Archive for March, 2010
I'm very excited about this!
Krista Cantrell is my favorite dog trainer by far!
She's just released some great step-by-step videos that show you how to eliminate 95% of all dog behavior issues by working with your dog's natural instincts.
I have a few of her books and love the way she teaches. Not to mention that her stuff really works.
Click on the video to watch. You'll be glad you did...
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I’ve always wanted to be able to take the leash off of my 3 year old dog and still have her in a safe distance from me and obey basic rules.I know I should have started her as a puppy but unfortunately I didn’t.I have a back yard that is fenced in for a safe out door place to practice.If she gets loose in the open she will usually run,but make sure she doesn’t get to far from me. For example the other day she was loose running and waited for me to get to the corner where she was at before she continued.
Thanks alot!
start by carring her treats and luring her around the yard.. then give her a treat and try again.. it takes time 
just gradually reduce the size of the treat untill you only give her one every now and then. soon, she will be following you everywhere, good enough so she will pay attention to your commands 
hope this helps
Hey everyone,
I had to share how excited I am to have started this training!!
Just a run down for people that don’t know about my dog….
My dog Quattro was becoming quite the handful. He was fine at home, he knows basic commands but once he was out on a walk he started displaying aggression – first at kids, than adults he didn’t know and finally unaltered males. I didn’t like it one bit.
I have always been absolutely in love with Schutzhund dogs – I think they are the end all of any trained dog lol…almost like the Rock Stars of dog training! (I will have to send out a shut out to Greek on this) So I contacted my local Schutzhund club and told the guy what my issues with Quattro were. Since he was kind of far from me and was busy getting ready for the upcoming season, he referred me to another trainer in my area who has trained in Schutzhund, trains police dogs, assistance dogs and does obedience.
My first session with him was last night. He showed me how to give a proper correction with my prong collar – I was doing more of a tug of war kind of thing when it should have been shorter and sharper. I thought my corrections were sharp, I was wrong!
He taught me where my dog should be in relation to me when in the "heel" position. So we walked around and he showed me when I should ask him to heel on a walk – Quattro picked up fast.
Then he brought out the "distraction" – his 10 year old retired Schutzhund Doberman. Amazing dog! They came out playing and as soon as he gave his heel command the dog was at his left side paying full attention to him and it was down to business! So he started playing with the dog in front of Quattro, had his dog bark, etc. – in the end, Quattro stayed at my side and never tried to go over to the other dog (he loves playing with other dogs if he doesn’t feel threatened by them lol). Even with the trainer started making kissing noises at Quattro to have him come over to him, after the first correction he never tried it again. If you knew my dog – you would have found it as amazing as I did! If anyone starts asking him to come over he will usually go.
He taught me that it was important to make sure the dog was getting as much "quiet praise" (as in not getting over excited when giving praise) as he was getting in corrections so that Quattro wouldn’t become stressed with his new form of training. I guess it’s hard for a dog who thought he was running to the show to finally be put in his place!
We were then talking about the 100% positive reinforcement debate – he said that yeah it may work for some dogs but dogs that tend to be more dominant like GSDs and Dobes etc. he doesn’t find it works for them. He was then telling me (actually this is the second time I have heard someone talk about it this week) that some positive reinforcement trainers are now saying that when your dog is displaying aggression – the best thing to do is to ignore it or let the dogs figure it out themselves….sorry, what? lol That seems a little risky/dangerous to me. He is currently training a GSD that came from a trainer with those kinds of views – apparently it is hard work untraining him lol.
So here’s my questions:
1. Anyone else use this form of Obedience training?
2. Can anyone that is training in 100% positive reinforcement tell me if this is how their trainers train? Also, can you explain how not giving the dog a correction to show the dog boundaries or what is not a desired behaviour – how do you 100% proof your dog? (I’m not trying to ruffle feathers – I’m REALLY interested in knowing how people training in this method can guarantee that their training is proofed)
Hopefully one day I will be able to join a Schutzhund club! Yesterday was our first session with our trainer and so only time will tell if he thinks Quattro would be able to do it!
As for clicker training – I wasn’t really talking about clicker training. I don’t really talk about it because, simply, I’m not that interested in it.
I’m sure it might work later down the road if I ever decided to use it but right now I don’t think it will work for my dog. Every dog is different, right?
I have looked into a few different types of training and I just don’t think clicker training is for me or my dog.
@Bindi – thanks for that. I hope you understand what I’m saying about clicker training. I don’t think that is something for my dog at this point. I think if your dog is proven in basic obedience and then clicker training is something you are interested in – then yeah, you could do it at that point. Will I do it? Maybe. Probably not.
Maybe you can’t 100% proof a dog – but I do know Quattro will be scored at the end of his training and his training has to be at least 96% proven before he can move on to any other levels.
@Bindi or rather "-" now. Why would you change your name and then your answer?
It’s not like you got a wack load of TDs lol. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and if it’s the opinion of someone not to use a certain method of training, that is theirs to have.
"2. Can anyone that is training in 100% positive reinforcement tell me if this is how their trainers train?"
There is no such thing! It is a physical impossibility.
To begin with the "Operant Conditioning" definition for positive is to "add something", so a kick in the butt is positive. The Operant Conditioning definition for reinforcement is to "cause or enhance" a desired behavior. So if the kick in the butt causes or enhances a desired behavior, it is in fact "positive reinforcement". Not at all what people have in mind and think the term means.
When you are cookie training, and you do not give the the dog it’s cookie because of an improper response, you "subtracted something", so it is a "negative". Since you did this to "reduce or prevent" an unwanted behavior it is also "punishment". So withholding the cookie is "negative punishment".
So the question has never been if you should reinforce or punish, because it is imposable to train a dog without doing both. The question is what reinforcements and what punishments are appropriate for the individual dog in a given circumstance.
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The use of a clicker (marking a behavior) is ONLY one portion of a training program, — again — there is NO SUCH THING as a clicker only method to train a dog . It is what else you do that will determine if use of the clicker is sucessful or not.
To the dog there is no difference between positive or negative punishment. Both reduce or prevent an undesireable behavior. Both can be done properly or abusivly. The simple use of the word "NO" is positive punishment.
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quote: "there are 2 clubs I’m aware of who use 100% positive methods "
That’s BS — what do they do — GIVE THE DOG A COOKIE WHEN IT DOES IT WRONG?????? Do they click their clicker and say "nice doggy" when it screws up??????
If they don’t, they are not using 100% positive methods, they are using both **negative** methods and **punishment** in one form or another instead!!!
—- AGAIN—- IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
The US Navy Marine Mammal training program states it this way; "we emphasize positive reinforcement". The key word is emphasize, which recognizes that they also use the other three portions of Operant Conditioning as well. (and you can’t spank a whale)
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