In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:
- The importance of proper exposure training.
- Paying attention to fear periods in puppies and dogs.
- Systematic desensitization as a form of introduction and controlling the variables of the desensitization process.
- The process of exposure and how it is more effective and efficient.
- The process of passive desensitization.
Key Takeaways:
- You don’t want to create phobias from a young age or create something that they can’t overcome from a severe fright.
- If you have a dog with no experience with something, you are in a better place than with a dog who has multiple negative associations and has a learned avoidance response.
- Go slow. There is a cost to rushing the desensitization training.
- Short, multiple sessions progress without flooding the dog and creating phobias.
- Have a plan, execute the plan, make sure it is a good plan.
“All training has to have a plan – there has to be an object that we are trying to achieve.” — Jerry Bradshaw
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Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie
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