Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015
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Sure, certainly better than mine. It is clear that this can only be estimated, as it depends a lot from the individual dog and the situation.
I think even an exercise which was very thoroughly repeated, a dog's memory will lose some of it over time. Or not?
Since mine know already quite a lot of different behaviors, I don't want to repeat all of them very often within a short time , for this would probably confuse them.
On the other hand, if I concentrate only on 4-5 in order to refine them and next week I change to 4-5 other ones, they will forget the non-repeated ones or part of it.
Also if I train too often the same few ones, I'll bore them.
Until now I changed mostly in one session between some solid ones and some which they knew but not yet so well. New ones I trained only seperately within varios single sessions.
I'd appreciate very much to hear how you are tackling this with your dogs.
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Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015
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Thanks Bob, yes I do always end a session while they have great fun and of course success.
But it still means old behaviors will have to wait too long until being repeated.
“If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, then you are a leader” – Rudyard Kipling
I've personally found that reward based training stays with the dog longer the "traditional" correction training.
My philosophy on this is simple;
Why would a dog misbehave if it knows a physical correction will follow as opposed to being rewarded for compliance?!
Yes, there will be dogs that will require a firmer hand in their training but even that will require less intensity if the dog has learned the behavior and has fun doing it.
Don't pick a fight with a dog that loves to fight but if it becomes necessary you have to take it to the dog and win....or you loose!
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I do use corrections but not often. Only for real misbevaviors from which the dogs no exactly it's undesired. For example on walks for pulling. They have mostly the permission to sniiff around, but as soon as the leash stretches I give them a firm "He!"
If then they return near to me it is ok and I reward them, if they don't I give a physical correction.
I meant more little tricks like roll over, spin, twist, sit pretty and so on. If they do this wrong or not at all I never correct physically. I think they may have forgotten it and so a correction wouldn't be fair. That's why I asked how good a dog's memory is.
How much time (more or less) can I let pass without repeating a well ingrained exercise. I know it's not for every dog the same. I'd just be interested in a rough estimation in order not to lose what they have known well.
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How good is a dog's memory?
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