This Index for the Basics of Dog Training is part of the Beginners Course of
the D.S. Dog Training Workshop, and an element of the Dog Science Network
Comprehensive Behavioral Conditioning for Dogs
Section One of the Beginner's Course
Dog Training Basics
- Page One:
- The Emotional Life of Your Dog
- To Control Your Dog's Emotions Is to Control Your Dog
- Happenstance Training versus Command Training
- The General Idea of Happenstance Training
- The Phenomenon of Once in a Lifetime Behavior Problems
- Page Two:
- The Potential of Young Dogs to Master Simple Lessons
- Starting Early Gives You a Leg Up
- The Critical Stage of Development
- The Power of First Responses
- Page Three:
- The Rule of First Responses
- The Need to Hit the Ground Running
- The List of Cans and Can'ts and Do's and Don'ts
- Page Four:
- Introduction to the Formula for Changing Behavior
- The Formula for Changing Behavior
- Plugging In the Formula
- The Formula Applied
- The Formula in a Nutshell
- Three Chances to Test Your Grasp of the Formula
- Page Five:
- The Advantage of the Three Pronged Approach
- The Formula Applied in the Micro and the Macro
- Making the Components Work
- Reinforcing Incompatible Responses
- The Science of Reinforcing in a Compelling Manner
- Reinforce Immediately
- Reinforce with Intensity
- Reinforce Continuously
- Page Six:
- Intermittent Reinforcement
- Fading Reinforcement For Established Responses
- Try to Generate a Little Excitement
- Remove All Unnecessary Aversives from the Process
- The Most Reinforcing Reinforcers of All
- Primary Reinforcers
- Using Food as a Reinforcer
- Page Seven:
- Using Touch as a Reinforcer
- The Triple Whammy of Vocal Stimuli
- The Gladdening Voice
- Good Dog
- Page Eight:
- Keeping the Focus on Fun
- Reinforcement in Review
- Putting Yourself in the Right Frame of Mind
- Extinction Procedures
- Happenstance Recap
- Formula Recap
- Punishment - the Third Component
- Page Nine:
- The Definition of Punishment
- The Science of Transforming Misbehavior
- A Word About Brutality and Severe Punishment
- Exploiting the Disparity Between Pre- and Post-Punishment Conditions
- Using Reinforcement to Make Punishment More Effective & Less Necessary
- Big Fun
- Getting Down to Specifics
- The Three Recommended Punishment Techniques
- The Human Voice as a Punisher
- The Unsettling Voice
- Page Ten:
- Body Language and the Unsettling Voice
- The Corrective Tap
- Using Spray Mist as a Means of Punishing Your Dog
- Page Eleven:
- Keep Punishment as Brief as Possible
- The Definition of Continuous Punishment
- Strive for Continuous Punishment
- Avoid Situations that Might Force You to Punish Too Often
- On the Intensity of Your Punishment Procedures
- Align the Procedure with the Magnitude of the Offense
- Page Twelve:
- Gear the Procedure to the Disposition of Your Dog
- You Must Quickly Arrive at an Effective Level of Intensity
- If It Don't Fly Now, It Won't Fly Later - Neither
- Final Happenstance Training Recap
- Reinforcement: The First Component
- When Reinforcing Desirable Behavior
- Extinction Procedures: The Second Component
- Punishment: The Third Component
- When Punishing Undesirable Behavior
- When You Put it All Together