- So we've come down to
Burlington down by the Waterfront. Now little Bee-Line has
grown up in the country and hasn't had an opportunity
to be in an urban setting. So we thought it'd be a great
chance for us to take her out and get her introduced
to some of these sights, sounds, smells, and people in the city. So I'm Ken, this is Kayl.
- Hey. - This is little Bee-Line.
- Bee, yeah! - Welcome back to McCann dogs. (guitar strumming)
(dog barking) So certainly one of the challenges when you come to a new environment and somewhere that's maybe a little busier than it is at home is challenging the dog
without over-facing them with distractions and new things and Kayl why don't you talk a little bit about how we're addressing that with Bee. - Yeah, well it's a little bit, you should be a little bit tactful when you are interacting with people because as soon as they see
a dog, let alone a puppy, you get swarmed right away.
- Yeah. - We've met how many people, like three people already.
- Yeah. - And we've walked a hundred feet. So, Bee can sometimes be
a little bit overwhelmed if people get too in her face too quickly. So in order to not overwhelm her we've been just kinda letting people know that they need to
approach her with caution and also to, on the flip side, if she decides she really likes them, then she's still a puppy and she sometimes wants to get overexcited and jump all over them. So I also wanna make sure I control her and make sure she's not doing that either. So--
- Maintaining consistency. - Yeah. Communicating with the people that wanna say hello to the dog I think is really important. Right away we say, "Hey, she's in training. "Do you wanna help us out?" I've rewarded her for
sitting and being calm while people have been petting her. And a couple people have
rewarded her as well. It's just an easier way than letting the situation
get quickly out of hand and then let the dog get
accidentally reinforced with something that you don't really want. So one of the things that I've chosen to use
today as a training tool is a Gentle Leader. Just turn the camera a bit to the side. So, it's a really great
head halter product. There's a lot of, actually,
head halters out there but the Gentle Leader is the one that I believe works the best for dogs. The reason why I chose to use it with her is not necessarily because
she's wild and crazy but because she's really soft and I certainly don't
wanna be bringing her to a situation where I have
to use a lot of corrections and be firm with her and get after her a lot for pulling and that type of thing because we're already doing something that's new and exciting and maybe a little bit stressful. So with the Gentle Leader on, it has a really nice
calming effect on her. The adjustments that I have
to make with the leash, if she happens to cut across me or pull, are very very subtle, very soft, and that's exactly the kind of information that I wanna be able to be giving her, something that's clear
but not too harsh as well. And it just gives me a
little bit more opportunity to be training her in a nice calm manner which I think is really suitable for what we're trying to accomplish today. And I was just before
turning the camera on, I was just saying to Ken how much I love the Gentle Leader and what a difference it's making with Bee in this situation. I'm really really glad that I put it in the training bag today. (pleasant guitar music) (laughing) So I just saw those barrels there and I thought I would stop and do some wraps around it because it's something that
I know she really likes to do and also it's really good to
practice those types of things with a lot of distractions. There's about 75. (laughing) That's very specific, seagulls above us right now and people and dogs and stuff walking by and I was really happy
that she was super keen to wrap those things and tug and play. And was really focused on her job so that bodes well. Good opportunity. (pleasant guitar music) - So obviously on a summer's day, when we're down in town, in the city, we thought we'd get an ice cream cone. - This is one scoop. - It's a lot of ice cream. - It's like four scoops. There's no way I'm gonna
be able to finish it. - I know. - And sadly, they put
the banana on the bottom and that's my favorite part. So now I have to eat the top. (laughing) - But Bee's being really good. She's chilled out. Just hanging here, kinda watching the cars go by. So we're pretty happy to see that. (pleasant guitar music) Well I think that was a pretty good training experience for Bee-Line. She got to see all kinds of new things, the Waterfront, a hoverboard. - Yup, bikes, other dogs. - Different people.
- Yup. - She got to eat ice cream which was my favorite part. (laughing) - But I think it was a
good training experience and we'll certainly come back and we'll be back again just to go through--
- Absolutely. So good for her.
- One more time. Yeah, it was really great. If this is your first time with us make sure you hit that subscribe button. We publish new videos every single week. If you liked this video,
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- I'm Kayl. - And this is Bee-Line. Happy training! Bye for now.
