What Is a Duration Behavior?
Ron Watson lays out the concept of Duration behaviors and discusses how they work.
Tag: duration
Duration or a duration behavior is a Stay, and releases only to the handler’s release cue; articles by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe on duration behaviors.
Wait vs Stay Using a Back Stall with An Over-Aroused Dog
This is Session 4 of a series of training sessions with Motown over the course of an afternoon. It served as the introduction for the sessions and the…
Wait vs Stay Using a Back Stall with An Over-Aroused Dog | Pt 3
Session 3 with Motown shows a significant reduction of arousal and a marked increase in Drive. Drive is energy and action applied towards work. Buildi…
Slacker Training with Epic – Duration at a Distance
Here’s Epic working on a Pedestal while Ron whips up some Turkey Dogs à la Pawsitive Vybe. This is what I like to call Slacker…
Pawsitive Vybe S2E6 – Duration Dissected
Duration Behaviors are behaviors that happen for an extended period of time. A Down Stay is a duration behavior, as is chilling out on a pedestal, pro…
Shaping the Spot Behavior with Dismissal
DOC is our Environmental Management Protocol. It is designed to help dog trainers learn to passively handle their dogs through shaping and reward and …
Good Dogs Stay Down
Check out the PVybe Pack doing a down stay while we hang out with our neighbor at Pawsitive Vybe HQ. They were all really good dogs.
Multiple Dog Flatwork Fun – Chaos and Crosses VloMo11 #14
VloMo11 Day 14 – Lots of Dogs @PVybe | 30 Vids in 30 Days A fun session with Juicy, Harp & Leilani playing around with…
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…
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…
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…
2 Keys to Teaching a Dog to Stay
Many clicker trainers have problems with duration because they are primarily focused on marking and reinforcing action. After the action part of the d…