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Hi, I'm Warren x9, you know, you've seen me on TV and you've heard me on the radio and today
I'm going to teach you how you can teach your dog to behave using my method which is
Hugs and kisses, you know
You don't have to be tough with your dog to make your dog listen if you take the time and have fun with it
Your dog will respond in an upbeat positive way
You know I've trained over 35,000 dogs for people such as yourself and some celebrities to Lily Tomlin David
Lederman Rodney Dangerfield and the one thing all these dogs have in common is they please their owners
But they do it with a smile never ever get angry with your dog
Take the time to make sure your dog's enjoying it and you're enjoying it and then everything will work out
Just fine
Not only are we going to teach you how to make your pet behave but we're going to teach you everything you need to know to
Make your relationship and the relationship with your pet the best ever from first aid for your dog
Through the proper way to groom your dog the proper way to stop your dog from doing those little things
We all see dogs do on the floor. You're not going to want to miss a minute and we're going to show you everything
You need to know to make sure that your relationship with your pet is good with hugs and
Kisses, what do you think?
As with anything else the proper equipment is essential when you're training your dog
But like anything else there's good equipment and there's bad equipment. This is the type of collar that I recommend
It's simply a rolled leather collar and it's rounded
so it doesn't really match the dog's hair plus it doesn't put that much collar around his neck and doesn't hurt him and
99% of the time if you're training your dog, you can use a rolled leather collar
but if you're starting with a puppy you might want to start with a little nylon collar because it's very very light and you can
Start and gradually get larger and larger collars. But again, you don't need something heavy on a dog
You just need something that's not only comfortable for you
But comfortable for your pet at the same time. A lot of people call this a choke collar. I call it a training collar
Yes, there is a right way in a wrong way to use it
You don't know how many people sit there and try to stick this hole through that hole and this hole through that hole
Obviously, it doesn't work. The proper way is to drop one end through the other and
Then they put it around the dog's neck
Well, this is wrong
Can you see the way the chain is coming over the top of that ring? If I jerk this it stays tight
No matter what I do. It stays tight
Physiologically, if I pull this way
Automatically my left hand fights me
So the more you pull the more the dog pulls and nobody learns anything and from a psychological
Standpoint when you jerk it, it doesn't release it stays tight. The dog says hey, when am I right? When am I wrong?
There's no difference see the chain coming over that now if I reverse this
Amazing, isn't it? I have the chain coming under the top
I put it back on and this time when I jerk it voila it releases so I can go no
What a good puppy. No, what a good puppy
So if you're going to use this type of collar and in most cases
It's not necessary use it the right way the best way to remember how to put it on the dog is just simply make a letter
P is if you're writing it the dogs in front of you slip it over and it's always on right
But again, it's not really necessary to use this type of collar
Now here's a collar that I can say without doubt. I don't recommend at all
this is called a prong collar or a spike collar and
I think people should use this on themselves before they ever consider using it on their dog in some cases
People actually sharpen this up. So if someone recommends this type of collar to you or someone even suggests the
Possibility of using this type of collar walk away because as far as I'm concerned, they should be against the law
Here's another collar on the market right out of Star Trek. This is an electronic shock collar the way it works
You put it on the dog
You press a button and the dog gets a shock and he's supposed to learn that way
Hey guys, you get a lot more with a hug and a kiss. So if someone says to you that you need a dog
With an electronic shock collar, and it's the only thing in the world that's gonna get your dog to respond
I don't want my dog to behave that well where I need to use something like this
Now what type of leash do you need for your dog? There are several leashes on the market
I've walked into homes where they had a puppy this big and they went out and bought a leash this big
This is heavy. Can you imagine something like like this on your neck all the time?
You don't need a heavy leather leash. If you're training your dog, you can use a light leash
What about a leash like this? I've seen people walk down the street with this size leash saying hey Warren
Look how good my dog heels heels. Where can he go? He's only got a foot
Don't use a short leash when you're working with your dog. Then these are relatively new
Goes long and goes short goes long and goes short
It may be nice for strolling the park from a training point of view. I really don't recommend this type of leash
What do I recommend?
a good
old-fashioned
6-foot light cotton web training leash
It's not heavy on the dog the dog can learn from it doesn't scratch your hand when it goes through
Gives you a good grip. So you decided to train your dog
99% of the time this and this is all you need
Think it out carefully buy the right equipment and training will be as much fun and as easy as possible
for both you and your pet
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Know contrary to popular belief, it's really important to start training your dog as young as possible
I constantly get calls from all over the country Warren
When's my dog gonna outgrow this problem or that problem?
Well, the bottom line is if the dog's five and a half years old
He should have outgrown it five and a half years ago. If you start teaching them young the same intelligence
It takes to learn something wrong can be used to teach them something right and you can start with them at a young age
for example
Psychologically puppies go through four stages of growth just like people do
Neonatal imprint juvenile and adult takes most of us 21 years
But by the time a puppy is 12 months old, he's psychologically mature
So start out on a sit-stay command you can teach the dog to sit by tucking under and saying sit
Give him a kiss. Oh, what a good puppy pick him up again. Say sit
Give him a kiss and now you're making it fun. So he doesn't even know he's learning
It's kind of like puppy kindergarten or puppy prep school. Have a good time with it
You want to teach the dog to walk on a leash and collar?
Well, then buy a collar and buy a leash and for five minutes a day put the collar on the dog
But don't clip the leash on let him just walk around for five minutes at a time with the collar
then after two days you can clip the leash onto the collar and let him walk around for five minutes with the leash and
Collar on together and he'll get used to it
What about noises though a lot of puppies and a lot of dogs are petrified of noises
How many people out there have dogs that afraid of thunder and lightning or someone knocking at the door?
Sometimes you can get a puppy adjusted to noises
Just by tapping on a pot and pan and saying hey, that's no big deal. That's no big deal
You can deal with that right? Yeah
Okay. So now you've got your puppy adjusted to noise and you want to call your puppy and you get down puppy coming the most excited
And this way he thinks he just did something right where in reality he was coming anyway
So remember if you start young with your dog and you have a good time with it
dog, and you have a good time with it, he'll go up to be just fine. And more
important than anything else, it's a big world out there for puppies, and many
people pick their puppies up no good. And remember, if you were a puppy, the world
looks real big to you. So the idea is to spend a lot of time down on your hands
and knees with all the puppies, and if you spend time down on your hands and
knees with the puppies, they're not afraid of you, they become well
socialized, and you know what? They grow up to be the best dogs in the world. So
start young, give them a hug and a kiss, they'll be your best friend forever, isn't
that right?
You know, one of the first things that most people want to teach their dog, and
probably the most common, is how to sit. But most people make a mistake, because
what they do when trying to teach their dog to sit, is they push down on the poor
puppy's rear end, and we don't want to do that. So here's what you have to do. You
start out by giving the dog a kiss, that's number one. Rather than push down,
you take your hand, and you tuck it under, and say the word sit, but say it
differently than anything else the dog's gonna hear. Sit. And the dog does it, you
say, what a good boy, yeah, what a good dog, okay. And then you do it again, you
say, sit. What a good puppy, okay, okay. That's a good dog. Sit. Good puppy. The
thing to remember is that you have to make it fun for the dog. Just a couple of
minutes every day is all the dog really needs, and also don't use the dog's name.
Don't say, Hildy sit, because by the time Hildy hears sit, she's gonna be so excited
from hearing her name. So if there's no motion involved with the command, it's
just a sit command, or just a stay command, just use the word sit or stay, but
make it sound different. Once the dog knows how to sit, you practice for a
couple of days, then you can start getting the dog to sit while you're
walking. You ready? Let's go. Sit. What a good puppy, okay. Sit. What a good puppy.
Practice that every day, and the dog will sit perfectly for you all the time. So
the dog's sitting, what's next? How about teaching the dog to stay? Stay is by far
the most important command for any dog to learn. Why? It calms the dog down. If
he's real excited and that tail's going back and forth, and grandma's coming to
visit, you want to be able to make your dog calm down. Not by yelling, not by
putting him in the garage, but by simply telling the dog to stay. Now when you're
doing the stay command, spell the word out in your mind as you say it. S-T-A-Y.
Take your hand and put it in front of the dog's face with the fingers down. Now
the reason we do it this way is because we don't want the dog to confuse it with
other commands he may learn later on. So here's how it's done. Start out sitting
next to the dog. Stay. Step away with the right foot. Now you have a triangle, but
the dog can still see the hand, and if the dog goes to move, all you need is a
little jerk. So again, stay. Step away with the right foot. Good girl. Stay.
Gradually walk in front of the dog, then walk back, and then stay as the dog gets
better. We can start to circle, and we can get wider. Stay. What a good dog. Stay.
But remember, every couple of turns, stay. That's a good dog. Stay. Stay. Good puppy.
Stay. Now once the dog has this down pat, you can send anything in front of the
dog. A ball, for example. Stay. He'll look, but he won't go. Stay. What a good dog. The
importance of the stay command, I can't emphasize it enough. It calms the dog
down. So now the dog knows how to sit. Now the dog knows how to stay. Well, let's
put that sit and stay into practical use. Grandma is coming over. It's Friday
afternoon. You got to pay the newspaper boy. Let's go to the front door and show
you how to make sure the dog sits and stays when it's really important. Let's
go, healthy. Stay. Stay. It's critical to teach the dog to stay by the front door.
After all, the door is constantly being open and closed, and when the dog runs
out, there's cars on the streets and many other dangers involved. It's also
important for the dog to learn how to sit and stay so that people can come in
without getting jumped on. And rather than no, no, no, no, no, by teaching a
dog a simple command like sit, stay, what you're doing is letting the dog know
that it's his responsibility to behave by the front door. Practice all the time
and you too can open and close your front door without any problems.
Tired of taking your dog out for a walk and having him walk you? Let's spend a
few minutes and learn the proper way to teach your dog how to heal. First thing
you need is a six-foot leash. You take the loop and you drop it over your thumb.
Mistake everyone else makes is they buy six-foot a leash, they put it on their
hand, and they wrap it around like this. Might as well buy two feet, guys. So you
just take the loop over your hand, drop the rest in your right hand, and grab it.
Start on your left foot and tell the dog to heal. But what if the dog gets in
front of you? No, you don't pull the dog back because it becomes a tug of war and
nobody learns anything. You start on that left foot. When the dog gets in front of
you, give him a little jerk. Not hard, a little jerk. Turn the opposite way and
just repeat the word heal. But just a few minutes ago I told you not to use the
dog's name. Well this is the heal command. This is exciting. This is emotional. Use
the dog's name. Get the dog excited. This is my friend Simba. The first thing you
do before you start any command is give the dog a kiss. Look him right in the
eyes and say Simba heal. The dog's in front a little jerk. Simba heal. That's a
good dog. Simba heal. And once the dog is working with you, Simba heal. You can
make left turns. That means you can go around the block both ways and you can
make right turns. Simba heal. What a good dog. Now sit. Good puppy. What's the
mistake that everyone else out there makes? They take the dog for a walk and
they always make the dog walk right at their left side. First of all, it's boring
for the dog and second of all guys, I don't want the dog peeing next to my
foot. How about you? So if you're just going for a walk after the 11 o'clock
news, I don't care if the dog's a little in front of you. I don't care if the dog's
a little behind you or even on the right side as long as he's not pulling. So take
that dog for that nice walk. Come on Simba. That's a good puppy and if the
dog starts to pull, just a little jerk. So now the 11 o'clock news is over. The
dog's not pulling you down the block anymore. You can go for that long walk. Say
good night to that newscaster. You ready Simba? Let's go for a walk. Simba heal.
Here's a command that every owner should teach their dog. It's called the come
command. Not only from a convenience standpoint, but if for some reason the
dog should get out of the house and you want him back to you, he has to know what
comes all about. The problem is most of the time when you call your dog, the dog
looks at you and says later. So you want to make sure the dog realizes when he
comes it's good and it's positive. And the reason that most dogs don't come
back when their owners call them is because their owners yell at them when
they get there. An example. Get over here. What did you do? Let's face it guys, if
you called me and said Warren come and when I got there he yelled at me, I had
any brains at all. It's gonna take me a lot longer to get back next time. I know
yeah yeah. So here's how you start teaching a dog to come. The first thing
you do is put the dog in a sit command. So you tell the dog sit, you tell the
dog to stay, and then with the most excited voice you have.
Sabo come that's a good dog. Now you have an option at this point. You can either
make the dog sit or just let him come there and think that the dog just won
the lottery. Yes what a good boy. You're so good. I know it's tough. It's tough. Now
another thing that's really important to remember about the come command is that
you don't always want to teach it when the dog is in a sitting position. You
want to teach the dog to come when there's motion because let's face it, how
often do you call your dog when he's sitting? Usually you call him when he's
chasing the cat, chasing the baby, or doing something other in the house. So
here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna teach the dog to come for motion. So you
start walking with your dog. Sabo heel. Come on. And back and forth. And then out
of the clear blue. Sabo come what a good puppy. Yeah that's a good dog. Yeah yeah. Your face is
gonna get wet on this command but it's worth every minute of it. Again just
start walking with the dog. Let's go Sabo. And out of the clear blue nonchalantly.
Sabo come that's a good puppy. Yeah. Sit if you want but it's up to you. The
important thing to remember is when the dog comes to you it's got to be an
enthusiastic command. It's got to have fun. It's got to have punch. It's got to
be there. It can't be calm. Let me show you what you can do. Okay you got the dog
coming from six feet away. Next you take a long leash. You clip it on the dog. You
clip the little one off. And now you're ready to do it the way we do it. You
start out by letting the dog go anywhere he wants. Okay Sabo let him just circle
anywhere he wants to go. Come on. That's it. Sabo come that's a good dog. What a
good boy. Okay Sabo get lost. Take a hike. I don't want to play. Bye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
Sabo come that's a good dog. Remember when the dog gets there make it fun. Make
it exciting. And I promise that you won't be saying to your dog please come
anymore. Practice 15 minutes every day and in just a couple of weeks your dog
will be coming every time you call him and it won't be any more of this outside.
Please come back. Please come back. But remember the most important thing is
that when the dog gets there he thinks that he's just done the best thing in
the whole world. And you did Sabo didn't you?
If there's one problem that's established between pets and their owners
it's housebreaking. The dog that pees on the floor and the dog that does well you
know what on the floor is probably the biggest single reason why pets and
owners don't get along. But do you know that you can housebreak almost any dog
in 12 to 14 days? A little time a little patience and a lot of love is all it
takes. But the first thing we have to do is get people over the embarrassment of
what they call their dog's accidents. I have adults and I mean lawyers, doctors,
policemen, firemen that call me up and says, Lauren my dog does doo-doo kaka
poo-poo. My little poodle Rainy rained on the kitchen floor. They've
called it Tootsie Rose, little cigars, packages, and one of my favorite the dog
left me a present. Now there's an easy person to please but really there are
only five basic steps involved in housebreaking and if you follow all five
steps carefully you'll find that in a short period of time you can walk
anywhere in your house barefoot without the fear of you know what. First of all
the most important thing is to make sure your dog is on a good healthy diet. You
want to regulate the water and you want to regulate the food. That doesn't mean
less that just means given its specific intervals throughout the day. So make up
a schedule that you're comfortable with. If it's a younger dog he might require
three feedings a day as they get older two feedings a day and even as an adult I
still recommend two feedings per day and once you've determined the right amount
of water and the right amount of food we have to make sure that we deodorize the
area. Here's the biggest mistake people make the dog pee-pees on the floor they
run and they get some ammonia to clean the floor up with. Well let's face it if
you've ever changed a baby's diaper you know what the pee-pee smells like it
smells like ammonia so in reality by cleaning up with ammonia what we're
doing is putting the same odor down on the floor the little dog runs over and
says oh there must have been another puppy in the house and he pees there
again so no ammonia. The other thing we hear all the time is vinegar. Well people
it's great for salads but lousy for training dogs. What you want to do is you
want to pick up a good odor neutralizer. Remember a dog's sense of smell or
olfactory is about 28 to 30 times better than ours so you can't deodorize the
odor because if you deodorize it then what happens is the dog picks up all the
little odors. You have to neutralize it so pick up a good odor neutralizer
available at your pet shop. Now let's say the dog has an accident okay we made a
mistake we turned our back and the dog has an accident. We're gonna use this for
the dog's accident okay. What most people do the dog goes to the bathroom over
here they take the little puppy over and they stick his nose in it they say bad
dog Fooey what did you do wait till daddy comes home all you're doing at
that point is telling the dog it's bad to go in that spot so he says okay pop no
problem tomorrow I'll go here or here or here or here. What we have to get across
to the dog is that luck. It doesn't make any difference where you go but anytime
you go inside that's Fooey. So the best way to do that is if the dog should have
an accident take the dog to a different area from where the accident occurred
pick up his mess and confine them with it for just a few minutes. Another thing
that you can do if the dog does have an occasional accident is start taking some
of his favorite food and put his food where he went to the bathroom and once
he sees his food there you know why he's not gonna want to go potty there
anymore. The most important thing to remember about a puppy is when they
first wake up they gotta go potty and after they exercise they gotta go potty
and if you give them the opportunity to go outside you'll find that the inside
of your house will be really really clean. Now here's something relatively
new on the market that's been recommended to a lot of people it's
called Cray training. Some people advocate it some people don't. I
generally don't like to use a crate the reason I don't like to use it is most
people use it the wrong way. Anytime the dog is bad guess what the dog goes in
the cage and many dogs spend eight hours a day in the cage and then eight hours
at night in the cage that's 16 hours a day. If you really want to use a crate
make sure you know how to use it properly but in 99% of the cases crates
are not necessary. Also if your dog is having a few accidents in the house and
you're putting the food there you put some of his toys there and he realized
it's a place where he can have a good time he's not gonna want to dirty there.
Now remember dogs are very very clean animals. The thing that's so important
for you to know is if you keep your dog clean you clean up the accidents with an
odor neutralizer get your dog on a regular diet and you exercise the dog
and take him out on a regular basis he'll be clean you'll be happy and you'll
both be over this little hurdle of housebreaking in 12 to 14 days and you
can spend the rest of your life. You know what?
Well does your house look like a disaster area because your dog or your
puppy decided he wanted to chew everything in sight? You know chewing is a
big problem that owners confront but it really doesn't have to be. There are only
four basic reasons why dogs chew. Either they're puppies like my friend over here
and they're teething and their mouth hurts or they're totally bored with
what's going on in your home or maybe they're not getting enough exercise and
in the rare case it could be nutritional problems. So check with your
veterinarian if your dog is on a good healthy diet gets vitamins on a regular
basis then you can rest assured he's either a puppy and teething he's either
bored as heck or he's not getting enough exercise and people make mistakes you
can't teach a dog not to chew but what you can do is you can teach the dog it's
good to chew on this and it's not so good to chew on that. Alright how many
people out there watching this video have given their dog an old shoe to play
with? Now I want you to stand up I'm watching you how many people out there
said okay this is for you but leave my Gucci shoes alone? Well the dog doesn't
know the difference between Gucci shoes and old sneakers so don't give your dog
any shoes to play with or sweat socks. God if they sold these at the
supermarket they'd be out of them all the time. People give their dogs old
socks to play with make sure you don't give your dog an old sock or toys that
resemble old socks. When you go out to buy your dog a toy what kind of toy do
you buy for your dog? What's good and what's bad? Well this is vinyl it's hard
rubber and you would normally think that this is good to give your dog but
because it's so hard the dog's teeth go through it they rip it apart and they
swallow it so I don't recommend vinyl what I recommend is good latex it's
softer the dogs love to play with it and the most important thing about it is
because it's soft they're not going to chew it apart but a caution take out the
squeakers please because the dogs can chew them they do swallow them and we
don't want our dogs to get hurt. Raw hide bones are excellent for dogs to chew on
so you think you're a sport you go out you buy your dog one bone big deal after
a day or two it's the same old bone mom it's the same old bone pop what you do
is buy yourself a dozen toys all at the same time what you can do is take a
dozen toys and put them all down on the floor and this way after you leave six
dogs down or six toys down for two or three days what you do is you pick them
up you put them away you put six brand new ones down you leave those down for
two days then you put the new ones and you rotate them back and forth every
couple of days it's like taking a toy away from a baby and giving it back a
day or two later it's like a brand new toy all over again so make sure to
rotate those bones on a regular basis and make sure you use natural rawhide
bones not bleached not glued together natural rawhide bones okay now you have
a piece of rawhide you have a puppy you want the puppy to chew on the rawhide he
doesn't like the flavor what do you do well dip it in some bouillon just a
little chicken soup put it in the freezer and give it to the dog to play
with you might say why a frozen bone well just like you would give a frozen
teething ring to a baby a frozen rawhide bone will take the pain away from the
puppy chewing so if you have a puppy and he's teething give him some frozen rawhide
to chew on okay you've all heard about these you've all seen them I'm gonna
tell you what not to do as far as I'm concerned the next item is ludicrous
ridiculous I can't believe some people use it your dogs chewing rub tabasco
sauce on it you know how mean that is a dog's mouth is very sensitive no
tabasco sauce it hurts jalapeno peppers it's amazing what people do to their
dogs hot Chinese mustard you know when I eat Chinese mustard what it does to my
face can you imagine what it'll do to your puppy please don't use this to
stop your dog from chewing there are products on the market that you can buy
that will stop your dog from chewing some of them are good some of them aren't
you're gonna have to play with them a little bit to find out what the best
product is some of them smell so horrible that people stay away and the
dog seems to love them so check it out carefully also if you have one of those
dogs that really doesn't like his rawhide bones here's a little trick that
I learned what you can do is take some cheese rub it on the insides all around
the bone and then put it down for the dog and he'll learn to play with it so
you have a dog and you want to make sure he's not chewing number one you're gonna
increase the exercise number two you're gonna make sure the dogs not bored
there's a couple of ways to do that you change the bones every couple of days
yes you leave a radio on a talk station for your dog you might say okay Warren
what is my dog gonna listen to is he gonna listen to talk is he gonna come
home and talk to me about politics maybe he is but the radio helps alleviate the
boredom it gives the dog something to listen to and keeps the sound in the
house constant here's something I want to point out only because I find it
really horrible I've heard rumors and stories about professional trainers and
people using mousetraps to stop their dogs from jumping up on things and
chewing if anyone ever recommends that you use a mousetrap for your dog take
their finger put it in here and let it close mousetraps should not be used okay
so you got your dog ready he's not chewing but occasionally when you sit
down for dinner you notice he's grabbing something in the corner you can take an
empty soda can you can put 20 pennies in the can and when the dog goes to chew on
something you can shake it just once don't even have to let the dog see it
you can go no and that'll grab the dog's attention and then you replace that with
one of his own toys or one of his own biscuits now let's say you have the type
of dog that jumps up on the counter and grabs things put some paper towel on the
counter put the can on the edge the dog jumps up the can falls down it's like
God corrected him you don't even have to be there and the dog will learn not to
chill all right we've covered chewing pretty thoroughly there are some more
things I just want to briefly touch with you number one if you have a puppy and
he's teething alleviate the pain by giving him frozen bones to chew on if
your dog is bored leave a radio on plenty of exercise hide things around
the house all the time for the dog to find and make sure there's a constant a
change of toys for your dog if he's not getting enough exercise will increase
that exercise because tired dogs sleep they don't chew your house apart and if
the dog has a deficiency nutritionally check with your vet and compensate for
that we have the exercise segment you're going to be seeing and we have the
latchkey pet segment that you're going to be seeing and we'll go into some of
the things that you can do to make sure your dog is getting the right exercise
at the right time and we'll also make sure that you know what to do when your
dog has to stay by himself chewing no big deal you can have a dog and have a
house that looks in good shape just like this just by taking a few minutes to
think it out first and remember when your dog's been good and you come home
from work or from shopping give that puppy a kiss for me
if you love your dog as much as I love my dog you're gonna want to make sure
that you understand first aid because first aid can save your pet's life
remember first aid is only the immediate care until you can get to a veterinarian
but there are times you may run across a situation where you have to take
immediate action first of all all dog owners should have a first aid kit
especially for their dog it may look like a human first aid kit it should
contain Pepto-Bismol kaopectate for you know what and an insect stick if case
you're out in the woods or out in the field and your dog gets stung by a bee
or bitten by an ant this will take care of it now there are times you're gonna
run across your dog and he may be bleeding he may have tripped he may have
stepped on a piece of glass it's critical to stop bleeding as soon as it
starts the best way to stop bleeding is to take a bandage put it directly over
where the dog is cut and press down with direct pressure and this will stop the
bleeding in extreme cases and only extreme cases a restricting bandage or
a tourniquet may be necessary tie it above the cut and then what you can do
is take a pen and turn it to stop the bleeding make sure you release it every
couple of minutes and remember the only time I want you to use a restricting
bandage or a tourniquet is when it's a life-and-death situation okay so first
aid kit for your pet you come home you find that your dog is choking to death
what do you do would you know what to do you may save your dog's life let me show
you what to do we know the Heimlich maneuver works for people but the hug
of life also works for your pet let me show you come on so you come home your
dog's having trouble breathing he's choking to death the first thing you do
is open his mouth by placing your fingers on top of the mouth and check
inside my what big teeth you have and check inside to make sure the dog's
mouth is clear but if he's still choking you can straddle over the dog
find the last rib and when you find the last rib you put your fist underneath if
you have someone to help you have them open the dog's mouth and lift up and
forward and up and forward and any foreign objects will come out of the
dog's mouth and it may be the one thing you learn that can save your pet's life
now what do you do if your dog's out in the heat and he starts passing out from
heat stroke or heat prostration the most important thing to do is get that
temperature down right away ice cold water and then get the dog to a
veterinarian and never under any circumstances exercise your dog either
just before food or just after food because they can get blowed some
precautions can make the entire difference as to whether your dog lives
a happy and healthy life or not so set up a first aid kit practice the Heimlich
maneuver with your pet for that time you may need it make sure you have kale
pectate Pepto-Bismol and insect stick bandages and all the first aid supplies
on hand because by knowing a little first aid you're gonna be better off for
it and you know what your dog's gonna love you for it too isn't there right
now you know what a guy
exercising with your pet it's really important perhaps the biggest single
cause of behavioral problems is lack of pet aerobics get your dog into an
aerobics exercise class it'll make you feel better in your pet at the same time
but just like with people before you start an exercise program check with
your veterinarian have your dog go through a stress test for make sure he's
healthy let the vet tell you how to monitor your dog on a regular basis
jogging with your dog can be fun but you have to be careful you start out a
little bit at a time and build up to it gradually till it's fun for you and fun
for your dog no one starts out as a marathon runner Dewey there are other
things you can do with your pet to exercise you might be looking at
yourself okay what's this man gonna do you're absolutely right
doggies sit ups and puppy push-ups if your dog knows how to sit all you have
to do is go sit take a step sit and up and sit and up and work at five or ten
minutes a day and those little rear ends oh look absolutely fine you got to build
up those muscles and get that dog in good shape what about push-ups you want
to look the front has to look as good as the back well push-ups are a little bit
more difficult but they do work and if you practice every day your dog will be
fine start out with the dog sitting sit and then you can tell you to stay down
and up down and up and down and up you saw it right here puppy push-ups practice
every day your dog will be happier you'll be happier and find other things
to do with your pet for example you can get a long leash put it on your dog take
them to a schoolyard take them to the beach let them run around this way you
don't have to worry about the dog running in traffic you want to play
frisbee with your dog that's fine but be careful sometimes when they come down
after catching a frisbee it's a little hard throw it on the ground let them
retrieve it back to you whatever you find fun for you and your pet practice
on a regular basis don't overdo it you'll be better for it and so will your
dog and remember after every exercise session what are you gonna do gonna get
right down gonna put those lips together and give them a kiss yeah what do you
think about these three common problems that a lot of people run across with
their dogs are latchkey pets you know it's the 80s more and more people are
working the two-income family so dogs do spend a lot of times home by themselves
and it's important that we compensate for that is your dog going through a
midlife crisis you know they all start out as cute little puppies with everyone
coming over and owing and owing over them and then all of a sudden they're
two three years old the walks get shorter the toys get lessened what about
depression can pets become depressed they sure can if you don't spend enough
time with your dog or quality time your dog can easily become depressed but
there are things you can do and many of the things go from one to the other in
other words whether your dog's depressed whether it's a latchkey pet whether your
dog's going through a midlife crisis there are things you can do one of the
things I recommend is plenty of toys the more toys you put down the less after
dog is to be depressed bored or even care whether you're home or not exercise
well it's important to exercise the dog on a regular basis and if your dog is
home by himself think about adding another pet it may be the answer a
second pet whether it be a dog or a cat does it make that much difference mental
stimulation you know the dogs home by himself all day or you just walk them
after the news or after lunch for five minutes take them for a long walk take
them to a beach take them to a park get him out of that regular everyday
environment take them on an outing make him feel good about himself leave a
radio on a talk station you know when I leave my house I have an answering
machine I turn it on and I call my dog from the road and I say hi how you doing
this is pop I'll be home in a little while I promise we'll play ball so don't
be afraid to do things that may sound crazy as long as it's making your dog
feel better new wardrobe well what happens when people go through a
midlife crisis they'll go out buy themselves a new suit of clothes have
their hair done well you don't have to dye your dog's hair but consider getting
your dog a new coat a new leash a new collar it may make them feel better
about himself and what about having a party for your dog now I know you're
sitting there with a cup of coffee saying to hear that right a party for my
dog absolutely sometimes dogs need other dogs to play with just like people need
other people occasionally so have a party let's party guys come on here we
go and you'll find that your dog will be happy you'll be happy yes it's party a
little bridge mix for Fido the dogs will have a good time they get to play with
each other and after all even we bore our dogs sometimes by giving them the
opportunity to interact with each other they'll be happier for it so go for it
have a party for all your dogs we all feel better when we're well groomed and
that includes our pets as well one of the most common questions I get asked is
okay Warren how often should I bathe my dog well the answer is when your dog
gets dirty and I don't mean that facetiously your dog walks into the
room and the room clears because the dog smells it's time for a bath you go to
pet him your hand doesn't come off because the dog is sticky then it's time
for a bath start with the ears and the ears should be done on a regular basis a
little cotton ball and a little mineral oil will take care of the job just make
sure you clean those ears on a regular basis if you notice the dog either
shaking his head or a bad smell coming from the ear have him checked by the
veterinarian because there could be an infection there and don't go down too
deep just the outside of the inside is fine now what about paws people never
think of paws getting dirty well if you take a look at the bottom of a dog's
foot you notice there's hair what you should do is clip that hair off from the
bottom of the foot and the reason for that is all the grease and all the dirt
gets there the dog licks it and saws can develop and in terms of the nails make
sure when you do your dog's nails use a nail clipper and just cut each nail has
a little vein that goes back further and further so clip the nails frequently but
don't clip them too short and if they do bleed it looks worse than it is there
are products on the market that you can use that will stop bleeding quick stop
there's many many products but it does stop the bleeding and if you're real
desperate a bar of soap over the nail and I promise the bleeding will stop now
you want to brush your dog there's hair all over your house what's the right
type of brush to use there are literally hundreds of brushes on the market if
your dog is matted you might want to try a little rake like this to get the mats
out but if you brush your dog on a regular basis as you should a good
old-fashioned slicker brush is just fine separate the hair brush one way brush
the other way get that undercoat make sure you get that excess hair out and
then you can put a little pompadour on if you want and have a good time with it
but brush the dog on a regular basis it's healthier for him and it's
healthier for you now if you have the type of dog like this that sheds an
awful lot to get rid of some of that excess hair take a damn chamois cloth
and every evening just rub it over the dog yeah just like this and that'll get
rid of a lot of the excess hair and prevent a lot of sneezing if there's any
allergies in your household now what about fleas and ticks that's a big
problem but let's face it you can't get rid of the fleas on the dog and not get
rid of the fleas in the environment because otherwise the dog just gets them
over again so there are many products on the market there are flea collars there
are flea powders there are flea sprays if you're going to use more than one
product check carefully that the products can be used with each other and
here's a good idea for you if you're going to vacuum up your house and you've
gotten rid of the fleas what I suggest doing is either throw the vacuum cleaner
bag away or if you can't take an old flea collar cut it up and drop it into
the vacuum cleaner bag so the fleas will die in the bag if in fact that's where
they are the most important thing to remember is to get rid of the fleas from
the dog as well as from the environment you can also take a towel and roll the
dog in the towel if you're not sure whether your dog has fleas or not
because if there's any fleas they'll show up as dirt in the white towels you
want to do that on a regular basis now you want to bathe your dog before you put
them in the bathtub a little mineral oil a little cotton ball stick them in each
year so the water doesn't go down take a rubber mat put a rubber mat on the
bottom of the bathtub so the dog doesn't slip use a dog shampoo there are many
dog shampoos on the market get the right one for your dog rub it in and then
rinse it off and probably one of the most important things to remember if you
notice stains on your dog and they're really bothering you little lemon juice
that's it a little lemon juice would take the stains right off okay it's in
between baths what do you do little cornstarch if you take a little corn
starch and you put it on the dog and then you brush it off you know what will
happen I'll take the grease and the oil off so that's important to remember so
in between baths clean your dog on a regular basis now we've got the whole
body clean right the whole body's in good shape how are we gonna take care of
them out doggy dentistry it's very important a lot of people don't think of
taking care of their dog's teeth but over 50% of dogs by the time they're
five years old have problem with their teeth if you have a dog take a
toothbrush a doggy toothbrush or even a little child toothbrush open the dog's
mouth little salt and water a little baking soda and water and you too can
make sure your dog's teeth are clean give them biscuits on a regular basis to
help whiten their teeth and for those dogs that don't want to be brushed you
can take a little cloth and rub it up and down on their teeth and get all that
dirt off on a regular basis if you're going to use toothpaste please use
doggy toothpaste don't use human toothpaste because sometimes human
toothpaste makes the dog's stomach upset here's what you got to do now you got to
make sure your dog is groomed from top to bottom including that mouth so he's
kissable because that's really important take the time to groom your dog
regularly you'll be happier and so will your pet
one thing we all have in common is we're all going to get older sooner or
later this is my friend Sadie and Sadie's ten years old and when we get
older we need some special care let's talk about some of that special care
that you can provide for your older pet first of all let's face it our stomachs
as we get older can't take all those tacos anymore the same thing with a dog
as they get older what they need is a little more change in their diet speak
to your veterinarian and perhaps your dog can't have as rich a diet as he had
when he or she was younger there are special foods on the market for the
older dog that are easy to digest and taste pretty good too don't you think so
Sadie also vitamins you know we start out as puppies and we end up as puppies
it's a good idea for the older dog to be on a vitamin on a regular basis simply
because he may not be eating as much as he was eating when he was younger and
it's also important to remember that you feed your dog more frequently smaller
amounts or maybe three feedings a day maybe four feedings a day but smaller
feedings to make his stomach feel a lot better what about grooming the older dog
okay when they were younger they used to run in the yard and roll over but now
they're getting a little bit slower a little older well grab that brush they
don't groom themselves the way they did when they were younger and spend some
time grooming them now when they get older they need hugs and kisses too so
spend ten minutes a day kissing and grooming kissing and grooming and brush
the dog on a regular basis now this is really important you see the nails on
Sadie Sadie's nails are a little long and when the dog gets older remember that
they fetal splay and with their arthritis it can hurt them a lot so it's
really really important to remember to keep the older dogs nails clipped on a
regular basis and what about that extra walk sure not just after the news not
just to go outside and do pee-pee kaka doo-doo but take them for a stroll
around the block it helps with their mind and it helps keep their body in
shape as well and if it's cold outside guys don't be afraid to put a sweater
on your dog don't be afraid to put a jacket on your dog okay it doesn't have
to match yours and you don't have to buy it at the most expensive store in town
but they get cold outside they get a chill so make sure you put a coat on the
older dog and when it does come inside after the snow or the rain please dry it
off it makes a big difference okay now you're gonna say Warren you're crazy
massage your pet that's right massage your pet I like a massage so does your
dog do it softly take your fingers and start at the back and work your way
around the dog not only does it feel good for the dog but it really makes you
relax too I'm about ready to fall asleep how about you say look at Sadie Sadie's
really into this massage and talking about massage what better place to have
a massage than on a bed you know those bones get a little brittle the dog gets
a little bit older you can get your dog a bed when they get older they need that
change what about keeping life exciting you know the problem with older dogs is
they get bored the problem with older dogs it's the same old thing day after
day well how about it guys take your dog to the beach take your dog to the park
and have a picnic for your dog by having a picnic for your dog it makes it more
exciting for your dog it's a new place it's upbeat the dogs getting loved the
dogs having a grand old time now you see these toys you might think these are for
puppies these aren't for puppies these are for all dogs especially the older
dog new toys help to keep the pet mentally stimulated and let's face it you
know you buy the dog a bone when he's five years old and he has the same bone
when he's 10 you're boring your dog so change the toys on a regular basis I
think that's really important and for those people that just have one older
dog how about a new puppy you know you can't teach an old dog new tricks but
sometimes all an old dog needs around the house is a new puppy to play with
like my friend over here now okay at first I agree maybe they won't get along
maybe they will but even if they have an adversary relationship the young puppy
is gonna keep the older dog active and an active older dog lives longer and
longer and longer so your pets giving you 10 15 years of his life he's had a
grand old time he's been your best friend in the whole wide world well now
that he's older spend the time to make the rest of his life or her life as
happy as possible you'll be glad you did and you know what so will Sadie the most
important thing to remember is to spend a lot of time telling your dog how good
he or she is and in return your dog will tell you how good you are spend a lot of
time working with your dog a little bit of patience a lot of hugs and a lot of
kisses and that makes the whole difference in your relationship and if I
leave you with one thought every day for five minutes make sure that you take the
time to give that dog your best friend in the whole wide world a big hug and a
big kiss from me
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