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Canine Training Flashcards

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Interesting Research: “Domestication” of foxes

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  • 40 to 50 years
  • tameness
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Interesting Research: Associated changes

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  • color
  • ears
  • tails
  • skull measurements
  • development behaviors
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Anthropomorphism

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Is Denver really guilty?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVQNc0zonzw

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Requirements for Successful Training

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  • patience
  • knowledge of what to correct
  • timing
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Starting with a pup
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  1. Socialization: accustom dog to variety (adults, babies, animals, other dogs, environment), (car rides)
  2. Establish your dominance (social position) (don’t allow dog to assume “pack leader” position”
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Pack Leader’s Bill of Rights

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  • To eat first, gorge themselves, and own leftovers
  • To stand, sit or lie down wherever they like
  • To have access to “prime” spots
  • To control entry to or from any room
  • To proceed through narrow openings first
  • To initiate the hunt and dictate where to hunt
  • To demand attention from subordinate pack members
  • To ignore or actively discourage unwanted attention
  • To restrict movements of subordinates
  • To win all games
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How to become “pack leader”

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  • Eat before you feed the dog
  • Restrict access to your bedroom and furniture
  • Proceed first through doorways
  • Take your dog’s “kills”
  • Call your dog to you to give attention
  • Ignore pawing, nudging, whining for attention
  • Initiate games and make sure you win – end up
    with the toy
  • Reward the dog for completing an exercise well
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Starting with a Pup
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  1. Use proper toys for play
    - don’t use shoes or socks (pups chew, cutting teeth)
    - retrieving/; try to instill good choice
  2. Crate train
    - facilitates housebreaking
    - prevents destructive behavior
    - accustom to being in crate while you are gone
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Starting with Pup
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  1. Housebreaking (later)
  2. Make natural tendencies constructive
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What are good rewards for dogs?

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food and praise

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Why be careful with punishment?

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  • timing is difficult
  • can instill fear
  • may have different response than expected
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Examples of Unintentional Training

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  • Poor timing of praise or punishment
  • Calling a dog and then punishing
  • Yelling to stop barking
  • Allowing begging at the table
  • Playing inappropriate games (tug-of-war, keep away, wrestling)
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Appropriate methods of “punishment”

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Getting attention

For times when you must get attention:
– Voice of disapproval
– One quick snap on a collar
– Rattling a can filled with pennies
– “Time-out” in a bare room (?)

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Can you teach old dogs new tricks?

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Yes

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Factors that Influence Learning

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  1. Breed characteristics
    - “reason” for breed’
    - may have to combat these
  2. General temperament
    - often good for most dogs
    - innate desire to please
  3. Age
    - Pups: short attention span, lack coordination/depth perception
    - “old dogs and new tricks”
  4. health: sick dogs behave differently
  5. Environment
    - remove distractions (2 dogs tgt)
    - remove stresses
  6. Handler/Trainer
    - Dominant attitude
    - Consistency: insist on obedience, command only if you can enforce it and must always mean the same thing
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Influence Learning Factors: command only if what?

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  • if you can enforce it
  • must always mean the same thing
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Specific Training Methods: Housebreaking (elimination training)

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– dogs are usually sanitary
– highly recommend a crate
– restrict to one room to start
– place newspapers 180 o from feeding and sleeping area

– adjust time of day you feed and water (Pups will usually need to eliminate after a meal or a nap)
– after about 2 wk., open room 2

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Specific Training Methods: Dogs are usually ____

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sanitary

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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): highly recommend a ____

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crate

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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): restrict to ____ to start

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one room

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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): place newspapers ____________________

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180˚from feeding and sleeping area

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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): adjust time of day you ___ and ___

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  • feed and water
  • pups will usually need to eliminate after a meal of a nap
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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): after about ___ weeks, open room 2

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2 weeks

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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): may need to build up fast or slow for intestinal training?

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slowly

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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): how effective is punishments

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general don’t work

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Specific Training Methods (Housebreaking): do what greatly?

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praise

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Specific Training Methods (Training to go outside): how often to go out?

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often

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Specific Training Methods (Training to go outside): show dog ____

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the are you want it to use

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Specific Training Methods (Training to go outside): something you should do greatly

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praise!

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Specific Training Methods (Barking): ___ dogs barely bark

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wild

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Specific Training Methods (Barking): may be ___ or ___ response

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natural or learned

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Specific Training Methods (Barking): may be desirable as ____

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alarm

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Specific Training Methods (How to Stop Barking): Ideally what?

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don’t have it start

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Specific Training Methods (How to Stop Barking): remove what?

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rewards

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Specific Training Methods (How to Stop Barking): don’t what

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yell or throw things

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Specific Training Methods (How to Stop Barking): reward ____

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non-barking

  • leave, then return
  • praise and treat if no barking
  • stretch out time away
  • may have to tie or muzzle if you need to skip a session
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Specific Training Methods (How to Stop Barking): ___ shock collars

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sound-activated

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Advantages of Sound-activated shock collars

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Disadvantages of Sound-activated shock collars

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Alternatives to shock

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sound, citronella, whistle, vibration

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4 destructive behaviors (when left alone)

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  • vigorous exercise daily (relieve excess energy)
    – Use crate when away
    – Drug regimen?
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Clicker training: better timing of reward cuz it marks the exact moment the dog ___

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does something right

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Clicker training methods

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– Click whenever you see desired action
– Can give praise, treats
– Click should be desired reward for the pup

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Natural behavior patterns: antagonistic

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  • fighting and predation, herding, play-fighting
  • defense and escape reaction
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Natural behavior patterns: Sexual Behavior

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  • mutual investigation of anal and genital area
  • courtship behavior sometimes seen
  • mating behavior
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Natural behavior patterns: eliminative behavior

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  • urination and defecation in places used by other males and females
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Natural behavior patterns: maternal

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  • giving of care and attention
  • primarily toward young (feeding, protecting, grooming, etc…)
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Natural behavior patterns: Allelomimetic

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  • doing what other animals in group do
  • makes hunting and safety more efficient
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Postures: relaxed/normal

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  • tail down, ears up, head high, corners of mouth relaxed
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Postures: Alert

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  • tail straight, ears forward, mouth closed, up on toes
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Postures: Stressed/afraid

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  • tail between legs, ears back, pupils dilated, rapid panting with corners of mouth back, body lowered, sweaty footpads
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Postures: Playing

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  • front end down, ears up
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Postures: Active submission

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  • tail down, body lowered, ears back, forehead
    smooth, corners of mouth back, groveling movements, often lick
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Postures: passive submission

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  • roll onto back, tail tucked, eyes averted
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Postures: offensive posture

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  • tail up and stiff, hackles up, ears forward, nose wrinkled, mouth corners forward, stand forward
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Postures: Defensive threat posture

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  • tail tucked, hackles up, ears back, body low and crouched, pulse dilated, wrinkled nose, mouth corners back (growling/ barking)
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Approaching an unknown dog

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  • DON’T!!!
  • if you must, approach from angle
  • stand straight up and extend a hand (usually palm side down)
  • can stroke it on side, or under mouth
  • touching dog on shoulders or top of head is dominant signal

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