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Generalizing and Proofing
Getting a dog to perform a command or behavior is relatively the easy part of training your dog. The most time consuming part is spending the time working on generalizing and proofing commands and behavior to achieve consistency in the dog’s response to a cue.
Dogs do not generalize well. For example, you and your dog run into a friend at the local pet supply store and you ask your dog to ‘sit’. They’ve always performed the command really well in your home or while taking a walk in your neighborhood, but when this cue is delivered at the pet supply store, your dog acts like they’ve never heard the command before in their life.
This means that if they learn a cue in a certain environmental situation they have a hard time understanding the same cue in a different environment. This does not mean that your dog does not want to follow up on the cue. It simply means that your dog really does not know that cue in that particular environment.
In order for dogs to understand that a certain cue means the same thing all the time (for example – ‘sit’ means put your rear end on the ground) we must teach the cue in many different locations, most always beginning in your home. Teach it at home, in the backyard, front yard, on walks, a store, etc. will truly teach your to have a reliable command.
Proofing simply refers to a long process, usually months, of generalization. After proofing a behavior, the dog will be able to respond to ithe cues regardless of the location and the environment they are in.
Getting a dog to perform a command or behavior is relatively the easy part of training your dog. The most time consuming part is spending the time working on generalizing and proofing commands and behavior to achieve consistency in the dog’s response to a cue.
Dogs do not generalize well. For example, you and your dog run into a friend at the local pet supply store and you ask your dog to ‘sit’. They’ve always performed the command really well in your home or while taking a walk in your neighborhood, but when this cue is delivered at the pet supply store, your dog acts like they’ve never heard the command before in their life.
This means that if they learn a cue in a certain environmental situation they have a hard time understanding the same cue in a different environment. This does not mean that your dog does not want to follow up on the cue. It simply means that your dog really does not know that cue in that particular environment.
In order for dogs to understand that a certain cue means the same thing all the time (for example – ‘sit’ means put your rear end on the ground) we must teach the cue in many different locations, most always beginning in your home. Teach it at home, in the backyard, front yard, on walks, a store, etc. will truly teach your to have a reliable command.
Proofing simply refers to a long process, usually months, of generalization. After proofing a behavior, the dog will be able to respond to ithe cues regardless of the location and the environment they are in.