Motivators Flashcards
What are the four big FAP categories
1) Fight
2) Flight
3) Feeding
4) Courtship and reproduction
Which of the 4 FAP categories does Tug and Fetch under?
Food Acquisition
When would you choose Food?
Stationary work/precision
When would you choose toys?
Action work/explosiveness
When can motivators work against us?
Misbehaviour of organisms - anticipation of of R+
What’s the maxum for choosing a motivator?
Food for precision Toys for speed
Which motivator? - Recall
Speed and Enthusiasm - Toys
Which motivator? - Jumping, charging, athletic tricks
Toys
Which motivator? Sustained eye contact (watch/heel)
Toys
Which motivator? Proofing stay, wait, premack recall
Toys
Which motivator? - Stay, wait/leave it installation
Food
Which motivator? - Position changes
Food
Which motivator? - small movements
Food
What is macro targetting?
Moving more than a body length
Which motivator? - Macro targetting
Toys
What is micro targetting
< 1 body length scale
Which motivator? - micro targetting
Food
Which motivator? most shaping applications
Food
Why do we use food for shaping?
Faster recycling
When wouldn’t we want to use toys for stay, wait, premack recall?
Installation phrase. Use for proofing only
Why would we use toys for proofing impulse control?
Can you X despite…..
If we want to get in lots of trails per unit time what motivator would we choose?
Food!
What could we use to proof recall?
Call off food/dead toys
Whats stage 2 in proofing premack?
Calling off dead novel toy
When proofing recall off a dead toy, what’s the reinforcer?
The toy! – get it!
Whats stage 3 proofing a premack recall?
Rolled toy
Whats stage 4 proofing a premack recall?
Thrown toy
What’s stage 5 proofing a premack recall?
increase dog-handler distance and decrease dog-toy distance
What equipment should we use when proofing premack
Harness and longline
When do we repeat offline? premack proofing?
after we’ve done the whole lot on line
What question do we ask to find out if a dog is drivey?
When you play fetch with him, who quits first, you or him?
What are the downsides of drivey dogs?
Busy - massive exercise and enrichment needs
Often object guarders
Sometimes less tolerant of other dogs
What are the upsides of drivey dogs?
They go all day!
What do we need to be careful of with drivey dogs?
Obsession
Going beyond limits - health risks
Shadow chasing
How do we develop lukewarm/reluctant tuggers when it’s due to their nature?
Build their confidence slowly and carefully.
Why can dogs be reluctant tuggers?
1) Past experience - drummed out of them
2) Nature
How do we develop lukewarm/reluctant tuggers when it’s due to their past experience?
Build their confidence: they need permission to bite, hold, tug
Can lukewarm tuggers be trained to be keen enough to use as a motivator
Sometimes!
Is it “bad” when dogs are intense?
No!
What’s the goal of prey object simulation
Elicit predatory behaviour
How do we elicit predatory behaviour
Make the object act like a small jumpy animal
What are some increments for prey object simulation
1) Track object
2) Bite object
3) Hold object
When do we add rules to tug?
Keen tuggers
What do we prioritise for keen tuggers?
Rules
When do we not prioritise rules for tug?
Reluctant tuggers
What are the rules for tug?
1) Takes, retakes only on cue
2) Must out on cue
3) No sloppy mouth
4) Obedience breaks
What is the consequence for rule breaks
Dead toy or take toy away
Which of the 2 rules are prioirity
1) Take and retake only on cue
1) Must out on cue
What are the second priority rules for tug?
2) No sloppy mouth
2) Obedience breaks
How do we teach the rules of tug?
2 points
1) prompt and R+ (food)
2) Tighten up by introducing P- (end of game) for infractions
When would we prioritise sloppy mouth?
When you have a dog who is very sloppy wt his mouth.
When do we use food in tug?
To R+ when we are teaching takes and retakes on cue
When do prompt and R+ when teaching rules in tug?
Early on
What’s the ABC when teaching takes, and retakes?
A - “out”
A - dead toy
B - Dog lets go
C - food + retake
What are the handler Pre-Req for tug?
Be able to:
Make toy dead
Avoid rude retakes
Simulate struggling prey
What does “out” predict? in tug?
Letting go of tug –> bonus treat and toy coming back to life
Can you use food to prompt outing the tug?
Yes you can. Put food on their nose.
Can you use food to prompt outing the tug?
Yes, you can. Put food on their nose.
Is growling ok?
Yes.
Are there additional rules?
NO! the dog can do anything as long he sticks to the rules
Can kids play tug with no
No. Not a good idea
Why should kids not play tug with dogs?
They don’t have the pre reqs.
What can we experiment with in tug? 3
Toy type
Food prompts vs dead toys
Anchoring wt strong dogs
What are some different toy types?
Balls, handles, ropes, fleece, balls on end of ropes etc.
Whats the R+ “drug” in tug?
Alive toy! Me and the dog Vs the toy “prey”
What power do we have in tug?
Making the dead toy come to life
How did Jean teach Buffy (non drivey) to hold on to the toy?
If she outs the toy the other dog gets the toy
What is a better game for kids?
Fetch & leave it (pretrained)
What skill can help with outs?
Leave it
What age of dogs are easier to teach tug too?
Puppies
Why are puppies easier to train tug?
No bad prior experience
smaller/people less worried
Easier to install rules (e.g. get toy off him!)
What should we always remember in tug?
We have control over the ultimate R+
