Glossary of terms used on this site
| Term | Definition |
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| Scent Cones |
Glossaries: K9 SAR Glossary
Scent Cones : movement of scent away from subject/source -in the shape of a cone. |
| Shaping |
Glossaries: K9 SAR Glossary
Shaping : Building new behavior by selectively reinforcing variations in existing behavior, during the action rather than after completion, to increase or strengthen the behavior in a specific manner or direction. |
| Stimulus |
Glossaries: K9 SAR Glossary
Stimulus : A change in the environment. Dog Training focuses on discriminative stimuli, which causes a change of state in the dog, causing it to perform a specific behavior.
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VSRDA Glossary
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Back-Chaining
Back-Chaining: A teaching methodology, where the training of the chained behaviors occurs in reverse order. The final behavior is taught first, and the second-to-last behavior is added and taught next -
Behavior Chain
Behavior Chain: a series of learned behaviors, carried out, after one command. -
Blank Search
Blank Search: A training or certification exercise in which the target odor is not present -
Blind
Blind: A training exercise is considered Blind if the person person searching does not know the location of odor(s), and/or if any are prescent, BUT the accompanying Instructor/Evaluator DOES know.