Obedience Behaviors Flashcards
(29 cards)
Impulse control basic behaviors
- Stay
- Wait
- Leave it
- Loose-leash walking
S(D)
or S^D
Discriminative Stimulus
Verbal S(D)
or Verbal SD
Cue
Why verbal cues are difficult for dogs
Verbal cues bear no relation to the original lure/prompt for a behavior.
As opposed to a hand signal.
Why “sit from stand” is different than “sit from down”
Different muscles move.
Rear going down, or pushing the front up.
Full food lure
Lure held at the end of the fingers. Very obvious and accessible.
What do you do following a lure, prompt, or cue?
Trainer freezes in final position.
It’s the dog’s turn now.
Infinty latency
Don’t call off the trial unless the dog quits.
When to position feed
Every damn time.
Plan A
Fastest plan.
Always assume Plan A will work until proven otherwise.
Shopping procedure
steps and when criteria changes
Reliable behavior on hand signal. [i.e. push?]
- Verbal cue added
- 2 seconds before signal
- Wait for >50% prompt jumping
- Push to “full” R+ on verbal only, and only praise if they wait for signal
Literal
Lure dependent
When to split
Push-drop-push-drop-push
Per OB slide 15.
Why 3rd push? In DT module, wasn’t it two drops then split? 3rd push would crash RoR further.
Examples of standard splits
- Bury lure further into palm
- Bury lure and feed from the other hand
- Lure faster
- Lure higher
- Extra splits to combine (rare)
“Smaller” hand signal
Faster, higher, and less broad.
Burying the lure
Holding a lure between the palm and thumb.
The hand motion stays the same as with a full food lure, but the hand more closely resembles the final hand signal.
Feeding/paying from other hand
Bait in both hands. Hold paying hand behind your back.
When the dog performs for a buried lure, remove the luring hand to immediately pay with the other.
This divorces the single-minded focus on the lure.
Sit from Stand
Plan A
- Full food lure
- Hand signal
- Smaller hand signal
- Shop for verbal-only Sit
- Reinforce Sit for verbal. Praise-only if signal needed.
Sit from Stand
Plan B
When and steps
0/5 to sit for a food lure.
A raised head means the neck is craned upwards with the nose pointing at the ceiling.
- Raise head for a full food lure
- Same, held for 1 second
- Same, held for 3 seconds
- Raise head and bend knees slightly
- Same with knees bent a bit more
- Raise head and bend knees for 3 seconds (combined criteria)
- Sit
- Switch back to A.1
Might substitute rear dip for knee bends—either way, articulate criteria
Usual suspects are small, stiff adult dogs.
Sit from Stand
Plan C
Literal after A.1—dropped twice for A.2.
- Sit from stand for a full food lure
- Sit from stand for a lure buried deeper in hand
- Same, pay from other hand
- Switch back to A.2
Behavior before verbal
- Dog is anticipating the behavior needed
- Deliver verbal as soon as you’ve set up the next rep, so it comes before the behavior (correct sequence)
Sit from Stand Plan B
Dog keeps backing up
- Don’t follow
- Use a wall or corner to limit movement
- Be criteria-accurate—no fishing around for longer duration within a set
Can’t finish Plan C
No sit without a lure
Sleep on it.
Wait at least one night, then repeat Plan C. When you switch to Plan A, focus on infinity latency and position feeding.
Down from Sit
first priority
Rear glued down!
Abruptly cancel trial (remove R+ lure) if the dog stands.
