万花筒 2008-10-09&10-10 教你训练你的狗狗

If you find it impossible to get your dog to do this, ("Sit, sit") it might be time to take a good look at the way you are interacting¹ with your pet. You could be committing some very common dog-training mistakes.

 

First the best kind of training for your four-legged friend is to teach him manners, just like you are with your children. That’s the advice of dog coach to the stars and author Tamar Geller.

 

At first we teach them how to sit instead of jumping when they want something instead of lounging² and when you’re holding something. Just to sit, be polite.

 

And Tamar says get the whole family involved.

 

Everybody must agree on what is acceptable³ and what is not, and work together as a team. That’s one of the best things for a family. It’s as a family to have the experience, the joy of raising a dog.

 

Another important training tip is to socialize your dog, get them out there, playing with other dogs, meeting strangers, simply introducing him to everyday things.

 

Condition your dog to hear household noises; don’t shelter your dog, expose them.

 

Training your dog may sound like a daunting⁴ task, but Tamar says if you keep it simple, you will be successful.

 

Start by building the relationship with your dog at home. Second, don’t give food for free, make him work for it. Practice relevance⁵ training, have dogs sit for everything before you put the leash⁶ on him, before you open the door, before you give him a toy even. And of course, have fun.

 

90% of my training is done in games, so instead of giving a dog a toy, tell him to stay and go and hide the toy, so voom, it’s a game.

 

Remember your pooch is a lot smarter than you may think, dogs can understand up to 150 words, so take advantage of that, and stimulate⁷ your dog’s brain.

 

I’m E.D.Hill, Fox News.

 

1 interacting   

adj.相互影响的；相互作用的

参考例句：

• The interacting surfaces were lubricated with a mineral oil. 相互作用表面是用矿物油润滑的。
• Proteins which have two separate but interacting sites are called allosteric proteins. 这种具有两个不同而又相互作用位置的蛋白质叫做变构蛋白质。

2 lounging   

闲逛（lounge的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Several students were lounging around, reading newspapers. 有几个学生懒洋洋地坐着看报。
• She enjoys lounging around the pool. 她喜欢绕水塘漫步。

3 acceptable   

adj.可接受的，合意的，受欢迎的

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.这座城市的空气污染程度曾高达可接受标准的四倍。

4 daunting   

adj.使人畏缩的

参考例句：

• They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。
• Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

5 relevance   

n.中肯，适当，关联，相关性

参考例句：

• Politicians' private lives have no relevance to their public roles.政治家的私生活与他们的公众角色不相关。
• Her ideas have lost all relevance to the modern world.她的想法与现代社会完全脱节。

6 leash   

n.牵狗的皮带，束缚；v.用皮带系住

参考例句：

• I reached for the leash,but the dog got in between.我伸手去拿系狗绳，但被狗挡住了路。
• The dog strains at the leash,eager to be off.狗拼命地扯拉皮带，想挣脱开去。

7 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。