The relation between my family and our dog has always been based on trust and co-operation. I remember my father telling me about the benefits of nurturing confidence in our dog besides stepping up its natural drives and instincts especially as a puppy. It never made sense to me until one day Boston, the family dog used the tricks dad and I taught him as a puppy to get me off a precarious situation during one of my scouting expeditions.
Boston has been able to charm and amaze nearly everyone and this is because we taught him socialization and obedience skills using training techniques that my father and I learnt from a professional dog trainer, as well as tips from online websites like Stop That Dog.
Koehler Technique
Koehler method is one of the training techniques that worked for us effectively. The technique allows the puppy to interact with its environment - stimulating its associative learning skills. As a result, the dog learns to choose its actions based on its personal experience. This helps it to find out the difference between right and wrong actions. The only aspect of this training method that I didn’t like is its punishment procedures which most dog trainers consider inappropriate. So dad and I learnt all the good training skills that Koehler has to offer and combined them with brilliant aspects of another puppy training technique.
Motivational Training Technique
We chose to combine motivational training technique with the Koehler method because while the latter keeps the puppy on toes to achieve its training goals, the former provides a humane way of punishing it if it misses the targets. Puppy motivational training is based on Thorndike's Law of Effect. The law deploys the use of rewards to uphold good behavior with an aim of lowering misbehavior. My take is that the technique also improves the puppy’s learning abilities by increasing its desire for action, eager to pull the best move each time.
Combining your Options
You can either choose to link the above training methods with other techniques such as model-rival, dominance-based or relationship-based training. On my personal accord, I however think that combining Koehler and motivational training technique always achieves spectacular results when the two are supported with the clicker training method. The clicker method is based on operant conditioning which enables the dog to respond effectively to commands. The method achieves this by developing the puppy’s senses in addition to sparking its’ curiosity and ability to concentrate.
Keep the Learning Graph on an Upward Trend
For my family to have turned Boston into the adorable canine citizen it is today, we spent our time with it as a puppy and followed its training schedule to the best of our ability. We fed Boston healthy balanced diet and ensured that it never missed any of its medical appointments. To date, we have maintained its’ graph of learning by seeking new healthy and natural ways to improve its health and intelligence. I found out that one of the best ways to do this is to talk to a puppy training expert or to join other puppy lovers out in the park for an exchange of unique ideas and experiences.
Boston has been able to charm and amaze nearly everyone and this is because we taught him socialization and obedience skills using training techniques that my father and I learnt from a professional dog trainer, as well as tips from online websites like Stop That Dog.
Koehler Technique
Koehler method is one of the training techniques that worked for us effectively. The technique allows the puppy to interact with its environment - stimulating its associative learning skills. As a result, the dog learns to choose its actions based on its personal experience. This helps it to find out the difference between right and wrong actions. The only aspect of this training method that I didn’t like is its punishment procedures which most dog trainers consider inappropriate. So dad and I learnt all the good training skills that Koehler has to offer and combined them with brilliant aspects of another puppy training technique.
Motivational Training Technique
We chose to combine motivational training technique with the Koehler method because while the latter keeps the puppy on toes to achieve its training goals, the former provides a humane way of punishing it if it misses the targets. Puppy motivational training is based on Thorndike's Law of Effect. The law deploys the use of rewards to uphold good behavior with an aim of lowering misbehavior. My take is that the technique also improves the puppy’s learning abilities by increasing its desire for action, eager to pull the best move each time.
Combining your Options
You can either choose to link the above training methods with other techniques such as model-rival, dominance-based or relationship-based training. On my personal accord, I however think that combining Koehler and motivational training technique always achieves spectacular results when the two are supported with the clicker training method. The clicker method is based on operant conditioning which enables the dog to respond effectively to commands. The method achieves this by developing the puppy’s senses in addition to sparking its’ curiosity and ability to concentrate.
Keep the Learning Graph on an Upward Trend
For my family to have turned Boston into the adorable canine citizen it is today, we spent our time with it as a puppy and followed its training schedule to the best of our ability. We fed Boston healthy balanced diet and ensured that it never missed any of its medical appointments. To date, we have maintained its’ graph of learning by seeking new healthy and natural ways to improve its health and intelligence. I found out that one of the best ways to do this is to talk to a puppy training expert or to join other puppy lovers out in the park for an exchange of unique ideas and experiences.