How to Train Your Bear Flashcards
Who is the first sweep for?
Berry
What area is searched in the first sweep?
Eye level and below
Who is the second sweep for?
You
what is the purpose of a second sweep?
To catch anything Berry may have missed
How long is the 1st search and rest?
Search for 20 min; rest for 25 min
How long is the 2nd search and rest?
Search for 12-14 min; rest for 30 min
How long is the 3rd search and rest?
Search for 8-10 min; done
What are the different types of containers?
Training aid container, super scent container, and negative aides container
What is used in the negative aide container?
One of everything!
Where does a Negative Aide Container need to be placed?
In a room or car that is free of narcotics
Describe U.S. vs Parada
Rico (such a goody boy) alerted the officer to the driver’s side door by stiffening his body, breathing deeply, and attempting to jump into the window. A random dog sniff is not a search for Fourth Amendment purposes, and a positive dog alert gives officers probable cause to search.
Name two alerts to look for that can be anywhere from subtle to dramatic.
Changes in breathing and body posture.
What is the final indication?
Scratch, sit, bark or bite
What is proofing
When you didn’t see the initial odor response, so Berry gives the final response/indication.
When do you do a sweep?
Any time the dog shows interest
What is your search radius when doing a sweep?
Two to three feet on either side
What drives a K9?
Survival. A genetic inherent desire that prey requires a hunt.
What is the inherent genetic desire for chase and capture?
The prey drive
Survival Drive contains _________.
Aggression
What is the basic stimulation for the prey drive?
Food and hunger. All hunt is in prey.
When are the prey and hunt drives fulfilled?
When the dog fills its mouth (with a bad guy booty).
When is stimulation strongest?
When the prey escapes or is hiding.
During what “drive” does a dog use ALL of his senses?
During the hunt drive
Describe the Pack Drive
The inherent genetic desire to fit into a social structure
what is the inherent desire to fit into a social structure?
The Pack Drive
All _____ and _____ corrections are done in the Pack Drive.
Verbal; physical
The Pack drive is fulfilled by the _______.
Alpha
The alpha fulfills the Pack Drive via ____ and ____.
Praise; punishment
What is the inherent genetic ability to act aggressively in a situation other than food gathering situations?
Civil/Defense drive
Describe the Civil/Defense drive
The genetic ability to act aggressively when not in a food gathering situation.
The purpose of the Civil/Defense drive is _______ and ______ as well as containing _________.
Survival; protection; aggression
Name three things that stimulate the civil/defense drive:
pain, the threat of pain, or an attack
True or False: the civil/defense drive is part of the Hunt Drive
False! the Civil/Defense drive contains no hunt. Strictly survival and protection. No prey or chase involved
Because the Civil/Defense contains no hunt (no prey to chase and therefore no clear purpose or end-game) it causes a _______ drive
High stress drive
How do you fulfill the Civil/Defense drive?
Create distance from the high stress situation
What is a primary reward?
The reward/toy comes from the object that Berry indicates on strongest. (He chased the bad guy he got the bad guy)
What is a secondary reward?
A reward that comes from you! Give that good boy a treat!
What is the main way that a dog communicates?
Body posture
How do you test a hunt?
Make the dog think that a toy has been placed/thrown in an area; watch the dog hunt for 3-5 minutes
List the six factors that affect how an odor disperses throughout a room
Time, humidity, temperate, quality, quantity, and other masking agents
