Video Training By Touch - Basic Introduction To Learning Principles

[Denis Carthy]

Video introduction to training by touch.

E-collar training basic principles

Narrated

Video 1 -

Training by touch- Basic principles of e-collar training

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=glZeRu-_ohI

Video 2 –

Training by touch- Basic principles of e-collar training

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JLxlutwRT-s

Video 3 -

Training By Touch – Basic principles of e-collar training

E-Collar Touch Introduction

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=on8PjoK_Y84

Video - 4

Practical Example Of A Working Exercise – Lost Dog Recovery

If my dog had gone in the wrong direction I would have known because the beeper would have told me she was heading in the wrong direction, she is training to lie down and wait for me by a touch from the e-collar whether I am in sight or not.

Its possible to recover an out of sight lost dog to a maximum range of two miles, with the beeper used in the vid the max range of hearing is around ¼ mile..

Lost Dog Recovery

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4N9fnvRY

Related paper – Introduction To The Drives

http://www.freewebs.com/dogmatters/

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Edited May 1, 2008 by Denis Carthy

[Justchillin]

not bad, I'm a bit curious about the hairstyle though lol.

Ben

[Denis Carthy]

not bad, I'm a bit curious about the hairstyle though lol.

Ben

Denis

[Erny]

Hi Denis. Thank you. That wasn't a bad series of vids. Your explanation was set out clearly in the easy to follow steps you provided.

I have a question, if I may? With the "training to touch" .... are you only doing that to service the training of one passive 'skill' (in your instance, "sit") for the purpose of recovering an out of sight lost dog?

The reason I ask is because, as I imagine it, you wouldn't be able to use the 'touch' technique and expect a "sit" in one instance and then a "drop" in another, without moving the collar to another part of the dog's body. So I'm presuming its use is for just that one purpose IE to keep a dog in a stationary position so you might go looking for him/her.

I am also presuming that for general training (eg. "recall") you are using negative reinforcement + verbal/hand signal command.

Oh .... and BTW, your camera skills are improving lots since you were first given your camera.

Does it not have an LCD screen that you can flip out and turn around, so that you can see what's in the picture even if you're in front of it? Regardless, you did a good job of staying in picture.

Ben :

... I'm a bit curious about the hairstyle though lol.

Ben

Ben, you nong .... that was a hat!

Edited May 2, 2008 by Erny