Optimize your training sessions!

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* 1. What is the best reinforcer to use in training?

Food.

Toys.

Anything your dog enjoys working for.

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* 2. How long is an ideal training session?

Around 2 minutes is a good session length, especially when working on a new behavior.

At least half an hour.

It doesn't matter how long your sessions are.

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* 3. What’s the best place to start working on a new behavior?

A low-distraction environment.

From the very beginning, you should train right where you eventually want your dog to perform.

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* 4. How do dogs learn better - in multiple short training sessions or one long one?

Multiple short sessions.

One long session.

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* 5. What's the best time to end a training session?

When your dog makes a mistake.

When your dog gets bored.

When your dog would still like to keep going.

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* 6. What should you do when your dog makes a mistake?

Keep asking for the same behavior until she gets it right!

End the session and give her a time out!

Keep the session upbeat and positive, and lower criteria if she makes the same mistake again.

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* 7. How should you react when your dog walks away from a training session while you still want to keep going?

End the session and go back to the drawing board to set both of you up for success the next time.

Lure her back and make sure she stays with you for at least one more rep!

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* 8. How many days a week do dogs need to be trained?

Some breeds need to be trained every day.

Never train more than 5 times a week.

Ideally, your dog will receive a bit of attention, enrichment, and exercise every day - but it doesn’t need to be formal training.

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* 9. What does it mean if your dog suddenly performs much worse than usual?

She is being stubborn!

She is being lazy!

She might be in pain.

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* 10. How fast a dog learns a new skill depends exclusively on your skills as a trainer.

True.

False.

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