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- The Shape Of Things To Come by fun4fido on Nov 7, 2009
Shaping is defined as the teaching by differential reinforcement of new behaviours by systematically reinforcing successive approximations toward a final finished behaviour. Basically you are splitting the behaviour down in to easy to manage su...
- Clicker Mechanics by fun4fido on Oct 14, 2009
As a teenager I remember training in the athletics team at school, being tall and agile I faired well in the 200 meter hurdles, but I recall the hours spent practicing. I had many different mechanical (physical) aspects to think about, stride timing...
- Hand Targeting For Fearful Dogs by fun4fido on Sep 10, 2009
There is no doubt that owning and working with a fearful dog can be a challenge. If you own a fearful dog is it very important for you to educate yourself and learn as much as you can so that you can help your dog become less afraid and a more confid...
- Teaching Bite Inhibition by fun4fido on Jul 2, 2009
Whenever I visit a client for the first puppy socialisation consultation I am often asked what I think the most important behaviours to teach a puppy are. While it is of course important to teach your puppy some basic behaviours, and then progress to...
- How Dogs Learn by fun4fido on Jun 11, 2009
Learning theory Understanding how dogs learn is vital to dog training as you will be able to effectively communicate with your dog and guide him in learning what works and what doesn’t work for us humans. It is well worth taking the time to acq...
- Variable Ratio Reinforcement by fun4fido on Jun 4, 2009
If you are new to clicker training you may well have a concern that you will always have to click and treat your dog for every cued behaviour he performs, this is however not the case. Generally, when you are training a new behaviour, your dog will a...
- Basic Clicker Training in 6 Steps by fun4fido on May 29, 2009
Charging the clicker Getting the behaviour Marking the behaviour Reinforcing the behaviour Adding the cue/phase out the clicker Adding praise/phase out the treats 1. Charging the clicker is classical conditioning, like Pavlov’s bell, and his d...
