John Fisher's Two Reward System for Reactive Dogs

• 10-10-2009 12:37 PM

  spiritdogs Joined on 09-10-2007 Posts 11,726 Points 1,020

  John Fisher's Two Reward System for Reactive Dogs Reply Contact  Found this at Dee Ganley's web site and thought it might prove interesting, or useful: http://www.deesdogs.com/documents/johnfisherstworewardmethod.pdf Regional Director for Massachusetts, International Positive Dog Training Association Director, SeniorCare Pawsitive Connections Program AKC CGC Evaluator #3669 Therapy Dogs, Inc. Tester/Observer Sioux, CGC, TDInc. Maska, CGC, TDInc. Sequoyah, CGC Fergie, Retired Lap Dog, Age 20 1/2 Dancer, CGC, TDInc. (1989-2006) #1 Heart Dog In memory of Mike, please become an organ donor today. "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys." - Chief Dan George "The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be." ~ Konrad Lorenz

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• 10-10-2009 1:11 PM

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  AgileGSD Joined on 09-16-2007 Posts 1,034 Points 65

  Re: John Fisher's Two Reward System for Reactive Dogs Reply Contact  I have used a variation of this that I call "abandonment training" (LOL Two Reward System sounds much nicer) that I first learned about at a John Rogerson seminar about 5 or 6 years ago. In the variation I use, the dog/owner team are set up in a park with the dog on a training collar (whatever the owner normally uses) and regular leash and are back tied with a long line on a buckle collar. The set up is about the same but the owner actually drops the regular leash and leaves the area when the dog reacts. I also use a word as a punishment marker, to mark why this is happening to the dog.  Of course I always watched the dog for safety reasons and the owner would be called back when the dog stopped reacting.

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• 10-11-2009 9:40 AM

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  spiritdogs Joined on 09-10-2007 Posts 11,726 Points 1,020

  Re: John Fisher's Two Reward System for Reactive Dogs Reply Contact  Your technique actually sounds more like what Trish King does, sans the choke collar.  Maybe she got it from John, or vice versa;-) Regional Director for Massachusetts, International Positive Dog Training Association Director, SeniorCare Pawsitive Connections Program AKC CGC Evaluator #3669 Therapy Dogs, Inc. Tester/Observer Sioux, CGC, TDInc. Maska, CGC, TDInc. Sequoyah, CGC Fergie, Retired Lap Dog, Age 20 1/2 Dancer, CGC, TDInc. (1989-2006) #1 Heart Dog In memory of Mike, please become an organ donor today. "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys." - Chief Dan George "The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be." ~ Konrad Lorenz

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• 10-11-2009 10:24 AM

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  AgileGSD Joined on 09-16-2007 Posts 1,034 Points 65

  Re: John Fisher's Two Reward System for Reactive Dogs Reply Contact spiritdogs:  Your technique actually sounds more like what Trish King does, sans the choke collar.  Maybe she got it from John, or vice versa;-)  A choke collar is not part of the method I decribed. The dog's regular leash is attached to whatever collar the trainer uses for training (could be a choke collar or a martinglae or a prong or even a harness) and the long line is connected to a buckle collar.   I saw that Trish King has taken up doing this as well but I heard John descibe it years before I ever heard anyone else talk about the method.

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