The Dog Training Experience

Inertia

This is the story of raising my own Border Collie, from those first puppy days into the much bigger questions that come with growing up together.

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Inertia as a puppy perched on Zak’s shoulder, with her front paws resting beside his face.

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Inertia as a puppy resting in her crate

From eight weeks to everyday life

I wanted to show you the whole process of raising Inertia in detail: what we taught, how we taught it, and the successes and mistakes along the way.

The early episodes cover sleep, house training, puppy biting, socialization and those first attempts at communicating with a new puppy.

Because Inertia is my own dog, the story keeps going.

You’ll see familiar skills meet new distractions, the work behind building a truly reliable recall and off-leash freedom, and the adjustments that come with typical adolescent struggles and reactivity.

As time goes on, we get to look back and review her training progress, how long things actually took, what worked and what didn’t.

Watch from the beginning if you want to grow with her. If you are further along with your own dog, the later episodes show how much there still is to learn after puppyhood.

A few moments from the series

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