get better at practicing to get better at performing
deliberate practice
how you practice matters most
understand weaknesses
invent specific tasks to address deficiencies
more repetition is useless
what are your challenges? be specific - don't just practice stuff that's easy for you
push past barriers and grow
mix skills practice (deliberate) with occassional tests
splitting
prevent accidntally rewarding poor behavior within chain
introduce proofing more safely out of context
preserve performance cues so they don't get poisoned during proofing (split, get it out of context, or use alternate behavior); ie target to practice go outs without poisoning cues of "go", "sit", "jump", etc
ingrain success - superfluency
videotape!
"it's fine" + ring stress/pressue = behavior breaking down
review priorities:
1. emotional state
2. engagement (dog wants what you have, understands contingency, capable of giving you his attention)
3. train behaviors
more to less specific:
exercises
behaviors
skills
concepts <- across="" and="" applies="" b="" behaviors="" big="" here="" improvements="" multiple="" results="" skills="" small="" state="" yield="">
concepts: offering behaviors, stimulus control, focus, impulse control/access to reinforcerment, distance, speed (shaping for speed, that it's something the dog can vary), body awareness
skills: targeting, jumping, retrieving, positions, platforms, heeling
behaviors: front, finish, go out, etc
make a plan
which task is needed?
how can I isolate that piece? (design training plan that focuses on the specific skill you are trying to teach)
what are my criteria?
how will I reinforce?
how will I respond to mistakes?
drop on recall: (incomplete) map of concepts
sit - distance, duration
come - speed, duration
down - movement, distance, latency
come - speed, distance
front - precision
finish - precision
increase complexity
starting with simple isolated behaviors
gradually increase difficulty
add distractions
add distance/duration (if applicable)
reintegrate
once the piece is fluent by itself, put it back into context
* take out sits when isolating something else. no sits!
* heeling = lots of muscle collection = fatigue
This is the training approach that is most widely supported in the online R+ competition obedience groups I'm in (of which Hannah is a member of, of course). It was still great to see it laid out in a presentation rather than trying to piece it together from discussions. Hannah is definitely on my short list of presentors to follow whenever I can.
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