HOW TO MAKE YOUR DOG SMARTER AND LEARN TO TRACK?
-2022/1/19-
You must be patient to let the dog learn to track. First of all, you must be patient, let the dog know to find objects, and then let it learn to find objects at close range and close range, and wait until these have learned to blindly search.
Every time you get off the plane, have you seen that kind of drug-sniffing dog sniffing around, and then finding the stolen goods very powerfully? Have you ever seen a movie where there will be police dogs if someone goes missing or is looking for important evidence? Everyone says that dogs have the most sensitive nose, but their own dog's sense of smell is not as strong as it seems. Why is this? In fact, those dogs were trained through training, so how can we train them to have such a sensitive sense of smell? 's dog?
1. Train patience
To train a dog to track, first let the dog listen to himself, and let the dog adapt to the tracking belt and the tracking rope. If these two items are used, then you can train it. First, find a dog who likes it better. the item, hide the item in a relatively far place, and then give an instruction to let it find the item, but don't put the item too far or let it not be found directly. Don't be in a hurry to train the dog. Let the dog see that you put the item it likes where it can see, and then command it to look for it, and then start step by step, place the item further away, and let it look for it. At this time, you have to keep Go to talk to it, try to let it respond, although the dog can't speak, but it can still understand, because the dog's IQ is like a five-year-old IQ child, when it finds an object , you have to give it encouragement, or hug it and stroke its head, or give it something to eat to get the dog excited, so that your next training will be easier.
2. Training blind search
When the dog understands the training, then when training the dog to track, you can increase the difficulty of the training, that is, mix the items that the dog likes or are used to in a pile of unfamiliar items, and let these chaotic items be thrown farther away place, but you don't let it find it right away, you have to wait for a while, five or ten minutes, and then let the dog go to find something it is familiar with. If the dog can't find it, you should use words to encourage it, Or let the dog find the item with peace of mind by petting. When the dog finds the item, you also have to give it some praise. If you can't find it, don't scold it. Practice a few times and the dog will find it.
3. The training is successful
If your dog's tracking is successful, you can now train your dog to start blind searching, hide the items he likes, out of his sight, and then rely on his sense of smell to find items, if If the dog can find it easily, you have to encourage the dog. At this time, you should put the item farther away, or extend the time to find the item. If the dog can't find it, you have to guide the dog several times. Now, I believe that through this kind of training, your dog will become a master of smell.
