Also the easiest things I can say to keep in mind do you have a piece of paper? Hey, no thanks Hey, what's up? I'm Katie Ming and welcome to or welcome back to my channel if you're new here Thank you so much for joining us and if you're not, thank you so much for being part of my family I truly love you all more than you know So today I'm joined with Ms Indy and we are going to go over the top one I don't have enough hands 10 of things that puppy owners do wrong or owners do with the new puppy so for those of you that are new here or might not know I'm a dog trainer all of my dog training is based on the fundamentals of dog psychology So I do a lot of behavioral modification training and as well as starting off puppies right That's a lot of what my in-home training sessions are full of Girl excuse you can you get your life together? Okay, so if I had to say one thing that was just the biggest mistake that puppy owners make It would be influencing excitement and bad behavior So I'm going to just really quick Give you a preface of why I think this is so when we think about dogs and their instinctual behavior Dogs are packed animals So dogs are either in the leader position because they're the leader of the pack or the fall or position Which is following people or their path when we think of somebody that we'd like to follow We want to follow somebody that's calm and collected and knows what they're doing Dogs instinctually see an excitement as just unstable this they don't see this good or bad They just see it as overall not being stable. So What this means is that when we are playing with her dog a lot or when we are being over-excited and Amping them up this actually causes them to have things like separation anxiety or it'd be really up Definitely see other dog on walks So I think the biggest thing that you can do to help your puppy become a really good dog one day is Encourage them to become and really reward their calm behavior because yes It's super cute when a puppy is playing but when the puppy's two years old and huge if you do have a big dog It's gonna not be as cute and you're going to have a way harder time getting a handle on it because once dogs Crazy habits that's what they run The second mistake puppy owners make is giving too much freedom too fast So when you are working on potty training a dog or you're working on Just getting rid of a behavior that is negative a lot of times the answer is restricting freedom So what I mean by this is when you are Having a dog that goes potty inside the house the easiest way to train them to not go potty inside the house is to be in control of when they're going potty And baby get off a small area So you only have to watch them and monitor them for that small area versus letting them escape somewhere in the house They're sneak away into a room and going potty and not catching them or being on top of it So the easiest way to have a puppy be potty trained and listen really well is to start off with create training Just so that they're comfortable in their free and you don't have to worry about them Sneaking out and going potty when you are watching that Number three is not socializing the puppy so a lot of beds will say we told the dogs to their shots And that's so true because you don't want your puppy to get sick Obviously that'd be the worst thing to happen But unfortunately we're waiting longer and longer according to the beds to socialize our puppy And then by the time that we are socializing them that you have an insecure dog You have a dog that is really under socialized and it will take that out by like fighting or growling or becoming reactive So yes, you want to wait until your dog has their vaccines to start taking them out But what I personally did is I had my dog or Miss Indy around all dogs that I know are vaccinated and places I know are controlled and don't have a high dog population So that she gets socialized is used to going outside and is used to meeting all different types of dogs with all different types of demeaners Right off the bat so we don't have to deal with any insecurity issues with her Another thing that I hear all the time especially being a dog trainer is people want to wait till the puppy is mature to start training And this is the absolute worst thing you can do for many reasons But I would say the main reason is because puppies when they're younger and don't have a lot of willpower So a puppy that's six to twelve weeks old isn't going to be able to wind in their crate for a very long time because they don't have that much stamina Whereas a puppy that's a year old can wind for a lot longer and will hold out a lot longer on you as far as teaching them to lay down The puppies can get more stubborn when they're five months old compared to if you teach them from the day you get them As far as teaching them to wait for their food That's something that should start right away. You should put a leash on them the day that you get them not forcing them to walk perfect Because they are a puppy but just getting them used to all the things you're going to expect your dog to do Another mistake people make which I think summarizes everything is just not taking into account How big the dog is going to be and the types of behaviors? They're not going to be okay with when the dog isn't a baby So a lot of times talking back is really cute at first when you have an eight week old puppy But when you have a year old dog that's working back at you when you tell them to do something and sort of doing what you're telling it That can get really frustrating So you always want to follow through with your dogs and make sure that you're not encouraging bad behavior One thing I really don't like to do with puppies is play tug or with them because it teaches them to resist you So I would always say just don't play tug or with them unless it's a very controlled thing in environments Also another mistake is people don't stay on top of potty training and then it becomes a bigger issue If you are on top of potty training you are going to run with it and do very well a young puppy has to go every hour in the middle of the night And you can slowly start to add more of a duration of time that they're waiting But you always have to expect to be very on top of potty training when we first got India I was taking her out every half hour and she's still going out every single hour on the hour to make sure that she isn't having accidents As far as puppies go there's a lot of information out there But I think the biggest thing is just make sure you're influencing the type of dog that you want a year from now And also make sure that you're loving them but creating really strict strong boundaries So that you don't have a dog on your hand a year from now that's just regarding what you say the things that I think are the most important to keep in mind are that dogs Are either in the leader fall or position so no matter what you're doing ask yourself is your dog getting away with it or are you following through what you want in? The second thing is to start training right away with them and it can be all positive reinforcement mates It should be with a puppy you don't have to be a drill sergeant But just start getting them listening and in that cooperative and calm mindset when you're working with them Three is to lose break-up right away and four is to be overly structured with the crate So that you don't deal with separation anxiety or the hating their crate when they're older any loves are great because we have put her in it since the day We got her and it's her favorite Okay guys, thank you so much for watching I appreciate you more than you know if you like this video Please make sure to subscribe and join our family. 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