we got a new dog...

Hey guys, welcome back to the channel. If you've watched recently, you can see that I've been dropping a little hints. Life changing things are happening. Well, our lives are changed. Meet Tripper. He's a Dutch Shepherd. I've always wanted a Dutch Shepherd. I think they're the coolest dogs going. Look at him. Doesn't he look like a hyena? Hyena dog! He's all brindle. He's got a black face. Dutch Shepherds can come in a bunch of different varieties, but I knew that I wanted a brindle. I've always wanted a Brindle Dutch Shepherd. Hey, careful of the kitty. Be nice. Be nice. Him and the kitty are friends now. We've had Tripper for one week. One week today. I picked him up in Sault Ste. Marie. I picked him up in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at 11.30 at night one week ago. Come here, bud. Tripper, come. Oh, buddy. Good. Come. Good. Come. So I got Tripper for many different reasons. It had been about a month, a month and a half since Scout went when we got Tripper, but we had been thinking of a dog for a long time, it's just we knew that Scout wasn't the kind of dog that would be happy with a puppy around, so we waited. And it might have been a bit too soon, to be honest with you. When I first got Tripper, he wasn't like Scout was when we got Scout at seven weeks of age. We've got Tripper at 9. Tripper, come! And Tripper is a little hellion. He likes to get into trouble. He likes to chase the cat. He was very, very scared when he got in. He flew in from Oklahoma. So anyways, a couple of reasons I got a dog. I wanted him to be my canoe tripping partner, hence the name Tripper. And another reason I got him was because I wanted a dog around the house. Which leads me into my sponsor for today, SimpliSafe. SimpliSafe is an incredibly effective reliable home security. 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But I got Scout at nine weeks of age and we got Tripper at seven weeks. Other way around. We got Scout at seven weeks of age and we got Tripper at nine and Scout was much bigger than Tripper is. And he was nicer. Scout didn't chew up anything. He didn't bite. He didn't go to the bathroom in the house. This dog was it from a host he was a calm puppy he was such a good dog but troopers are good boy too he just needs a little bit more training and he's already way better than he was like um he listens a lot better to me he can sit he can come uh he can stop chewing if i little put a little bit of force into my voice but i really wanted a dog that i could canoe trip with i could never do that with scout he was too big um he was too old by the time i tried to start tripping with him and whenever he was in the canoe he would cry remember that just constantly cry uh which isn't fun you know what i mean and he was so big that whenever he moved in the boat that it would it would rock the boat all around and almost tipped us once we'll be like that it's not fun so for me for this dog i really wanted a dog to go in my pack boat with me and that pack boat is way smaller than a normal canoe so there's no way i could get scout maxed out like 95 pounds when he was in his prime near the end of it is about like 60 65 but tripper is going to be a smaller dutch shepherd as dutch shepherds go i believe that the typical weight is 60 to 85 pounds but i asked for the small guy i asked for the runt i believe there was one female smaller than him and i i really had to debate in my mind whether or not i was going to get a female or a male like if you look around there's a lot of girls this is a female female cat as well who's honestly the best cat going still a girl i got these two and then emmy and i'm by myself i'm surrounded also so i didn't want to get a girl dog you know what i mean um just for that reason alone i feel like i want a buddy i want to be able to say buddy and it'd be kind of weird with the girl also i really really like the name Tripper and i had the name Tripper picked out before we had a dog yeah and it doesn't really transfer over to a female dog that well female dog might be more loyal it all depends I've never had one but anyway so I got lucky with with Tripper because his litter mates were like double the size of him but he what he makes up what he lacks in size he makes up for in ferocity he uh he growled at me and barked at me when I picked him up from the airport I had to go across to Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to pick him up and it was like 11 30 at night one week ago one week ago one week ago today he was a scrawny little runt in that thing terrified like i said he flew in from oklahoma he had been gone all day i think he left early in the morning i picked him up 11 30 at night like i said took him away taken away from his litter mates his mother put in a crate and shipped on a cold plane to canada where it's snow not oklahoma where it's not snow but he was scared he was very scared we have right behind there the camera we have an entertainment center with some blacked out like mirror type shelves sorry cupboard doors and he can see his reflection in it and he was losing it like absolutely losing it freaking two in the morning when we when I finally got him home terrified terrified of emerald terrified of everyone he's very very very connected to me now if I get up to go to the other room he'll get up and come with me come Tripper come see we're learning we're learning again listen we didn't have a puppy for eleven and a half years and when we did have that puppy best puppy going Scout did not give me any kind of trouble but it's good it's it's a it's a new venture it's a new ask that's a new journey in our lives has changed our lives has changed my life already I'm way more like all I have in my head is training this dog like I want to train this dog to be the perfect dog to be a perfect outdoor woods companion perfect canoe tripping companion I want to be able to take this guy not only on like short little overnight canoe trips but like a week-long actual canoe trip where I'm moving all the time and then even like a wilderness living thing where we're posted up in the woods and I'm fishing for my dinner and he's eating the the entrails or half the fish with me chasing off bears you know what I mean uh to me that's the epitome of having a dog i never got to do that stuff with scout and i really regret it and i i really wanted to now we're in a place for it i have the right kind of mentality of the right kind of dog for it small enough still crazy oh you're good kissy he i couldn't do that before with him he would bite my face he would bite my face now we can put him right in a kid's face he's okay oh no no do you just take her sooner you're dry we're learning we're still learning but he's a good boy doesn't he look like a hyena like Banzai from The Lion King, not Shenzi, not Ed but Banzai, so his real name is Tripper Banzai the most hip hipster dog name going, but he's a good boy and we have the area for him, you know we have the lake right behind us, we have all the forest here, uh it it would be a waste to not have dog here, hey hey good boy, good dog, oh yes good dog Tripper, good dog, good boy, so his ears will go straight up, if you see right now they're kind of hyena, note they'll go right up satellite dish style, a good boy, him and the cat get along, they uh he was very scared of her at first but they play so much now and it's very cute and him and Emmy are getting a little bit better together, she's little standoffish because he does bark, as you can see he's pretty wild, okay bud, gotta leave the kitty alone now she's not happy, hey what are you doing that's enough, that's enough, okay he does bark at her, it does bark when you want something and we're trying to not, we're trying to not encourage that by not replying to him, but Emerald is a kid and she jumps back or you know, i mean she does react to it, so he does uh bark at her a bit, but we're getting all over that, oh kiss kiss, good kiss, see he's smart he's a really smart dog, he's a working dog, he's a herding dog, uh he has a good bloodline and i'm hoping he's gonna be a life long companion at least for the next 12 years or so good boy so when we first got him it was very hectic and I was I was a little bummed out to be honest totally honest with you he was not what I was expecting I was expecting a Scout and I didn't get that but he's a different dog and that's good too it'll be a whole set of different challenges and Scout had like some some things about him that I didn't like and yes I didn't know how to train so I'm going to be getting a little bit of help from a dog trainer out in California named Robert Cabral Cabral you guys should look him up on YouTube I'll put his link in the description he's a very smart dog trainer and uses a bunch of different methods that I like with Scout I only ever used the prong collar and and I used it properly it wasn't inhumane and he wasn't scared of it at all he didn't run and hide when he saw it hey ouch good good good Tripper ouch good good yeah so I use the prong collar properly and it wasn't he was not scared of it he didn't run the other way he sat down and wagged his tail and waited for me to put it on but there are situations where that's not the right kind of training and I understand that and I don't think if anyone tells you one type of training is the right type of training I'm not going to listen to them because there's different situations for different dogs and also different situations for the same dog in different situations as it were right now I'm using positive reinforcement with treats leave it I'm using positive reinforcement such as treats and praise when he listens to me and I'm using negative with just really verbal right now I'm not going to put a prong collar on a nine week old puppy that's just not gonna happen for me but I do have like another martingale collar that kind of cinches down when you pull on it and that will help a little bit it's all webbing that'll help a little bit with controlling him his nipping at Emerald and and maybe when he starts to jump up on the couch i'll be just correcting him with that down off leave it type of thing and just a little correction um but yeah i'll be looking towards Robert Cowell for some help with this guy because i got to get him in the canoe soon there's no water it's all ice still so i got to get him in the canoe very soon with lots of treats lots of praise lots of have a good time in it to let him know that this is a fun spot not somewhere where I need to be walking around and nervous and and crying the whole time because uh that's not going to fly but yeah I couldn't even fish with Scout because he would go after the lure or he would think I was like throwing something for him I hooked Scout the one time in the chest because but this dog will be oh oh my good girl can I have a kiss you got a kiss for dad this dog will be my canoe tripping partner tripper bonsai so be on the lookout for more stuff with him let me know would you guys like to see a training a dog for a life in the wilderness type video or type series let me know I think that that might be a cool thing and I can get that Robert guy to help me with it just so like when I tell you things you're not wondering where I got that information from pulling on my butt type thing it's actually backed up and and he has videos of it all working and his dogs are amazing so Scout will never be forgotten he will never be replaced he's missed every day but it was time it was time for us to get another dog I see people walking down the street with their dog and I just get crushed I need a dog to to motivate me I need a dog for me to take care of someone Will's got the kids you know I mean she has that under control they don't even care about me being home it doesn't matter but I I don't want to go camping by myself all the time. Ah, you son of a gun. Near the end, Scout couldn't come with me because it was so cold and the snow was so deep and stuff. This guy, hopefully soon he'll be out with me. He's terrified of going outside right now. We have a neighbor, a German Shepherd named Cash, and he kind of went after him a bit. So we've got to keep a distance for a while, and we've got to let him know that outside is a nice place. But he's grown. so he's 10 weeks now actually 10 weeks old now he's grown since we've had him is that so leave it leave it oh you're gonna be long-winded um yeah he's gonna be a good boy i think he's gonna top out at about 65 pounds i would be really really really happy if he was like 60 55 but it just doesn't seem feasible but i don't want an 80 pound or 90 pound dog it's just too heavy the front of my boat front of my canoe like i was saying earlier would plow leave it no more no more it would plow into the ground into the water so i need to be able to like my backpack for canoeing for a canoe trip would be 30 pounds and this guy say when i first take him out might be 30 pounds 50 pounds um that'll be fine but when he gets full grown i might have to switch the gear around so that it's evenly keeled and he might have to go in the back with some of the gear some of the gear might have to go in the front I'm gonna get him a lifejacket I'm gonna get him a vest a tough backpack vest because his fur is not as long as Scout's was at all you can see it's very short so I don't want this guy getting too cold when I take him out to the bus stop with me in the morning he shivers and I have to put him inside my coat like a little suck but anyways this is our new dog Tripper he will be the face of my YouTube channel just like Scout was everyone will love the Tripper and watch the Tripper grow up and have fun exploits and watch him become an awesome dog because I'm sure he will be oh you son of a gun okay I got it what I do ouch now that was hard I walk away now I walk away and I pet the cat and I make them jealous it's actually a really good technique just to ignore him if he does something he doesn't you don't like but I have to go to get the kiddo from the bus stop because she'll be there in less than five minutes but I hope you guys enjoyed this little update video I hope you're interested in Mr. Tripper he's been a life-changing thing for us already it's very rejuvenating to have a puppy around and it's it's hectic but it's fun thanks for watching guys see you next one soon bye no bye not hi