A joyful off leash walk with my dogs while I talk about giving dogs choices safely

Giving dogs the freedom to make choices and explore without compromising their safety entails teaching them some default behaviors such as staying within a certain distance to you on a walk because of wildlife roads and potential hazards. As well as default behaviors in the home- default leave it from things on the counter and chewing on things that are not dog appropriate like cables, then when the dogs have learned the defaults they can be loose in the house the yard and walks enjoying making their own choices and enjoying the environment. This can be done by building a two sided relationship with your dog based on a mutual trust in each other. Simple default behaviors can be trained using treats and toys in training sessions and then applied to the real world where you end up not needing treats toys or anything to get your dog to listen to a cue if need be or get the dog to offer the default behaviors, because your two sided relationship built on trust is the reinforcement.
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[@KelseyJohanna1016]

Do you have any videos on your channel that you would recommend to watch that will show training techniques for this generalized default behavior of staying close, good recall, and leave-it when chasing or tracking prey? I adopted a dog 4 months ago (1.5 years old) who has improved tremendously in his training, but I’m still struggling with his recall and chasing when we are outside, and I would love to get to the point where you are with your dogs someday. Thank you so much for your channel!

[@adadskiii]

I love vlog style videos like this with your dogs!

[@_roshi]

seconding this!

[@CJ-nf5jd]

I like that. I have a 7 year old Border named Keiko, always tried to have a trusting and understanding relationship. She knows I will let her do pretty well anything she wants being a dog, with me having the veto power. off leash when hiking she'll look to me if she wants to go on another trail and mostly I'll say " okay go, unless I know it's a tough trail." she listens to me, esprcially if we come across wild animals

[@thatcrazyjack]

Love this video so very much. We have a border terrier and use a very long lead with her. Her instincts to chase are strong 😊. Your video collection on reactivity is helping us so much with her reaction other dogs and the tv. To reward whenever she looks at another dog without reacting and catching her before she does react is key. She’s still learning but has come so far. I love how you give your dog choices. I learned that from you awhile back and apply it as much as I can to ours. I recommend your videos all the time. Thank you so much!

[@ChiefHerzensCoach]

It is so sweet how they roll in the sand while you speak of choices. In a few hour i get another dog to care for till tomorrow nd my dog nd this one also know to stay near me and they can do allmost everything for some hours in nature. I offer them games to sniff every 20 or 30 min or so because one is a cocker spaniel and without smiffing games the traces of wild animals get interesting and he would perhaps have to bo leashed again. But if i keep his nose occupied now and then, then he can have his freedom and he will listen when it is necessary to call him away from something.

[@elizabethdaniel512]

I’m jealous that’s a gorgeous spot!

[@kikopup]

Sometimes there are loose aggressive dogs here so I really have to be careful - i choose odd hours and make sure there are no cars parked near the trail when I go. At the end of the trail there is a house with loose aggressive dogs that roam the trail.

[@paulasunday8955]

4:42 I love the curly bushy tails!

[@Scarletlight525]

i walk my dog much the similar way, except he has a set of bells attached to him so I can hear where he is/what pace/direction he's moving in etc, as I'm severely visually impaired. But yeah he comes back to check in regularly and by default comes back to my side if we meet other people, especially people with dogs. he knows not to step off curbs without being told to and to walk in a heel across streets.

[@jjsolly5039]

Hi Emily! Love this! Pretty spot, but please keep an eye out for mt lions. Dog lost to one last week, going potty in unfenced Oregon yard. God bless and keep you all safe and jouful! Love, hugs and puppy kisses, Service Dog Ruthie and JJ😊🐕‍🦺💕🙏✝️

[@kikopup]

yeah this is near my house. I dont let my dogs outside without me watching. We have mountain lions coyotes and bob cat rattle snake scorpion and black widows in the back yard and hawks... I keep my eyes PEELED. I used to have a coyote mixed with dog come and sit on my doorstep in the mornings, I called him the Grim Reaper... sadly he took my neighbours dog and he was coming for mine. One day I saw his body at the side of the road, I was sad for him but I cannot say that I didnt sleep a little better, I think he was mixed with gsd, he was large and I saw him one day going towards two teens with their GSD on a leash they were throwing stones at him and he kept going for them. So yeah, walking here is not much different than being in my own yard. I am careful.

[@jjsolly5039]

@@kikopup glad to hear you are vigilant! I knew you would be. A few years back, in Costa Mesa, in the middle of an apartment complex (!) a coyote came from between two parked cars and stood on the sidewalk about 7 ft in front of my ACD service dog and me. The coyote was sizing us up and it was a long long silence of staring at each other before the coyote turned and bounced off on tiptoes - you know the confident way they walk - and enter the laundry room!!! Was totally at ease. We waited until it left the area to go to our apt. It was early morning. Guess it figured 45 lbs of ACD and my firm gaze weren't worth the fight - thank You, Jesus!

[@elisasegal8153]

Love you, Emily. Thank you for being such a role model for advocating for dogs.❤❤❤

[@kangakong]

I loved this video Emily. what an awesome area . In Utah I lived 10 minutes away from a few different spots like that. Now I’m in Northern California again for the past 7 years and there’s nothing that close. I naturally did what you talked about in this video with my first dog Kanga and my current dog Dutchie. But the way you put it into words was very helpful so I can concisely explain this to friends and family who have a dog. it’s just an easy question you can ask or say about yourself what you do with your dog as you illustrated here. You all look so happy. And you look lovely as ever Emily, your king heart radiates from your face and voice. ❣️🐕 🐶 🐩

[@urban_birddog]

I love this message, such a lovely time for all of you! I bet there is a lot of sand in your car now 😂

[@kikopup]

yes there is :)

[@anantea]

How do you teach them to stay close to you? I love it, but I am not sure how I can teach my dog? She does follow me without calling her, but when she spots a deer or something, she will chase it leaving me behind. She will return, but I can't have her chasing wild life. I don't know how to teach her not to do that?

[@KelseyJohanna1016]

Thank you so much for talking about how important it is for dogs to have autonomy, and how healthy off leash time is!

[@coor0kun]

I have an anxious rescue who isn't naturally gifted in the social sphere (can be reactive or overly exhuberant), so offleash walks or dog parks are a no go, but Sniffspots and long-line leash walks in familiar places are a great way for her to call the shots and explore safely as well as build confidence!

[@kikopup]

In time building a connection with a dog to the point where they trust you and know you will take care of the situation, these dogs actually become the easiest to have off leash because they have zero interest in going toward people or dogs and the main thing is just making sure to prevent dogs and people getting in their space.

[@coor0kun]

@kikopup Thank you! I'm not sure we'll get there (each dog has their own journey), but I am working towards that confidence and trust. Love your channel and what you promote through it!

[@LindsayHaven]

Lovely walk. Thank you for taking us along.

[@williamkeith8740]

Cheers from outback Australia Emily 🦘🦘

[@spencerstarr4131]

Love the joyful splashing 🥰

[@AliciaMarkoe]

Love this ❤ thank you 🦋

[@itlitlitl6]

Gorgeous!

[@catmutantgatto]

Ah that looks like such a lovely place for an off lead walk. I love seeing them so happy, especially wish

[@Santakun926]

So beautiful☺️

[@KaiSub]

That's such a lovely spot!

[@TeslaNick2]

What an amazing spot. You're so lucky, although all the scary wildlife trying to eat me or poison me would freak me out. 🙈 I'm all about giving dogs choice and actively promote it as much as possible. This is such an important message. I'm proud of the fact I can take one of my dogs out "in the nude" (the dog, not me)., he even steps up his game to prove how good he is. There's something gloriously primal about walks like this - that connection on an instinctual, intuitive level that's unique to humans and dogs. I'm not convinced everyone experiences it. It's unfortunate we still see people wanting flat, lifeless dogs who DON'T engage with the environment or do much at all.

[@bordercolliesdownunder7245]

That looks great!! My favourite kind of walk:)

[@tokoloshgolem]

You’re awesome, thank you.

[@ishitaswaroop8779]

very lovely dogs

[@Cru16saders]

Like to see dogs without leashes in nature.

[@dustinfisher29]

The fun begins when not properly trained dogs start acting as a pack and go after a deer and you hear the owner yelling two canions away...

[@Cru16saders]

@dustinfisher29 I'm always under 5 feet away from my dog when she's unleashed and make sure no one's around. I don't know nothing about a pack of dogs chasing a deer umm maybe it'll be fun but a lack of responsibility for me if I don't train my dogs properly. A mature deer can be a big problem for some dogs.

[@dustinfisher29]

@@Cru16saders not meaning you but have seen it a few times. A Standard Poodle and a Labrador took off and stirred up a doe and chased her for a mile or so and another time a group of women were walking each their dog and one of them found a track and lead the others of into the brush

[@shepherds.pie.youtube]

Aww beautiful, border collies in the water!

[@Smokeybluetheraccoon]

My dogs are great at off-leash walking. It's genuinely one of the most rewarding things to watch my dogs explore off-leash and enjoy nature. I've never used any sort of aversive methods like an electronic collar, and I never will

[@MaximillianandRubyGrace]

I can absolutely give my dogs the kind is choice above BUT in town near other dogs Whole different story!

[@oliviafoan3545]

This is such a beautiful video. How would you apply this to deer? I keep my dog on a long line because he loves to chase them, but training around them is so tough as they always pop up randomly and drive him crazy!

[@kikopup]

Some dogs have things that make them aroused or excited or fearful of where they might not listen, so the key is working on them being calm around those stimuli - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKa3mIaoZcaWeNE this video talks about it a bit but I do explain a whole protocol for working on it in my harnessing the hunter video on demand - it depends on the dog how easy it is to work on

[@oliviafoan3545]

@@kikopup thank you 🙏

[@sebofdoom]

Wonderful video. What is the process of training the dogs to stay 'close' by default and how do you set them up for success?

[@kikopup]

i will make a video on this topic, but very briefly you can use a long line and gain your dogs interest in wanting to be with you using your movement away from them in big spaces, train some cues like "leave it" for things they shouldnt interact with, and a direction change like "lets go" or "this way" some other useful cues Stop or slow down and an emergency recall, then to teach the specific distance from you, if the dog goes to far away you quickly go the other direction or if that doesnt work use a recall, you can do this on a long line before they get to the end of the long line. I also like to teach a super close position, say if we have to go around a hidden corner - that you can work on using treats, and marking and feeding them for being at your side and wait for a calm release to then roam again.

[@sebofdoom]

@@kikopup Thank you, what a great response :) Looking forward to the video as well

[@haygrif]

Have you ever DNA tested Bliss? He’s such a big boy but looks so BC! 😍 love the message of this video and seeing them happily romping.

[@iShoppd]

iirc she said he came back with some % of rotti and border collie but I'd have to find the older video

[@kikopup]

Yes - it came back mostly border collie but with cattle dog and gsd rottie rough collie

[@haygrif]

@@kikopupwow, what a mix! 😂❤ I have a wonder dog like that too.

[@yanashvlv]

Clever hunter 00

[@thankmelater1254]

Do you let them chase/catch small animals?

[@kikopup]

No

[@thankmelater1254]

@@kikopup I've been between letting my dog chase and catch and not letting him, but meanwhile working on bringing out that drive in "fetch" games. My thinking is that maybe that can substitute - so far he has built up a a good bit of drive on most occasions days but still would much rather be chasing a squirrel. So I'm also tying the fetch game into other requests with some treats and meal at the end within another structure of directions involved with chasing the ball and then being sent to the feeding place. I've found that letting him chase ( I've even experimented with telling him to chase) the small animals tends to correlate with his inclination to not pay attention because they ARE around.

[@hypnoticjess]

This is my struggle as well. @kikopup do you have a material on how to manage this? Or it is just leave it? My husky/catahoula mix becomes incorrigible in spring with all the bunnies and squirrels - I want so badly to give him more freedom, but he’s very quick to catch things.

[@thankmelater1254]

@@hypnoticjess I had to keep my adopted middle aged dog on leash for the first year because he was in the habit of running wild until he felt like returning to the owner - lost twice and may have been caught in traffic because he had become terrified of traffic with previous owner - so I wasn't going to let that happen to him again. This is what I did. On walks I fed him every time he looked to me. He also got food in his bowl. Previously once outside he didn't care about me, I was just on the end of the leash. Still he would want to chase, and when I tried him off leash, he would chase. So I gave him no food one day. The next day everything changed. He was going nowhere as long as I had food. Seeing that, next time I tied the middle of a 4' stick to a rope and rope to his collar so that if he took off he'd get stuck in the bushes right away. He never took off. He was there for the food and that turned into paying attention to me and *eventually* HAVING FUN playing fetch with a ball. He definitely still will chase if I let him, but he will return on a whistle. He's showing signs of happiness now. that is the most important change. So it turned out that making it count - making it existential to him for his food - that changed his mind drastically in the way I wanted it to change, but even better, he's becoming a happy dog. I still feed him mainly outside and only sometimes inside if the weather is too rough outside for a good long session.

[@TeslaNick2]

@@thankmelater1254 You can also try the classic "Premack" method and use it to Premack the recall.

[@user-ci4hv8cf1t]

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[@emilka2033]

Thank you for picking up your dogs poop. So many people just leave their dogs shit out in forests, along creeks, etc., cause it's "wild" so they've convinced themselves it's ok to leave it behind without realizing how harmful it is. Very detrimental to our ecosystems and health to ignore the poop our pets leave around.

[@thankmelater1254]

I'm not so sure that poop in a plastic bag to be buried or burned is better. In the woods there are plastic bags of poop everywhere, not degrading properly. Mainly I think from paid dog walkers who aren't about to carry all the poop from 10 dogs around and then they miss picking them up on the way back. Altogether, I think that in the woods, picking it up may be a mistake.

[@emilka2033]

@@thankmelater1254 although I understand your concern about plastic, and seeing people wrap up shit in plastic and plop it back onto the ground is infuriating, leaving dog feces behind in natural spaces is not an appropriate solution. There are many different compostable/non-plastic doggy bags on the market today - many people have also simply been using paper bags or wax paper bags to clean up their dog's waste instead of plastic. Neglecting to pick up after your dog in natural spaces, especially at trails/nature preserves where there is a lot of foot traffic, is very harmful for the environment. Dog feces contains foreign parasites and bacteria as well as being high in nitrogen and phosphorous which pollutes the landscape and our waterways. The sheer volume of introduced dog shit can overload the ecosystem. This poses very real risks to not only the local wildlife populations, but also to pet and human health alike. It's also just really discourteous to all the other visitors of the natural space to ignore the poop(s) your dog made.

[@thankmelater1254]

@@emilka2033 Yeah, all that,sure - but the question can become whether left behind "as is" is better or worse than than left behind in a plastic bag on the ground or maybe hung on a tree branch, because there's those too.

[@emilka2033]

@@thankmelater1254 they're both bad. It needs to be picked up and properly disposed of. Leaving it behind on the ground - in a bag or not - is harmful either way.

[@thankmelater1254]

@@emilka2033 They're both bad, yes, but that doesn't answer the question, does it?

[@bizness_ledy]

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[@yanashvlv]

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[@kiomy.l]

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[@criktun3346]

Show us you walking in a dog park please with distractions. This video doesn’t help us real pet owners