What's your training style?

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For dogs and horses (and other trainable animals). For me personally I find that positive training works best with my dogs. I have seen several horse and dog owners train in many different ways. How do you train your animals?
 
Clearly, it should just be positive training nothing else if you ask me.
You will only harm the animal mentally.
 
Repetition and reward are how ive trained all the animals i work with. Once they know what good behavior gets them i have rarely had dogs that will act out unless under very specific circumstances.
 
Lots of patience and praise and dog treats for good behavior. Bad behavior results in a clap or a "hey" to get their attention and they'll get a stern "no" for what they did wrong.
 
I've found learning styles that are best for people also work best with animals. Positive reinforcement all the way :)
 
Positive reinforcement mostly, but a natural opportunity to link something to an event is appreciated when it happens.
 
Patience and praise! Normally with bad behaviour I’d just say ‘no’ very sternly to get their attention and move them away from whatever it is they’re destroying etc.
 
Watch for a "learning moment." And start young. Training is part of play. And part of food rewards. Like, little Bo, he was the "Gravy Train" puppy when it came to feeding time. Came running into the kitchen so fast, he couldn't stop. Crashed into his bowl, made things fly all over the place. But one day, having already trained him to sit on command, he sat and watched me for further instruction. Right at that moment, I counted to three before saying, "Eat." That's all it took. That one time. It was just the perfect moment. He never crashed into his food again. And even with the food waiting for him, he runs in, sits, and watches for me to count and say "Eat" before turning his attention to his food.

That's a pretty good illustration of my "style."
 
Zoo_curious said:
Not allowed to start thrusting until presented by hand
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New dog training is going well. Previous dog would go for It frequently missing the target or penetrating my partner at the wrong angle hurting her. Also the partner wasn’t into annul where the previous dog was happy with either. Also the dog is trained to stay as long as he likes after he has knotted her. She just loves the sensation of the penis deep inside pumping his semen into her. He is also rewarded with his favorite chew after that.
 
Zoo_curious said:
New dog training is going well. Previous dog would go for It frequently missing the target or penetrating my partner at the wrong angle hurting her. Also the partner wasn’t into annul where the previous dog was happy with either. Also the dog is trained to stay as long as he likes after he has knotted her. She just loves the sensation of the penis deep inside pumping his semen into her. He is also rewarded with his favorite chew after that.
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I myself had wondered if the OP meant "sexual" training. But I think you're the only one who responded focused on training the dog how to do what you or your partner want to get a dog to do sexually for you. Be aware that a faction of us zoos considers explicitly grooming or acquiring and then training an animal for our own sexual purposes to be somewhat abusive.

Not judging, personally, just curious if you were aware of that.

Me, personally, not sure where I am with that. I don't do it. I don't even "train my dogs hard" for hunting. Not really. It's just something we do together. In fact, if not for my dog, I probably wouldn't make time to go hunting at all. (It's hard work! And I suck at making water retrieves in 20-degree weather, whereas, he gets off on it. Damn, he loves that, busting through thin ice with his chest to get the bird I've downed). My dogs *live* to hunt, so I accommodate *them*.

Sexually? Half the dogs I've had in my life had no interest in that. So the relationship was never sexual. The other half, this or that, but nothing to porn on about. A couple, yeah. A definite sexual component. But training? We didn't train them to do that. Not really. Like everything else, we sort of "rolled with it." It evolved, making accommodations for an individual dog's preferences.

Even when the relationship is sexualized, it's not the end-all, be-all of the Zoophilic relationship. There's so much else going on. Plenty of books on this, of course. And everyone has an opinion. So we didn't "invent" any of this. This is just what we have agreed with and "fits" our relationship with our dogs -- which varies *with* the individual dog a little bit. These are just some things we consider fundamental principles.

The way we train

Critical commands!

Training a dog to *come*, *heel*, *stay* is, to my way of thinking, part of urban survival training. Those we will hard train. Commands are sharp and crisp. Noncompliance gets a low-voiced, growling disapproval from the pack leader (me) and sharp No!'s. Showers of praise on compliance. That's because, outside on walks or in the field, seeing other dogs, humans... traffic... that dog *must* do what I command or risk injury or death.

Role of shock collars

Yes, we have Garmin shock collars with 1.5 mile range. But we're not zap happy. I zapped myself with the damn thing before I ever put it on a dog, needing to know exactly what it felt like, what he was going to experience. One time of associating the "tone" with a shock is all it took for one dog. He only got a tone after that. "You come when I call. Now. Noncompliance is not tolerated. Come!" And then after that, should he "forget" or decide "Yeah, yeah -- in a minute, I'm looking at a rabbit down the street." Beep-beep. "Oh shit. Yeah, sorry. I'm coming, sheesh. Don't get zap happy, dude."

So, there's that. But that's *all* that's for. I don't need it much. As I said, in this house, I am respected as "pack leader." My wife, the Alpha Female of the house is more of a pushover. All the animals love to pile on her. So, being the "pushover," she sometimes has difficulty with come or stay or no. She relies on the tone more, and that works. But they clearly have a different relationship with her. They need affection from me, sure -- crave it really. But her? They have *her* wrapped around their paw's little finger.

Playtime learning

Training a dog to perform tricks on command: sit, beg, shake, roll over... that's not as critical as down, stay or come. That's just part of communication and comes from play. We're learning a solid language together. Dogs that "know what you mean," and have a common language with you, are much happier dogs. All else fails, at least *that* is clear, and it defuses any anxiety. "We're good. We at least have that."

I think "sexual" training would fall under this category. "Yes, that's okay. We like that. You can do that more. In fact, YES -- do THAT more!" And run with it.

Give me something to do

And some dogs need "jobs." That's just part of their wiring. On a walk, they strain or wander or are "over excited." Put a little backpack on them or pull a little wagon with some water in it for a halfway home break, a couple treats, they're happy campers whose minds are contented by focusing on "their job." -- But that particular dog will let you know if that's their "thing."

Your style?

So... what is your *style* of training when it comes to those commands (and that can *include* sexuality, if that's part of the relationship). I think *that's* probably more what the OP was asking? If not, that's the gist of the answers the post was getting.

My method is, show praise for and reward behaviors you hope to see again and consistently. We don't do "bad dog" or shaming. He's just being "him" and we let him know when we like something he's done. Once he knows, he catches on quick! And self-initiates some of them, without a command, hilariously, to let us know he's looking for some more praise from us or a treat.
 
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Repetition, reward and scolding (NO hitting), especially early on and every day. The main thing is being consistent so that he/she doesn’t get confused.
 
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