Articles about American Pit Bull Terrier
.The dog becomes cognizant of their chin, nose, left or right ear. - It’s best to start out teaching those body parts that the animal will use right away. For example, a dog will preferentially use its nose to touch a target; so teach “nose” as the first body part. - The animal demonstrates understanding when it touches back with the asked-for body part. With a timid dog the first touch-back may be ever so slight, so you want to IB any inclination on their part. Don't ask for duration, distance or other refinements right away. - Dogs learn body parts very quickly. It is usually the trainer who fails to recognize success by thinking the touch-back is accidental, or a fluke, or by missing it completely. - It's not important what you name the body parts, as long as you're consistent. To make the connection, the dog must always be presented with the same word for a body part or for an object. Naming Objects - Teaches the animal object discrimination without the use of clickers or bait. - Allows refinement of definitions of contacts or go out points - Allows teaching spatial directions (left, right, straight ahead, behind, at a distance, laterally). The animal is bridged and reinforced for holding a directional mark before moving to it (as in heeling, front and directed jumping). Duration Duration is where the animal stays in the requested behavior (e.g. connected with his nose to a target) for a certain length of time. Duration is taught using increasing cycles of IB. Conditioned Relaxation - The animal learns to relax on cue, which makes them more able to think and properly function in overadrenalized situations (e.g. flyball, agility, strange dog approaching). - Massaging the muscles in the neck, jaw, or shoulder causes the muscles to relax, and the brain to release serotonin, which is pleasurable to the animal....to continue reading this article please click on here...
