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Acknowledgements
While I have learned from many dog trainers over the years, a few stand out. Thanks to Glen Johnson, who early in the 80s taught me about inducive training. And also to Bill Dotson, who introduced us to Schutzhund and Search & Rescue.
Thanks Tracey Louper for letting me help teach classes, and being my friend and sounding board for new dog training ideas.
Special thanks to friend and mentor Michael Ellis. Michael is a gifted dog trainer and teacher, and almost everything I use and teach these days comes from Michael.
And thanks to Ivan Balabanov, who started our club, Big Sky Schutzhund Club, on the way to becoming thinking dog trainers.
Tag Archives: positive reinforcement dogs
Class notes: Shaped retrieve
Day 1 Begin with the dumbbell either on the ground or in your hand. On the ground works fine unless the dog wants to hit it with his front feet. We want to reinforce any interaction with the dumbbell, but OTOH, we don’t want to reinforce anything we’ll have to get rid of later, such [...]
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Reward strategies
Variable reinforcement: Making the reward really matter When the dog is first learning a new skill, we reward every correct response. This is called continuous reinforcement, and is effective in the beginning stages of learning. However, we need to move quickly away from continuous reinforcement as it is not effective in the long turn. Imagine [...]
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Dog training in a nut shell
There are only two ways to obedience train a dog: you can teach through compulsion, where the dog is physically positioned or made to perform a behaviour; or you can use inducive methods, where the dog is induced or coerced to perform...
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Shaping