Carl Zimmer's Obedience Training

dog seems ready. Training the dog after playing can be beneficial because it will be more calm and more likely to focus and the result will be successful. Carl Zimmer also states in his article that humans often have misconceptions about dogs and what they do and the reason behind it (para. 10). This can cause owner to become frustrated because they are trying to solve their dogs problem when they do not even know what it really is. This can include one thinking their dog is mad when tearing up something of theirs when the dog is simply just bored. Dogs do not immediately know what hey can and can not do, they have to trained to know the difference. One way to teach the difference is scolding the dog, which is extremely common. While it is
When the owner rewards good behavior instead of scolding bad behaviour, it leads to a more obedient dog. A great way to making training sessions easier and to be a more complete trainer is to understand how a dog thinks, and understand their behavior. In the article “Obedience Training For Dogs” it is expressed that scolding a dog while training for not doing what is wanted can have negative effects on the dog; this can make the dog associate training with being harmed and lead the dog to be reluctant to training (para. 3). Instead one simply should just not reward the dog when it does an unwanted act. Dogs will understand that they not getting a treat because they are not doing what is wanted and will try to figure out what it is that we want done. A great example of this is training a dog to sit. One simply holds a treat out to a dog, and lets the dog sniff and lick
To complete the treat is placed on the ground on the opposite side of the dog so they complete a full roll. After a few repetitions of this, the trainer can lure the dog into a complete roll and reward once. In Julian Smith’s article “Conservation Dogs Sniff Out Endangered Species” it is pointed out that dogs have the same brain cognition as a 3-5 year old child (para. 3). This means dogs can perform many of the same acts as some of these children. In Carl Zimmer's article kids and dogs were put through the same test and they made the same mistakes (para. 16). In addition to that, in Helen Travis’ article “Dog Brain Facts: Understanding Canine Cognition,” it is said when humans and dogs were exposed to the same stimuli, the same parts of their brain lit up (para. 5). This supports the fact the dogs can be compared to young children. Understanding this can help a trainer be in their dogs shoes, and further understand what they are going through. It Is stated in the article “Obedience Training For Dogs” that dogs need to be trained in multiple places. If not they will only perform in the place trained (para. 11). A dog needs to be exposed to different areas and environments when training. The point of training a dog is so they