Want to chat with your dog? Teaching a dog to talk is an easy and self-rewarding behavior that most dogs quickly master. You won’t need a lot of supplies or equipment. The only supplies needed are:
- Lots of treats your dog will enjoy
- One clicker or a tick word like “Yes” that your dog knows
Teach your dog to talk through catch
Teaching your dog to speak is easiest using a method called arrest. This means we’ll mark and reward behaviors your dog has naturally done, in this case barking. Over several training sessions, you’ll move from marking and rewarding every time your dog barks, to translating the verbal behavior into a verbal cue. Training the person to click or use a verbal marker like “Yes” is effective in catching because it allows you to communicate to your dog the exact behavior he has successfully and successfully performed. can help your dog learn faster. Here are six simple steps to teaching your dog to speak:
Step 1: When your dog naturally barks, click with a clicker (or use your marker word like Yes) and reward your dog with a treat. If your dog isn’t particularly barking, encourage it by ringing the doorbell, making a strange noise, or playing a strange new sound from the computer. When your dog barks, click with a click, treat and then praise (Good dog!).
Step 2: Have snacks in your bag or carry a snack bag ready to mark and reward barking when it happens during the day.
Step 3: The next step is to choose a verbal cue. Most dogs quickly realize that they are being treated to barking, which is a commendable natural behavior. Since this is an easy trick to catch a dog, you can introduce a verbal cue of your choice very quickly. Choose any verbal cues you want like “Speak” or “Speak”.
Step 4: Ringing the doorbell or making a noise will cause your dog to bark and give your verbal cues, Say. When your dog starts barking, click, treat, and praise. Try to be as quick as possible when clicking and treating your dog. The goal is to reward your dog with a single bark, and by giving it an immediate treat, you’ll prevent your dog from forming the habit of barking over and over again whenever they hear a bark.
Step 5: After repeated repetitions of pairing your verbal cues with the sound that prompts the dog to bark, immediately articulate your verbal cues before playing the sound encouraging the dog to bark. When your dog barks, click, treat, and praise.
Step 6: After a few training sessions, your dog will make an association between verbal cues and barking behavior. Now you are ready to ask your dog to speak with only verbal cues. When your dog barks in response to your cues, give him plenty of praise and enjoy!
If you voice your verbal cues and your dog doesn’t bark, it’s a sign that your dog hasn’t fully understood the behavior you’re looking for. To help your dog build understanding, go back to the last stage where your dog was successful. Continue training at that level for a few sessions, then increase the difficulty again and see if your dog understands the behavior.
Once you’ve taught your dog to talk on cues, it can be fun to get creative with your dog’s performance. Once your dog understands speech well, get the dog’s attention and then try using verbal cues in a sentence. In response, your dog should bark. Incorporating speech into a sentence can make it seem like you and your dog are talking. While speaking is a relatively easy trick to teach, it’s one that can really impress your friends and family.
