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Learn about Behavior Adjustment Training via live dog demos
and lots of video with dogs and even horses! Learn how to build dogs' coping
skills and decrease fear using Behavior Adjustment Training.
You'll see how to
add BAT to your behavior modification toolbox, including pitfalls to avoid, and
ways to integrate BAT with other dog-friendly methods. Behavior Adjustment
Training is a system for rehabilitating problem behaviors, including aggression,
fear, pulling on leash, and more.
Just about any 'bad' behaviors that are
maintained by the environment can be replaced by more appropriate behaviors,
using the same environmental triggers and rewards. When working with
aggression, BAT uses *operant* counter-conditioning with systematic
desensitization to build social skills, confidence around the trigger, and trust
in the handler. While food or other rewards are used with BAT in some cases, the
main focus of BAT is on using environmental rewards that already maintain the
problem behavior.
You'll also learn how to apply BAT to other problem behaviors
that don't involve aggression or fear.
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