Dog training

Positive & Negative Reinforcement Reinforcement

Giving praise (positive reinforcement) in dogs is a very important thing in dog training. Give a sincere compliment by not just doing. Give sincere compliments to the dog with the dog will be able to feel it so the dog would expect you to do it again, again, and again.

Reprimand (negative reinforcement) is considered as a punishment by the dog, and he would think to avoid that happening to him.

Praise or reprimand make the dog understand what you want or not.

Dogs trained depressed will concentrate to avoid punishment rather than achievement. This means you will not be able to provide training to the maximum towards the dog.

Tools that may indicate a compliment or a command.

You may not always praise the dog every time he did that you want such as saying "good dog ... .good dog .. !!!". How do you do that if he is away from you, whether you have to shout ?. You need tools to replace the praise that comes out of your mouth. Clicker, a tool that emit sound "click". With a clicker, you can give a compliment or a command to your dog.

Clicker also can replace a snack / treat. The dog will be happy if given a snack / treat as well as the sound of "click" of the clicker. If you instruct your dog to move with the clicker, so your dog clicker moving ring and give it a snack / treat. Do this 20-30 times until the dog understands that your clicker ring then a "click" is snack / treat. "Clicks" can also mean that the dog has completed his task.

Always ring the same clicker for a particular purpose. Example: 1 time "click" to praise, 2 times "click on" sequence to command the dog to sit, and so on like Morse code. If the dog makes a mistake, tell the dog "wrong" and do not ring the clicker.

Total orders in exercise and workout duration.

Do not really give a command in training. If the dog had never made a mistake then you can proceed to the next command. Dogs who are used can be trained to exercise more than 1 hour in one day.

Once the dog knows where the compliments and which strikes then you can give lessons. Dogs can distinguish these two things after 20-50 repetitions. Will sooner he understands if you do it firmly. To compliment maybe you can stroke with exasperation when they praised him, while for strike you can hit the roll of newsprint onto the floor. He will be able to distinguish it quickly.

When is the right time to give praise.

Do not give praise when your dog do things you do not command even if it is true. You have to teach the dog that compliments or giving snack / treat only could he get if he did things that you commanded. This can increase the dog to concentrate or pay attention to the commands you give.

Once your dog realizes that the only correct response receives praise or he would be reprimanded if he did something wrong then the training will be run in accordance with what you want.

New orders and orders for long.

Each new command that you give, it will be remembered by the dog than the previous command. Coaches should provide training balanced between new orders and the old command so that all orders can be understood perfectly by a dog.



Some things that should be added in the training:

Jackpots: Reward enormous than usual if the dog looks bored.

Conditioned Reinforced: praise or reprimand may be a signal (sign) as sound, light, movement of your body such as a hand or blink an eye or eye memelototkan.

Of Reinforcement schedules: By the time your dog is very good at the command you give, then you do not need to give a compliment every time he does it right. Give praise when really needed, suddenly, randomly or immeasurably. For example: if he had done the three commands correctly, praise him. This can make it always run the command correctly with the hope he gets the credit and make it able to run multiple commands at once.

Dog Food Quality

In the packaging of dog food usually are writings that describe the content and the quality of the dog food. There is a marked premium or super premium. Some products on the market that is not well known yet read super premium dog food with well-known brands do not write the words premium or super premium on the packaging. To determine the quality of the dog food if quality grocery (regular), premium or super premium usually by looking at the raw materials used to make the dog food.

Grocery Quality.

Typically, a quality dog ​​food grocery will not write the word â € œ Groceryâ € ?? on the packaging. Grocery dog ​​food means the dog food with the usual quality that are sold in supermarkets or minimarket. Quality dog ​​food grocery mostly using the main ingredients of rice, cereals, corn, and soybeans. The raw material is taken from egg proteins, bone meal, animal blood, and byproducts (by-product) of other animals such as the intestine, liver, and other organ meats. The products on this quality usually still use chemical preservatives and chemical sensitive material.

Premium Quality.

Dog food with premium quality already on the main ingredients of the meat and its by-products (by-product) such as chicken, beef, poultry (birds, ducks, and other poultry), fish, eggs and so on. To the basic ingredients carbohydrates still using corn and soybeans in addition to rice. Dog food premium quality most have not use chemical flavorings substances. To replace the chemical flavoring substances commonly used flavorings from natural products such as dried cheese, egg powder and others. The content of vitamins and mineral nutrients is sufficient for a dog that is not required of other food additives. Preservatives are used usually wear animal fats, vitamin C and vitamin E. For in Indonesia, some dog food manufacturer or importer sets out the rules for selling this product only in a pet shop or veterinary clinic alone.

Super Premium Quality.

The materials used to make dog food in super premium quality typically using a food that has health and standardization of the same quality used by humans (human grade). Such as chicken meat is used only on the chest only (chicken breast) the fat content of at least. Byproducts such as bones, offal, blood, feathers, and so is no longer used in this product. Other ingredients that can trigger allergies such as corn and soybeans also are not used. For sources of carbohydrates taken from the ordinary white rice, brown rice, cereals (oat meal). Some use the raw materials holistic or organic, which means they are produced with no use of chemicals such as hormones or pesticides. There are also only uses fresh products such as meat are not frozen to maintain quality taste and nutritional content. Some brands of super premium quality dog ​​food are no preservatives, in lieu of preservatives used packaging (packing) are of high quality such as aluminum foil to keep the dog food's quality. While the super premium dog food is still wearing a preservative commonly use natural preservatives such as rosemarry Extract, animal fat, Esther vitamin C, and vitamin E.