Chuckanut Australian Shepherds and Australian Kelpies
Jan Wesen
7210 Worline Rd, Bow, WA  98232
360-766-6808  Cell 360-333-7131
jan@janwesen.com

Tips for the day

  1. Reinforce all behavior you want Ignore behavior you don't want.
  2. What is Reinforcement?
  3. What is Ignoring a behavior?
  4. If you give Reinforcement what was it for?
  5. When Emotions kick in all Training and Communication ENDS.
  6. Give a negative add a positive.
  7. Punishment fit the crime.
  8. Good teacher will let you sink but not let you drowned.
  9. Give them enough room to hang them self.
  10. Learning takes place when they are correct 8 out of 10 times.
  11. Ahh or No is NO information.  Say what you want.
  12. DON'T or NOT take them out of your vocabulary.  Say what you want.  Examples.  Don't throw your clothes on the floor - only hears throw clothes on the floor.  Verses - Put your clothes away.  Only one option.
  13. Set rules small enough to accomplish them and stick with the rules in the situation.
  14. TRY out of your vocabulary.  You WILL.
  15. Don't argue.
  16. Training must be Black and White.
  17. Consistency is the key.
  18. Work as a team.
  19. Split behaviors don't lump them all together.
  20. Ask for behavior.  Get the behavior.  Reinforce the behavior.  Repeat or help get the right response.
  21. Behavior Model
  • Positive Reinforcement-  Apply something they Like or want. This will strengthen a behavior
  • Negative Reinforcement - Negative doesn't mean something bad.  Ignoring would be Negative Reinforcement.  Avoiding something unpleasant and then negative stops.  ie.  Driving to work you leave late and have more traffic.  When you leave early you have less traffic.  So you will leave early to miss the traffic.
  • Punishment - Something is applied to that is a negative that they don't want.  High level and shouldn't have to keep doing the same thing.  Must find the right level
  • Extinction - Before the behavior is gone there will be a burst of behavior that will increase before it goes away.
  • All 4 of these must be applied when training.
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