When can I stop training my dog? – Blog from the Green Acres kennel store

When can I stop training my dog?

By Don Hanson, PCBC-A, Bfrap

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My students often ask when they can stop training their dogs. That’s when I ask them when you anticipate that you will stop learning. My point is that we are still learning while we are alive. The same is true for our dogs.

If our dog is awake, they learn from us and the environment in which they live. Since the environment is vast and is almost always available for our dogs, it offers more learning opportunities than us. For example, a child in a high chair or an elderly father at the dining room table can teach his dog by dropping accidental or intentionally while eats. In this case, your dog may be learning something that would prefer not to do so.

Understand that your dog can also learn from dogs and people interacting in the dog park or dog nursery. Even the wind that blows through your apple at the end of summer, causing the fruit to fall, could be teaching your dog. Taking into account that your dog is always learning, I think there are many excellent reasons to continue training.

Reasons to continue training your dog

We all need a review from time to time we hope to maintain our skills. While I had two years of German in high school, I have not used that knowledge and ability for years, and as a result, Ich Kann Kein Deutsch Mehr (I can no longer speak German). If we stop asking our dogs to do what we have taught them, they can be oxidized and not answer as well as we would like. MUPPY and I practice behaviors how to sit, leave it and remember regularly. Having a reliable leave it and withdraw can save your dog’s life.

However, I also practice training for my benefit. Training is a mechanical ability; Like all skills, it requires maintenance, just like a golf swing. The only difference between a click and sweets and a golf club and a ball is the hairy friend I am interacting is sensitive, while the golf ball is not.

However, a second reason and even more important to continue training your dog is that it is an excellent way to provide both mental stimulation. When Done well, the training will be fun and will make your link even stronger. That does not mean that it should be registered in a dog training class. A well -designed dog training program will leave it with the skills and knowledge you need to continue working with your dog much after completing the class; However, if you attend a class so that both can learn something new, why not? For example, Muppy and I recently attended a new kind of Forcefreepets, is offered called the joy of smelling. We had a great time! We both learned new skills, but, more importantly, we had fun doing something together. We are using what we learned several times a week

Remember, training does not need to limit yourself to things like sitting and remembering. You can teach your dog silly tricks or teach them to use their nose while playing fun aroma games like Find It. You will soon forget that you are learning when you and your dog have fun together. The best teachers I have had in my life could make learning fun.

My point is that minimally, at least we need to recognize that our dog will learn all his life. So why not use that enthusiasm for knowledge making it an opportunity to continue feeding our link with our dog while having fun?

Determine if your dog understands to sit

Students often ask, how can I know if my dog ​​understands what I am teaching you? The way in which we evaluate a dog’s training can vary with what we are teaching, the environment where we are testing them and the dog and their physical and emotional state at that particular time. Next you will find a method that you can use to evaluate how well your dog understands simple behavior as SIT.

In each scenario, you will give your dog a visual or verbal signal and seek to respond in 1 to 2 seconds, eight times of every 10.

• In three different bedrooms in your home
• For three family members
• With you stopped in front of the dog
• With you sitting in a chair with the dog in front of you
• With you sitting on the floor with the dog in front of you
• In three different places in your patio
• In three other places away from your home
• In a distraction environment

The definitive test can be if you can lie on your back in an environment where you usually play with your dog, and they will respond to your signal.

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Don Hanson lives in Bangor, Maine, where he is the co -owner of Green Acres Kennel Shop ( Greenacreskennel.com ) and the founder of Forfreepets.coma Online educational resource for people with dogs and cats. He is a professional canine behavior consultant (PCBC-A) accredited by the Professional Pet Accreditation Board (PPAB) and a registered animal practitioner of the Bach Foundation (Bfrp). Don is a member of the Professional Pet Guild (PPG)serving in the Board of Directors and the Steering Committee and presiding over the Defense Division. He is also founding director of Pet devocacy international (Piai). In addition, Don Produce and Co-Anphitations THE MEOW WOOF MEOW SHOW Podcast, available in The Apple Podcast application and Don’s blog: www.words woofs-meows.com. The opinions in this article are those of Don Hanson.

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