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Primary learning, primary learned: Social
learning
’Talking’ with scent, body language, dog
language, dog codes and dog manners is something
that every dog must learn. It is primary learned social
behaviour. Thanks to social learning, the dog
language gains meaning for a dog, so that dogs
can communicate with each other.
   
By mixing with others and ‘talking’, a dog gains
clarity and security about what its rights and
obligations are and what the rights and
obligations of the other are. This is important,
as when this is unclear, it creates chaos, in
which no dog can feel safe and secure.
Social Learning (learning)
This is a learning process that every animal
must go through, and that limits itself to
interaction between those of the same kind.
Human action has little to no meaning here. It’s
the ‘natural’ raising in the broadest sense of
the word. Positive ratification in the human
sense, as used in learning by conditioning,
plays no part in this; have you ever seen a dog
give another dog a treat? It’s the continual
interaction that is the most important reward
for the dog: it belongs! And...thanks to that
interaction, the dog can learn.
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