Science based dog training

The science of canine learning

Understanding the science of how dogs learn.

If you don’t understand the basic science of how dogs learn it’s like driving somewhere without a GPS or perhaps more accurately like trying to drive with your eyes closed.

Dogs are intelligent, highly trainable creatures, and if we understand how they connect darts in training, we can be clearer communicators to our dogs about what criteria we want to see from them.

When people don’t understand or utilize, some key principles are often referred to the dog as “difficult or stubborn”.

Learning how to effectively communicate with your dog.

Basic principles of reinforcement go along way and helping our dogs learn tasks from simple to very complex. It’s amazing how we can speed things up and getting so much more focus and cooperation from our dogs when we are clear communicators.

Understanding how to work with a driven dog

Drive is a living breathing entity.

It cannot be cured/fixed/squashed or extinguished.

When working with drive ideally, we want to find a balance of teaching, the dog a limit of how it is allowed to express the drive and channel it into an appropriate outlet.

Maya’s owner thought Maya had a stick obsession when in reality, she is looking to satisfy her drive, and if we play tug-of-war with her this is absolutely a win-win for the dog and owner.

 

Hang around until later in the video and you’ll see my lovebird Clarence illustrate how we have to direct drive.

Her timing couldn’t be better and I was so glad I had her out with me this morning while I finished my breakfast and then sat down to film this video.

 

Hang around until later in the video and you’ll see my lovebird Clarence illustrate how we have to direct drive.

Her timing couldn’t be better and I was so glad I had her out with me this morning while I finished my breakfast and then sat down to film this video.

The science of how animals learn
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