List 8 situations a pup should be exposed to

List 8 situations a pup should be trained in in the home environment.

List various types of environments a pup should be trained to walk in

What types of volunteer roles are there within Guide Dogs SA?

Describe the difference between exposing and training in

What should be assessed of a puppy raising volunteer and what requirements do they need to meet?

By the time the pup comes into training what should be developed in a puppy?

What three things may affect a pup's standard of behaviour when it comes in for training?

What are the 3 aims of training

What should be included in a training program?

What factors will affect the duration of training (8)?

What type of approach and attitude should a working guide dog adopt?

What is the scientific name of the domestic dog

What three main reasons suggest that dogs are decedent from wolves over jackals

Why must dogs be decedent from an adaptable creature?

What is domestication?

How long ago were dogs domesticated and what stages were involved?

What are the major physical and behavioural changes in domestic dogs in comparison to their ancestor?

What is neoteny?

What 7 actions of the modern domestic dog can be seen in wolves?

How do we utilise canine instincts in guide dog training?

What is an instincts?

Describe canine vision in comparison to man

Describe a dogs hearing in comparison to man

Describe Olfactory sense in comparison to humans

Describe the function of taste in comparison to humans

What is the importance of the sense of touch for dogs?

What are the four basic needs for survival of a dog?

How does the alpha dog fit into the social hierarchy of dogs?

What three things are utilised in communication between dogs?

Define Learning

What is the basic principal of instrumental/operant learning?

What are 3 important factors to consider when thinking about reinforcers and punishers?

What types of reinforcers and punishers are there? Give an example of each and how it is used in GD training.

What are the two stages of Guide Dog Training and how are they used?

What is extinction?

How might this be used in training?

Give an example of how incorrect handling may result in extinction?

What is the difference between stimulus generalisation and stimulus discrimination?

What is spontaneous recovery in relation to extinction?

What incentive?

How might we use it in training

What is an inhibition?

What can inhibition be caused by?

What is a displacement behaviour?

How should you handle a displacement behaviour?

What is shaping and give an example of how we use this in guide dog training?

What is avoidance behaviour and how can it be derivable and undesirable?

What is habituation?

Give an example of how this can be used in guide dog training?

How can habituation be brought about by poor handling?

Describe the principal behind classical conditioning.

Give an example in GD training.

What is observational learning?

How might it be used in GD learning?

How might this be bad?