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I wonder if people didn't train their dogs "by name" at that time. I imagine that many of these dogs were working dogs in some sense, and maybe they were more l
by nerdponx 4y ago
I wonder if people didn't train their dogs "by name" at that time. I imagine that many of these dogs were working dogs in some sense, and maybe they were more like horses in that their names were useful labels but not actually used to address the animal.
- lostlogin 4y agoIt would be interesting to know the answer to this. I find it hard to believe that a favourite dog or horse, working not, wouldn’t get talked to and named by it’s owner. At a minimum, it’s useful, as you can get a particular dog to do something when it’s addressed individually.
- Enginerrrd 4y ago>At a minimum, it’s useful, as you can get a particular dog to do something when it’s addressed individually. That can work, particularly with smarter breeds that can understand context, but it actually isn't anywhere close to best practice. MUCH better is to train separate commands for the same action for each dog.