Lonny,
It's kinda funny about the prong, Not being at home, he gets his way with the wife. One short session and it's back to flat collar. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Only time he pulls on leash is at night to get outside. Both dogs have been patroling the prerimiter lately. Others amimals abound in my area and they want them.
My wife still thinks treats are the way to get them to obey, sometimes it works but noy always. She teaches first grade go figure. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
He doesn't do well with corrections on the telephone.
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Commands are no problems, remember you have to use the speaker phone. My wife likes to show off how smart he is by doing this when her co-workers come over. Educators :rolleyes:
Shaping responses is somewhat of an art, but several guidelines can be helpful in shaping. The first and most important is that a behaviour chain is best learned in backward fashion ie, the last element of the chain should be learned first.
I did not know that.
(pg 37; ok, I'm a slow reader, but this is also not an easy book...!)
THe direction that a behavior chain is best learned (forwards or backwards) depends on the chain and if there are cues that can be contained with in the chain to indicate the next step. If you can use an indicator in the chain it is much easier to teach it backwards. It is often also beneficial to teach the behaviors seperately and then string them together. If there is no method to provide cues with in the chain then it is going to be best learned forwards. Being able to but a reinforcement bridge in the middle will make it easier to teach the chain backwards. A clicker would be an example of this. The click indicates that the desired behavior has been reached and the dog can move over to the next step in the chain. An example of teaching the behaviors seperately would be a heeling routine. The commands are taught seperatly (sit, heel, down, stand) with individual commands that are then strung together with a renforcer at the end.
If you can't be a Good Example,then You'll just have to Serve as a Horrible Warning. Catherine Aird.
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