Motivators Flashcards

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1
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What are the four big FAP categories

A

1) Fight
2) Flight
3) Feeding
4) Courtship and reproduction

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2
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Which of the 4 FAP categories does Tug and Fetch under?

A

Food Acquisition

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3
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When would you choose Food?

A

Stationary work/precision

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4
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When would you choose toys?

A

Action work/explosiveness

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5
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When can motivators work against us?

A

Misbehaviour of organisms - anticipation of of R+

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6
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What’s the maxum for choosing a motivator?

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Food for precision Toys for speed

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7
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Which motivator? - Recall

A

Speed and Enthusiasm - Toys

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8
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Which motivator? - Jumping, charging, athletic tricks

A

Toys

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9
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Which motivator? Sustained eye contact (watch/heel)

A

Toys

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10
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Which motivator? Proofing stay, wait, premack recall

A

Toys

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11
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Which motivator? - Stay, wait/leave it installation

A

Food

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12
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Which motivator? - Position changes

A

Food

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13
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Which motivator? - small movements

A

Food

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14
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What is macro targetting?

A

Moving more than a body length

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15
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Which motivator? - Macro targetting

A

Toys

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16
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What is micro targetting

A

< 1 body length scale

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17
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Which motivator? - micro targetting

A

Food

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18
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Which motivator? most shaping applications

A

Food

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19
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Why do we use food for shaping?

A

Faster recycling

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20
Q

When wouldn’t we want to use toys for stay, wait, premack recall?

A

Installation phrase. Use for proofing only

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21
Q

Why would we use toys for proofing impulse control?

A

Can you X despite…..

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22
Q

If we want to get in lots of trails per unit time what motivator would we choose?

A

Food!

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23
Q

What could we use to proof recall?

A

Call off food/dead toys

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24
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Whats stage 2 in proofing premack?

A

Calling off dead novel toy

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25
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When proofing recall off a dead toy, what’s the reinforcer?

A

The toy! – get it!

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26
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Whats stage 3 proofing a premack recall?

A

Rolled toy

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27
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Whats stage 4 proofing a premack recall?

A

Thrown toy

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28
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What’s stage 5 proofing a premack recall?

A

increase dog-handler distance and decrease dog-toy distance

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29
Q

What equipment should we use when proofing premack

A

Harness and longline

30
Q

When do we repeat offline? premack proofing?

A

after we’ve done the whole lot on line

31
Q

What question do we ask to find out if a dog is drivey?

A

When you play fetch with him, who quits first, you or him?

32
Q

What are the downsides of drivey dogs?

A

Busy - massive exercise and enrichment needs
Often object guarders
Sometimes less tolerant of other dogs

33
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What are the upsides of drivey dogs?

A

They go all day!

34
Q

What do we need to be careful of with drivey dogs?

A

Obsession
Going beyond limits - health risks
Shadow chasing

35
Q

How do we develop lukewarm/reluctant tuggers when it’s due to their nature?

A

Build their confidence slowly and carefully.

36
Q

Why can dogs be reluctant tuggers?

A

1) Past experience - drummed out of them
2) Nature

37
Q

How do we develop lukewarm/reluctant tuggers when it’s due to their past experience?

A

Build their confidence: they need permission to bite, hold, tug

38
Q

Can lukewarm tuggers be trained to be keen enough to use as a motivator

A

Sometimes!

39
Q

Is it “bad” when dogs are intense?

A

No!

40
Q

What’s the goal of prey object simulation

A

Elicit predatory behaviour

41
Q

How do we elicit predatory behaviour

A

Make the object act like a small jumpy animal

42
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What are some increments for prey object simulation

A

1) Track object
2) Bite object
3) Hold object

43
Q

When do we add rules to tug?

A

Keen tuggers

44
Q

What do we prioritise for keen tuggers?

A

Rules

45
Q

When do we not prioritise rules for tug?

A

Reluctant tuggers

46
Q

What are the rules for tug?

A

1) Takes, retakes only on cue
2) Must out on cue
3) No sloppy mouth
4) Obedience breaks

47
Q

What is the consequence for rule breaks

A

Dead toy or take toy away

48
Q

Which of the 2 rules are prioirity

A

1) Take and retake only on cue
1) Must out on cue

49
Q

What are the second priority rules for tug?

A

2) No sloppy mouth
2) Obedience breaks

50
Q

How do we teach the rules of tug?

2 points

A

1) prompt and R+ (food)
2) Tighten up by introducing P- (end of game) for infractions

51
Q

When would we prioritise sloppy mouth?

A

When you have a dog who is very sloppy wt his mouth.

52
Q

When do we use food in tug?

A

To R+ when we are teaching takes and retakes on cue

53
Q

When do prompt and R+ when teaching rules in tug?

A

Early on

54
Q

What’s the ABC when teaching takes, and retakes?

A

A - “out”
A - dead toy
B - Dog lets go
C - food + retake

55
Q

What are the handler Pre-Req for tug?

A

Be able to:

Make toy dead
Avoid rude retakes
Simulate struggling prey

56
Q

What does “out” predict? in tug?

A

Letting go of tug –> bonus treat and toy coming back to life

57
Q

Can you use food to prompt outing the tug?

A

Yes you can. Put food on their nose.

58
Q

Can you use food to prompt outing the tug?

A

Yes, you can. Put food on their nose.

59
Q

Is growling ok?

A

Yes.

60
Q

Are there additional rules?

A

NO! the dog can do anything as long he sticks to the rules

61
Q

Can kids play tug with no

A

No. Not a good idea

62
Q

Why should kids not play tug with dogs?

A

They don’t have the pre reqs.

63
Q

What can we experiment with in tug? 3

A

Toy type
Food prompts vs dead toys
Anchoring wt strong dogs

64
Q

What are some different toy types?

A

Balls, handles, ropes, fleece, balls on end of ropes etc.

65
Q

Whats the R+ “drug” in tug?

A

Alive toy! Me and the dog Vs the toy “prey”

66
Q

What power do we have in tug?

A

Making the dead toy come to life

67
Q

How did Jean teach Buffy (non drivey) to hold on to the toy?

A

If she outs the toy the other dog gets the toy

68
Q

What is a better game for kids?

A

Fetch & leave it (pretrained)

69
Q

What skill can help with outs?

A

Leave it

70
Q

What age of dogs are easier to teach tug too?

A

Puppies

71
Q

Why are puppies easier to train tug?

A

No bad prior experience
smaller/people less worried
Easier to install rules (e.g. get toy off him!)

72
Q

What should we always remember in tug?

A

We have control over the ultimate R+