The Value of Teaching Base Behaviors

Send us a textConnection is our base behavior. It is where learning begins. What are base behaviors and why go through the process of teaching them?"It’s about teaching the dog to move to the platform as a choice, or to move the foot as a choice, or to lower their head as a choice, not necessarily about where they just got the reinforcer. The base position becomes a place where the dog chooses to go to, when they are not sure what to do," says Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs.In this...