To get a certain behavior from a dog consistently despite where you are or the specifics of what you're asking takes training the dog for
that behavior in a wide variety of settings, under a wide variety of conditions, so your dog knows that «sit» doesn't just mean «that movement I do right before I'm about to get a leash put on» but rather means «put my rump on the ground no matter where I am or what is happening and keep it there until told otherwise.»
To make things even more difficult,
in order to reach the level
of reliability required, each one
of the
behaviors also has to be practiced
in a
wide variety of settings and with different levels
of distractions.
In the past ten years, Dr. Chen has worked with families of children and adolescents with a wide range of psychological needs (e.g., developmental delay, learning difficulties, anxiety, depression, history of abuse and neglect, behavior problems, weight management) in a variety of settings (i.e., pediatric hospital, university clinic, community mental health centers
In the past ten years, Dr. Chen has worked with families
of children and adolescents with a
wide range
of psychological needs (e.g., developmental delay, learning difficulties, anxiety, depression, history
of abuse and neglect,
behavior problems, weight management)
in a variety of settings (i.e., pediatric hospital, university clinic, community mental health centers
in a
variety of settings (i.e., pediatric hospital, university clinic, community mental health centers).