Stage 6 basic obedience cues Flashcards
Four P’s?
Patience Persistence Practice Praise
Four steps to teaching:
Why How Show Try
Three F’s:
Flexible, Fair, Fun
Training sessions should be _. Training lessons should be _ (of actual training).
1-3 minutes
15-20 minutes
Cues are added …
At the beginning of Fluency
Four stages of learning
Acquisition
Fluency
Generalization
Maintenance
Types of teaching
Capturing, Shaping, Luring
Common problems with luring
Dogs nose falls away:
Use high value treats (Dog does not like food)
Reduce distractions
Move hand slower
Dog not interested in hand or treat:
Use higher value treats
Reduce distractions
Dog seems nervous:
Make easier (start with dropping treats on floor)
Rearrange antecedents
Dog jumps up:
Check lure placement
Cue is also referred to as
Command or discriminative stimulus
If cue is introduced to early …
it could become poisoned (it becomes confusing or aversive)
Intermittent reinforcement is use during …
fluency, to reward the best performances and increase precision, latency and speed, and during generalization to improve duration, distance, and distraction
Leash handling
Hold leash in dominant hand with thumb through loop
Take up slack
Place dominant hand by belly button, keep stable
Keep treats on other side, use other hand to treat
Dog should progress through all four stages of cue before you teach a new one? True or false?
True
Describe teaching Release cue
Behavior threshold
Point at which physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced due to exposure to stimulus
Behavior is learned when
dog will perform at least 90 percent of time in variety of circumstances
Problem solving Release cue
Dog follows me around
Put training tools away
Dont give attention
Dog wanders off, seems uninterested
Try higher value treats
Try different reward
Reduce distractions
Dog hesitates
Provide encouragement
Problem solving Release cue
Dog follows me around
Put training tools away
Dont give attention
Dog wanders off, seems uninterested
Try higher value treats
Try different reward
Reduce distractions
Dog hesitates
Provide encouragement.
Provide positive feedback
Try different reward
Reduce distractions
