Farm Puppy's First Day of Work 

17:40 Man, Toby is such a rock star. That was the *perfect* "No, not yours," for a dog. Firm, clear, not overly aggressive. Side note, your "yes" works exactly like the clicker. I've always prefer to just use a vocal cue instead of having to have another thing in my hand for rewarding.

Love how you always compliment Toby whenever you compliment Abby. Good way to avoid jealousy!

You're a very good human being Morgan. Intelligent in the sense that you learn, research, and take criticism. Love your work man. I'm really glad I found your channel somehow lol. :)

Came from Facebook. Came across your videos there and searched your channel in RU-vid and now I'm never leaving.

the way Toby corrected her for wanting to steal his treat was so right, not too much not too rough, just reminded her that they are friends but there are boundries

Yes, Toby is fantastic with Abby! He's her playmate and supervisor, and it's good that he corrects her behavior just as you would. She's going to be great!

Abby is such a smart dog already and needing very little scolding but clearly responding to the positive reassurance that she is a good dog❣️❣️I love how she sits very much like a lady so she is appropriately named Lady Abby♥️♥️ she and Toby will make very beautiful babies in my opinion not to mention extremely smart puppies❣️❣️❣️❣️ I am so happy you were working with Abby‘s instructions right away, Morgan!! You are so good with her and very good to make sure that Toby is not jealous of Abby and also not to upset Toby‘s routine such as, feeding him first even though I know you have the instinct to want to feed the puppy first because it’s a baby, she doesn’t care whether she’s fed 1st or Not!! Also I like it that you train lady with Toby so that he doesn’t get jealous. I think by doing them together he will feel like he’s a part of things and he’s not being left out and so there’s no room for jealousy. She gets praised and he gets praised. He also gets a sense of jjjjj you’re wanting her to do so that he begins to understand what he will need to do to keep her safe as well as in line as d

Anything with the word puppy in the title makes me click it so fast. Abby is just so adorable. She's going to be a great working dog.

So nice to see Toby and Abby playing together!

Wow just look at Abby, she is so affectionate and loving. Really adorable.

😄😄🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I knew Toby would love playing with another pup. Wonderful to watch the two of them.

Loved Toby's little 'get out of my face' correction there.

I love how her and toby interact! Way to go Morgan! your farm is overall still looking great and getting better by the day!

"4 basic commands" is so spot on! My dog can understand at least 50 words and I've only ever taught 4 basic commands.

She is SOO adorable!! She's obviously going to train very well.

I’m just so impressed Morgan with your training of your of Abby making sure that Toby gets rewarded for his good behavior which is just average for him but still so he doesn’t get jealous you’re really a good trainer

“Leave it” is supper important and pretty much the one command you should teach other than come and sit.

She has gorgeous eyes. Nice seeing all these animals living in harmony when if I randomly picture them together I'd expect chaos.

Wow Abby is doing so good , Good Luck your doing a fine job training her

Abby is such a good dog!!! She is going to be so easy to train!!! You got very lucky with her Morgan. Can't wait to see her in future videos!!! As well as all the other farm animals...

WOW she learns fast🐕👀.....Thanks Morgan 👍

So proud of her. Was Toby just playing or was he trying to help her understand the "stay" command? She's a smart pupper. I loved Morgan having a morning debrief with the ducks and getting their cooperation. 😂. I work in an office and our meetings usually aren't as productive, maybe we need ducks in the next meeting.

Abby is doing so well! I think it was probably a good thing the geese picked on her a little

Am enjoying watching u, Toby and Abby working together in training. They both r very intelligent doggio. Thank u.

That's awesome for Toby dog too!! It's cool to see him run around and play with her. (And you just said that lol)

Oh Morgan you just tickle me. I was giggling all through your staff meeting with the birds. I tried using a clicker with my pup but it was cumbersome, and I would often forget to grab it. So I just made a clicky noise with my mouth. It was much easier timing wise and just as, if not more effective. I used a different, lower noise as a warning alert, as she got older I rarely had to correct her with anything more than the warning noise. That's just what works for me though, I'm sure you will figure out what works for you and Abby. & Congrats!!📖🌈

What I really liked about Toby's interception was that it was firm but fair, Toby is a) showing that he has seniority and b) showing that he considers your word law. You said it was his treat, therefore it is. It didn't cross over into food defensiveness either which is exactly what you'd want to see from a guardian dog like Toby. Although you can definitely see he considers her different to the rest of the animals on the farm, he definitely recognises her as above the other animals, and thus he's stricter with her. His little corrections of her will work wonders in the long term, as she gets to grips with her role. You really trained a goodun in Toby, and I'm sure you'll do it again with Abby!

Looks like she is going to fit in really well… and sensibly wary of some of the birds instead of bounding in to chase, which is so good in a puppy

Your four core commands are the same for me! People always think I spend hours training. Nope.

*@Gold Shaw Farm* 12:17 You need to fix Tobys doggy door again (maybe the thinnest plywood & a 2-way hinge? Maybe can use some kind of cloth or leather as a hinge?) Yeah, he "can" bounce out the geese, but he shouldn't "have" to do that. 13:46 Great work! :D

Such an awesome reference video in general. Love everything you are doing these days brother. Wish more people were like you.

Thank you! I feel better now!

She is doing great!

I would love to see the puppy"s house covered with the translucent plastic to block the wind. She looked so comfortable on the bed in the hotel, I hope she has a life full of comfort and not just a straw floor.

I like that he always says realease the quacken👍 5:51

"I'm just hanging out here with my chicken," I bet that not a line Morgan imagined himself saying as a kid. 😁

TOBY LOOKS HAPPY

Your training looks fine for the most part. doing the click treat, click treat for the slightest move towards the desired behavior is exactly right. It also is fine to sub "YESS" in because eventually you won't want to carry the clicker around. She looks like she's fitting right in. Well done.

Abby knocking over the camera is like she is envious of your attention to it? 6:10 love that part

I love that puppy energy I miss that she's so adorable:) I remember when my lab was that little you should also try to get her not to jump which I'm still working on to with my dog as she gets more comfortable she'll want to jump on you but it will just come with time. I love how excited toby was when you got them food lol

Great job with the training Morgan! Abby has come so far already. I would caution against saying "sit" or "stay" multiple times in fast repetition as it is setting a precedent. Try saying it one time and let it sink in. When constantly repeating yourself, she will start thinking "sit sit sit sit" or "stay stay stay stay" is the command, instead of just simply "sit" or "stay"

Piece of advice from a dog trainer, if you need to use a command more than once then you've failed. Use the voice command, then incorporate a hand gesture to reinforce it. So say stay once, then use a upstretched palm gesture to reinforce the stay. You also need to incorporate a break command so they know when the release.

I love the puppy!!! Thanks for your videos they always make my day :)

You can HEAR how cold this is by the crunch of the snow.

The play time makes me happy:)

I love how Abby was laying on your lap showing her belly sooooo cute 🥰

Morgan, don't repeat the command over and over. You're teaching her that the command is "stay, stay, stay" and not just "stay". It is so nice to see how well behaved she naturally is and good-natured too. And Toby is doing a great job with her too. He knows when to play and when to put her in her place.

Ahhh!!! 💖 She's a such a. precious🐶puppy ‼‼

15:01 Abby seems to be so curious when it comes to the camera, maybe it's better she decided to mess with your goPro instead of chasing a chicken like last time lol . can't wait for the next video to see the introduction of fuzzy baby cow #1

She is a natural

You really make my day

It never occurred to me that I would be interested in the training techniques of a lifestyle guardian dog, but I find it fascinating! Looking forward to more episodes of watching Abby learn and develop.

17:32 This is good. Toby is correcting her. Technically, he's establishing social order, but it's the same thing here.

Abby looks bigger!! ❤️

Beautiful Dog!!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼

This was the cutest most informative dog training video that had me giggling! Seriously tho I am implementing your way of training!

Haha, 'need to go outside because of training purposes' - great comedy in my opinion.

I saw a dog house for a livestock guard dog that was built with a heated floor. We had a dog house one time that had the heat pad which we put a timer on .

I want a fluffy white dog that rolls around. Every time I see the face of a maremma or other maremma-like dog, I think "that's the dog for me". I feel that way with all dogs. Especially all of them.

I never got comfortable using a clicker, so I used hand signals as a complement to the usual praising when training my puppy the basics, so if he ever got bad hearing later in life he still could take up cues by me. eg. Sit open palm upwards, Come here tapping palm on chest, Stay with palm forward, Heel tapping side of my leg. These cues worked for us at least.

Abby is our new friend :)

What a big baby!♥️

Amen Amen GODBLESS U 🙏🙏🙏🙏:::: thanks for sharing your videos with all of us humans Abby the majestic gorgeous attractive beautiful looking cute cuddlebug snugglebug and huddlebug sweetie pie puppy l just love ur videos l think that ur very very smart and intellectual with ur FARM and FAMILY MEMBERS TOGETHER and ur videos are definitely definitely interlectal keep making more GODBLESS U 🙏🙏 all

When you want to make her stay, put your hand up like a stop sign, and say stay. That she'll make the associations you want. Good luck Morgan. 😂

she has gotten so big

*Toby corrected Abby well when she stole his treat. Although that’s the pack leaders job aka the human-Toby applied the perfect amount of pressure to teach her that behavior was not okay.*

Abby looks to be an asset to the farm.

Toby is so hyped!

I enjoy all your videos but I particularly liked this one as it was so informative. Thank you!

Super interesting Morgan, thanks!

Not sure if you saw but Urban Rescue Farm apparently challenged you to build an even better "homeless shelter"/shelter for pigs :) Not sure how serious he meant that in the video - but it was a shoutout to Gold Shaw Farm regardless! Maybe you can come up with a different shelter? I enjoyed when you had ideas for the hoop coop/hoop house and obviously Toby's place!

Show me the pup and no one gets hurt 😍

If the door for toby fence keeps breaking install in from the middle of the wood hanging down so it won't bend when he goes in and break

I busted out laughing when you said - "You're smashing them like Sean Penn." Hilarious! 😂😂🤣🤣

She is so cute and really smart. Ur really good with them. Ab

Abby is doing so good! I'd love to try goose eggs! I get duck eggs locally.

"Destroying them like you're Sean Penn." Killed me lmao

This was interesting to me. I used to train guide dog puppies. Some of your methods are the same, some are different. The big difference is that your dogs are off-leash all the time which requires more adherance to them paying attention directly to you. My uncle has work dogs on his sheep ranch, they require some different skills as well...and the dogs are further away from him. But all the dogs seem happy to do what they are supposed to do. Being treated well seems to be a common denominator.

Lovely!

I used to " click" with my tongue. It saved the time spent searching/ digging into pockets. Just had to reach to treat pouch. After all I usually had at least 1 hand with a tool in it.

HE JUST DROPPED THE CHICKEN LIKE THAT OMG

Toby was like: “damn pup, that’s a nice turd 💩 “

03:39 Molly in the backround :D

Great video!

When I was training my dogs, I used hand signals...after I realized I was confusing myself and them with the clicker because I wasn't consistent with it. Worked well. I swear, a pack of hot dogs and 15 minutes and you can teach a dog just about anything.

Cog Hilll farm have lots of birds plus 2 guardian dogs. Gave a look at their videos and may be reach out to them re their dogs....

You should have started by training her to exercise the chickens. After all, she showed she had a knack for that in the video the other day!

Sean Penn. hilarious!

Abby wants to play the GoPro more than the ducks

Click with your mouth, not a mechanical piece that could get lost. Can you whistle? Great tool.

Hey iv been watching the channel for about 4 1/2 years and I absolutely love your videos and live streams but I think you should make some more videos about the ducks. Thats no saying stop what you're doing now but I just suggest you can make Maby like a update video on the ducks just an idea its your channel thx and keep up the good work!

SQUATTERS LOL about living arrangements Morgan. After they are married they are going to need at least a three bedroom maybe Cape Cod Style or a typical farmhouse.

"...like a psychopath" had me laughing 🤣

The clicker is just a tool. I like having a word too that means The same thing as a click. Then i use The word when i dont planned on training but The dog did something Great. And The clicker in more planned training sessions. (not lsg but agility and some obedience training)

that's the perfect first step to training a puppy, burn off the puppy energy before trying to work with them, #1 way to be successful

My big question is how are you going to prevent Abby and Toby from making puppies before you are ready?

i love abby

cute kid

Yup, dogs are pretty sensitive. I worked pretty hard to get my dogs used to everything possible like hats, skateboards, huge freight trucks, etc. I thought he is was cool with everything by the time he reached 3 yrs old... but then he got spooked by a garden gnome.

On your point on the dogs needing to be comfortable with the pack/ defender of the pack… how do you train them with the cows as well as the birds, is it a different type of training?