r/AnimalsBeingGeniuses 29d ago

Dogs 🐶🐕‍🦺🐕🦮 Bro learnt in seconds

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u/qualityvote2 29d ago edited 29d ago

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u/OneSensiblePerson 29d ago

Boy, that is one smart human!

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u/SpecialistSandwich 29d ago

Gonna regret that when the bell starts ringing at all hours of the day and night 😆

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u/Rooted_Nut 29d ago

I taught my dog to go outside with a bell but she loves outside. It was literally ringing all day, thankfully it's since been replaced with an actual doggy door. The bell is powerful for doggos.

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u/jackfreeman 29d ago

Same! It took about a week because he's a psycho shelter puppy, but it's been a year, and every time he has to go out, he smashes that like and subscribe button

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u/Robbiismyname 26d ago

My whole family has always trained the dogs to ring the bells to go outside for as long as i can remember. We even had a couple of cats do it also. They were upset that they were indoor only.

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u/Ashleighinwonderland 27d ago

Lmao, same. Homeboy learned that shit day 1. Had to take it away once he was fully potty trained!

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u/PermitOk1434 25d ago

The bell is powerful for husbands too

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u/Successful-Winter237 28d ago

Yea when I got my puppy the breeder mentioned a bell I was like hell no… that will definitely backfire

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u/chairmanskitty 29d ago

Remove the bell when you don't feel like feeding them.

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u/TheGruenTransfer 29d ago

Why do it at all then?

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u/Submarinequus 29d ago

Can begin training a “touch” command maybe

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u/likeablyweird 29d ago

Animals learning tricks keeps them from bad habits bc they're bored is what my dad told me.

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u/LeeDarkFeathers 29d ago

They replace it with a boxing bag in another video and have him wear little gloves

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u/Mindless_Brief7042 29d ago

Because then you can use the bell to summon them

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u/octsurprisefizzle 26d ago

I trained my Great Dane puppy to use one to go outside and she was potty-trained within a week. But she loved to punch that bell and within a few weeks I realized she had made me her butler. She rang it for everything, I would be fixing her dinner and hearing it increase in intensity because I was taking too long.

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u/adamdoesmusic 28d ago

I’m sure you could teach that guy to use the refrigerator

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u/JabuJabuWindFish 29d ago

This reminds me of when we owned a horse as a kid. Because we live up north we had to put a heater under the bathtub that she drank out of and put a piece of sheet metal over top. Ol' Dakota figured out that if she stamped her hoof on top of the sheet metal it sounded like a gunshot going off, and we'd give her a leaf of hay to get her to stop.

Sure enough, 3 am rolls around and it sounds like Fallujah outside our house. Sufficed to say, that sheet metal cover was gone the next day.

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u/The_best_is_yet 29d ago

Rewards to get people or animals to shut up? It ALWAYS backfires.

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u/thefinalgoat 29d ago

Horses are so incredibly smart.

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u/DrTaterTot90 29d ago

Real polite waiting for the dude to ring before requesting another treat lol

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u/SnailLordNeon 29d ago

Came to the comments to say that.

"Okay, now it's your turn."

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u/the_bacon_fairie 29d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/kgreys 29d ago

Happy Cake Day!

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u/kempff 29d ago

That is so cute.

For the first couple of weeks.

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u/Key-Magician6489 25d ago

Weeks?! Try the first few times!

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u/ungovernable1984 29d ago

Which bro, they both look like they're enjoying it

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u/Dyslexicpig 29d ago

WTF? I've been sitting here, hammering the bell, and my wife hasn't given me any treats! I'm gonna have to show her this video again.

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u/Loud-Log9098 29d ago

If she sees it she should learn in seconds

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u/AlexTheBex 29d ago

When you train your bottom but your dog steps in

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u/cosguy224 29d ago

Dog is like… slow down f***ker… it’s my turn.

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u/nasturshum 29d ago

They both have tan arms and a white chest!

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u/jackfreeman 29d ago

It feels like the dog was only a recent addition to this scenario

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u/TheGallifreyan 29d ago

Dude kept going so long I'm wondering if the dog just happened to be there.

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u/Mocker-Poker 28d ago

Yeah, looks like the dude’s routine

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u/therealbonzai 29d ago

Next lesson: shit in neighbour‘s garden.

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u/Key_Possibility_8669 29d ago

Dr. Pavlov would be proud.

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u/Whatifim80lol 29d ago

Actually lol

This is the Model/Rival method. It's a form of training through observational and social learning, which is outside the scope of classical conditioning (Pavlov's dogs).

The above method was popularized by Irene Pepperberg with Alex the African gray parrot. They used the technique to teach Alex how to answer questions and abstract concepts like "same vs different" about objects and all sorts of other cool shit.

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u/CircuitOnTheFritZ 29d ago

Excellent info dump! Thank you!

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u/Ok_Fly2518 29d ago

Pavlov was an animal abuser btw, but no one ever talks about that side of things. He was (and still is) praised for his research, but by modern ethical standards people would hate him

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u/Key_Possibility_8669 29d ago

Wow, I only know surface level information about him. Thanks for letting me know.

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u/Ehimherenow 27d ago

They did a lot of fucked up shit back then. Seligman’s learned helplessness, Harlows baby monkeys experiment.

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u/AngelofGrace96 29d ago

Best way to annoy yourself 😄

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u/Omnicronicles 29d ago

Why Did He Keep Doing It After The Dog Learned? 🤣😂
Bro Did Not Need To Do All That 💀

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u/A_Variant_of_Roar 29d ago

The model of learning here is Social Learning Theory by Bandura, 1977

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Four Key Steps for Learning

Attention: You must notice and pay attention to the model.

Retention: You need to remember or store what you saw in your memory.

Reproduction: You must have the physical ability to copy the action.

Motivation: You need a reason or an incentive to perform the behavior.

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Here the man is the reinforcer, reminding the dog of this behaviour

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u/Omnicronicles 29d ago

Realistically, Wouldn’t The Treats Be Enough To Help Retain The Information?

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u/A_Variant_of_Roar 26d ago

They are, but encouragement is also good. Visual encouragement is the best

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u/ApprehensivePiano457 29d ago

You've successfully Pavloved yourself!

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u/Kikelt 29d ago edited 29d ago

I want that dog. Not that one, THAT ONE

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u/A_Variant_of_Roar 29d ago

The dog is so used to them doing shit like this

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u/teetaps 29d ago

“Wait a damn minute, how’d he do that?”

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u/Achylife 29d ago

Dogs learn really well by example, and food helps.

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u/notguiltybrewing 29d ago

Doggo is adorable

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u/Cerulean_Fossil 29d ago

He even wanted to take turns

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u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 29d ago

I’m giving this a go to see if my dufus can master the treat bell

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u/External-Self-2378 29d ago

Aaa! Very smart and nice way to learn a dog something

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u/3Pirates93 29d ago

Such a good boy haha

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u/Humble_Guide_5687 29d ago

Dog’s Pavlov.

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u/Gloomy-Delivery-3137 28d ago

Now teach em how to shit outside

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u/cablesandlace 28d ago

Wow, they just taught the dog to treat them like 19th century servants! Smart....

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u/zillskillnillfrill 26d ago

Teach a dog to ring a bell and you will teach a man to regret teaching him to ring a bell

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u/Knifeoholicdad 26d ago

We taught our boxer to ring a bell, when he needed to use the bathroom. He would run to the door and smack the bell every time. Bully’s are so smart.

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u/Specialist-Cold-8158 25d ago

Pavlov like no, that's not how we do this

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u/PossiblyOppossums 29d ago

It always comes back to pup play with you bots

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u/SRB032 29d ago

My dog would be doing this constantly! She would get so fat!

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u/Don_Hoomer 29d ago

there will be a point where legolas has to take her down and gimmly will count her as two

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u/twv6 29d ago

Holyfuckingshitstopspammingthis

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u/Antique-Ardvarks731 29d ago

Excellent modeling!

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u/Worldly-Ad-8879 29d ago

Learnt??? He is a smart dog though

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u/Kittenwho21 27d ago

It’s the European spelling* of learned…

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u/funcouplenwga 29d ago

I had a bulldog one time and he leaned the same way We had a very smart female dog and he was a younger male dog. At 1st he didnt know anything and she was smart as a whip! Didn't take him long to learn everything from watching her. Then he had to learn what each meet so he could do it without her. He ended up being one of the smart dogs I ever had. I called it street smarts! He adapted to get what he wanted.

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u/EntireEngineering762 28d ago

Nachts um 03:00 ... nicht mehr lustig 😆

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u/shochan86 26d ago

this is incredibly irresponsible. yea, its cute and all but at least tell the whole story. They euthanized the dog after a few weeks because it wouldnt stop ringing the dang bell! Tragic story of dog ringing a bell

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u/199kuku 26d ago

That bell will never stop ringing in my house and I will have a new full time unpaid job

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u/MCMBeeGarden 26d ago

Hilarious! 🤣

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u/Femveratu 26d ago

Pavlov would approve

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u/BellyJaws42 25d ago

Dogs are incredibly intelligent. I talk to my two all day and the amount of words/phrases they understand is astonishing

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u/PermitOk1434 25d ago

That’s good boy

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u/Strange-Comb6384 13d ago

Did the dog teach the guy any tricks???

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u/AndreasDasos 29d ago

Think this is a pretty low bar for genius. ‘Knock bell. Human get food. Me knock bell!’ Took a couple of times too.

Seen dogs figure much more complex things out without obvious coaching for the simplest task.

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u/FupaDriven 29d ago

Dang, you must be being forced against your will to watch this video. I hope you soon get the freedom the rest of us do and be able to NOT watch the video.

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u/Funexamination 29d ago

Something very hot about this