Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
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Re: Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
#2A lot of our smart home stuff is primarily around our dog as well.
Cameras to watch the dog when we're out and lights to turn on when it starts getting dark.
We also have a training treat dispenser so when she barks at strangers, it'll dispense treats to keep her distracted and learn to calm down instead of barking.
In many ways, dogs are like kids, and you go through the same things for them.
Re: Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
#3A lot of our smart home stuff is primarily around our dog as well. Cameras to watch the dog when we're out and lights to turn on when it starts getting dark. We also have a training treat dispenser so when she barks at strangers, it'll dispense treats to keep her distracted and learn to calm down instead of barking. In many ways, dogs are like kids, and you go through the same things for them.
I can imagine that feedback mechanism could go badly. Want a treat? Randomly bark.
I say this only because we did not manage to successfully train out the bark at strangers behavior in our otherwise pretty well-trained dog.
Re: Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
#4A lot of our smart home stuff is primarily around our dog as well. Cameras to watch the dog when we're out and lights to turn on when it starts getting dark. We also have a training treat dispenser so when she barks at strangers, it'll dispense treats to keep her distracted and learn to calm down instead of barking. In many ways, dogs are like kids, and you go through the same things for them.
I can imagine that feedback mechanism could go badly. Want a treat? Randomly bark. I say this only because we did not manage to successfully train out the bark at strangers behavior in our otherwise pretty well-trained dog.
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Re: Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
#5A lot of our smart home stuff is primarily around our dog as well. Cameras to watch the dog when we're out and lights to turn on when it starts getting dark. We also have a training treat dispenser so when she barks at strangers, it'll dispense treats to keep her distracted and learn to calm down instead of barking. In many ways, dogs are like kids, and you go through the same things for them.
I can imagine that feedback mechanism could go badly. Want a treat? Randomly bark. I say this only because we did not manage to successfully train out the bark at strangers behavior in our otherwise pretty well-trained dog.
In real life you achieve this by physically restraining the dog with your hands for 15 seconds in an unambiguous manner when it does the unwanted behaviour.
Re: Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
#6A lot of our smart home stuff is primarily around our dog as well. Cameras to watch the dog when we're out and lights to turn on when it starts getting dark. We also have a training treat dispenser so when she barks at strangers, it'll dispense treats to keep her distracted and learn to calm down instead of barking. In many ways, dogs are like kids, and you go through the same things for them.
I can imagine that feedback mechanism could go badly. Want a treat? Randomly bark. I say this only because we did not manage to successfully train out the bark at strangers behavior in our otherwise pretty well-trained dog.
If done with a proper supporting training, it's to redirect their attention onto their safe space.
It doesn't necessarily train them from barking at strangers but it gets them into a more relaxed state, which can let you use other tricks to decondition them.
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I can imagine that feedback mechanism could go badly. Want a treat? Randomly bark. I say this only because we did not manage to successfully train out the bark at strangers behavior in our otherwise pretty well-trained dog.
In real life you achieve this by physically restraining the dog with your hands for 15 seconds in an unambiguous manner when it does the unwanted behaviour.
That isn't really recommended training by most behaviorists. You risk upping the dogs negative association and stress with events.
Negative reinforcement training isn't great.
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I can imagine that feedback mechanism could go badly. Want a treat? Randomly bark. I say this only because we did not manage to successfully train out the bark at strangers behavior in our otherwise pretty well-trained dog.
In real life you achieve this by physically restraining the dog with your hands for 15 seconds in an unambiguous manner when it does the unwanted behaviour.
Please don't do this. This is a horrible way to train dogs, and not only is the efficacy questionable but it will very likely lead to behavioral issues down the line.
Re: Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
In real life you achieve this by physically restraining the dog with your hands for 15 seconds in an unambiguous manner when it does the unwanted behaviour.
That isn't really recommended training by most behaviorists. You risk upping the dogs negative association and stress with events. Negative reinforcement training isn't great.
I didn't say to hurt the dog. This is a communication, not a stressor. It is recommended by Caeser Milan.
Re: Puppy Assistant: the smart home for my dog
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
In real life you achieve this by physically restraining the dog with your hands for 15 seconds in an unambiguous manner when it does the unwanted behaviour.
Please don't do this. This is a horrible way to train dogs, and not only is the efficacy questionable but it will very likely lead to behavioral issues down the line.
It's not a horrible way to train dogs. What is horrible is the image you have in your mind of what I am saying, which is a misunderstanding.