Table of Contents
Introduction Now you see it, now you don’t .......................................... 1
Chapter 1 It’s all about choice ................................................................ 5
Choices, choices .................................................................................. 7
Special equipment you’ll need to teach Impulse Control ..................... 8
How to reward your dog for her brilliant self-control .......................... 9
Chapter 2 Introducing the Magic Hand ............................................... 13
Lesson 1 Teaching the Magic Hand Game ....................................... 14
Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 16
How will this help with everyday grabbing and stealing? ................... 18
Life becomes simpler ........................................................................ 19
Chapter 3 Keeping away from dropped or found food on the ground ...... 21
Lesson 2 Teaching the Food-on-the-Floor Game, or Magic Hand 2.0 ..... 24
Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 25
Lesson 3 Bringing the game to real life! ............................................. 26
An important word about words ....................................................... 28
Lesson 4 Adding the cue ................................................................... 29
Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 29
Lacy’s Find ....................................................................................... 30
Chapter 4 Why does it work?................................................................ 31
People first ........................................................................................ 31
Pavlov’s Dogs and Classical Conditioning ........................................ 32
How does this apply to us? ................................................................ 33
Operant Conditioning ...................................................................... 34
Why does this matter to me and my pet dog? ................................... 35
A word about punishment ................................................................ 36
Chapter 5 Here comes the joy! ............................................................. 39
1. The Door, 2. The Car Door, 3. The Crate, 4. Furniture, 5. Toy Play, 6. Reclaiming Stolen Shoes, 7. Mugging Your Hand or Your Pocket for Those Treats, 8. Tasty Shopping Bags in the Car, 9. Helping Tidy Up the Kitchen (aka Countersurfing), 10. Marking Every Tree, 11. Passing Quietly By Previously Exciting Things, 12. Meet and Greet Nicely
The Premack Principle ..................................................................... 50
Chapter 6 The effect of Impulse Control on the two of you ................ 53
What effect will this have on my dog? So how will all this affect me? Mutual trust. Side effects. That’s mine! It’s all tricks to them. Food on The Paws. Troubleshooting. Food on the Head. The Famous Tossing the Biscuit off the Nose Trick.
Conclusion You are a huge way into your journey! ............................ 65
Appreciation, Resources, Works consulted for Chapter 4
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