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Drives, instincts and character traits Flashcards

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Pointing

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Drive to passively indicate prey.

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Drafting

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Drive to pull when restricted.

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Herding

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Drive to circle and direct prey.

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Homing

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Drive to return to pack or territory.

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Trainability

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Drive to follow the desires of the pack leader.

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Fight

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Drive to measure physical prowess with rivals.

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Guard

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Drive to defend territorial space from intruders.

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Protection

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Drive to defend pack members.

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Rank

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Drive to achieve higher rank in the pack.

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Survival

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Flight is the drive to flee from real or imagined danger. self defense is the drive to attack real or imagined danger.

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Pack

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Drive for emotional contact with pack members.

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Play

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Drive for physical contact with pack members.

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Activity

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Drive to move and act.

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Retrieve

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Drive to bring pray back to the pack.

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Prey

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Drive to pursue, bite, and kill visual prey.

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Tracking

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Drive to follow ground disturbance odors.

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Air scent

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Drive to follow Wind born orders.

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Hunt

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Drive to pursue out of sight stimuli.

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Drives

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Sub conscious impulses to react to stimuli. Genetic. Can be in Hanst or diminished through training, but never created or eliminated. A dog will revert to his drives, not training, when placed under stress.

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Genetic behavior

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Determined by the dog’s genes, born into the dog. A dog’s potential is limited by his genetic makeup.

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Environmental Behavior

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Behavior that is learned through environmental conditioning.

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Genetic Behavior can be divided into:

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Species preservation and self-preservation

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Species preservation

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Behavior associated with the survival and reproduction of the species.

  • seeking out a mate and mating
  • nurturing and protecting the young
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Self-preservation

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Behavior associated with the survival of the individual dog.

  • seeking food
  • defending one’s self
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Courage

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Absence of fear toward objects or in situations.

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Confidence

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Environmentally conditioned acceptance of safety.

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Hardness

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Resiliency toward unpleasant experiences.

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Softness

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Remembering unpleasant experiences.

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Sensory threshold

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Amount of stimuli required to engage a drive.

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Sharpness

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Tendency to react aggressively to stimuli.

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Frustration

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Tendency to react aggressively when restrained from stimuli.

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Temperament

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Attitude toward life.

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