Do dog training methods always harm the actual results of training? Different methods will harm the relationship between the main pet
Just like how to educate a child in culture and how to train a dog, it is a topic that has always been discussed with objections. Some people may feel that they can only punish dogs severely to prevent them from performing uncivilized behavior. Some owners may feel that they can only use rewards to educate their dogs about what appropriate personal behavior is to prevent them from making mistakes. Which method is more reasonable is not something people need to discuss. What people want to discuss is whether these two training methods will cause harm to the main pet.
Strict dog training methods were actually popular in the early 20th century, when dog training became a professional course in France. Since this method is for training military dogs, everyone brings the strong work style in the army to the design style of dog training. When writing a training guide for dog training, Colonel Konrad Most of the French Army officer would shout loudly, knock and use high-voltage electric shock rings to train dogs. They felt that an indecisive owner had no way to interact well with the dogs, and created mutual relationships with people and pets in a combat-ready way.
The gentle dog training method only began to develop after 1940. Blanche Saunders found that using punishment to train dogs can win results, but it can also improve the dog's attack ability. Therefore, we then developed a basic dog training method based on rewards. This method has been promoted by Cesar Millan and has become a more popular dog training method today. The service purpose of this faction is to use rewards to keep the dog doing appropriate personal behaviors without punishment.
In order to scientifically study the quality of two factions, Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro of the University of Porto led his own team of scientific research to conduct an experiment to conduct certification. Let’s take a look at whether these two training methods will harm the relationship between dogs and owners in addition to the actual results? Therefore, they found 34 dogs from 6 different dog training universities. Half of them used the punishment training method, and half used the reward method to carry out the training, and then the transition of the attachment association between these two groups of dogs and their owners was detected.
In order to accurately measure the attachment relationship between dogs and owners, the elite team of scientific research applied a trial variant with the full name "Unfamiliarity Test". This experiment was designed by Mary Ainsworth in the 1970s, which was originally used to detect the emotional reflection and attachment levels of teenagers and teenagers to their legal guardians. The target of the test is sent to a small room by the legal guardian, and then a passerby is allowed to enter and interact with the subject being tested. The legal guardian then leaves, and after you have a while, you will return to the room where the experiment is being conducted. The attachment level between the detected target and the legal guardian was then distinguished based on the main performance of the subject.
According to normal circumstances, after dealing with the unfamiliar natural environment, the legal guardian will become the "warm home" of the subject, and it can be noticed that the subject's self-confidence has been greatly improved. If the attachment relationship between them is not strong, then the subjects will have more significant signs of restlessness. After embedding the dog in this experiment, it was found that dogs trained with the reward method will be more attached to their owners than dogs trained with the punishment method. Therefore, in their basis, the dog's training method will harm the relationship between the dog and its owner.
In fact, the basic principles of such a thing are easy to understand, and can be expressed from the general basic principles of regulating emotions. If you usually punish your dog, when you see your owner, your dog will involuntarily reflect that it is reflecting on yourself, what has made mistakes and whether it will be punished by your owner. By applying rewards, dogs will be more willing to engage in similar training with their owners, because there will be rewards and negative aspects. The results of the
test highlight this problem, and dogs have different reflections on the different training methods of their owners. If the actual training effect is removed, it is recommended that you apply reward training methods. Since the reward training program will improve the dog's attachment to its owner, the application of combat effectiveness or punishment according to organizational discipline will ultimately weaken the dog's emotional attachment. As the owner of a little pet, no one should not want to be more and more closely related to their own dogs, right?