The Guide Dog Approach to Incentives

By Greg De Bruin, Owner, A. James De Bruin and Sons, Bethpage, NY

My family has been training guide dogs for the blind for a few years now, and we are currently on our third dog. The training requirements are very specific; you cannot punish bad behavior, and you have about ten seconds to reward good behavior by giving a dog biscuit or a chew before the dog forgets what the reward is for.

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