My good friend has a Labrador Retriever at home. This dog has a characteristic. Since childhood, his owner has planned a doll for him. This doll has grown up with the dog and grown up together. It was bitten by the dog and was already in a mess. The relatives bought him a new rag doll that was exactly the same for him to play with for the puppy. The dog saw this new doll, just like he didn't see it, and still took his very old doll with a preference.
So, how can dogs do this? What's going on?
In fact, this is because when the dog is two or three months old, its owner often takes the doll and takes the dog to pull and have fun. The owner's smell has been sufficiently infected on the doll, and the dog has long produced strong conditional stimulation to the smell on the doll through long-term infection.
If the owner is not at home, this doll will give the dog a strong sense of belonging. During the growth process, the dog not only caused a strong conditional stimulation to the smell of the doll, but also caused obvious impulse to teammates.
Nature everyone also uses this characteristic of dogs to carry out special exercises for working dogs. For example, it is very helpful to search for specific overall target objects, so we need to strengthen manipulation in our daily lives to create a good sense of obedience.
Therefore, must the owner shape the advantages of the dog's favorite since childhood, so that the dog can become smarter and smarter!