hunting dog training training methods:




 hunting dog training training methods:
the opportunity method
the compulsive method
the inducive or motivation method
combination of training methods

The Compulsive Method.

The compulsive method uses negative reinforcement, eg physical positioning (force through the hands, feet, etc), the check chain jerk or pop method, the Koehler method, etc. In the analogy of the child's 'Hot and Cold Game', the child receives only tcold' signals. The absence of (silence) or removal (pressure withdrawn) of a 'cold' signal can be assumed to be a 'hot' signal. Note that silence has no precision or timing inherent in it. The removal of a force does may have timing if it is done at precisely the right moment when the dog relents to the pressure and begins to take up the desired behaviour. The correction command 'Ah!' is equivalent to a 'cold' signal but it has no negative reinforcement element to it, per se, nor is it directly associated with the Compulsive Method.