BEFORE You Walk Your Dog You NEED These 4 Essential Skills

[@EmilyJean-h7j]

As dog trainer for adult rescue dogs, can yall please make a video about that? Puppies are easy to train but adult dogs (especially with bad history) are a different ballgame.

[@patricialawrence7459]

Very helpful.

[@susannekalejaiye4351]

super helpful.!

[@jowen3627]

Great video! The door exit portion was really interesting! Watching puppies reminds me just how short their attention span is 😂😂😂 I love McCann's training methods.

[@BrianBrownwn]

I never realized laughter could be so contagious. Thank you for this video💕

[@shellyaubrey7048]

What can I use for reward treats??? I've used Pupperoni I've used small cut up hot dogs everything I use gives my pups diarrhea...I've tried banana pieces for snacks diarrhea...so I started using their food

[@EmilyJean-h7j]

@@shellyaubrey7048 is your dog food driven?

[@goaway7163]

What should I do if 1. My puppy doesn't engage with luring. 2. When she does, she is very chompy to get the treats and it hurts.

[@stephanietaylor8615]

My pup took a minute to figure out the luring too, keep trying! I started teaching my very bitey pup a "gentle" command. I would hold the food where she could see it and try to get it and say the command "gentle" , but I wouldn't take my thumb off it until she was gentle with her mouth. It took a few tries, but she now knows what is expected when I say "gentle". She doesn't always do it yet haha, but she definitely knows what I'm asking for.

[@MaxAngor]

Here's the issue I have. How do you train the dogs without making them gain 10 pounds? I could never get my ex's pittie to get past the food thing. Eventually, he started walking nice because he was sick of getting choked and then pulled when I switched to a front-clip harness. To my knowledge, he's STILL food-motivated and I'll bet she's gotten him up to 70 pounds easily. How do I ensure that doesn't happen with the next dog?

[@hjcabc]

I've been binge watching these training videos and what I've seen them suggest is take some of the kibble you would actually be putting in a bowl for their meal and use that kibble as the reward. So they still end up getting their food for the day but not all kinds of extra treats.

[@MaxAngor]

@@hjcabc Ooh! That's a good idea!

[@mernany]

I use their meals for training. So I might take 2/3 of their kibbles and put it in a bag for training and I’ll only give them the 1/3 in their bowl. I then use that as the reward while also having something more high value if I’m asking for something new. I still do that to this day with my older dog but I hold back less kibbles. They also make training treats that are 2-3 calories each which helps too.