Agility Tricks

In Agility Tricks, Donna Duford provides several different methods for teaching each trick so that you can choose the method that best suits how your dog learns and what motivates him. The book includes a chapter on different techniques for positively training any skill to a dog.

Agility Tricks contains the following sections:

Techniques for Training

•Prompting
•Shaping
•Capturing
•Combining Techniques
•Effects on Learning
•Reinforcement and Timing
•Clickers and Other Conditioned Reinforcers
•Multiple Reinforcers
•Using Training as a Reward
•Reinforcement Schedules
•Jackpots
•Pace
•Keeping Your Dog in the Game
•Teaching in Increments
•Cues
•Mixed Cues
•Troubleshooting
Teaching the Tricks

•Touch
•Sit Pretty or Beg
•Bow
•Spin
•Weave or Figure Eight
•Wave or High Five
•Crawl
•Rollover
•Back Up
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