Why Mastering Reinforcement Is The Linchpin To Reinforcement Based Dog Training #196
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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There's a very good chance that you, like me, want to train your dog with reinforcement. It aligns with the kind of person you want to be both for your dog and for the world. To get really good behaviors with dogs as a positive reinforcement trainer, you have to get masterful at all that is reinforcing. That's the topic of this episode, and I'm including case studies of two of my dogs, Buzz and Belief and the layers of learning with reinforcement that create amazing skills.
In the episode you'll hear:
• A video review and breakdown of retrieve training with my dog, Buzz, from the 90's.
• How you troubleshoot dog sports competition training using positive reinforcement.
• Examples of popular, but bad, training advice I received that's still taught today.
• How my puppy recalls from play brilliantly because of incremental layers of learning.
• Why positive reinforcement is new and revolutionizing centuries of dog training.
• How I pioneered positive reinforcement in dog agility training, even when told it would not work.
• Why dog training using positive reinforcement is more reliable for recalls and more.
• Why consent and cooperation create trust for nail trimming, etc.
• The importance of knowing and growing what your dog values in different environments.
• How dogs learn to earn reinforcement and how the value transfers to you.
• Why teaching dogs "do" works better than teaching "don't."
• The truth that you're one good strategy away from a better life with your dog.
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Resources:
1. YouTube Playlist: Target Training for Dogs with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy3ylCyQ2bJQSCwo_ERiVHj3
2. Podcast Episode 155: 10 Ways To Teach A Sit WITHOUT A Food Lure! Unreal Results For Puppies And Dogs Of All Ages - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/155/
3. Podcast Episode 145: 10 Ways To Teach A Dog To Lay Down And How To Shape It Without Luring - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/145/
4. YouTube Video: Puppy Belief's Training Progress Update: 9 Months Old - https://youtu.be/b6HBZKx7jNs
5. Podcast Episode 146: Balanced Dog Training: Does It Really Exist? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/146/
6. YouTube Video: Understanding Your Dog's Reinforcement Zone (RZ) with Susan Garrett - https://youtu.be/OaUAScgaFAg
7. Podcast Episode 107: Pedicure Please: 3 Steps To Dog Nail Trimming Or Grooming Success At Home! - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/107/
8. YouTube Playlist: Susan Garrett's Dog Training Philosophy and Training Processes - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy2An5_3KqDPqFVV6J6dYsYx
9. Tasty Treats Recipe eBook - https://dogsthat.com/tastytreats/
10. YouTube Playlist: Reinforcement, Permissions and Transfer of Value in Dog Training with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1IUj_4P54q2PIuLNtnXjFO
11. Blog Post with Video: The Transfer of Value in Dog Training - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2018/02/transfer-of-value-in-dog-training/
12. Podcast Episode 190: Using Daily Quickies To Fast Track Your Dog Training And Grow Your Dog’s Skills - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/190/
13. Learn to Play ItsYerChoice - https://recallers.com/iycsummit-join/
14. Crate Games Online - https://get.crategames.com/
15. Podcast Episode 191: Get Your Dog To Calm Down With This Common Sense Protocol For Relaxation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/191/
16. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/aDe3GiJRXVg
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you follow my podcast, there's a very good chance that you, like me, want to train your dog |
| 0:06.8 | with reinforcement. It aligns with the kind of person you want to be both for your dog and |
| 0:12.7 | for the world. In order to train and get really good behaviors, you have to get masterful |
| 0:18.9 | at all that is reinforcing. And that is the topic of today's |
| 0:23.4 | podcast. |
| 0:23.9 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. And if you have spent any time on my YouTube |
| 0:39.9 | channel, you would have noticed that I share some lesson plans on how to teach simple behaviors. |
| 0:46.0 | Everything from targeting to a sit to a down. There's a lot of knowledge to be learned by |
| 0:51.4 | spending time over on our YouTube channel. Now, those little things, |
| 0:55.3 | I don't think they really are too impressive for people. They're like, well, I can just put |
| 0:59.4 | a cookie over my dog's head and teach them to sit. But it's the bigger processes that really |
| 1:04.9 | make a difference. So, I'm going to share a video and for those of you listening, |
| 1:09.7 | I suggest you jump over to YouTube when you can and watch this, but I'm going to share a video and for those of you listening, I suggest you jump over to YouTube |
| 1:11.7 | when you can and watch this, but I'm going to walk you through it. This is a video from, |
| 1:16.7 | I think, 1997 or 1998 and I'm going to share this video in two parts. The first part is my then |
| 1:25.9 | very, very young, crazy red border collie buzz retrieving various items. So, |
| 1:32.6 | the first item I think is just a fleecy tug toy. And I throw it out and I get them all revved |
| 1:38.5 | up. I throw it out and he picks it up and he doesn't bring it right back. He mouths it. When I say mouths it, |
| 1:46.6 | I mean, he picks it up in his mouth and he chews it a bit. He might paddle his feet on it. |
| 1:51.0 | He might roll the fleece over a few times. He choose it. He paddles. He choose and he paddles. |
| 1:57.3 | And he eventually, I think it, I mean, I'm showing this in fast forward and I think |
| 2:01.5 | it still takes them like 15 seconds to get it back to me. Then I throw out another toy and I think |
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