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8 Easy Ways to Train Your Puppy to Be Obedient in Short Time

8 Easy Ways to Train Your Puppy to Be Obedient in Short Time My neighbor's kid has a dog that sits at the kitchen door and waits every single time. Doesn't beg, doesn't whine, doesn't lean on your leg. Just sits, with a tennis ball at his feet, until somebody opens the door. I asked her how long that took. She said it started with him being a bad dog. I got the story later over a beer, and the short version is that it took about eight months of the boring kind of work, not the showy kind. Nobody filmed any of it. Nobody posted a thirty-second video of the dog going from wild to perfect. It was just a kid in a garage with a bag of treats and a dog who did not care about the bag of treats. That story has been sitting in my head for a month, because it's the honest version of a title like this one, and the honest version is more useful than the promise. Before we get into it, I should say what "short time" actually means here, because I think it gets misunder...
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How Do Dogs Identify Humans?

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How Do Dogs Identify Humans? Introduction Dogs and humans have been living together for thousands of years, and in that time, dogs have learned a lot about how to communicate with us. Studies show that dogs can sense our moods through body language and even identify their owners by scent. Scientists are working to understand just how much we share in common with our canine companions when it comes to communication—and what makes us so different from each other. In this article, we'll explore some of the ways dogs communicate with humans (and vice versa). Humans and dogs have been living together for thousands of years. Humans and dogs have been living together for thousands of years. Dogs were domesticated as early as 15,000 years ago by people in the Middle East, who used them to guard and hunt. Since then they've become an integral part of human society—they've been our companions, our protectors, and even our coworkers. Today we share our homes with dogs that are bred sp...
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How do dogs understand human language?

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How do dogs understand human language? Introduction ____________________________ When scientists in Hungary trained border collies to lie still inside a functional MRI scanner and then asked for high-fives, the dogs' brain reward centers lit up, suggesting that the dogs were happy to be praised. Scientists in Hungary trained border collies to lie still inside a functional MRI scanner and then asked for high-fives. The dogs' brain reward centers lit up, suggesting that the dogs were happy to be praised. When you train your own dog, it's important to be aware of the ways in which your dog will respond best—and that may not be with treats! When parents are praised by their children, it makes them feel good about themselves. The same thing goes when kids are praised by adults: they're more likely to repeat whatever behavior they've been rewarded for doing well. So if your puppy is particularly responsive when you give him treats after he does something right (and we won...
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