Generalization in the Obedience Plan
Objectives What is generalization? Stimuli – Anything that can be detected by the senses. Generalization – Similar response when the stimuli are not exactly the…
Author: Michael D'Abruzzo
Clinical signs caused by the use of electric training collars on dogs in everyday life situations, E. Schalke, J. Stichnoth, S. Ott, R. Jones-Baade
Abstract The use of electric shock collars for training dogs is the subject of considerable controversy. Supporters claim that they are a reliable means of…
The Indispensable Dog, Clive D. L. Wynne
Abstract Dogs’ remarkable success in living in a human-dominated world rests on a set of adaptations to cohabitation with humans. In this paper, I review…
Intro to Phase 3 Avoidance Conditioning 5.0
What is Phase 3 avoidance conditioning? Avoidance conditioning is a process that teaches the dog how to avoid punishment How does avoidance conditioning differ in phase 3?…
Punishment Level Considerations 5.0
Objectives How do we start our decision process in regards to what level/intensity of punishment to use during training plans? Consider your foundation LIMA especially…
Recovery of Responses During Mild Punishment, Rachlin
Pigeons were punished with mild shock for pecking during one of two components of a multiple schedule. They eventually recovered so that they pecked at…
Long-term partial reinforcement extinction effect and long-term partial punishment effect in a one-trial-a-day paradigm, Shemer and Feldon
Two experiments were run to demonstrate the presence of a partial reinforcement extinction effect (PREE) and a partial punishment effect (PPE) 4 weeks after training…
Learning Resistance to Pain and Fear: Effects of Overlearning, Exposure, and Rewarded Exposure in Context, Miller
In three experiments a total of 100 hungry rats were trained to run an alley for food reward and then given electric shocks at the…
Intro to Phase 3 Escape Conditioning 5.0
Objectives What is Phase 3 Training? Phase 3 focuses on teaching dogs how to escape and avoid aversives that will be considered more motivational than…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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