Welcome to Your New Addiction

·      Lifestyle of Working Dog Ownership

·      Managing Expectations​

.      Bonding

·      Assessing a Litter and Choosing Your Puppy

·      Preparing for Bringing Your Puppy Home

·      Common Mistakes to Avoid

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Key Principals of Operant Conditioning

·      Definition and Fundamentals

·      Types of Consequences

·      Schedules of Reinforcement

·      Contingency and Probability

·      Shaping and Chaining​/ways to shape behavior:         Luring, shaping, molding, modeling

.      Secondary Reinforcers and non reward markers

.      The big 3: Timing ,consistency, reinforcement

The ABC's of Learning

·      (A) Antecedent 

·      (B) Behavior 

.      (C) Consequence

 

Three Stages of Learning

·      Teaching 

·      Generalizing

·      Maintenance 

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The Mechanics of Luring

·      Open Source

·      Closed Source

·      Movement and Synchronization 

·      Fading the lure

The Role of Consistency and Fluency

·      Types of Consistency

·      How to Achieve Consistency 

.      Importance of Fluency

.      Putting Behavior on Cue

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Markers and Cues

·      Intro to Secondary Reinforcers

·      4 Common Markers Used in Training

.      Visual Cues

.      Fading the Lure

​Intro to Sport Training

·      Popular Sports in Dog Training

·      How to Get Involved in Dog Sports

.      Sport Clubs

.      Resources and Applications

Key Principles of Classical Conditioning

·      How Classical Conditioning Works

·      Applications in Dog Training

.      Unconditioned Stimulus

·      Unconditioned Response

·      Neutral Stimulus

·      Conditioned Stimulus

·      Conditioned Response

Understanding the Contingency Square

·      Positive Reinforcement

·      Positive Punishment

.      Negative Reinforcement

·      Negative Punishment

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Puppy Management 

·      Establishing Routine

·      Crate Training and Potty Training

·      Teaching Good Manners

·      Puppy Socialization and fear periods

·      Controlling Resources and Environment 

Understanding Pressure and Tools

·      Types of Pressure

·      Tools and Equipment Used in Dog Training

.      Types of Collars, Leashes, Harnesses, Muzzles,           Whips, Clatter Sticks, Can Curtains, Etc.

.      Importance of Fluency in Application​

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Course Review

·      Prepping for the Certification Test