I came across this image from Doggie Drawings and thought it really summed up what Positive
Reinforcement Dog Training really is.
Not exact matches
Training a
dog with positive
reinforcement really isn't a difficult task and can be achieved with some patience and consistency.
People hear they should be using positive
reinforcement to
train their
dogs but so often they don't
really know why
Keep the ratio of treats high at the beginning of this type of
training so the
dog really learns to associate the clic of the clicker with being given some type of
reinforcement.
Ever since learning what positive
reinforcement training was
really about at the Association of Pet
Dog Trainers conference in November, 1998, I have been enthusiatic, to say the least!
Nothing can
really match the advantages of using positive
reinforcement in
dog training.
Many
dogs owners are hearing about this «new» style of positive -
reinforcement training, and it's become the
training style of choice for most puppy classes, but few
really know what it's all about.