Scent Cones: movement of scent away from subject/source -in the shape of a cone.">Scent Cones : movement of scent away from subject/source -in the shape of a cone.
| 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.">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.
Author: Karen Pryor |
| 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.
">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.
Author: Karen Pryor |
VSRDA Glossary
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Chimney
Chimney Effect: Warm air rises from the source, cools, then drops a distance away from the source.
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Change of Behavior
Change of Behavior (COB): A characteristic pattern of behaviors, as interpreted by the handler, that occurs when the dog detects a trained odor.