and now it's hard to change her behavior because she expects bad things in those situations.
dogmantics.com/solving-barking-at-noises/ You could also teach her a new cue to mean "leave it" something youve not used before and then train it this way ua-cam.com/video/6jYfKK17ZBs/v-deo.html then use it in the situations you want her to leave whatever it is alone. And dont beat yourself up too much, often dogs have the negative experience because they are worried about the noise or stranger so it could be that reason she acts worried.
She so cute:)........ she has a queen size bed 😂.....she lord so cute in it :) I have two German Shepherd mother and daughter, But my Chihuahua she 10 years old and DONT like be around my three year old German Shepherd... What can I do for her to get long with my German Shepherd. With the the oldest German Shepherd with she 8 years old fr some reason she like being around her as long she didn’t sniff her.
I agree. I am having my puppy pee outside too if that wasnt clear. I like to teach them to pee on different substrates and on cue so I can have them pee anywhere even at an airport
I really like how you want to make these helpful videos about training your puppy, but it all seems so overwhelming. Just in this video there's like 20 things to keep track of and it's only been a week.
The real essential is building the dogs interest in listening to you (the attention game), and focusing on the 1-2 problems you see are essential for your puppy to work on. For me the issues were 1- separation training and 2- making sure the 5 dogs and 1 puppy didn't get off to a bad start would could potentially cause injury with such a small dog.
I have the tendency to always want to wear the exact same items of clothes. So this is me trying actually. If I had it my way I would always wear the same exact shirt and same exact pants :)
@@alwaultra I'm assuming English is not your native tongue as you came off extremely rude. Please avoid saying those sort of things in such a manner for future reference
I have been mulling over something for days-- something Emily said. She said "I never tell my dogs they are wrong." Wow, think about that. Really think. She assumes ALL responsibility for the success of the training, does not put it on the dog at all. If the dog is not getting it, it is Emily who breaks it into smaller steps until successfully achieved. The dog is never wrong. This has really gone deep for me. Thanks, Emily. Sometimes a truth comes through so strongly and for you it is just a quick comment and on to the next thing. Well done. (Heart)
I almost died of cuteness at several points in this video. It is endlessly fascinating to me how tiny puppies of small breeds are.
In other news, I think I finally found a trainer that doesn't use intimidation! I had my first appointment with her today and I really liked her way of thinking.
Oh cool! I am glad you found a hopeful prospect!
Thank you! I've been studying your videos for the past 6 months to prepare for my puppy (which I'll be getting in 5 days)! This video is so refreshing in the fact that it puts everything together and it's a very realistic approach :) Thank you for providing all the resources needed to get started :) I wish you and your dogs well :) I'm not a paying member, but I hope to be one day. Just want to let you know that I appreciate all the work you do :)
Oh congrats on your puppy! :) You know commenting on my video is just as helpful perhaps even more, it means more people see the video so youtube pays me more.
I could not help it, but while you were telling us good/ important things, I was laughing because your puppy was sleeping on your arm!
She is just so pretty. She looks like a little doe. Thank you so much for sharing your training wisdom.
Epic is adorable, she is very lucky that she became your dog.🤗
Epic is already awesome 😍😍
Thank you so much for your videos. I'm getting a puppy in 2 weeks and was getting very nervous and overwhelmed thinking about all the training I need to do, but you have made me feel so much better.
Emily, I‘ve been following your work since around 2011 and still love every single video. Epic is totally adorable and I‘m super excited to see such a little dog getting raised and trained so well. I‘m sure it will surprise a lot of people that think that you can’t do anything regarding training with such a small dog. ❤️
Awe thanks! Yes! Hopefully it will encourage small dog owners to do more with their dogs :)
YES ! More capturing calm videos to come !
So useful to have all of this in one video. I have watched so many of your videos to get ready for my puppy who arrived on Saturday, thank you!
You are a genius of dog training... thank you! This is helping me get comprehensive for my puppy when he comes.
Oh thanks!
I can’t wait for the video on her separation training! 🤍
ARG I am still in the process of making that one :) :) :) Because she was so easy I dont think the issue was so much genetic and just that shed had a bad experience being left before I got her. It started with her screaming if I even was in the shower and she could still see me. thats why I was so worried when I initially got her.
I'm so glad she is with you! Enjoy your new baby. She is so pretty.
Thank you for all your great content! Would love to see more updates of what you train Epic each week. She is so cute!
Hi! I usually never comment on videos, but I just wanted to say THANK YOU! We just got a little puppy beagle at home and your videos have help us a lot with her training! We adore your approach and your clarity which is perfect for first-time puppy owners as us. Keep on your amazing job! Greetings from Paris :)
The hard energy shift at 1:33 made me chuckle.
This is exactly the video I was hoping to come across at some point in this playlist. There are so many wonderful things to teach to figure out what to focus on in that first week is very helpful! Thank you for making this video!
Thank you for such great advice! You truly put your heart in these videos and we appreciate it!
Awe thanks!
Emily your pups are the cutest! Me and my wife owe a ton to you! We are doing really good with our puppy cavalier, the only thing that has us with doubts is if it’s normal for the puppy to only cry in the crate when they see us getting their food and if it’s ok to play tug games if they don’t know drop it or start growling lightly.
yes the crying is normal- you could take the puppy out as you prepare it, or give little treast for watching it be prepared. Growling is fine for tugging, some dogs do growl when they want to guard the tug but you would experience more forceful tugging and stiff posture wide eyes with dilated pupils and then if you let go the dog would look as if guarding the toy. Its cool to play tug if the dog doesnt know drop. One thing you can do is have two tug toys, play with one let go and then wiggle the other and move it away from the dog so the dog lets go to grab the new one.
2:44 so cute. Looking forward to the separation anxiety video. Just for learning experience. My first dog came from a shelter with separation anxiety and we never were able to help her with it (14 years!), we just avoided having her be alone. On my fifth rescue dog now and none of them has had separation anxiety, but I spend a lot of time conditioning them to relax on their own. Hopefully one day I can help a dog with separation anxiety become confident and comfortable.
It can be very overwhelming planning your life around a dog. I should finish it sometime in December
Epic is so adorable.
I kind of want a tiny dog at some point in my life, but it also seems so scary to have to worry about all these things. For now, I'll stick with my 30-50lb dogs.
I'm also really glad that I decided to train my younger dog to use a pee pad when she was a puppy. We don't usually leave pads out for her anymore, since letting her outside is usually a better option. Sometimes though, it can be a life saver. There is so much dumb advice telling people that dogs should only go outside, but it has been so handy for us.
She was recently sick and had diarrhea, and thanks to the pee pad training, I was able to give her a place to go when she couldn't hold it, and avoid having her diarrhea on our carpet while we were asleep at night, or when we needed to leave her alone for a bit. (Yes, obviously we took her to the vet and she's fine now.) Those few days would have been a nightmare without her pad training.
Yes, My eldest BC Splash had a bladder infection and I put a bunch of pads by the door before going to sleep in case she didnt wake me up. Now the problem has resolved and I dont have a ruined carpet :) I have to say its hard with different sized dogs. The smart thing would be to get all dogs the same size- easier on walks and when they play etc. There is a lot more management going on, I dont let my little dogs run with the big dogs when they are excited or distracted, sure they can be loose in a big space when everyone is calm but if the bigger ones are playing fetch or running after each other and dont see a little dog walk in front of them it cou;d cause severe injury. I trained my little dogs to wait on a bed while I do crazy stuff with the bigger dogs... Sometimes I dream of having dogs all the same size, but i get lured by little dogs because I do love them sooo soo much :)
Thank you for these videos. I am preparing for getting an Elkhound and the trainer recommended your videos. I am a veterinarian and I think these will be great for my clients. Keep up the good work.
Great series on Epic, and the tips are all so helpful! I practice them on even my 7 year old mini schnauzer and i see the difference !
Great video! Adoreable chihuahua❤
Beautiful, gorgeous chihuahua!
Thank you for the video!!
Heaps of great advice, as always!
Thanks!
settle down is hardest for my puppy. put her in the cage but she will not settle down the moment she saw me the crazy movement come again. if i do ignore her the barking coming otw.this channel helped me a lot , still i cant have it perfect.
What a great video! it's especialy cool to see that people are watching your videos BEFORE they even get their dog!
You really are the best trainer I've seen online and I've been recommending you to everyone I know for ten years. Once, I even traveled to see Turid Rugaas - simply because you recommended her. But there are so many trainers out there that the recommendations often get lost in the shuffle. There isn't a rating system, like yelp or imdb, so sadly, marketing techniques often count more than professional integrity.
I had three min-pin chihuahuas (now down to one :( ) and I was opposed to pee-pads because I thought it was tampering with the dogs' natural instinct to keep their indoor environment clean. But living rural (coyotes, bears, bobcats - or even raccoons and skunks), it would have been a good idea. I have the opportunity to regret it at least three times a day, watching a 16-year-old with arthritis try to find a place to go in freezing temperatures and wet snow...
On a more difficult topic, have you made any videos where you give your thoughts on euthanasia? I put one dog down at 12 (she couldn't breathe, and I couldn't get adequate medical care for her), I had one die a 'natural' death three months ago, which was agony. And if the local vet had her way, the remaining little dog would have been put down two years ago, even though she still gets wildly enthusiastic about treats and her favorite people. I don't want her to suffer needlessly, but I also can't see killing her as an acceptable medical treatment for the pain and discomfort of aging.
I'd really like to know if you'd be wiling to share your thoughts on the subject?
Yeah, pee pads can be handy, but I trained my little dogs so well to want to go outside that after years of not using pee pads, they refused to go on them mid winter in sweden, they preferred to go in the snow, I had to retrain them to go on the pads during fire work season there, because everytime we went in the street some kid would set of fire works. Regarding euthanasia. I really think if you have a strong beautiful relationship with your dog, only you will know what is best for your dog.
I definitely need to check out any videos on how to get the dogs not to interfere with what the other is doing. My boxer mix is always pawing at the other dog when she is napping because she wants to play with her.
Thanks for the helpful video! At 1:19 you mention you’ll be making a separate video about teaching a new puppy to be comfortable being left alone and finding their mat etc. could you point me to this one? I couldn’t easily spot it in your video list. Thanks!
happy Thanksgiving
Thanks! Stay safe! We are having my parents over for dinner in my yard where we will sit at two different tables that are apart from each other with the 6 dogs running around :) Should be fun for the dogs!
Hi and thank you so much for sharing your amazing talents with us. I just got my puppy and I'm following all your videos. I have a question though, what kind of treat do you give your chihuahua? I've tried with store bought treats but my puppy doesn't respond like yours to the treats.
Thank you again and hope to hear back from you soon!
OMG how cute :) Congrats
Puppy so cute 😍
Mind cats too... they are always on the prey with my tiny xoloescuincle every time we’re outside in my yard
she already managed to teach her puppy so much in one week while the only thing i’ve worked with my puppy so far is marker/engagement training :(( HAHAHA the pros really make it look so easy im getting so discouraged bc im really struggling to teach her the calm settle and positive interrupter
I am so new to UA-cam videos, you mentioned links to other topics, how do I find those? Thank you for very informative and helpful training tips
She loves you a lot.
Hi. Love this video!
I just rescued a 2-year-old toy poodle. And he’s very very good and calm inside the house but outside..hgmm...he gets over excited and barks and screams at everything! Cars, dogs, people, kids, squirrels. Do you have any advice on what should I work on with him?
He walks really good on leash and doesn’t pull at all, but then when he reacts he loses it. I tried to work on settle but he starts barking at everything that moves over 100 feet away. I’d appreciate any advice! (He’s not reactive I think he’s over excited)
Emily you are amazing! Love your videos. Tqvm
I saw in a separate video you said that you would not use treats in training for 5 days when you get your first puppy aside from capturing calmness - is that correct or do you start training with treats right away
That was for a specific issue of the dog barking and whining when the treats were around. Meaning that if you tried to train anything the puppy would whine and bark while doing the new behaviors if that makes sense.
How do you train an energetic young puppy? Seems my pup is either asleep or hyper, I’m not sure how to exercise the excess energy out so I can train with him. He’s also small and not fully vaccinated, so I do not want to take him outside fir the exercise. Anyone in the community have any tips or know which video touches on this challenge?
U need more views
Re: super tiny
Did you have to change anything else in the house? I imagine that doors would be a concern for me for example. I'd also be freaked out about accidentally stepping on my tiny dog, I'm such a klutz. Would you teach her to avoid your feet for example? I even taught that to my (much bigger) dogs, since ..well, I'm a klutz and dogs tend to be around and "get in the way".
I do have Kiko a 5 pound dog so it wasnt much of a change. When Kiko went almost blind for a few months it was very new and tricky for me but just as we got into routine she regained vision! (she had an eye ulcer that the doctor didnt think she would recover vision after)
Off topic..How can I change and eliminate negative conditioning. I have a 6 years old female brittany and I use mostly positive training, but for her barking at noises and strangers in some situation and for her interest in wild game I also used intimidation. I hadn't had the knowledge to do it differently and now it's hard to change her behavior because she expects bad things in those situations.
dogmantics.com/solving-barking-at-noises/ You could also teach her a new cue to mean "leave it" something youve not used before and then train it this way ua-cam.com/video/6jYfKK17ZBs/v-deo.html then use it in the situations you want her to leave whatever it is alone. And dont beat yourself up too much, often dogs have the negative experience because they are worried about the noise or stranger so it could be that reason she acts worried.
any chance of getting a Patreon account????
She so cute:)........ she has a queen size bed 😂.....she lord so cute in it :)
I have two German Shepherd mother and daughter, But my Chihuahua she 10 years old and DONT like be around my three year old German Shepherd...
What can I do for her to get long with my German Shepherd.
With the the oldest German Shepherd with she 8 years old fr some reason she like being around her as long she didn’t sniff her.
I think potty training outside the house is the very first thing to teach the puppy
I agree. I am having my puppy pee outside too if that wasnt clear. I like to teach them to pee on different substrates and on cue so I can have them pee anywhere even at an airport
I really like how you want to make these helpful videos about training your puppy, but it all seems so overwhelming. Just in this video there's like 20 things to keep track of and it's only been a week.
The real essential is building the dogs interest in listening to you (the attention game), and focusing on the 1-2 problems you see are essential for your puppy to work on. For me the issues were 1- separation training and 2- making sure the 5 dogs and 1 puppy didn't get off to a bad start would could potentially cause injury with such a small dog.
pee pad traveling clever
Why do you always wear shirts.
Please try something else. 🤗
........... really?! That's what you got from this?
I have the tendency to always want to wear the exact same items of clothes. So this is me trying actually. If I had it my way I would always wear the same exact shirt and same exact pants :)
@@sofi99 Its ok. I learned not to put stuff in the background for people to comment on. So the comments are usually about me or my behavior.
I am feeling like I did something wrong.
My intention was not to hurt anybody's feelings.
I even put a hug emoji 🤗 to make a positive impact.
@@alwaultra I'm assuming English is not your native tongue as you came off extremely rude. Please avoid saying those sort of things in such a manner for future reference