Animal Training - Techniques and Emotions

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Trust Accounts

  • like a bank account
    • when you do something nice you are paying in
    • when you do something that's not nice, e.g., manipulation, clipping nails, you are making a withdrawal
    • you want to stay in credit
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Stress and Fear

  • won't learn
    • adrenaline and cortisol impact learning and memory
    • take a long time to go back down again
    • takes 7 hours for the cortisol and adrenaline to come back down
  • trigger stacking
    • different stresses add up and may go over their bite threshold
  • may build up an association with you and stress
    • hard to 'pay in' to the trust account
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Reinforcement and Punishment

  • Positive punishment
    • electric collar
  • Negative punishment
    • removing attention
  • Positive reinforcement
    • treats
  • Negative reinforcement
    • prong collar
  • relying on reinforcement and shaping will be slower but will have less risk of emotional side effects
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