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Dog Training Outside The Box: Transfer Of Value Case Study #177

Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett

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Training a Dog to Stop at the End of a Set of Stairs

The value the dog has for the reinforcement you're using goes into the behavior you're training. So I said, does he like tug toys? No. Does he like tennis balls? Not really. Is there anything that your dog has ever seen or done or eaten or smelled that makes his ears come up and he's on the balls of his feet and the tail just starts going? Oh yeah, when the kids play with the bubbles in the backyard,. You know those soap bubbles, you blow the bubbles out? I said, all right, go get me some dollar store bubbles. Now we've got to manipulate the environment. This dog turned into something the likes I've never seen before.

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