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Basic Introduction to the Course
Learning Lecture:
Your dog will learn to associtate the
click with food or fun. The click will then become a signal that means
"Yep, That's what I wanted and you will get your reward in just a
moment.
Introducing the Clicker:
Pair the clicker with a food treat 10-20
times per day, outside of your obedience excersices.
Obedience Excercises:
Attention
Control (Sit, Stand)
Controlled Walking
Recall
Behavior Lecture
Your dog will learn at its own pace, be
patient.
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Last Week's Homework
Q & A from last week
Learning Lecture
Shaping - Rewarding for small bits
of behavior you want.
Targeting - Teaching your dog to
"touch" or follow a target to help with shaping.
Raising Criteria - Asking for more
before your dog gets a click.
No Reward Marker (NRM) - A signal
that tells your dog, "Nope, that's not what I wanted."
Adding Cues:
Training with NRM
Obedience Excercises:
Attention
Control (Sit, Stand)
Controlled Walking
Recall
Behavior Lecture
The Alpha Concept
Q &A Homework
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Last Week's Homework
Q & A from last week
Learning Lecture
Continuous and Variable Schedule
Reinforcements - How to keep
your dog working
Jackpots
Generalization
Obedience Excercises:
Attention
Control (Sit, Stand)
Stay
Keep Going Signal
Controlled Walking
Left Turn
Recall
Behavior Lecture
Every dog has the potential to bite.
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Last Week's Homework
Q & A from last week
Learning Lecture:
Chaining Behaviors - Adding
behaviors together to make one BIG behavior
Back Chaining - Teaching the last
behavior in a chain first. Discuss tricks and back chaining.
Obedience Excercises:
Removing the food lure
Attention
Control (Sit, Stand, Down)
Controlled Walking
Left Turn, Right Turn
Recall with a Sit in front
Stay with distractions
Behavior Lecture:
Bite Inhibition
Q &A Homework
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Last Week's Homework
Q & A from last week
Learning Lecture:
Extinction - Ignoring
a behavior until it goes Away
Counter Conditioning - Teaching
a behavior that will not allow an undesired behavior to occor.
+R, -R, +P, -P - You'll
have to read the handout to find out what these mean!
Punishment can be fun!
Obedience Excercises:
Attention
Control (sit, stand, down)
Controlled Walking
Pace Changes
Recall and Finish
Stay (add cue)
Behavior Lecture:
Toys and Games
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Last Week's Homework
Q & A from last week
Obedience Excercises:
Tricks
Attention
Control (sit, stand, down)
Controlled Walking
About Turn
Recall and Finish
Long Stay
Behavior Lecture: Canine
Communications and Body Language
Q &A Homework
Vote for Best in Class
Most Improved
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