The other component that's really key is owners focusing
on rewarding desired behaviors.
The APDT advocates training dogs with an emphasis
on rewarding desired behaviors and discouraging undesirable behaviors using clear and consistent instructions and avoiding psychological and physical intimidation.
AWLFC advocates these training methods because they focus
on rewarding desired behaviors and discouraging undesirable behaviors using clear and consistent instructions and avoiding psychological and physical intimidation.
Not exact matches
Other ways to prevent feeding problems are to not use food as a bribe or
reward for
desired behaviors, avoid punishing your child for not eating well, limit mealtime conversation to positive and pleasant topics, avoid discussing or commenting
on your child's poor eating habits while at the table, limit eating and drinking to the table, and limit snacks to two nutritious snacks each day.
Conclusion: Using bribes to manipulate kids to repeat a
desired behavior is a control tactic that makes kids focus
on the
reward rather than helping them want to repeat the
behavior.
Other ways to prevent feeding problems are to not use food as a bribe or
reward for
desired behaviors, avoid punishing your child for not eating well, limit mealtime conversation to positive and pleasant topics, avoid discussing or commenting
on your child's poor eating habits while at the table, limit eating and drinking to the table or high chair, and limit snacks to two nutritious snacks each day.
Think about it... If you can train a large predator, such as a killer whale or a tiger, by focusing
on capturing and
rewarding desired behaviors, there is no reason you can't do the same with your dog.
Puppy Kindergarten will cover how to introduce a marker word that tells your puppy he's done the
desired behavior and a
reward is
on the way.
By
rewarding desired behaviors, the system can be an invaluable tool in helping redirect a dog's focus away from barking at the door, jumping
on guests, and begging at the table.
Teaching a dog to perform
desired behaviors reliably
on cue (using lures and
rewards), e.g., come, sit, down and stay; 3.
The art of lure /
reward training focuses
on discovering the best way to immediately lure the dog to voluntarily perform the
desired behavior.
As your pet completes
desired behaviors, such as staying
on his own in comfort areas, they are
rewarded with praise and a treat.
Once your pup is confidently performing the
desired behavior on cue, you can phase out the clicker and just
reward with a treat by itself, or with any other type of
reward you choose.
A good dog training program will focus
on allowing the dog to learn just what is expected of it, and will use positive reinforcement to
reward desired behaviors.
This generally does not require understanding a dog's motivation and emotional state, but rather focuses
on what the dog is doing (
behavior), and what we want the dog to «do,» helping the dog understand how to perform the
desired behaviors and then
rewarding him for doing so.