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Welpen- und Junghundeförderung
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| Neben den herkömmliche Ausbildungsmethoden ist es auch sinnvoll, sich über neue Erkenntnisse aus der Verhaltensforschung und deren Anwendung zu informieren. Ein besonderes Augenmerk gilt dabei gewaltfreien Ausbildungsmethoden, die sich insbesondere zur Früherziehung eignen. Wenn ein Welpe oder Junghund auf diesem Wege lernt, das richtige in bestimmten Situationen zu tun, braucht man ihm später nicht mühselig gewisse Unarten wieder abzugewöhnen. Die jungen Hunde sind im allgemeinen sehr lernbegierig, das Problem liegt meistens eher bei dem Mensch, der zu schnell die Geduld verliert, wenn nicht alles auf anhieb klappt, was er sich vorstellt. Zur fachlichen Anleitung sollte sich niemand scheuen, eine gute Hundeschule zu besuchen. Ein gut erzogener Hund wird es ihm danken. |
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An Animal Trainer's Introduction To |
Erfahrungsbericht über
Clicker-Training |
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Mein Freund Bill berichtet über seine Erfahrungen mit Clicker-Training bei seinen Boykins, was bestimmt auch auf andere Rassen zutrifft. |
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CLICKER TRAINING This is a repeat of a prior section on Clicker Training
for new Newsletter members and recent puppy buyers. I am very enthusiatic
about this technique for Boykin Spaniels. I am now on a new training
techinique craze called CLICKER TRAINING. Well, its new to me anyhow.
This technique has been modified from animal training for dolphins and
other animals. In the early 80's, Gary Wilkes, a dog trainer, worked
with Karen Pryor to refine this method for dogs. Both of these have
web sites I will list below. Looking for my usual easy dog training
method, I spent the $50 on a training package which included a vidio
tape and a couple of clickers. I viewed the tape and began praticing
with Bonbon, Brille and Belle to see how they would respond. The idea
behind click and treat is to teach the dog to associate a treat everytime
he hears a click. In other words, a click is a good thing and a positive
encouragement. (Sounds like Pavlov and his dogs to me, but then I never
had a psych course). My first decision then was to decide what the treat
should be. Actually around my house this is obvious. The dogs always
want to eat the cat food. Blazer knows how to nose the lid up on the
food bucket, and nibble the cat kibble when he thinks I'm not looking,
but why spoil it for him. After 20 -30 clicks and treats, they got the
idea of this technique and enjoyed it. Since the cat kibble is so tiny,
they were having a hard time getting filled up on it. I was surprised
they would so hard for one crummy little piece of kibble, but they seemed
to think this was worthwhile.
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Every now and then throw a couple extra pieces of kibble in. Splurging
on occasion is good. This makes the dog hope he will get more than one
crummy little piece and he works twice as hard. This is variable reinforcement.
On occasion, be cheap, and give no treat after the click. Keeping the
dog guessing about the quantity of his reward is supposed to be good.
I will not go into more details today on this as there is much info
on the net about this techique. From my perspective, the important questions
are DOES CLICKER TRAINING WORK? AND IS IT GOOD FOR BOYKINS? DOES CLICKER
TRAINING WORK? Yes, it works. Otherwise I would not be writing about
it except to warn you to save your $50. After about 3 weeks of using
it during the 11PM news, all three dogs have learned several new tricks.
They are enthusiastic about eating the cat food and not getting yelled
at for doing this. I am beginning "targeting" training to
teach them directions and hand signals. First in my living room and
eventually out in the field. Brille loves this. IS IT GOOD FOR BOYKINS?
I feel this technique is particularly good for Boykins. Several of my
Boykins are soft dogs. They are very sensitive and do not respond well
to negative feedback. Belle is very submissive. Belle likes the method
and is doing well with it. This is a POSITIVE Reinforcement method and
there is no punishing of the dog.
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Good Hunting, Bill |
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