I mostly get friday 466 4831 as demonstrated this 564 because something else has taken its place. There's no doubt that it is very easy to train a new behavior with positive methods. When we have undesired behavior, we must first pinpoint what function that behavior serves. Here are some common examples These are all quite common behaviors, and they all have a real function for the animal. If we provide them with another way to fulfill that function and reinforce the new behavior, they be satisfied. Sometimes it isn't as easy to determine the function of a behavior as it is with these examples and that's why we get paid the big bucks! It's our job to assess the behavior and come up with alternative behavior that serves the same function. We must come up with that alternative it is very difficult for the animal to simply leave a void where there used to be a functional behavior. fact, when that happens, usually punishment has been involved. There are some other concepts that help when reducing undesired behavior, as well. One is called the matching law and another is called fair pairs. a nutshell, the matching law essentially means that given two behaviors that are being reinforced, the animal pick the behavior which has a richer reinforcement schedule. We can use this to get the animal to start doing alternative behavior; the more he's reinforced for the alternative behavior, and the less he's reinforced for the undesired behavior, the more likely he'll opt for the reinforced behavior. if we extinguish the original behavior and put the alternate behavior on a variable reinforcement schedule, voila! We now have animal that is more likely to do the alternate behavior. Fair pairs is a concept that comes from working with children. The idea behind it is that if you take something away, you must replace it with something of equal or greater value. This way, the animal is not being punished by something being removed, but is being reinforced for allowing us to take that item away. We already do this to some extent when we do exchanges. However, we need to be a bit more creative and make sure that the animal is being reinforced for that behavior. If the animal work to avoid something, then it is aversive. P-, P+ and R- are all aversives and there is even some debate that extinction could qualify as aversive. Of course, we use aversives all the time, but with just a little effort we can eliminate them from formal training, if we want. We guarantee a solution to your dog's behavior problems! your dog's problems turn for the better 10 Weeks or less, we guarantee it. We have been helping dogs and owners just like you all over Eastern Michigan create a better relationship with their dogs and eliminate problem behaviors like: We 't know the exact problems you are dealing with right this moment. If your dog has done hundreds or thousands of dollars damage, if you have a new puppy and are just starting out, if your dog jumps all over family and friends, or has dislocated some part of your body on those out of control walks. Even though we 't currently know every detail about your dog's behavior, I can tell you that we have helped someone just like you. We have seen the emotional toll and sear embarrassment that comes with having a dog with behavioral problems. The scrutiny that people can put on dog owners with less than perfect dogs. Dog's that owners keep crated, locked away or outside on a chain because of poor behavior. On the flip side, we have