Have you seen a police dog before? Do you see most of them catching a burglar or sniffing out the culprit during a investigation? Many of these dogs are trained by police dog trainers as young as eight to ten weeks old. In order for these dogs to be successful in the police force, many of them are trained with positive reinforcement.
Positive reinforcement is "a stimulus presented after a response that increases the probability of that response happening again." This can work with humans with the example of receiving a good grade on a test or a quiz. Since most dogs are food driven, such as German Shepherds, dog trainers rewards them with a quick treat or immediate affection once a certain actions is made. Some other techniques, according to Positive Police Dogs, that trainers use verbal cues to help support a negative punishment or to stop a stimulus from happening. This verbal cue means that to the dog "what you are doing or what you are about to do isn't going to be rewarding." Dog trainers from the police force should never use violence such as hitting, slapping, or screaming because it can harm the relationship with the dog and the trainer emotionally and physically. According to Sound off Signal, the training for dogs in order to serve in the police force is a four twelve week-long program that is assigned to a specific officer. One type of training some of the dogs do is sniffing out certain smells such as drugs like heroin. Based on the training, the young German Shepherd find fours different smells: birch oil, food, a tennis ball, and the heroin. Once the dogs discovers the drug in every trial, the trainers sends a positive reinforcement through a treat for doing a good job. This can be helpful in life because during an investigation, the dog can sniff out the right smell clearly. Overall, many dogs trained for the police force use positive reinforcement. Not only these dogs are used for police dogs, but they are still a man's best friend. Can this be applied to your dog?
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