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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...
- What Shapes Canine Social Behaviour? by fun4fido on Jul 31, 2009
A Fresh Look at the Wolf-Pack Theory of Companion-Animal Dog Social Behavior By Wendy van Kerkhove A popular perspective on the social behavior of dogs in multiple-dog households sees the dogs’ behavior as reflecting the sociobiological laws of...
- 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...
