Three Simple Steps to Teach a Polka Puppy a Hoop
Historical footage recovered from our cloud archive, the Polkanado puppy learning the Hoop behavior. This was her first shot at the skill and you can …
Tag: Prompt Switch
A Prompt Switch is a super elegant training technique for getting a handle on behaviors that are already happening or for changing cues.
If you realize that something reliable is causing a behavior (unconditioned stimulus) or something other than your cue is causing it, simply place your cue right before that stimulus and the dog will learn to pair the two and accept your cue as a nice replacement (conditioned stimulus).
Prompt Switching is a super handy technique that makes some of the most troublesome training situations very manageable.
Identifying and Dealing With an Unintentional Drop Cue With a Prompt Switch
We have covered this before on the Cued Drop topic. Sometimes your dog learns to drop on a cue that you never intended to teach. In Loot's case, the u…
Drop Problems? Do Before Cue for Responsive Drops
It's quite hard to flow with a dog who doesn't drop on cue. This problem is greater if you treat action and interaction with the handler and disc as a…
Epic Learning Hoop – Tricks to the Trick
Trick to the Trick: Prompt Switch The prompt switch is a technique used for changing a cue from one signal to another. To employ a…
Fixing a Late Drop with a Give
Alternating between Drop and Give provide a strong contrast between the location of the Give and the lack of location on the Drop. I believe this dist…
Oppositional Feeding – Fixing a Latent Drop
We like to use Oppositional Feeding with many Drop issues with high drive dogs. In the case of a late Drop or a dog that habitually retrieves, the rew…
PVybe Disc Dog Camp – Learning to Drop
Laura starts out by freeshaping the Drop and adjusting her position so Lakota doesn't get to drop discs in front of her at her feet. Once the Drop is …
Oppositional Feeding Applications
Pressure generated by dogs with lots of drive can be reduced by using Oppositional Feeding. It is a great tool for slowing dogs down and reducing thei…