More fun with clicker training : how communication and signing can improve learning with your dog

More fun with clicker training How communication and signing can improve learning with your dog

Monika Gutmann

Book - 2010

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Subjects
Dogs > Training.
Dogs > Behavior.
Clicker training (Animal training)
Published
Great Britian : Cadmos 2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Monika Gutmann (-)
Other Authors
Andrea Höfling (-)
Item Description
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description
94 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
ISBN
9783861279839
  • Introduction - dog training, the next generation
  • Living together means communication - clicker training means communication
  • We need a common language
  • 'As a good dog owner you have to behave like a dog!'
  • Signals - signs - emotions
  • Living together means cooperation - cooperation is good for all involved
  • What is cooperation?
  • Cooperation means communication
  • Cooperation means communication, means attention
  • How it all began
  • What actually is learning?
  • Trial and error - trying out what is worthwhile
  • Bad behaviour should be punished - or should it?
  • How do I tell my dog...?
  • Generalising - 'Sit' applies any where
  • The most important thing: Become variable!
  • Be surprising!
  • Myth: Behaviour will only become reliable if punishment is used during training
  • Commands - signals - vocabulary
  • The structure of the communication signal - clicker/marker word
  • Structuring the clicker/marker word
  • The carry-on and power-up signals
  • The carry-on signal
  • The power-up for the recall
  • The target - an aid for guiding, and positioning
  • 'Touch' - touching the target with the nose
  • Transferral to other objects
  • The ground target
  • The name game - communication and cooperation, reorientation
  • The basic structure of an exercise
  • Sit
  • 1. What is the dog supposed to do?
  • 2. Marking behaviour
  • 3. Perfecting behaviour
  • 4. Controlling behaviour with a signal - only one word per action/behaviour!
  • 5. Generalising - transferring behaviour
  • 6. Become variable
  • Down - Lie down
  • Walking on the leash
  • Marking and perfecting behaviour
  • Generalising behaviour and rewarding it in a variable manner
  • Problem: The dog still pulls on the leash occasionally
  • Come back - the recall
  • Undesired behaviour - misbehaviour?
  • Modifying behaviour - modifying emotions
  • A few words in conclusion
  • Pack leadership, dominance - who is the master of the house?
  • Dominance in behavioural biology
  • Wolves live in a strict hierarchy - or do they really?
  • Dogs are wolves - is this true?
  • Behaviour modification through rank order programmes?
  • Rank order programmes cannot solve behavioural problems
  • Thanks again - a second time!
  • About the author
  • Further reading
  • Index

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