Aug 2022 In learning, it is often the case that one particular activity or exploration will weave together diverse threads of understanding, offering insight on which so much subsequent learning can be built. Little did I know that such a breakthrough for both dog...
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Build the Learning
Build skills through learning activities and play
Skills of the Engineer
An Engineer of Learning develops skills through studying, application and evaluation. Predominantly this is a lone process where our learners, the dogs, give the most valuable and honest feedback we can expect. Many of these skills already exist and may need refining...
Engineer’s Skills and Development
An engineer of learning develops their skills through studying, application and evaluation. Predominantly this is a lone process where our learners give the most valuable and honest feedback we can expect. Many of these skills already exist and may need refining...
Is your training clean?
Over the years of teaching either a variety of dogs, or learning from a variety of people we pick up habits and ways of applying our learning. Some of these will be excellent, some will be quite good and some were once good enough but have deteriorated as we no longer...
Teach Breakfast in Bed
Teaching Breakfast in Bed We want the dog to learn the difference between each delight we are going to reward them with to avoid any confusion or uncertainty. If they are confused they could make an error and come to collect the food at the wrong moment, or if they...
The Pathway
Step by Step process Learning to teach with rewards at the centre of the training is always my choice. Whether to enhance living together without conflict, build fitness, develop an individual skill, or provide and entire programme for a dog I begin with the same...
Shopping!
Let's go Shopping ! Reward stations, or boxes of food, toys, are placed around and/or nearby the training session. On specific cues both person and dog will travel to the Shop (reward station) for rewards.Applications Ideal for rewarding when the reward is not on the...
Table service
Table Service Food is delivered to your dining table but you will need to reach or collect it for yourself, without leaving the table. For the dog this is placement nearby, where the dog may reach, step or turn to collect the food, from the floor or from your...
Breakfast in bed
Breakfast in Bed This is full service, where the food is delivered direct to the dog without them needing to leave their position. When delivered accurately the dog should not have to reach, step or stretch for the food.Applications Ideal for rewarding stationary...
Preparation
Preparation: before moving house or a training session, a key to stress free learning
Going Shopping
This is a joint travelling adventure. It completely resets the learning and can easily extend the reinforcement process.
Clean Process
Is My Training Clean? CHECK LIST Your dog will give you the information you need to know whether your training is clean, quite mucky or a little dirty around the edges.Browse through, open the sections and check your understanding, skills and application.The training...
Introducing Anticipatory behavior
If there is a Setter pic here, then this is a Setters only page The Effect of Anticipation Introducing Anticipatory Behaviour first published July 2018 - outline Most of my experience in this wonderful, challenging, irritating world of training has been in the...
Five Point Focus ~ Markers
online learning community 7 - 16 Dec 2024Make sure the marker is working harder than your dog Whether you use a clicker, a good, cheerleading or a hand to pocket; where there are rewards there are markers. REWARDS build the power, the desire, the motivation but...
The Need to Correct an Error
When learning is littered with costly mistakes we will carry anxiety and avoidance. Errors are feedback. There should be no fear of error just opportunities to learn.