Rate of Reinforcement

Rate of Reinforcement can be expressed in terms of Cookies Per Minute (CPM). How many cookies delivered over time has a great impact on dog…

Rate of Reinforcement

Rate of reinforcement is a number of rewards per amount of time. Traditional positive training says that you should shoot for 15-30 rewards per minute…

Variable Reinforcement

Candy Machine – Fixed Schedule When you start with marker training, the reinforcement schedule, or reward schedule is a fixed ratio of 1:1 – 1…

Ron Watson | Scoot

Dog backs up between handler's legs from front to back, the Scoot is an interesting Set Up Move. Ron Watson gives some tips on using and abusing the …

Create & Leverage Game

Multiple Equal-Value Targets Use multiple targets to create a higher rate of reinforcement and to establish more control over the mechanics of the game: bite,…