From SCARED, to CONFIDENT in a CANOE -DUTCH SHEPHERD PUPPY 1 week Progression.

Come, Tripper. Come around. Come, come, come, come, come. Come, come, come, come. Come, come, come, come, come. Come, come. Good, come. Yes, Tripper. Yes, good, come. Good boy. Yes, yes, yes. Yes. Oh, almost. Here. Yes, yes. Want to get him? It's okay. Here. Good boy. Okay, let's get Daddy in here, too. Let's see what we can do, my big boy. We don't want you on my lap, so let's show you. You can go under the front gunnel. Sorry, under the front thwart. Go under. Go under. Go get it. yes place good place yes hold on hold on here here here here here here good tripper good stay place place place good boy yes good boy we're gonna do little tiny training sessions like that make sure i put put him out of the canoe so he knows he can't jump out on his own you want to come in get it you want to come and get it these are very healthy low calorie soft training treats come come come so i'm just trying to teach him right now that the canoe is okay like he's going to be my canoe partner so he he he needs to learn the canoe so let's check out a small clip from my buddy robert cabral the dog trainer telling me exactly how i need to be doing this and the reasons why today's asking anything goes out to joe robinette who um he and i are doing something kind of special where we're training his dog tripper to be a great outdoor a dog, a camping dog, a wild dog, but a dog that can go out in the wilderness. I guess a wilderness dog you want to call that. And Joe reached out to me for some tips to get some training started. And Tripper is going to be a great dog. I got a good feeling about it. Joe's really dedicated to it. And the first thing is getting Tripper used to being in a canoe. So what you want to do, I know you want to take the dog out in the canoe, but I don't want you to do that just yet. What I want you to do is to make sure there's no failures. Take the canoe, put it on the ground and start feeding the dog a bunch of treats to get the dog to climb in and out of the canoe climb around the canoe and and make it all a really positive experience so the more treats you can give him the more you can get him used to it being unstable maybe when he's in it move it a little bit all those kind of things are going to be suspicious to the dog and you don't want him to be suspicious when he's in the water and he flies out of the canoe so I would start using some treats lure the dog around the canoe lure the dog into the canoe have him in the canoe start moving the canoe a little bit while he's in there and then um and then maybe feed him a couple times in the canoe make sure everything positive is happening in the canoe that he stays in there that he's eating in there i wouldn't really play games i try to keep his drive a little bit lower he's a Dutchie so his tendency is going to be to go really crazy but you have to go real slow i wouldn't take it out in the water just yet i'd probably spend a day or two getting him used to it like i said on the land moving it around a little bit getting him in where you want to start sitting him in the canoe i know you're going to probably want to have a special spot for him in there and just get him used to being in that spot feeding him have that be his special place and and just make that experience super super positive moving it and then maybe in a day or two move it on to you know into the water a little bit let him start to see the imbalance the stability of the canoe is going to change so that's super simple hope you have fun keep me posted and if you got a question ask me anything let's walk around the canoe again yes yes see this might work actually tipping it on its side and having him go into it come around come around good around good around yes yes he doesn't know that this thing moves right he's not familiar with how unstable it can be all that stuff so this is the whole point good boy good boy here yes yes yes trip or canoe canoe but so I'm letting him smell it he's understanding good things happen in this boat that this isn't something to be scared of that he's gonna be confined in this is gonna be a happy place like Robert said I am gonna feed him in here today two times triple come this might take a few days of this and then I'll take him out to some open water down the road and we'll put him in and test it out first just a little short short short training sessions with this I don't want anything to get frustrated I don't want to get frustrated this is very important to me this is extremely important to me so he's looking to my hand and this is another thing Robert talks about you don't you want to confuse the dog where the treats coming from you don't want him to always look for it at your hand it's okay but here stuck you can't get them under the pedals here buddy good yes yes yes good canoe yes yes good boy good boy yes big boy that's you guys see that he was in it completely look look he's in it this is a huge thing for me this is a huge step guys I would love to tip the boat right side but I know it'll just scare him look trip trip or maybe it won't I don't know here buddy there you go boy good boy tripper yes here here noticing he didn't even notice he's eating the treats he didn't even notice yes good tripper good tripper yes yes yes place good tripper good hold on hold on place good tripper yes yes good boy yes good boy yes you're a good dog you're a good dog tripper are you making me happy buddy oh man that's so cool he should hopefully start to look in there for things now oh yes yes yes yes good boy here Trevor here here good boy good boy yes I'm so happy right now good boy place place I'm very happy good boy yes I'm sure I did that wrong there where he tried to get out and I took him out and I said good boy yes I'm sure that that was wrong but I don't really know everything every little minute detail and the way to conduct myself while doing this I'm still learning this I had a good knowledge of Scout again it was a different different time so and a different dog all right we're gonna try this for the next couple days then we're gonna go to the boat you're a good boy tripper come so Robert does this ask me anything training series and people comment questions common questions about their dogs and problems they're having and he shoots out these little 1 minute 2 minute 5 minute videos showing sometimes demonstrating how to do certain things and yeah he's got his head screwed on he knows what he's doing so I'm keen to listen so definitely go check out Robert Cabral again I'll link it he's got like maybe 40 or 50 thousand subscribers on YouTube all right it's it's lunchtime I got his food and his little puppy Kong Normal, he eats it in his crate watch he'll think he's gonna go in there. Let's trick him Cuz I don't want him assuming things right knows I have it come he doesn't like to come down the stairs I'm gonna have to carry him good boy That's that's progress he's gonna be moving that that things all unstable now always moving it back before he's gonna get used to it He's gonna feel fine with it because he's eating food. He's not gonna care about the boat He's gonna care about the food, right? I got him up in the front there because I want him That's gonna be his place when we're riding together at least for the first little bit He'll be up in front of me that made me very happy when he jumped right in there That was the first time he did that, you know, you've seen every time I put him in here once That's great. That's so cool. The the progress is very exciting. It's um, it makes me feel good. He noticed that Definitely notice that I'm just trying to rock it back and forth a bit let him understand that it's not very This stability changes. It's not gonna always be the same thing because that's how it'll be in water All right, especially work rough water. Let's know he likes it. Yeah. Good boy. Good boy. Yes. Good boy. Come on trip Come on, come on trip. Good boy. Good boy. Yes. Good boy You go poop you go poop or do you go to pee big pee? Good pee. Yes. Good pee. Yes yes yes yes what a good dog you are Tripper what is it there's nothing there man it's the tire it's a tire yes yes good yes good dog good tripper good boy tripper boat here here good did you get it good boat good good good yes good boy good boy I've got a Kong in there with his food a little dollop of peanut butter on top of it and as you can see he knows the word boat already jumping in on command so now a good idea I was told Robert said to shake it make it unbalanced he does not care at all look at that I'm rocking it quite a bit attention to that at all he's eating his food this is exactly what I want him not to react to anything in different place I want him up here in the front I have to teach him the place command still that'll be next it's empty now and I'm gonna take him out of the boat like I've been doing because I don't want him jumping out on his own yet after after he's got it all down that'll be fine good boy now with with no treats or nothing. Tripper, boat. Yes. Good, good, good, good boat. Good boat. I've got to stop saying yes. Good boat. Good boat. Yes, we'll come in as a release later on. Over here. Come. Yes. Oh, snap. Good boat. Good come. Good boy, Tripper. Yes. Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. Tripper, boat. Yeah. Good boat. Place. Good. Today, we're taking Tripper out on his first boat ride. It's It's been a couple of weeks probably since I started training him in the boat here. Maybe about a week. So we'll see. We'll go get him in the water. It's a chilly day. See what happens. Ready to go. Got Tripper in the crate next to me. I keep him in the crate in the car for the first little bit till he's a little bit older. We're gonna drive about 40 minutes to a smaller lake. It's pretty windy today. This lake that I'm driving to has opportunity for splake. Let's go and get back to you when we're at the lake. Tripper's a good boy laying down. You want a little snack for the road, big guy? A little snacky-poo for the road? Have a little chicken breast. Have a little chicken breast. There you have it. He's my good boy. Oh, sorry. Oh, no. There you go. I went to that lake, that's Blake Lake, and it's still iced up. But there's a beaver pond pretty close to here, and it's open, so we're going to use that. I don't imagine there's Blake in it. I'll bring my fishing rod just in case, even just to teach him about fishing. But I don't have high hopes, but it's okay. At least there's open water. Come. We're not near the water yet. Silly. So, he likes the boat, as you can see, come on big guy, before you get all scared, I gotta set it up a little bit first, oh my goodness, calm down, he likes the boat, obviously, I've got a little mat for him, because I want him to stay in one spot, this mat goes up in the front, good, place, down, good dog, so to keep him, keep his energy and focus and everything right there, I'm going to give him a marrow bone, and that marrow bone, down, down, good dog, That marrow bone stays there, hopefully he stays there. Now we gotta get this whole spiel in the water, this whole rigamarole in the water. Oh, you know what? I need to put his long leash on him first in case he decides he wants to jump out. I need to be able to get him. I don't have a collar for him because he's way too small still and that collar will only be good for one use, or sorry, life jacket will only be good for one use. Are you growling at me? Don't growl at me, bro. All right, so I've got his long lead there. In case he falls in, I can grab him. I'm sure he'll sink like a brick, But there we go. Wish me luck. He has no idea, and that's the whole point, right? I try and grab this camera. Little sketchy. That's what I call a sticky situation. Don't growl at me, bro. Don't growl at me. Tripper, tripper. My gosh, it's gonna be a... Oh my goodness. We're in the boat. the canoe is a success so far the growling at me isn't the greatest thing in the world i can work on that but uh but we're in the boat and he doesn't care at all so chalking this one up to success i want to paddle around this little tiny pond there's no fish look how shallow it is even if there were fish in here it looks pretty bassy because all the weeds and stuff and they're not in season right now but yeah we'll do a little paddle so tripper was the runt or if not the runt very close to it so he might have had to compete against his litter mates for food and stuff like that it could have something to do with the growling he doesn't ever act on the growling which is good but yeah it's kind of worries me with the kids so I got to work on that big time but this was the project that I wanted originally I wanted him to know stay I wanted him to know place I wanted him to know boat I wanted him to know if he jumps out of the canoe that's not a good look but he's now right now you can hear i'm splashing the water the canoe's moving every which way it's not balanced it's it's tippy you know what i mean we're tipping all over the place and he does not care he's not even batting an eye or looking up obviously it's because of his bone but this is the first trip and that's what i wanted i wanted him to have no like just to be indifferent about the boat not to be excited about it and not to be scared of it in all honesty he probably is excited about the boat because he gets treats in it and stuff but i'm learning i'm still trying to learn a fishing line in right now we shall see here how he how he fares in a minute i don't want to keep him in the boat too long i don't want to stress him out i don't want to uh burn his energy too much in the boat place place place let's go over to this uh we'll throw in a fishing we'll throw in a fishing line we'll throw in a lure put our line in the water we'll get our line wet can talk let's hope for a pike every single time good dog good dog got bopped with the with the baler three times lays down good boy you are a good boy trip it's good to see as him start sticking his head over the side and enjoying the ride and taking in the smells and the view and just the whole experience as opposed to him just constantly worrying about where his treats are coming from, or gnawing on that bone, like in the case of yesterday, but today, sorry, knocking you all over the place, today's a different story, he's pretty aware, not right now, right now he's searching for morsels, there he goes, that's a good boy, that's a good dog tripper, yeah bud, you haven't got nothing, good down, it's a very smart dog, and I need to keep, and I need to be a very fair owner, I need to keep very consistent with him, I can't really explain to you how happy this makes me i'm uh i'm going to be canoe tripping with my dog and that's something that i've always wanted to do i just when i first got scott what i wasn't i didn't know anything about canoe tripping i wasn't proficient in my wilderness experiences and i didn't know how to train him properly for the canoe but this is uh this is going really well he's standing right now looking over the gunnel but yeah very happy very happy i want to give a huge thank you and shout out to robert cabrera yeah he's been helping me a lot with this and again i'll link them in the description i really want you guys to go check them out well tripper i think this is it for the video minko boy i hope you guys like this video i will be doing a little small series about training tripper for to training tripper to be a wilderness dog training a dog for a life in the wild don't you need to get back in your place place what are you growling at homie there's nothing there there's absolutely nothing there big guy i appreciate you wanting to protect me what you growling at boy let's see if he jumps out when we're near the shore i hope not that's my car that's my car we drove here in that there's a camera there too man you should be used to that by now and a rock tripped out now flying the boat not getting out coming out of the pool