5 Simple Hacks to Help Your Dog Learn Faster (Reinforcement Process) #31

Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett

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4.8 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

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You can make your dog training a lot more effective, and a lot more efficient with the effective use and placement of rewards. It does not matter if you are just starting or have been a dog trainer for years, using my pro tips about where and how to place reinforcement will see you get results faster, and supercharge your training sessions.

In the episode you'll hear:

• How every behaviour is a transfer of value.
• What our mechanics have to do with dog training.
• How Bob Bailey’s saying of “reinforcement is a process, not an event” relates to you and your dog.
• Why your dog’s love of roast beef can create a love for any behaviour you train.
• How to define your criteria for what you want your dog to do, using a down as an example.
• What the thing before the thing has to do with Clever Hans.
• The three vital steps of select, mark, and deliver for you as the dog trainer.
• Why the placement of reinforcement is your secret sauce and how it relates to the proximity to you.
• Why only our dog really knows for sure what we are training.
• When and why to give a release cue to your dog to supercharge your training.

Resources:

Video Blog: Learning from Cats and Seagulls … Chat with Bob Bailey - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2019/05/chat-with-bob-bailey/
Podcast Episode 16: The Thing Before Your Dog’s Thing - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/16/
Clever Hans (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans
Blog Post: The 3D Model for Dog Training: Duration, Distance, Distraction - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2020/08/duration-distance-distraction/
Podcast Episode 11: The Power of Permission in Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/11/

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Shape by Dog. I am Susan Garrett and today I'm going to share with you
0:16.3	how you can make your dog training a lot easier, a lot more effective, a lot more efficient.
0:23.5	I want to teach you how to supercharge your dog training. And it's going to be the same,
0:30.1	regardless of where you are in your dog training journey. If you're a professional like me,
0:34.0	if you're a competitor in sports, something special for those of you who compete
0:38.5	in the sport of obedience, it doesn't matter if you're brand new or if you don't even have
0:44.2	a dog, you're just waiting. This is something you can take note of and that when you get your
0:50.0	new dog or puppy, it will make a massive difference when you train. To start, let's get a base
0:58.7	level. All training is a transfer of value. It doesn't matter what you're learning or what
1:08.7	behavior you are doing, whether you are a dog or a human
1:13.0	being. There's a transfer of value that occurs. For example, you're listening to this podcast.
1:18.5	You might happen on it the first time, maybe just because you Googled the word dog.
1:25.1	But you would return to it, ideally, you're returning to it because it brought you
1:31.3	some value. My goal is to bring the value of information, education and entertainment. I got the
1:38.5	double E. That's what I'm looking for. I'm hoping to entertain you, but to give you some great dog
1:43.4	training education. You go to work.
1:47.1	There's a transfer value. You do a behavior, you get a paycheck. If you didn't get a paycheck,
1:53.3	would you still be going to work? You might if you got the value of doing something for others
1:59.1	that filled you with joy.
2:05.4	Every behavior is a transfer of value.
2:15.3	Our dogs will do agility with us or they will walk by our side or they will retrieve a toy for us because of the value we brought to them when we were training them
2:21.7	to do those behaviors. All right. All training is a transfer of value. How are we going to
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