* How To Install A Conditioned Reflex Teach Any Command In Minutes
Just as a child steps into the street without being aware of the meaning of the blast of a car horn, and continues on his way in oblivion, it takes experiences to become conditioned. I’ll bet that when you step off of a curb, and hear a car horn blow, your head spins both ways at once, as you jump back, looking for the impending accident.
The difference is conditioning.
This is going to require a few minutes of practice, outside of the presence of your dogs. It would be preferable to do this with any family members available, but may be successfully done alone.
What we need to do is develop a sense of timing. Here is where the previously called for cans with the pennies will come in. Have the cans rinsed clean and dry. Insert six pennies in each can, tape the top shut, and crush the sides of the cans, so as to make them square to prevent the cans from rolling, to avoid creating a prolonged sound.!
Silence is Golden!
It is imperative that you handle these cans silently!
At any time, should these training aids accidentally create a sound, praise must accompany the event. This will tell the dog you were not addressing his behavior, and that he should disregard the incident.
When more than one dog is present, and any dog is being addressed through the use of sound, each dog must be individually praised and acknowledged with direct eye contact and non-physical praise.