http://terriersdogs.com/264/your-dogs-twisted-mindsmarter-than-you-think/ Terrier dog training, Treats and Healthy eats Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:04:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://terriersdogs.com/264/your-dogs-twisted-mindsmarter-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-618 JackPDB Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:37:55 +0000 http://terriersdogs.com/?p=264#comment-618 This is very useful stuff, Sharda—thanks for summarizing the current thinking so neatly. The advances in animal psychology are going to revolutionize training. Already we've seen a societal shift (in the industrialized west, anyway) away from the idea of "breaking" an animal, eradicating its natural impulses, and towards the idea of working <i>with</i> those instincts to attain a desired result. One of our defining traits as a species is our ability to act <i>against</i> instinct; when we train by modifying our behavior, rather than by expecting to modify a dog's instincts, it doesn't just let dogs be more doggy; it makes us more human, too. - - - - - - - - - Jack@PDB This is very useful stuff, Sharda—thanks for summarizing the current thinking so neatly. The advances in animal psychology are going to revolutionize training. Already we’ve seen a societal shift (in the industrialized west, anyway) away from the idea of “breaking” an animal, eradicating its natural impulses, and towards the idea of working with those instincts to attain a desired result. One of our defining traits as a species is our ability to act against instinct; when we train by modifying our behavior, rather than by expecting to modify a dog’s instincts, it doesn’t just let dogs be more doggy; it makes us more human, too.
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