Dog Tricks!!!

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Teaching a dog how to do a trick is not an easy task. Dogs learn how to do tricks by repetitions, it takes a lot of time and effort by there owners. Dogs learn best by having fun and getting rewarded for doing the right tricks such as a dog biscuit which can also be known as Skinner's principle of partial reinforcement. There is two different kinds of reinforcement the first is continuous reinforcement and that and that results in learning faster. The second is partial reinforcement and that results in slower learning. Dogs learn a lot different compared to humans, and the respond a lot different to certain things. For dogs you should just use one or two words if you want the dog to do a trick you taught them because of how there brain works, they can only process so many words at one time.


here is a video of probably the most amazing dog tricks that i have ever seen.

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Very interesting to see how dogs learn tricks! I just got a new puppy and we are still training him so I have seen this first hand!

I love dogs so this was a very interesting article. My current do is going to have puppies this summer so it would be nice if you added some more information about training them. Overall though, it was a solid post.

This article caught my eye because I love dogs and I enjoy teaching them tricks. The little dog is amazing; I need someone like him to take care of me when I am sick. I wish you emphasized the difference between human and animal memories, just to educate us a little more about the subject. Good job overall!!

I had to read this article because it reminds me of my dog back home! That video is so cool. I find it interesting that even though dogs learn in a very different style than humans do, the same principles can still be applied. Good job!

Like all of the others, the first thing that caught my attention about this blog was the dogs of course! While reading this in the book, I was as well fascinated with the idea that reinforcements for dogs and that really works! Love the movie and picture! Good job!

Interesting picture and video! The dog, Jesse, in the video could be a strong example of the classical conditioning. When I watched the video, I saw Jesse's owner gave Jesse food every time when J finished an action. These foods could become evident reinforcement of Jesse's actions! All in all, interesting blog! Nice job!!!

I really liked this because it seemed short so of course that caught my attention to read it right away. But all joking aside, you were able to get a lot of information and explain the process of teaching a dog new tricks and very little writing and that was very impressive. I also loved the visual aid you provided via video and it was really interesting to watch.

This was a very interesting blog and caught my eye because I have two dogs and neither of them can really do any tricks. I would love to try to teach them something like you showed in the video. However, I always thought my dogs were un-teachable because they are pugs, not a lab or other smart dogs. However, by doing certain things like continuous reinforcement and practicing, I might be able to teach them something new.

I found this to be a very interesting article. I have taught my dog to do tricks using these principles, but I never realized why it worked. I also thought it was interesting learning that they can only process so many words at a time.

I'm glad that others have found this post enjoyable because they too love dogs. Great video too! It's amazing what you can teach your dog. We are currently training my poodle the basics, and it wasn't until this semester that it's done through the process of partial reinforcement.

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