Intro to Avoidance Conditioning in Obedience 5.0
What is avoidance conditioning? What do some examples look like? Why is it best to concentrate on it at this specific point in our checklist?…
Author: Michael D'Abruzzo
Q&A #108
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Teaching Conditioned Punishers in Obedience 5.0
Objectives What is a conditioned punisher? Classical conditioning terminology Why is it also called a secondary punisher? Why is teaching a conditioned punisher useful? How…
Intro to Escape Conditioning in Obedience 5.0
Objectives What is escape conditioning? Why wait until “Phase 2” to teach it? Why do you want to teach mechanics before phase 2 What is…
Q&A #107
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Duration Schedules in the Command Structure 5.0
Objectives What is a duration schedule? Why do we learn it after ratio and interval? How does it relate to our command structure? How can…
Q&A #106
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Interval Schedules In the Command Structure 5.0
Interval – The period of time between reinforcement. Go over examples of how interval training is used in: Behavior does need to be constant to…
Q&A #105
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Reward Ratio Schedules in the Command Structure 5.0
Objectives Review, what is a command structure? Why do we learn the first half first? Two components to focus on early are Name and just…
Q&A #104
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Play Ethology in Canines 5.0
Studies: Wolves: Play Behavior in Wolves: Using the ‘50:50’ Rule to Test for Egalitarian Play Styles, 2016 In Wolves, Play Behaviour Reflects the Partners’; Affiliative…
Partner preferences and asymmetries in social play among domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, littermates
CAMILLE WARD, ERIKA B. BAUER†& BARBARA B. SMUTS*Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann ArborDepartment of Animal Programs, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.…
Play Behavior in Wolves: Using the ‘50:50’ Rule to Test for Egalitarian Play Styles
Jennifer L. Essler1,2*, Simona Cafazzo1, Sarah Marshall-Pescini1,2, Zsófia Virányi1,2,Kurt Kotrschal1,3, Friederike Range1,21 Wolf Science Center, Ernstbrunn, Austria, 2 Comparative Cognition, Messerli Research Institute,University of Veterinary…
Q&A #103
Updates Updated Course List Photo albums update Dog Profiles Fix Name in Profiles Activity Feed – comment directly to forum post (this week) Message notification…