Motivators

Question 1

What are the four big FAP categories

Answer 1

1) Fight
2) Flight
3) Feeding
4) Courtship and reproduction

Question 2

Which of the 4 FAP categories does Tug and Fetch under?

Answer 2

Food Acquisition

Question 3

When would you choose Food?

Answer 3

Stationary work/precision

Question 4

When would you choose toys?

Answer 4

Action work/explosiveness

Question 5

When can motivators work against us?

Answer 5

Misbehaviour of organisms - anticipation of of R+

Question 6

What’s the maxum for choosing a motivator?

Answer 6

Food for precision Toys for speed

Question 7

Which motivator? - Recall

Answer 7

Speed and Enthusiasm - Toys

Question 8

Which motivator? - Jumping, charging, athletic tricks

Answer 8

Toys

Question 9

Which motivator? Sustained eye contact (watch/heel)

Answer 9

Toys

Question 10

Which motivator? Proofing stay, wait, premack recall

Answer 10

Toys

Question 11

Which motivator? - Stay, wait/leave it installation

Answer 11

Food

Question 12

Which motivator? - Position changes

Answer 12

Food

Question 13

Which motivator? - small movements

Answer 13

Food

Question 14

What is macro targetting?

Answer 14

Moving more than a body length

Question 15

Which motivator? - Macro targetting

Answer 15

Toys

Question 16

What is micro targetting

Answer 16

< 1 body length scale

Question 17

Which motivator? - micro targetting

Answer 17

Food

Question 18

Which motivator? most shaping applications

Answer 18

Food

Question 19

Why do we use food for shaping?

Answer 19

Faster recycling

Question 20

When wouldn’t we want to use toys for stay, wait, premack recall?

Answer 20

Installation phrase. Use for proofing only

Question 21

Why would we use toys for proofing impulse control?

Answer 21

Can you X despite…..

Question 22

If we want to get in lots of trails per unit time what motivator would we choose?

Answer 22

Food!

Question 23

What could we use to proof recall?

Answer 23

Call off food/dead toys

Question 24

Whats stage 2 in proofing premack?

Answer 24

Calling off dead novel toy

Question 25

When proofing recall off a dead toy, what's the reinforcer?

Answer 25

The toy! -- get it!

Question 26

Whats stage 3 proofing a premack recall?

Answer 26

Rolled toy

Question 27

Whats stage 4 proofing a premack recall?

Answer 27

Thrown toy

Question 28

What's stage 5 proofing a premack recall?

Answer 28

increase dog-handler distance and decrease dog-toy distance

Question 29

What equipment should we use when proofing premack

Answer 29

Harness and longline

Question 30

When do we repeat offline? premack proofing?

Answer 30

after we've done the whole lot on line

Question 31

What question do we ask to find out if a dog is drivey?

Answer 31

When you play fetch with him, who quits first, you or him?

Question 32

What are the downsides of drivey dogs?

Answer 32

Busy - massive exercise and enrichment needs Often object guarders Sometimes less tolerant of other dogs

Question 33

What are the upsides of drivey dogs?

Answer 33

They go all day!

Question 34

What do we need to be careful of with drivey dogs?

Answer 34

Obsession Going beyond limits - health risks Shadow chasing

Question 35

How do we develop lukewarm/reluctant tuggers when it's due to their nature?

Answer 35

Build their confidence slowly and carefully.

Question 36

Why can dogs be reluctant tuggers?

Answer 36

1) Past experience - drummed out of them 2) Nature

Question 37

How do we develop lukewarm/reluctant tuggers when it's due to their past experience?

Answer 37

Build their confidence: they need permission to bite, hold, tug

Question 38

Can lukewarm tuggers be trained to be keen enough to use as a motivator

Answer 38

Sometimes!

Question 39

Is it "bad" when dogs are intense?

Answer 39

No!

Question 40

What's the goal of prey object simulation

Answer 40

Elicit predatory behaviour

Question 41

How do we elicit predatory behaviour

Answer 41

Make the object act like a small jumpy animal

Question 42

What are some increments for prey object simulation

Answer 42

1) Track object 2) Bite object 3) Hold object

Question 43

When do we add rules to tug?

Answer 43

Keen tuggers

Question 44

What do we prioritise for keen tuggers?

Answer 44

Rules

Question 45

When do we not prioritise rules for tug?

Answer 45

Reluctant tuggers

Question 46

What are the rules for tug?

Answer 46

1) Takes, retakes only on cue 2) Must out on cue 3) No sloppy mouth 4) Obedience breaks

Question 47

What is the consequence for rule breaks

Answer 47

Dead toy or take toy away

Question 48

Which of the 2 rules are prioirity

Answer 48

1) Take and retake only on cue 1) Must out on cue

Question 49

What are the second priority rules for tug?

Answer 49

2) No sloppy mouth 2) Obedience breaks

Question 50

How do we teach the rules of tug? 2 points

Answer 50

1) prompt and R+ (food) 2) Tighten up by introducing P- (end of game) for infractions

Question 51

When would we prioritise sloppy mouth?

Answer 51

When you have a dog who is very sloppy wt his mouth.

Question 52

When do we use food in tug?

Answer 52

To R+ when we are teaching takes and retakes on cue

Question 53

When do prompt and R+ when teaching rules in tug?

Answer 53

Early on

Question 54

What's the ABC when teaching takes, and retakes?

Answer 54

A - "out" A - dead toy B - Dog lets go C - food + retake

Question 55

What are the handler Pre-Req for tug?

Answer 55

Be able to: Make toy dead Avoid rude retakes Simulate struggling prey

Question 56

What does "out" predict? in tug?

Answer 56

Letting go of tug --> bonus treat and toy coming back to life

Question 57

Can you use food to prompt outing the tug?

Answer 57

Yes you can. Put food on their nose.

Question 58

Can you use food to prompt outing the tug?

Answer 58

Yes, you can. Put food on their nose.

Question 59

Is growling ok?

Answer 59

Yes.

Question 60

Are there additional rules?

Answer 60

NO! the dog can do anything as long he sticks to the rules

Question 61

Can kids play tug with no

Answer 61

No. Not a good idea

Question 62

Why should kids not play tug with dogs?

Answer 62

They don't have the pre reqs.

Question 63

What can we experiment with in tug? 3

Answer 63

Toy type Food prompts vs dead toys Anchoring wt strong dogs

Question 64

What are some different toy types?

Answer 64

Balls, handles, ropes, fleece, balls on end of ropes etc.

Question 65

Whats the R+ "drug" in tug?

Answer 65

Alive toy! Me and the dog Vs the toy "prey"

Question 66

What power do we have in tug?

Answer 66

Making the dead toy come to life

Question 67

How did Jean teach Buffy (non drivey) to hold on to the toy?

Answer 67

If she outs the toy the other dog gets the toy

Question 68

What is a better game for kids?

Answer 68

Fetch & leave it (pretrained)

Question 69

What skill can help with outs?

Answer 69

Leave it

Question 70

What age of dogs are easier to teach tug too?

Answer 70

Puppies

Question 71

Why are puppies easier to train tug?

Answer 71

No bad prior experience smaller/people less worried Easier to install rules (e.g. get toy off him!)

Question 72

What should we always remember in tug?

Answer 72

We have control over the ultimate R+