tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980874019219833539.post4362485595994888471..comments2023-06-21T01:52:31.493-07:00Comments on Crowsnest Pet Rescue: Plenty in Life is Free?.. or is it?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612738073966453343noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980874019219833539.post-90189889906677209572012-04-13T11:26:20.156-07:002012-04-13T11:26:20.156-07:00Hi Courtenay,
It's a good point and I'm c...Hi Courtenay,<br /><br />It's a good point and I'm certain that this strategy would not have worked with every dog. However, I can't think of any other way that we could have begun to make progress with this particular dog given that she would react to any dog at any distance. I prefer the more "standard" clicker training methods for working with reactivity when possible, but I thought it was worth pointing this situation out as another possible use for the strategy described in Kathy Sdao's book.Dananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980874019219833539.post-64679885602024405502012-04-11T13:01:55.604-07:002012-04-11T13:01:55.604-07:00That's a cool story. I wonder how often it is ...That's a cool story. I wonder how often it is that a dog who is barking, growling, leaping can actually register a click/treat (take the food, register it as a reinforcer..). In my experience, many of those dogs can't even orient to the food being put in their mouths.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612738073966453343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980874019219833539.post-75453740461373177412012-04-11T12:10:15.179-07:002012-04-11T12:10:15.179-07:00Hi Courtenay,
Thank you so much for sharing your ...Hi Courtenay,<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing your take on this new book! I don't always have time to read everything new that comes out, so I always appreciate hearing other peoples' opinions so that I can prioritize a little better.<br /><br />I did want to add one out-of-home use for the "reward anything except the three most annoying behaviors" strategy, because I've seen it work really beautifully. Several years ago I worked with clients who owned a very large (120lbs, if I remember correctly) German Shepherd who was extremely reactive to other dogs. They were concerned about working on the problem in part because she was so large and so strong. She had previously pulled her owners off the curb into the street, out of the car, and gotten them much closer to other dogs than they were comfortable getting.<br /><br />The first thing we did with this dog was to click and treat any behavior she gave us that did NOT include forward movement. This meant that, for several weeks, we were rewarding barking, growling, hard stares, and all of those other things you don't want your reactive dog to do. (Of course, if she gave us a moment of quiet we would reward that as well, but it didn't happen often enough to be the start of our training program!) By her third session (we were meeting once a week) their dog was jumping up and down in place while barking her head off at other dogs. <br /><br />As odd as this may sound, the clients were thrilled! It meant that they were no longer worried about their physical safety or the safety of the dogs who walked by, which freed us up to focus solely on rewarding better behavior. We continued to eliminate behaviors systematically in subsequent weeks. We ceased to reward barking, then we cut out the jumping up and down, and so on. The reactive behavior was never 100% eliminated in this case, but the behavior was reduced so significantly that the clients felt safer and happier walking their dog, which was always the main goal.Dananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980874019219833539.post-2692789384466767732012-04-11T06:57:40.865-07:002012-04-11T06:57:40.865-07:00Thank you for the reply Courtenay. I may pick up ...Thank you for the reply Courtenay. I may pick up the book to see if there is anything to incorporate into my dog's behavior training.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980874019219833539.post-54277929290023811782012-04-10T22:23:06.885-07:002012-04-10T22:23:06.885-07:00Hi growl,
I hadn't read the book, but did ask ...Hi growl,<br />I hadn't read the book, but did ask Dr Yin if she'd read it. She was unfamiliar with it, but expressed concern that owners might take it as permission to be permissive and unclear with their dogs.<br />From reading the book, I do think Kathy would be okay with Dr Yin's protocol, or at least most of it. Love your blog!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612738073966453343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980874019219833539.post-22998727476799459082012-04-10T21:28:05.027-07:002012-04-10T21:28:05.027-07:00Thank you for your assessment of the book. I haven...Thank you for your assessment of the book. I haven't read it yet, but I too attended a Sophia Yin seminar and really understood a lot of what she said in relation to helping my reactive dog. Did Dr. Yin say anything about it, or mention anything about how it compares to hers or combines with hers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com