[NAGDU] GDF

Bryan Gearry bgearry at alaskafrontier.net
Mon Jan 22 23:27:13 UTC 2018


As also a graduate of GDF, well said Marion! That was perfectly put. 
That was my interpretation as well.


On 1/22/2018 1:53 PM, NAGDU President via NAGDU wrote:
> Yiska,
>
> 	Let me first state that my most previous guide dog was trained by
> the Guide Dog Foundation. Let me also state that "Positive reinforcement"
> refers to giving something that causes a behavior to increase. "Negative
> reinforcement" refers to withdrawing something to make a behavior increaseTo
> say this another way, a behavior is reinforced when it increases. The words
> "positive" and "negative" do not refer to the quality of the reinforce but
> the direction of the reinforce. The term "punishment" also does not
> necessarily refer to something that is negative but refers to  whether a
> behavior increases - is reinforced - or decreases - is punished.
>
> 	Leash corrections do not instill fear in the dog when used properly.
> They simply bring the dog's attention back to the person at the end of the
> leash so as to regain the dog's focus. Of course, there are some who use
> leash corrections to instill fear but this is not the purpose of the
> correction.
>
> 	GDF uses the mantra, 3/4 praise; 1/4 correction". It is far better
> to reinforce a wanted behavior than to punish an unwanted  one
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
>
>
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc. (NAGDU)
> National Federation of the Blind
> (813) 626-2789
> President at NAGDU.ORG
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Yiska via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 10:44 AM
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> Cc: Yiska
> Subject: [NAGDU] GDF
>
> Hello
> I had questions about GDF's training methods. Do they use any negative
> reinforcement? Do they use only positive without leash corrections? I want
> something positive based not fear based. Thanks for your time.
> Yiska
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