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Hello Dog adopters, I'm glad to share with you my experience as a dog trainer for 10 years, I'll be happy to see your questions and respond to help you to build confidence with your partner pet.
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I use relationship-based training, In this type of training I focus on the cooperative relationship between the adopter and the dog to achieve mutually beneficial results, while at the same time strengthening and strengthening their relationship.Hi. Welcome to the forum.
Could you tell us more about the methods you use?
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Can you explain a bit further about what relationship-based training entails? I'm finding it hard to find a clear description.
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I understand the difficulty of dealing with this training, not because it is difficult, but because it requires effort and patience because it is like teaching a child.
If your child is hungry, he starts crying. In this case, if you do not feed him, he will start screaming more. Not because he wants to disobey your command. He is just hungry and your emotion makes him more tense and irritable with your emotion.
So you have to understand your dog's personality first and that's what no one else can tell you unless he has lived with your dog for a long time, so it's your job.
And to be able to analyze your dog’s personality, you should pay more attention to his behavior, the movements of his ears, eyes, tail, and the way he smells things.
All of these factors will tell you a lot about your dog's personality, whether he has a leadership personality, or tends to have a completely subordinate and subordinate personality to you, from here you will draw a process for relationship-based training.
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Okay, so let's say my dog has a more leadership type personality. What might a relationship based "process" entail?
Again, I'm not thinking this training is difficult, I'm just trying to understand fully what it is and how it might differ from other forms of training...
Again, I'm not thinking this training is difficult, I'm just trying to understand fully what it is and how it might differ from other forms of training...
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Hunger isn't a behavioural choice though - the child isn't disobeying any command. I'm not trying to be pedantic, like the others I'm trying to understand what your method is.
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Dog training is largely an unregulated industry, (though that is changing as time goes on).
If I am looking for a dog trainer, there are few questions that I want them to answer.
1. What happens when the dog gets it right?
2. What happens when the dog gets it wrong?
3. What kind of equipment is employed and recommended to pet owners?
5. How do they identify fear, anxiety or stress during training?
6. Are training results guaranteed?
If I am looking for a dog trainer, there are few questions that I want them to answer.
1. What happens when the dog gets it right?
2. What happens when the dog gets it wrong?
3. What kind of equipment is employed and recommended to pet owners?
5. How do they identify fear, anxiety or stress during training?
6. Are training results guaranteed?
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These are reasonable, but tough questions to answer! I thought I'd take a stab at them from my perspective...
1. It depends on what phase of training we're in. Initially, when learning new behaviors, a treat or some treats and praise.
As training progresses and ques are loaded and learned, I will often just use a marker and keep going with additional commands/tasks, a process known as chaining.
I also use toys as a reward in various scenarios as a reward. Toys tend to excite puppies/dogs a bit more, so I only use them when a higher excitement level is appropriate.
2. Again, it varies. Initially I ignore failed attempts. But I use a marker too, to let the dog know that they didn't quite get it right - "nope" is what I use. I then encourage them to try again. Again, as time and training advances, expectations increase too. But markers help to communicate the results.
3. My personal preference is none at all! No collar, no leash, no nothing! Of course that's not always possible, given leash laws etc., but I'm a HUGE promoter of doing most foundational training at home and without restriction of any kind whenever possible.
If leash and collar must be used, I recommend a flat collar or a Martengale collar.
4. Missing???
5. Fear, anxiety, and stress during training is identified the same way as when not training, eyes, body language, posture, lip licking and/or excessive yawning etc.
If one's training is causing any of these signs it's time to step back and reevaluate the approach!
I like to view training as structured play. It doesn't need to be a set - and often - all-too-serious formal session. It should be fun and engaging and lighthearted. Everything you do with your dog IS training, because they are always learning!
6. This is the toughest question here IMHO! I can guaranty progress! But each dog will be different in the result achieved based on breed, genetics, previous training, habitual issues etc. So yeah, progress yes, end result after x amount of work, no.
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