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A collection of more academic articles geared towards Dog Training Professionals
Written by Niki Tudge October 2011 Copyright The Dog Trainer role and that of the Veterinarian and the Client should be one of cooperation to achieve the behavioral objectives. It is important when working on a behavior case to defer to a veterinarian on all issues of medication and medical conditions. In that same light [...]
Written by Niki Tudge Copyright 2011 The liability risks open to dog training professionals stem from three areas; the trainer was negligent and did not take reasonable measures to prevent a foreseeable injury from occurring, the trainer violated public safety laws or the trainer misrepresented their skills and knowledge to the client and in fact [...]
A Brief Description of the Schedules of Positive Reinforcement and Their Effects on Behavior. Written by Niki Tudge March 14th 2009 Copyright DogSmith Continuous reinforcement is when behavior is reinforced each time it occurs, one reinforcer for one response schedule. Because each operant is reinforced the increase in the rate of behavior is rapid. However, [...]
Niki Tudge Copyright 2009 There are four types of operant learning, defined as such because the behavior operates on the environment. Two of the quadrants of operant conditioning strengthen behaviors, referred to as reinforcements. The other two of the operant conditioning quadrants weaken behavior, referred to as punishments. The quadrants are referred to as [...]
When should you shape a behavior, use differential reinforcement or back chaining as the preferred protocol? Niki Tudge Copyright 2011 Differential reinforcement is an appropriate procedure to choose when the target behavior is already present but requires a dimension of the behavior to be reduced, such as the intensity of barking or the frequency of [...]
A prompt is an antecedent strategy used to increase the likelihood of a behavior so it can be reinforced. It occurs before the behavior. We have to evoke a behavior so we can reinforce it to put it under stimulus control. Prompts can be food lures, voice prompts, equipment prompts and/or physical prompts where the [...]
The medical model approach to describing and explaining behaviors uses the same principles and strategy as used when addressing medical issues. The behaviors are labeled normal versus abnormal and categorized into groups such as dominance or aggression based on intuition and passed down medical protocols The behavioral approach to describing and explaining behaviors is that [...]
Biological evolution is the process of a species ability to successfully reproduce Some individuals within the population reproduce more successfully than others and their traits are said to be adaptive, they contribute more to the phenotype, physical and behavioral traits of the population. The basic principles of evolution occur through natural selection and within a [...]
By Niki Tudge Copyright 2011 Social behavior is how dogs interact and form relationships with other dogs and people. The relationships formed are shaped at each interaction as behavior dimensions are strengthened or weakened due to the situation specific contingencies. During these social interactions conditioned emotional responses are also elicited due to the history [...]
Niki Tudge October 2011 Copyright A few days ago one of our DogSmith Dog Trainers, Susan Barton, brought a new puppy into their home. I just love puppies of all shapes and sizes and feel very strongly about guiding owners in the right direction for their puppies socialization. Seeing Lucy reminded me that soon many [...]
