Use sound to train your Labrador
You can set things up in a controlled way so you can use sound for training purposes. This lets you get the exact result you want.
The 4 steps we are going to describe should be carried out in different places. We are going to try to get inside our dog's mind to understand him better in order to start our work.
They think, have a sense of humor, communicate, tease, lie, steal, etc. just like any one else. But, they don't think human. Dogs are limited to thinking like dogs. It's your responsibility to think things out from their perspective and try to use good judgement.
Be consistent. Dogs get confused if you're not consistent. Now that you are getting familiar with teaching a command through conditioned reflex, you can use similar techniques to stop or break any behavior whatsoever.
A set of cans on a string is great tool in helping to change the behavior. What we do is allow the bad behavior, make a sound with the string to stop it, and then praise him. This conditioning is the key to success.
Every time we create a sound this way, we praise him until he stops the behavior. You have to be ready to start the sound again when the behavior starts. You have to get past the point where you say to yourself "why should i praise him ?" but it works. As we said before you have to stop thinking like a human.
Of course, you may continue correcting your dog forever, as most trainers do. We do not understand why a trained dog needs correction. Seems that if he were trained, that would be the end of it. That would imply that if a trained dog makes a mistake, that this mistake is probably not an accident, but rather, a challenge to your authority.
Perhaps this is why so many trainers seemingly enjoy correcting their dogs forever. I guess the real reason it is so difficult for us to share the Wits' End Dog Training Method with other pet professionals, is because we take all the satisfaction out of "dealing with" and obstreperous dog. The problem is, that corrections do not teach new behavior.
The 4 steps we are going to describe should be carried out in different places. We are going to try to get inside our dog's mind to understand him better in order to start our work.
They think, have a sense of humor, communicate, tease, lie, steal, etc. just like any one else. But, they don't think human. Dogs are limited to thinking like dogs. It's your responsibility to think things out from their perspective and try to use good judgement.
Be consistent. Dogs get confused if you're not consistent. Now that you are getting familiar with teaching a command through conditioned reflex, you can use similar techniques to stop or break any behavior whatsoever.
A set of cans on a string is great tool in helping to change the behavior. What we do is allow the bad behavior, make a sound with the string to stop it, and then praise him. This conditioning is the key to success.
Every time we create a sound this way, we praise him until he stops the behavior. You have to be ready to start the sound again when the behavior starts. You have to get past the point where you say to yourself "why should i praise him ?" but it works. As we said before you have to stop thinking like a human.
Of course, you may continue correcting your dog forever, as most trainers do. We do not understand why a trained dog needs correction. Seems that if he were trained, that would be the end of it. That would imply that if a trained dog makes a mistake, that this mistake is probably not an accident, but rather, a challenge to your authority.
Perhaps this is why so many trainers seemingly enjoy correcting their dogs forever. I guess the real reason it is so difficult for us to share the Wits' End Dog Training Method with other pet professionals, is because we take all the satisfaction out of "dealing with" and obstreperous dog. The problem is, that corrections do not teach new behavior.
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