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 do you create a conditioned punisher
  • Why is it underused?
    • positive dog training
    • competitive dog training
    • military/working dogs
    • "balanced" dog trainers
  • How is it misused?
    • Poisoned marker (conditioned aversive) vs non-aversive correction (conditioned corrector)
  • Prerequisites
    • Escape conditioning
    • Leash ninja
    • phase 1 training (positive reinforcement)
  • Why is this LIMA compliant?
    • Are you LIMA compliant if you are not using conditioned punishers?
  • What is our goal at this particular stage of training?
    • What should we observe?
    • Things to watch out for
      • body language vs verbal

Why is teaching a conditioned punisher useful?

YouTube player
YouTube player
YouTube player

Prerequisites? Phase 1, Conditioned Punisher, Leash Ninja

Obedience Checklist 5.0

How do you create a conditioned punisher?

Full Command Structure - Do NOT do this yet

K9-1 command structure

Escape Conditioning Command Structure - Previous Step

YouTube player

Conditioned Punisher Command Structure

It is easiest to start when the dog is already within the command (during a stay/duration).

YouTube player

Then, work on the dog "correcting" their mistakes during initial command requests.

YouTube player

We want to see the dog reliably "correct" themselves during the conditioned punisher ("no") for each specific command.

This allows us to be prepared for avoidance conditioning, where we can teach the dog to avoid all forms of punishment, but when we do punish we can use the least aversive punishment possible which is often just a 'conditioned' punisher.

YouTube player
The most reliable obedience in the most diverse situations is not just opinion, it is based on science.

Why is this LIMA compliant?


Are you LIMA compliant if you are not using conditioned punishers?


  • Why is it underused?
    • positive dog training
    • competitive dog training
    • military/working dogs
    • "balanced" dog trainers
  • How is it misused?
    • Poisoned marker (conditioned aversive) vs non-aversive correction (conditioned corrector)
  • What is our goal at this particular stage of training?
    • What should we observe?
    • Things to watch out for
      • body language vs verbal

Related Articles

Responses