Happy Cat Day: Fun with Shaping
How do you celebrate National Cat Day? At Karen Pryor Academy (KPA), we celebrate by teaching our cats new behaviors,…
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Teach Your Dog to Clean Up Toys
How to teach your dog to drop their toy on cue so you can keep the game going with them.…
Simple Shaping Games
How to teach your dog to drop their toy on cue so you can keep the game going with them.…
Using Shaping to Build Confidence
Shaping is the process of breaking down a behavior into small steps and reinforcing each small step as you work…
Teaching Verbal Cue Discrimination
As trainers, we need to be able to depend on our dogs’ ability to respond to the correct verbal cue…
Flip the Switch with Shaping
Shaping, teaching a new behavior by breaking it down in small increments, is an essential tool for teaching complex (and…
Down
Teach the “down” behavior with positive reinforcement.…
Under and Over- Leg Game
Play a fun game with luring, shaping, and marking.…
Shaping a Head Dip
Shaping, the process of teaching a new behavior by breaking it down in small increments, is a great way to…
Foot Target – Adding a Cue – Easy Button
How to add a cue to a foot target to object behavior using an easy button.…
Shaping Foot Target – Easy Button
A demonstration of how to shape foot targeting to an object.…
Settle on a Mat – Step 2
Once your dog is reliably going to the mat, this demonstration shows how to add a cue…