http://susangarrettdogagility.com Agility training for all dogs of all breeds Fri, 18 May 2012 04:09:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-me/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-me/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:35:43 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1829 Isn’t it funny how all of these posts on dogs shaping people have ended up having picture of a terrier with them. And not coincidentally many of your comments are about Jack Russell Terriers! Hmm, yes indeed Terriers are just masterful at shaping their people. It is because they are so brilliant and have a tenacity that [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-me/feed/ 22 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-who-two/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-who-two/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:35:49 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1819 Carrying on from yesterday’s post here are some more ways dogs have learned to shape their humans. Many dogs learn how effective hunger strikes can be when shaping a human. People can’t stand to watch a dog miss a meal. The moment a dog turns up his nose to his routine breakfast 9 times out [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-who-two/feed/ 46 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-who/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-who/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:35:02 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1816 It is fascinating to me how this shaping stuff works. Here we have one animal (ideally you) providing reinforcement  in order to get another animal (say your dog) to do what you want him to do. Shaping really works. Why? Because reinforcement builds behaviour.  But what I have come to notice that there is more [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/whos-shaping-who/feed/ 15