Attitude in Dog Training 5.0
Objectives What is attitude from a social psychology perspective? Why is it important for professional dog trainers to understand? What are things to consider when…
Author: Michael D'Abruzzo
Q&A #123
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Balancing the Drives 5.0
Objectives What is Balancing the Drive? What are Motivating Operations? Establishing Operations Abolishing Operations What are prerequisites to consider? What are some examples of how…
Study of Animal Drives, Moss 1924
Basic Thesis: The behavior of any animal is the resultant of his drives to action and the opposing resistances. It is a fact of common…
Q&A #121
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Separation Anxiety 5.0
Objectives What is separation anxiety? Separation anxiety is the physiological response of a dog, being separated from the “pack”. Dogs experiencing anxiety, will present with…
Q&A #120
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Making Housebreaking Plans 5.0
Objectives What is housebreaking? Prerequisite considerations How to make a housebreaking plan? What is Housebreaking? It is the process of teaching the dog to form…
Q&A #119
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Teaching Leadership to Clients 5.0
Objectives What is leadership and why is it important we teach it? Is this the same as “dominance theory”? How does it relate to ethology?…
Q&A #118
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Fading off the Prompt in Obedience 5.0
Objectives What is fading off the prompt? What is the prerequisite? How to fading from lure Fading from presentations What is fading off the prompt?…
Q&A #117
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Marking the Behavior 5.0
Objectives The biggest mistake at this stage is to make it more than what it is! Keep it simple for the client. What is marking?…