What is the 5 second rule in dog training?
Angelita Bauch
2025-06-04 15:02:04
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The 5 - 7 Second Rule is a way to determine if it's too hot to walk your dog. Before venturing outside with your pup take a couple seconds to feel the pavement with your hand or bare foot. If you are unable to hold it there for 5-7 seconds it’s too hot to walk your dog. Too hot means it’s uncomfortable for your pups paws and may cause burns.
Guido Bosco
2025-06-04 13:40:17
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Dogs short-term memory remembers instant consequences. Dog's short-term memories will tend to remember the last five to fifteen seconds. If you don't reward in the first five seconds, your puppy could be learning that rustling plastic bags is good. Misdemeanours beyond five seconds ago are best forgotten. Focus on what happened in the last five seconds. They will only associate their last five seconds of behaviour with a consequence.
Violet Jaskolski
2025-06-04 13:29:35
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The five-second rule
Place the back of your hand on the pavement.
If you can't keep it there for five seconds, it's too hot to walk your dog.
Serena Waelchi
2025-06-04 12:19:16
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I use 5 seconds as a time limit for how long I’ll wait for my dog to offer a desired behavior in a training session. If I’m not getting anything to reinforce then I will either do a treat toss to break off for a quick reset, or end the session with a cookie scatter. Then, when I resume the session I need a better training plan. You have to get the behavior (or an approximation of it) in order to have something to reinforce so you can move forward in a training session. The idea of “waiting it out” is a pervasive misconception in training, particularly in shaping sessions. If I’m in a session where I expect my dog to be offering behavior and he’s not, then I’m doing something wrong. Mutually frustrating sessions where you reinforce very little are damaging to your overall training relationship and your dog’s association with training.
Sally O'Conner
2025-06-04 11:42:46
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The 5 Second Rule is a way to check if it is a safe temperature for your pet to walk on hot ground and sand. Hot ground and sand can burn the pads of your pet’s paws and leave them sore, blistered and red. Check if it is a safe temperature for them to walk on by holding the back of your hand on the pavement or sand for five seconds. If it is too hot for you to hold your hand there, your pet shouldn’t be out walking on it.