11: When should you start training your dog and how long will it take?

When the dog is 6 weeks old, it is recommended to carry out obedience training for the dog. One training session is about 10 minutes, because the dog's concentration time can only be about 10 minutes. However, the owner can divide it into 3 sessions, 10 minutes each time, and train it a day. 30 minutes.

12: When is the recommended time for puppies to arrive at their new home?

The best time for puppies to go to a new home is when they are 45 days old, because the dog’s receptive ability is relatively strong during this time, but some people still recommend entering a new home when the dog is 80 days old, because before the dog is 80 days old, their mother You can teach them a lot of things.

13: Can dogs only be trained with food?

In the process of training dogs, not only food, but also clickers are a good choice. Clickers were first used for dolphin training, but they are also very effective when used on other animals.

14: Positive reinforcement

Giving rewards during training is to increase the likelihood that a certain action will be repeated. For example, if a dog runs over and gives food when its owner calls, and after a few repetitions, the dog will predict that there will be a reward when the dog is called again. Quickly run back to the owner.

15: Negative reinforcement

End the aversive stimulus to increase the likelihood that a certain action will be repeated. For example, forcefully press the dog's body to make it sit down, and then remove the body pressure until it sits down, so that the dog only does it to avoid pressure. .(This is an unpleasant way to learn)

16: Positive punishment

Aversive stimulation is used to prevent a dog from repeating a certain action. For example, people use a bark stopper to suppress a dog's barking. This thing works due to sound stimulation to make the dog stop barking. However, the pain of this punishment may If it exists in the dog's mind for a long time, it will become timid. This is not a good way to train a dog.

​17: Negative Punishment

Not providing a potential reward to end a behavior. For example, when a dog barks and the owner turns his face away, the dog will understand that there is no potential reward for the unwelcome behavior. This is the only method used in modern training that Punishment methods that have a place in dog methods

18: Classical Conditioning

This method is to make the dog produce an unconscious reaction under irrelevant neutral stimuli. There is a Russian studentPavlov, a scientist, proposed that he noticed that dogs would secrete saliva before eating. However, this reaction was not under the control of the dog's consciousness (unconditioned response). Later, he combined the neutral stimulus (bell) with the dog's feeding. This makes the dog think that there is food when it hears the bell, and it will secrete saliva. At this time, the bell has become a conditioned stimulus. This kind of sound training is often recommended as a valuable operant conditioning tool. (That is, today's clicker)

​19: Operant Conditioning

Knowing that one's own performance will affect the outcome of the behavior, people always don't understand why the dog always repeats the behaviors that have punished it. For example, the dog jumps around for no reason and successfully attracts the owner's attention, even though it attracts the owner's attention. Scolding or pushing it away, this kind of reward (attention) is more meaningful than the result itself. Therefore, the initial behavior becomes an effective behavior. It will also be used repeatedly by the dog. In addition, if the dog is jumping around It always gets no attention from its owner, but the owner will only pay attention to it when its four feet are on the ground. It understands the effective conditions for this action to not attract the attention of others.

20: How to use a clicker?

Before feeding the dog, press the clicker and let it eat. The dog will understand that there will be food after hearing the sound. It will imagine the sound as good and associate it with the food. In the future, as long as the dog makes You can press the clicker to give the dog a hint, and it will greatly improve this action. Clicker training can be divided into capture method, guidance method and sculpture method.