What is “expected & patterned behavior”?
This is when you reward and shape a behavior, then expect it, but do not “command” it.
The dogs in the video have two programmed behaviors. It took 2 weeks to gain the good behaviors & loose the original poor choice behaviors.
The first dog in the video:
1) the dog was escorted to the dog bed from the back door 100% of the times he came inside
2) the dog was given food for going to his dog bed
3) the dog was rewarded plus made to stay on the bed until the human “released” him. See our “Stay on Your Bed” video for more details on teaching this.
The second dog in the video:
1) check in with the human, make eye contact
2) move towards the human, sit while making eye contact
Both of these dog’s behaviors were taught by:
- food rewards
- verbal rewards
- touch rewards
They were also taught with:
- ignoring poor choices
- controlling the environment to set the dog up to succeed
- stopping the session when the dog was not making good choices
- many repetitions of short sessions
- the human not being emotional and angry for poor choices
- the human staying calm & confident
The dog CHOSE these behaviors, the human waited for the choices, the human responded with 1-3 of the above rewards each time the dog chose correctly.
The second dog originally wanted to: Jump up & mouth the human. Run around alone. Bark at the human.
The second dog was managed well and was originally in a quiet room, or on a long line in a yard. The human had food & waited for the dog to look at the human and or sit. The human withheld the food, physical attention & verbal attention until & when the dog presented the correct behaviors. The human put the dog in his crate for reflection when the dog was pushy or ignoring the human.
The human did not ”tell” or “make” or “bribe” the dog look at her or sit.
The human ignored all behaviors that were not eye contact or sitting.
This is one of many methods to gain a good mindset and good behavior in dogs.
This second dog transformed from a pushy, loud, physical wild puppy, into a well mannered, calm & thoughtful puppy. Henry is 6 months old in the video.
Give it a try! It’s fun.