#180: Building Food Drive and Nuanced Reinforcement with Ashlee Osborn

Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training

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4.7 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we discuss the importance of getting really, really good at working with reinforcement, how the topic of reinforcement and using it in training is FAR more nuanced than most trainers recognize, food is probably the most convenient reinforcement but it does require specific conditioning and strategies to use effectively in training, Ashlee’s game, Clockwork - a fancy application of treat tossing that specifies where and when to toss for clients, and building motivation for food even when dogs are really just not into it.

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0:00.0	Yeah, the dog does what...
0:01.6	Yeah, you give the dog food.
0:02.5	Exactly. That's how we explain it, right?
0:03.8	Well, what's positive reinforcement?
0:04.7	Well, that's when the dog does something that you like and you give him a treat.
0:07.3	End of story.
0:08.2	Yep.
0:08.9	And it works super well and easily for every single dog.
0:12.3	And if it didn't work for your dog, you didn't do it right.
0:15.8	But you have dogs that will not take food, and so often the only advice you get is go up in value.
0:23.6	Hey there, fellow training nerds. You're listening to Drinking from the Toilet.
0:43.1	If you like to geek out about combining the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy in real life, you've come to the right place.
0:49.3	And I'm your host, Hannah Branigan, teacher, trainer, podcaster, and author of the book, Awesome Obedience,
0:54.6	and its companion, Awesome Obedience, the Field Guide, which are both available from clicker
0:58.8	training.com. I also happen to run an online mentorship program called Zero to CD, which
1:06.0	opens for enrollment again in just a couple of weeks, very soon. So on the surface, zero to CD is a
1:12.4	comprehensive program that is designed to give you everything you need to earn your first
1:17.2	obedience title. And not just the skills, of course, we cover that too, but also how to put it all
1:23.4	together, how to build duration, add distractions, and dot all of the eyes and cross the
1:30.3	T's to make a cohesive performance. But what it's really about is accomplishing your training
1:37.8	goals through practicing good positive reinforcement techniques using strategies and concepts
1:43.5	like training with loops, using strategic reinforcement,
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