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Behavioral Repertoir
The term behavioral repertoir refers to the totality of all the responses that a given person or dog is capable of making.
Does your dog snap at other dogs? If so, then snapping at canines is in his behavioral repertoir. When you tell your dog to sit, does he do it? If not, then, sitting on command is not in his repertoir.
In summary: If your dog makes a given response, then, it is in his behavioral repertoir. If the response of interest is not something that your dog ever does or has done, then, it is not considered to be in his repertoir.