There was a question on Zhihu before, when will you be shocked by the IQ of dogs?

One of the highly praised answers is that once I did not Carefully stepped on a husky, it screamed in pain, I felt sorry for it, and then silently gave it a bunch of snacks as compensation.

I didn't expect it! From now on, every time it saw me passing by, it would stick out its paws and put it at my feet for me to step on!

This kind of behavior and Erha have no sense of disobedience~ However, this cannot be entirely attributed to Husky's touching IQ, after all, most dogs can't do anything very well. A good understanding of what the food reward is actually rewarding its behavior.

Of course, in real training, food rewards are still the best and best reward method! All dogs in the world are one family! Family food! Dogs will be there for you Snacks, and try our best to meet your various needs~!

But in fact, most of the actions trained by food rewards are just mechanical stimulation, and dogs are only in this kind of When stimulated, they will act to obtain food, but they do not understand the meaning of the action. The so-called dog gets smarter as it gets older, but it’s actually just an illusion. The dog just accumulated more life experience and learned to deal with all kinds of stimuli.

Returning to the part of the food reward, the dog's IQ is not very high. Their understanding of food rewards is that an action I just did is a reward that satisfies a certain need of the owner. The problem, however, is that they don't have enough IQ and life experience to judge which action triggers the reward mechanism.

So why do general dog trainers require multiple repetitions of training and rewarding actions, just to help dogs screen out the wrong trigger points, just like the husky above, if you insist on stepping on it every day Once, and then give it a food reward, it will think that the way you play with him is to step on its feet, and when one day you feel that it is too cruel to step on it, it will come out You don't step on it. I = you don't want to play with me = you don't give me rewards = you don't love me anymore! The logic chain, then sad, and even frowned~

The principle is actually the same as stopping the dog. You need to stop the dog immediately when it makes a mistake, instead of punishing it when you find out that it has made a mistake. In many cases, the dog is confused, Why did the owner take me to the place where I urinated and then reprimanded me? Is the owner stupid? No... The owner is right, that should be calling me Don't get close and smell it after you pee! And then continue to pee next time... This is why many people say they can't teach their dogs how to do it.

Incorrect rewards and punishments are the most likely causes of bad behavior in dogs. Many times, when dogs have incomprehensible behavioral habits, many of them are actually due to the wrong rewards and punishments of their owners. A very classic case is a Corgi who suddenly became bored with the dog food he often ate, and then went on a hunger strike to protest. The dog owner was worried and gave it to him. Homemade meals and ordered new dog food. However, every time Corgi only eats twice and does not eat, the owner continues to make meals for it, and this problem of not eating has not been solved.

In fact, the owner has entered a misunderstanding. In fact, the dog's favorite food is not dog food, but homemade meals. Just like a child, you feed him every day, and one day he doesn't eat, you take him to McDonald's, and then if he doesn't eat, you continue to take him to McDonald's. Over time, when he wants to eat McDonald's, he will refuse to eat. The same goes for dogs, so just remove the link between skipping meals and McDonald's and the bad behavior won't recur.