This is the first in a series of posts on early puppy training. When discussing dog training I believe personal experience is important, the most interesting theory doesn't mean a thing if you cannot demonstrate positive benefit in real training with real dogs. So, from time to time I will be sharing video and "how to" stories about puppy training.
However, I do not want personal experience to be the main focus of this series. I plan to present some research on puppies and general research on brain development in mammals to support a comprehensive approach to early puppy training.
In "The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior" Clarence Pfaffenberger tells the story of how he improved the success rate of Guide Dog for the Blind puppies from 9% to 90%.
Pfaffenberger took information on the critical periods in the development of puppies that Scott and Fuller discovered in their research at Bar Harbor and made changes in how Guide Dogs for the Blind was raising pups and selecting breeding stock. I believe similar improvements in the quality of the successful dogs from a breeding program are possible if we take into account recent research on brain development and learning theory.
I believe what we present, when we present it and how we present it to our pup is very important and over the next couple of weeks I will attempt to establish a sound basis in scientific research to support my beliefs.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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