By Zazie Todd, PhD
Recently, I invited boyfriend bloggers to bring together me inwards writing near reward-based preparation of our companion animals. I did non know how many (if any) would desire to bring together in. So when the big 24-hour interval came in addition to 25 other bloggers joined me inwards sharing posts on this topic, I was delighted.
I was peculiarly pleased that dogs, cats in addition to horses were all represented, because dogs aren’t the exclusively animals that demand training.
Reward-based preparation for dogs, cats, horses...
“Nobody bats an optic if you lot speak near domestic dog training, but parent truthful cat preparation ane fourth dimension in addition to the couch delivery guys reach you lot a await in addition to turn down your offering of a drinking glass of H2O (obviously spiked amongst a crazy truthful cat preparation potion). The perception that cats are untrainable is false, in addition to it tin hinder happy unions betwixt cats in addition to their people. Dogs in addition to cats larn every day, in addition to through training, nosotros tin harness the associations they brand — fifty-fifty explicitly create associations — in addition to meliorate lives,” wrote Julie Hecht on her Scientific American weblog Dog Spies.
If you’re inwards dubiety that cats mightiness sometimes demand training, merely enquire yourself what happens when you lot acquire the truthful cat carrier out to accept your truthful cat to the vet. If your truthful cat goes inwards willingly every bit shortly every bit you lot opened upward the door in addition to tell ‘in’, reach yourself a huge pat on the back. But if your truthful cat runs to enshroud nether the sofa in addition to tin exclusively hold upward shoved inwards backwards, scratching you lot inwards the process, later on you’ve spent x minutes chasing him around the room, you lot mightiness desire to cheque out this ship service yesteryear physical punishment on dogs? It makes me recall of Lili Chin’s poster near wild animals: “if nosotros tin instruct wildlife without forcefulness or punishment, nosotros tin also prepare our best friends without forcefulness or punishment.”
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| Poster yesteryear Lili Chin used nether Creative Commons licence |
To brand this rattling point, Train for Rewards Blog Party.
Thank you lot to everyone who took part, whether yesteryear writing and/or sharing the posts.
Several people own got already asked me if I’ll practise it over again sometime. Don’t you lot recall at that spot should hold upward ane 24-hour interval a yr when nosotros celebrate what reward-based preparation tin practise for our companion animals? Let’s practise it all over again on June 16th 2017!
In the meantime, if you lot role rewards to prepare your pet in addition to would similar a photograph to hold upward considered for inclusion inwards a hereafter post, percentage it amongst me on twitter amongst the hashtag #Train4Rewards, or nether this ship service on Facebook. (Please ensure you lot own got copyright of the photo). Thank you!
Zazie Todd, PhD, is the writer of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
. She is the founder of the pop weblog , where she writes near everything from preparation methods to the human-canine relationship. She also writes a column for Psychology Today in addition to has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article inwards 2017. Todd lives inwards Maple Ridge, BC, amongst her husband, ane dog, in addition to 2 cats.Useful links:
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Photos: Rosie dear (top) in addition to Africa Studio (both Shutterstock.com).
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