Paying the Release
Paying the Release of a duration behavior is important as duration is defined by the Release. Without the Release, duration can't happen. It's also im…
Month: November 2010
Working Multiple Dogs Sample Session
A sample session of working multiple dogs on taking turns using a pedestal.
Working Multiple Dogs | The Working Dog and the Distraction Dog
We have the Working Dog, the dog holding the duration behavior and a Distraction Dog(s) that is doing stuff.
Working Multiple Dog | Principles for the Working Dog
Set Position When we set the working dog on their Spot or Pedestal, it would be a good idea to use a very high rate…
Working Multiple Dogs | Principles for the Distraction Dog
The Distraction Dog is not very important to this exercise. This dog is simply used as a distraction for the Working Dog’s duration behavior. The…
Attention and Drop as Secondary Reinforcer
Eye contact in the presence of a disc earns the opportunity to bite the disc. It's brutally simple and effective for keeping dogs off of the handler a…
Crossing and the 4 Keys of Flatwork
What we are doing with Flatwork is moving the dog around the field. We are pushing and pulling. This happens through...
Disc Dog Flanking and Feeding
The first steps of Practical Flatwork are Setting the Flank and Directional Feeding. Both of these skills have huge impact in how handlers...
Pawsitive Vybe Ribbon (PVR)
The Pawsitive Vybe Ribbon is a flatwork pattern we developed to help handlers learn to move their dogs around the field and also to help handlers esca…
Rear Cross
The Rear Cross is a move where the dog turns away from the handler. That's all it is. Dog is running and turns in the opposite direction from the hand…
Front Cross
Crossing during a PVR is a bit of an advanced flatwork maneuver, but it should be relatively easy if we have a solid drop and…
Expanding the PVR
The way the Pawsitive Vybe Ribbon is constructed, our dogs are likely to mistake the PVR for a simple Go Around. If we look at the...
Spot Training – Generalizing Handler Position and Approach
In this Video, Apryl Lea and Pan work on a Pedestal, or raised spot. The intent of the session is to Manufacture the Approach and Generalize the Handl…
Treat to Toy Transfer with Layla
The main mechanics for this skill is activating the second target and making the first target disappear. That popping lure with the second hand combin…
Generalize the Spot Behavior
While it is true that dogs do not generalize as well as humans, generalization may be enhanced through training. And the dog surely won't be able to g…
Rewarding with Action
At Pawsitive Vybe, Dogs don’t earn cookies, they earn the opportunity for cookies. When the mark leads to opportunity, dog’s are conditioned...
Generalizing the Pedestal with a Circuit
Generalizing the Pedestal behavior can be done quite easily by creating a circuit of many different pedestals and working them in rapid fire successio…
Transferring from Treats to Toys
Reinforcement will be in the form of tossing the toy, when the handler wants some space, or a bite and tug on the toy when the dog...
Introduction to the Pedestal Behavior
We like to use Pedestals here at PVybe HQ because it is a very Black and White behavior. The dog is either on it, or not on it, plain and simple. A Sp…
Root Concepts of the Spot Behavior
Behaviors can be broken down into many root concepts. Spot training offers us several active root concepts that we can teach our dogs that will come i…