http://outsidek9.com/2009/04/capture-a-behavior/ {the dog blog of Outside magazine} Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:30:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://outsidek9.com/2009/04/capture-a-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Gimme the Cat and Nobody Gets Hurt - OutsideK9 Thu, 14 May 2009 12:19:12 +0000 http://outsidek9.com/?p=212#comment-60 [...] enormous amount of obedience control is needed: heel, sit, stay and recall must be [...] [...] enormous amount of obedience control is needed: heel, sit, stay and recall must be [...]

]]> http://outsidek9.com/2009/04/capture-a-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Sue B. Sat, 02 May 2009 15:40:55 +0000 http://outsidek9.com/?p=212#comment-51 a subtle, but important, point to reinforce: If you are trying to condition praise as a meaningful reinforcement to the dog, it needs to come BEFORE the food (primary reinforcer). Just like conditioning the marker/bridge, the praise gets its power by its consistent prediction of the Really Good Thing (food) that comes next. So the sequence is: Cue ("sit") --> Behavior --> Marker--> Praise--> Food. Keep up the good work! <a href="http://outsidek9.com/about/" rel="nofollow">Sue B.</a> a subtle, but important, point to reinforce: If you are trying to condition praise as a meaningful reinforcement to the dog, it needs to come BEFORE the food (primary reinforcer). Just like conditioning the marker/bridge, the praise gets its power by its consistent prediction of the Really Good Thing (food) that comes next. So the sequence is: Cue (”sit”) –> Behavior –> Marker–> Praise–> Food.
Keep up the good work! Sue B.

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