What is arousal?

  • How your dog responds to something going on
  • Amount of activity your dog’s brain is using
  • How likely your dog is going to respond to a situation
  • Can be positive or negative, depending on situation

Teach

  • Calm
  • Low arousal

Arousal down

  • TTouch – Zebra touch
  • Light massage
  • Letting them calm down naturally
  • Boundary games
  • Reward nothing

Arousal up in controlled way

  • Zebra touch fast
  • Springbok touch
  • Fast toy games
  • Whip it
  • Reward anything

Choices

  • Skinner – “what is love except another way for positive reinforcement training”
  • Reward good choices
  • Help dog make good choices
    • Calm
    • Excitement
    • Fear

Bucket

  • Threshold
  • 72 hours trigger stacked
    • TTouch
    • Walking in figure of 8
    • Boundary games
    • Freework
  • Commentate on what’s going on – notice potential problems
  • Thundershirt