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…
Tag: Spot and Pedestal
The Spot and Pedestal behaviors are important skills in dog training and dog sports; articles by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe on Spot & Pedestal training.
Pedestal Circuit for Confidence, Rear End Awareness
This is what we call a pedestal circuit here at Pawsitive Vybe and we use it for rear end awareness. In the video, Ernie &…
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 …
Manufacturing the Approach
The concepts of On and Off can be taught quite quickly by marking the off and tossing a cookie. The dog leaves the Spot to go grab the cookie and then…
Good Dogs on the Lanai
This video features EZ Ryder, Kiva, Ska, Pan Hot, Harpyr, Prima & Si of the PVybe Pack and Captain America, Animal Farm Foundation Assistance Dog cand…
Change of Venue
Change the venue of your multiple dog working environment. Start to generalize the environment.
Adding an Action Distraction
Adding action by way of the distraction dog while maintaining a working relationship with the working dog.
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Reward Placement for Spot Training
Reward placement is key in teaching a dog the Spot behavior. The reward must be delivered so that the dog can maintain position on the spot. Reward pl…