Tag: operant conditioning
Attention and Targeting
1st December
Attention and Targeting are the basis of team based work. Without these skills teams don’t function very effectively. Shaping…
Humor, Repetition and the Classical Condition
28th October
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Yesterday, I did a piece on Reframing the Dog’s Understanding of the Door. A couple of the comments pointed out some gaps in the one ‘how to’ paragraph. That paragraph was not meant as a lesson plan, it was just a quick hit explanation of the technique. Today’s installment is also not meant as a lesson plan. This piece is about some concepts we can use to desensitize our dog to the classical condition.
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Pavlovian Humor – Make Their Drive a Joke
Humor is essentially taking people down a common path and popping them out into an unexpected destination:
“Three guys walk into a bar,”
The listener knows what’s coming: a long drawn out story about a minister, a priest and a rabbi, or something like that. Eyes roll,”Oh no, not another one… this is going to … Read More »
STARR Protocol – Setting the Tone with Layla
9th October
Apryl Lea and Layla work on Setting an Appropriate Tone for work at the beginning of a work session.
Layla is a foster here @ PVybe HQ and is available for adoption through Mid America Border Collie Rescue
Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)
Tags: reactive dog management, starr protocol, dog training, threshold, pa
Consequence
5th July
The definition of an Operant animal is an animal that understands behavior affects consequence.
Once we have a Positive Marker that tells the dog the moment they are correct and we follow it with positive reinforcement we are communicating. “That, right there! was good!” The dog gets a cookie (or a disc) as proof.
Once the dog understands that the positive marker leads to a positive consequence, or better yet, leads to the opportunity for a positive consequence, then the dog starts to value the marker. They will listen for it and try to find the correct behavior that leads to good stuff in any given situation. They will work to make Yes! happen and will remember what it is they were doing when Yes! was said.
Of course the other side of the coin is extremely valuable as well. Behaviors that … Read More »
Canine Communication – Cuing, Commands and Operant Conditioning
11th October
We believe that a cuing a behavior is a much better fit for positive training and viewing our communication with our dogs as a cue instead of a command…
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