Don’t look at Teddy’s small size. It ranks second in dog IQ rankings. Therefore, Teddy is relatively easier to train than other dogs, but after all, dogs are Dogs, so you still need to be patient when training Teddy. So what are the common Teddy trainings?

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​Puppy obedience

　　Applying puppy obedience is an interesting topic in training. Puppies are generally not considered ready for formal training until they are six months old. However, many puppies often learn some bad behaviors before they are six months old. A puppy thought to be incapable of learning to sit still can learn to chew up every shoe it finds or jump on every guest. The misunderstanding that puppies can only learn [bad] behaviors but not [good] behaviors is the root of this contradiction. The solution lies in a thorough review of the methods used to teach puppies, rather than doubting their ability to learn. Traditionally, dog training methods have focused on forcing the dog to [obey]. Although [coercion] is an effective tool for punishing serious misconduct, it must be done by force. Trying to get your dog to learn new behaviors doesn't work that well. This forced method tends to suppress all behaviors regardless of good or bad, not just bad ones; imposing too much training on a dog too early may lead to training failure. To avoid this situation, you should focus on using positive rewards to train correct behaviors.

　　New tools

 Everyone knows that when training a dog, there must be a signal that clearly tells the dog "No!" In fact, when the dog does something right, a signal that praises the dog for being so good is equally important. If there is no such signal, it is equivalent to forcing the dog to guess which behavior will be rewarded. This kind of trial and error method takes a lot of time before the dog accidentally guesses it correctly, and there is no reward during the trying process. Think about it: there is no reward, and it takes a long time to try to succeed; the puppy naturally chooses to give up learning, and even decides that [learning] is not worth the gain. A simple "good" signal can make the puppy quickly confirm that it is doing the right thing, and also make it feel that the reward is not out of reach; naturally, the puppy will also like to learn more.

　　Associate signals with rewards

The first step in making the "good dog" signal effective is to choose a short, easy-to-recognize password. A simple example isShorten sentences like "Good dog, good puppy, mommy's little baby" into a command like "Good boy". At the beginning, while saying "Be good", you should give the puppy something to eat. Repeat this about twenty times. Note: The order of saying "good" first and then giving food is very important; pause slightly between saying "good" and giving food. Soon, the puppy will respond to the password you choose and start to expect you to give it a reward. In other words, you have successfully created the password "good". Now you have a powerful tool that can quickly tell your dog that he did something right.

　　Use subject matter

 Most puppies will resist unpleasantly when forced to sit. A better approach is to trigger the dog's instinct to follow the target. When a person holds some food and puts it in the puppy's nose, it will naturally turn its head as the food moves; if the food moves away, the dog will stand up and follow the food forward.

We can try this method to train the puppy [to sit down], and we will find the advantages of this method. First, find a piece of food that your puppy likes to eat and is of a suitable size. Remember, don’t choose a dog biscuit that is too hard or something that is too chewy. Because the dog may spend a lot of time chewing the prize hard, making the training progress too slow. Sit in front of the puppy and place the food between its nose and forehead. Don't move the food too quickly so that your puppy can't find it. Also, don't lift the food above the dog's head, otherwise the dog may try to stand up on its hind feet instead of sitting down.

 If your puppy tries to jump on you or pounce on the food, say "Wrong" in a normal tone and take the food back quickly. If you are lucky, the puppy will naturally lean back following the food and sit down. As soon as it sits down, say "Good" to it and then give it food. Don't be discouraged if your dog doesn't sit down; some puppies will naturally back away or even stand up to get to the treat. Generally speaking, when trying to train a dog to do a certain action for the first time, if the puppy does not do the complete set of actions, try to let it do part of the action.

 Take training a dog to sit down as an example. If its hind legs relax when you lift the food above its nose, you should praise it (good) and give it the food. Continue the same training and try to relax the dog's hind legs more each time. If this continues, the dog will slowly learn to sit down. Try not to lose patience, or press your puppy's back to get him to sit. The significance of this training method is to induce the puppy to learn by [rewarding] rather than forcing the puppy.

　　 If you can successfully get your puppy to sit every time, you can move on to the next step of training. Follow the steps below and you will soon get surprising results: 1. Say "Sit" to the puppy 2. Move the food in front of its forehead (the puppy should sit down at this time) 3. Praise It is [very well-behaved] 4. Give it food. This training can easily be extended to the "stop in place" movement. This is done by pausing for a few seconds or taking a step or two back before you say "Good boy." If your dog wants to stand up before you say "Good," say, "Wrong," and then do it again. If the dog stops in one place, say "Good boy" to it.

 And give it a prize to let it know you like it. The secret is: Don’t keep saying: [Sit, sit, sit] to your dog. Just say it once. The goal of this training is that the dog will respond immediately as soon as you say the command, instead of taking action after saying it twice or three times. Don't yell at the dog like the squad leader in the army. This can prevent the dog from being timid and make it feel that learning is an interesting experience.

　　Train the puppy [come over]

　　Teaching your dog to come to you when you bark is an important behavior training. The following steps can be quickly learned by your dog: 1. Ask the puppy to sit down. 2. Take a step back. 3. Say "Come" to the puppy. 4. Place the prize at your feet and make sure the dog sees the prize. 5. The puppy should now get up and come over, wanting to eat the prize. 6. Before the puppy's mouth touches the prize, say "Good boy" to it. 7. Gradually increase the time the puppy sits still and the distance between the prize and the puppy. 8. Try saying "come" to your puppy in situations other than training.

　　How to apply punishment

When training a puppy, you must establish the concept that punishment is used to correct inappropriate behavior. [Penalty] has become almost taboo over the past few years. Many people mistakenly believe that punishment is cruel or even a useless training tool. In fact, as long as punishment is applied in the correct way and at the right time, it is quite effective when it is used to prohibit a puppy from doing a certain behavior. Traditional punishments are usually given long after the dog has made a mistake, and then at will according to the owner's mood. These old-fashioned punishment methods are not so much training as retaliation for the dog's disobedience. People who train puppies with completely positive rewards are certainly very respectable, but there are even fewer people who know how to use punishment correctly and achieve training goals. In a state of frustration at failed training, most owners will resort to old-fashioned punishment, such as spanking their dog.

　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The irony is that although social atmosphere has changed and people no longer use traditional punishment methods, examples of animal cruelty continue unabated. To resolve this contradiction, we must rethink our moral views on [punishment] and how to correctly use this powerful training tool. We usually think that people with high moral standards would never inflict pain on their puppies. But this argument is good in theory, but impossible in practice. Let’s take a puppy to the veterinarian as an example: we ask the veterinarian to give the puppy injections, draw blood, and touch it roughly. When the puppy is old enough, we may even have it undergo a knife or sterilization operation. If we still insist on [not letting the puppy suffer], it is really a kind of hypocrisy. We will make dogs uncomfortable or even painful for health reasons; but we are unwilling to punish puppies for training requirements. To change this prejudice, we must revise our moral values ​​and adopt the principle of "doing no harm to dogs" instead of hypocritically insisting on "doing no pain to dogs".

　　Correct the habit of jumping on people

 For example, to correctly break a dog's habit of jumping on guests, you don't have to hurt it. First, you have to find something your dog really doesn't like - like a water gun or a spray can full of water. Then, try to get the puppy to associate the water gun with the signal "Don't do this again" (you can use the "No" command). The command "No" is telling the puppy that "this behavior will be punished". The timing of "No" is very important: you must tell the puppy the moment it makes an incorrect action. The action of spraying water can be delayed for a few seconds before doing it. For example: a puppy jumps on people--

　　 1. The puppy started to jump

　　 2. Say [No] to it

　　 3. Spray water on the puppy

　　 4. Ignore it for the moment (about one to two minutes)

　　5. Continue this process until the dog stops jumping

　　 6. When the puppy starts jumping again, say to it "Sit down"; if it sits down obediently, give it a reward. It should be noted that although the general training rule is to reward the puppy when it does something right; in fact, if the dog accidentally associates this reward with the wrong behavior pattern, it will cause problems.

For example: The puppy jumped on its mother, and the mother yelled "No" and sprayed water on the puppy. The puppy sat down obediently, and the mother rewarded it. In this way, the dog may mistakenly think that as long as it canIf it endures the feeling of being sprayed, it will be rewarded by its owner. A better approach is to wait until the bad behavior is completely corrected before giving rewards to strengthen the impression.

　　Prevent puppies from biting

 Another situation where punishment-based education methods are applicable is to prevent dogs from biting. Prevent puppies from biting

  The first line of defense is to keep your dog out of things he shouldn’t bite. Put your shoes in the shoe cabinet and close the door; put expensive books on the bookcase, not on the coffee table. In short, just put away every precious thing and keep it away from the puppy. But while putting things away is a good idea, this approach has two fatal drawbacks. First of all, this does not teach the puppy to avoid dangerous things and places. Second, most owners underestimate a puppy’s ability to find chews.

The only way to ensure a safe environment for your dog is to teach it what things it can play with safely and what things it should stay away from. The first step in training is to teach the dog the command "No". Whether the time to say "no" is correct or not is an important factor in whether the puppy can understand why it is being punished. There is a good training item that can be used for this training-extension cord. Electrical wires covered with rubber insulators are one of the most dangerous things to an unsuspecting puppy. To a puppy, the extension cord feels and bites exactly the same as the power cord of an ordinary electrical appliance, except that the extension cord is not plugged in. Put the extension cord in front of the puppy, then leave its sight, hide in a corner, and observe its movements (you can also use a mirror to observe). Once the puppy discovers this new toy and starts to bite it, immediately say "No!" and spray it with water; then give it a stuffed toy to bite. Practice this regularly until it becomes a no-no.

The same method can also be used to prevent dogs from biting shoes, books, magazines or other things. If you continue to use praise or petting to teach your puppy to bite only what he needs to bite, the biting behavior will be greatly reduced