Dog Training - Shaping a New Complex Behaviour in a Siberian Husky - Ashaki

This dog training video was prepared for the Delta CGC Instructor's course assignment "Conditioning Video 1" and demonsrates shaping a new complex behaviour ("Loop the Loop") by successive approximations using targeting. The training subject is Ashaki, a 7 year old purebred female Siberian husky. The trainer is Andrew Peterson.

Training was completed over a period of 2 weeks and involved 10 steps (approximations) commencing with conditioning to the bridge and ending with the final behaviour performed on vebal cue, "Ashi, Loop!"

Statistics from this video:
- Rewards given: 675
- Total duration of all training: 57 minutes (spread across many sessions)
- Approximations / steps used: 10
- Duration of each training session: average 20 seconds
- Total number of training sessions: 140 across 2 weeks
- Average time between rewards given: 5 seconds

The key strategies for success in dog training demonstrated by this video are:
- Train in short sessions and reward well and often (don't fade rewards too soon).
- The process of shaping relies on making progress in small incremental steps. No step is too small if the dog makes progress and is not frustrated.
- Training need only be an investment of a few hours, spread out over several weeks. Results can come quickly with the right methods.
- Use a bridge such as a clicker (that marks the desired behaviour, and bridges the time needed to deliver the reward) to accelerate learning.
- Notice the high number of rewards given (675) and the frequency of rewards (every 5 seconds). Most novice trainers under-reward their dogs at the start, which undermines the dog's motivation.

Use of a target (in this case a ping pong ball on a stick) is not essential in everyday training, but was a specific requirement of this assignment. Luring is a perfectly acceptable and equally effective alternative method for everyday pet dog training.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Dog
• training
• clicker
• bridge
• targeting
• conditioning
• complex
• behaviour
• shaping
• +successive
• approximations
• siberian
• husky
• Ashaki

[hightowerjared]

sweet!

[MantisCrawl]

Great video, thanks for the upload