Drives Flashcards
Drives
-subconscious impulses to react to stimuli
•genetic
•Can be enhanced or diminished through training, but never created or eliminated.
•A dog will revert to his drives not training when placed under stress.
Hunt
Drive to pursue out-of-sight stimuli.
Air scent
Drive to follow wind born odors.
Tracking
Drive to follow ground disturbance odors.
Prey
Drive to pursue, bite, and kill visual prey.
Retrieve
Drive to bring prey to the pack.
Activity
Drive to move and act.
Play
Drive for physical contact with pack members.
Pack
Drive for emotional contact with pack members.
Survival
Flight- Drive to flee from real or imagined danger.
Self-defense-Drive to attack real or imagined danger.
Rank
Drive to achieve higher rank in the pack.
Protection
Drive to defend pack members.
Guard
Drive to defend territorial space from intruders.
Fight
Drive to measure physical prowess with rivals.
Trainability
Drive to follow the desires of the pack leader.