Precautions for dog name training

Date: 2024-02-25

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Notes on dog name training:

1. Don't call the dog's name when the dog is distracted. When the dog is focused on other things, if you call the dog’s name, the dog may ignore your recall. If this happens often, it will reduce the dog’s sensitivity to the name and gradually invalidate the password.

2. Don't call the dog's name continuously. When you call your dog's name and the dog doesn't respond, wait for a while, and call the dog's name again when you observe that the dog is paying attention to you again. Because repeating the dog's name will also reduce the dog's sensitivity to the name and invalidate the password.

3. Call the dog's name when you are sure to call it back. Before calling the dog's name, observe the dog's state to ensure that the dog's attention is on you, so as to ensure the success rate of calling the dog's name every time. And every time it is successfully recalled, there must be a corresponding reward, such as touching its head, or rewarding a snack.

4. Don't call the dog's name when you are angry. When a dog does something wrong, don't stop it by calling the dog's name. And don't reprimand or physically punish the dog after calling the dog's name. This will cause the dog to have a negative association with the name, and when it hears you calling its name in the future, it will not want to run back to you, because it will think that something bad will happen next.

5. Only call the dog's name during the recognition and reward period. When we call a dog's name, we must make the dog 100% aware that something good is going to happen. After the dog returns to you, be sure to have a treat reward or a verbal praise or petting reward.