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At six in the morning, my husky “Erha” was using his tail as a broom to perform the sequel of “Frozen” in the living room – the Persian carpet I bought yesterday became his impromptu sled track. Just as I was holding the dog training manual and preparing to perform “Hedong Lion Roar”, a push notification popped up on my phone: “New Ideas for Contemporary Dog Training: Treat Demolition as Performance Art”. This made me suddenly realize that perhaps what we lack in getting along with furry children is not the discipline skills, but the microscope to decipher their behavioral codes.
Behavior Decoding: The Morse Code Behind Demolition
The Corgi “Puff” who was treated last week taught me an important lesson. When it tore the toilet paper into snow, the owner was punishing it in the traditional way of scolding. It was not until we gave it a comprehensive physical examination that we found that the pain caused by periodontitis made it divert its attention through destructive behavior. Now Puff’s “work” has become a dedicated storage box for teething toys, and the owner also kindly marked it: “This is the remains of the pain relief artifact.”
Animal behaviorists told me that behind every “disobedience” of a dog are three demands:
- Survival alarm (such as stress response to the sound of a vacuum cleaner)
- Territory declaration (marking the boundaries of new furniture with urine)
- Emotional appeal (“home demolition art exhibition” caused by separation anxiety)
Positive domestication: turning the battlefield into a playground
My Doberman “General” used to be a destroyer until I found that his “crime schedule” completely overlapped with my fitness time. Now whenever I put on sportswear, he will consciously bring me a Frisbee – it turns out that he doesn’t hate fitness, but is just eager to participate in his owner’s activities. This discovery has enabled me to start “crime prevention companionship”: arrange interactive games in advance during the time period when he may cause damage.
Practical tips:
- Replace slippers with “teeth stick substitutes” made of bite-resistant materials
- Use pheromone spray to turn the sofa into an “odor safety island”
- Set up a “house demolition license” game: completing designated tasks can be exchanged for paper box tearing time
Technology empowerment: dog training revolution in the intelligent era
I recently put a smart collar on Erha, and the APP shows that its anxiety level soars at 3 pm every day – just the “death moment” when I write. Now the collar automatically releases a calming fragrance and starts an interactive projection game at the same time. Watching it focus on biting the virtual light spot, I suddenly realized that technology should not be a taming tool, but a translator to help us understand the emotional code behind the behavior of furry children.
Ultimate philosophy: acceptance is more important than transformation
One night, Erha quietly lay next to my unfinished illustration and gently pushed the paint tray with his wet nose. In the moonlight, its amber eyes reflected colorful blocks of color, as if saying: “Look, chaos can also be beautiful.” This reminds me of the philosophy of Japanese dog trainers: instead of forcing dogs to adapt to human rules, it is better to create a new rhythm of getting along together.
At this moment, on my coffee table is the “abstract bite art” sent by Puff, and Erha is using his tail to recompose the disassembled puzzle. Perhaps the real way to train dogs is not to make them “obedient”, but to teach us how to appreciate the unique behavioral poems of these furry philosophers. When the sunset gilded their figures through the gauze curtains, I suddenly understood: the best domestication is to let the two species coexist in perfect tacit understanding in each other’s imperfections.
