Hello everyone, I've been reading about Bart Bellon's NePoPo method but I just couldn't quite find enough resources online to implement it in my training.

See, my 14-month old Belgian Malinois, I noticed, is just 'okay' with food rewards and and 'good' with toy rewards. I have been playing tug with him outside for the last 9 months and I couldn't quite get the motivation that I want. (Maybe it's his genes, or my mediocre skills or maybe I should purchase ME's Advanced Concepts in Motivation? LOL)

Anyway, I stumbled upon Bart's methods because of an ME interview I saw online and then I watched a video of Bart with a young ME as his decoy. I was so impressed with how crisp his dog (Thor) was.

So I bought ME's Leash Skills and Electric Collar DVD's and learned a great deal from them. However, I think I want to train my current pup in a NePoPo sort of method. This is why I think I want to train him in that method: Whenever he goes mental about the things around him, I tried correcting him (with a prong collar) and my god, he went stiff and was laser-focused on me. I tried the sit, down, and stand and I have never seen him do the exercises with so much accuracy and quickness.

I need help with how NePoPo is done. As I live overseas, I have no access to seminars in the US and Bart does not have his method on DVD. This is why I love Leerburg - they make it possible for people overseas to learn from them online.

Anyway, any suggestion to how this is done will be much appreciated. Thank you very much! - JC

I don't know a lot about Bart Bellon's methods but I think ME's Advanced Concepts in Motivation is top shelf.

It helps if you and your dog understand marker training.

I have this DVD and it helped me a lot. ME is awesome! Where it didn't help I had to re-watch more thoroughly. I could watch so often and always discovered parts I had overlooked or watched superficially or not put into action consistently.
Best thing of course would be if I could hire him to supervise my dog training personnally.
Sorry, Bart Bellon I've never heard of.

NePoPo is basically escape training with +R added as soon as the stim stops. If you need help understanding or implementing this, let me know. I have found similar success with standard e-collar training without the +R, but I'm not looking for flashy trial OB.

Your experience would interest me highly. I have 4 dogs, one of them, a Pit, was at first dog aggressive but only when a strange dog comes into his territory. He was aggressive with new dogs, we rescued and adopted. We had to look for a real good management and of course obediente training and building a strong bond with her.

She in between accepts the two adopted dogs, never reacted aggressive against them again, but was not necessarly a close friend. She simply ignores them. My second Pit doesn't attack, she plays with the former strays in a friendly manner.

But two days ago the neighbour's dogs barked, which happens often and then they all run to that spot where those dogs are.
This time one of the former strays was to near to her and she bit him. In her rage about neighbour's dogs she generalized, thought the closest one is the big ennemi. Re-directed aggression.
It was a quite a shock, because we thought they go on well with each other now after about 1 and a half yrs.

Does that mean I have to separate them again all the time?
I intend to order the DVD of Ed Frawley about E-Collars. Would you recommend this methood or an other?

 Quote: Bob Scott

I don't know a lot about Bart Bellon's methods but I think ME's Advanced Concepts in Motivation is top shelf.

It helps if you and your dog understand marker training.

Thanks Bob! I think ME's Advanced Concepts in Motivation is the next DVD I'll be getting.

I'll refresh my knowledge by reading one of Ed's articles on marker training.

Thanks again!

 Quote: David Winners

NePoPo is basically escape training with +R added as soon as the stim stops. If you need help understanding or implementing this, let me know. I have found similar success with standard e-collar training without the +R, but I'm not looking for flashy trial OB.

Hi David, I'd appreciate the help! Not sure if my understanding is correct but is NePoPo (+P) - (-R) - (+R)? To be able to do NePoPo, is it imperative that I have an e-collar?

I would love to know more about this form of training and how to implement it. Thank you very much!

JC,

In the Leerburg DVD with Tami McLeod Drive Development for Competition Obedience, there is an exercise called a "Leash Pop" - this is basically the same as what Bart is doing - he just does it with an e-collar. The Leash Pop game in this case is used to build drive in the dog. I think this is what you are looking for? Tami uses a prong collar in the exercise.

The DVD is here: http://leerburg.com/drivedevelopmentdvd.htm
The online course is here: https://university.leerburg.com/Catalog/viewCourse/cid/20