Attention: Wait for the Questions and Answers
December 16, 2021
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A quick memetic look at the Attention behavior from Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
Pawsitive Vybe S2E1 – Got Attention?
July 19, 2013
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S2E1 of Pawsitive Vybe, the dog training & lifestyle webseries. This episode focuses on unsolicited eye contact, aka: Attention, and Dismissal.
Eight Ways to Slow Down Your Disc Dog
July 27, 2012
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Slowing down a disc dog’s on field movements is important for safety and performance. It is also important for your dog’s frame of mind as well. Thoughtful and purposeful work is always better than bonkers. Here’s 8 tips to help you slow down your dog:
The Pawsitive Vybe STARR Protocol
December 6, 2011
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STARR Protocol for Reactive Dogs Working with reactive or fearful dogs is a specialty of Pawsitive Vybe. The key to dealing with these troubled dogs
2 Simple Steps for Superior Shaping
November 29, 2011
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Many dogs get very high when working for cookies and clicks. Some go over threshold when working. I think this is fairly common for clicker trainers. It’s part of the reason that some seemingly simple behaviors can take months to create and is responsible for much of the frustration that positive trainers experience.
Discdog Bite for Wait
February 18, 2011
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How do you teach a high drive dog to Wait? Teach him to Bite on cue. This bitework lesson is about creating a wait with a Bite Cue.
Marking with a Finger Point
December 2, 2010
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One of the things we like to do at Pawsitive Vybe is to use a finger point to mark behaviors. The above video is a
Attention and Targeting
December 1, 2010
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Attention and Targeting are the basis of team based work. Without these skills teams don’t function very effectively. Shaping…
Attention and Drop as Secondary Reinforcer
November 24, 2010
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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 and for helping…