Training a dog to do tricks can be an excellent way for dog owners to spend time with their dog, and at the same time building a top notch relationship with him. Training a do to do tricks is extremely simple when you understand the basic concepts of dog training. In this post, I will talk about them in details in hope to help others who may be attempting to find this data.
1. Dogs learn in the moment.
Humans ponder and think about past experiences to do things better and better. Sadly dogs don't learn this way; they find out everything in the moment. This suggests that if you're going to reward or punish a dog for anything, it has to be while he is doing it.
Let us take training a dog to roll over for instance. You can wish and hope that your dog thinks about rolling over for days, but your dog isn't going to do it unless there is something in it for him. The way to teach a dog to roll over is by giving him something that he likes straight after rolling over. So if you were to give your dog a treat every time he roll over, he can learn that rolling over is what earns him the treats!
2. Dogs are inspired by 3 things.
As much as your dog loves you, he can only do things for three different things, praise, food or toys. Praising your dog can be physically touching and petting your dog together with great vocal encouragement on your part. I do not believe that I must tell you about treats, but most dogs are highly motivated by food and treats due to highly survival instincts. Some dogs also love toys very much! Some breeds are more active than others so a tug toy or a squeaky toy can be rewarding for some dogs.
Which one of those three motivators is the most powerful with your dog? Often dogs will value one of each of the three motivators more than the other 2. There's little screwed up with your dog valuing one over the others; it just implies this is what you need to use to coach your dog to do tricks.
3. Tricks are endless.
The one secret about tricks is that there are unlimited amounts of tricks you can train. There is always a harder and more exciting trick to train your dog. When you're just starting out coaching your dog to offer you a high five is a great learning experience and can be quite challenging! But when you have mastered these tricks, you can move on to much more complicated tricks like jumping over obstacles, saying requests or even jumping rope. Training a dog new tricks can be an enjoyable time for trainers.
Jean Cote is a Pro Dog Tutor who enjoys coaching his dog tricks and also to promote the advantages of daily coaching on his dog blog.
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