...How dogs learn Realizing the way dogs and pups learn will hand you the ability to train as well as curb your best friend. We all should control our dogs simply because while friendship is crucial, a well-behaved pet is a happy pet. Dogs sometimes learn from another dog by social learning. They also learn from the human through a process known as conditioning. They often learn about one another and about us by visual and scent clews. Particularly, they watch body language and also smell butts in other to get information. Occasionally, they also utilize verbal communication, but so much less than we do. For instance, dogs normally sense hand gestures much faster than sense verbal commands. Lure and Reward learning. A lot of us nowadays undergo principle based dog training. In other to teach a dog whatever behavior, we lure it into the behavior we desire and then reward the dog. It will work just for any behavior if we can think about a way of taking the dog into the position, or performing this...
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...How you ever seen a person being guided by a dog and thought, "wow, that isn't that amazing?" Well, there are certain organizations, known as guide-dog training facilities, that specialize on dog and human companionship. These warehouses are specifically made for training guide dogs, who their main purpose is to be a loyal companion and help people who do not see, or have a certain disability. If you happen to come face to face with one of these facilities, everywhere you look, there are a variety of dogs being played with, and working hard to improve their skills, and impress their trainers. Guide-dog training facilities are something that have a great impact on people's lives. Many people are intrigued while watching how a guide-dog takes...
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...JULIA BECKRICH, ANDREA DWYER, KRYS MOHWINKLE Gpaws SAM ANDERSON, JULIA BECKRICH, ANDREA DWYER, KRYS MOHWINKLE Gpaws Table of Contents Executive Summary - Andrea 2 Mission, Vision, Values, Goals 2 Vision 3 Values 3 S.M.A.R.T goals 3 Company Description 3 Products/Services 4 Product/Services Description 4 Basic Collar 5 GPS Tracking System 5 Activity Tracker 5 Temperature gage 6 Tone Trainer 6 Marketing Plan –Sam 7 Implementation Plan 13 Financial Plan – Julia 15 Conclusion 16 References 17 Appendices 17 Executive Summary – Andrea Any animal lover wants the best for their pet. Having the secure feeling of knowing where their pet is at all times not only helps the owner but also puts the safety of the pet first. GPawS is an online business focusing on just that. GPawS provides a customizable collar for pet owners who want to keep their pet as safe as possible. The features that the customer has to mix and match with are: a temperature gage, an activity tracker, tone trainer, Location GPS and custom tag. The mission, vision and goals of GPawS all flow together. The mission is to form to the customer needs, not the other way around. The mission is as follows; “We exist to bring comfort and safety to all animal lovers, providing a product with the technology to meet our customer’s needs.” Having the customer’s heart in mind the vision of GPawS is to seamlessly promote the safety of all animals with the benefits...
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...eVersion 1.0 - click for scan notes DON'T SHOOT THE DOG Karen Pryor To my mother, Sally Ondeck; my stepmother, Ricky Wylie; and Winifred Sturley, my teacher and friend. Contents Foreword 1—Reinforcement: Better than Rewards In which we learn of the ferocity of Wall Street lawyers; of how to—and how not to—buy presents and give compliments; of a grumpy gorilla, a grudging panda, and a truculent teenager (the author); of gambling, pencil chewing, falling in love with heels, and other bad habits; of how to reform a scolding teacher or a crabby boss without their knowing what you've done; and more. 2—Shaping: Developing Super Performance Without Strain or Pain How to conduct an opera; how to putt; how to handle a bad report card. Parlor games for trainers. Notes on killer whales, Nim Chimpsky Zen, Gregory Bateson, the Brearley School, why cats get stuck in trees, and how to train a chicken. 3—Stimulus Control: Cooperation Without Coercion Orders, commands, requests, signals, cues, and words to the wise; what works and what doesn't. What discipline isn't. Who gets obeyed and why. How to stop yelling at your kids. Dancing, drill teams, music, martial arts, and other recreational uses of stimulus control. 4—Untraining: Using Reinforcement to Get Rid of Behavior You Don't Want Eight methods of getting rid of behavior you don't want, from messy roommates to barking dogs to bad tennis to harmful addictions, starting with Method 1: Shoot the Animal, which definitely works, and ending with...
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...Centralized training and registration for Service Dogs Dessie Marek UMUC Abstract In today’s evolving society, there is more mobility that ever for people with disabilities. One of the things that allows this to happen is the use of service animals. Problems however arise when people try to cheat the system. Attempts to pass off pets as service animals, improperly trained animals, and businesses with lack of knowledge on laws all contribute to ongoing frustrations. The need for a centralized training standard as well as government registration and regulation of service animals is clear and immediate. If standards can be established within breeding clubs for “Good Citizen” training, then it can be done for service dogs. Then, once they are trained to standard, there is no reason an official registration system cannot be implemented. The simple act of giving an official ID to actual service dogs would alleviate the stress from business owners as well as handlers. It really is just common sense. Centralized training and registration for Service Dogs Disabilities can be life changing and world altering circumstances. For many people becoming disabled meant living a lesser life, that is until they discovered service dogs. In the united states more and more uses are being found for service dogs every day. This of course leads to frauds and problems. How do they deal with it all? Easy! There needs to be a centralized standard of training and registration system for all service...
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...The Changing Status of Dogs: One Bark at a Time Dylan Sunderland Why do pet owners have paintings and photographs of there pets? Author Katherine Grier writes, “Since the seventeenth century, having portraits made of family members has been one of the most important ways that Americans made statements about their feelings toward one another, their status in their communities, and their desire to preserve the history of their families for posterity” (124). As time progressed animals that were kept as pets began to have different roles for their owners and now they too are being considered a family member. Pets are slowly taking over the world of art as their own roles within the families are changing. Clearly, having pets placed in different forms of art have been used for centuries and they all tell there own different stories as to why they were chosen to be a part of the picture. How about a trip through time from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century to see how dogs have progressed in their roles as pets? Seventeenth century artist, Diego Velázquez, painted the piece of work known as Infante Felipe Próspero. This painting was produced in 1659 using oil on canvas. The location of production is not stated on Artstor.com where the piece was retrieved, but the assumption can be made that it was produced in a Spanish native area because of the title and the author history. This eloquently painted piece of work shows a young human standing next to her puppy...
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...studying the digestive system of dogs in 1927, Ivan noticed that his dogs would salivate at the sight of the lab assistant bringing them food. Through the process of classical conditioning, soon the sight of the lab assistant alone was enough for the dogs to salivate. Pavlov believed that the dogs had learnt to expect food from the assistant by association; he then investigated his theory further by beginning to experiment with a neutral stimulus, in this case the sound of a bell. Pavlov sounded a bell as food was placed in front of the dogs, it did not take long for the dogs to produce saliva at the mere sound of the bell. The process of Classical Conditioning or Pavlovian conditioning as it is also known as works as follows: Stage 1 – Food in this experiment is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS). The UCS equals salivation which is the unconditioned response (UCR). Salivation is an involuntary automatic response to a certain stimulus. This is a reflex controlled by the lower part of the brain; no learning is required to produce this response. At this stage before learning has taken place, the sound of a bell will cause no response or an irrelevant response from the dogs. Stage 2 – Acquisition is the initial stage of learning, after repeatedly pairing food with the sound of a bell, the dogs will now begin learning to associate the two stimuli together, as soon as the dogs begin to salivate in response to the bell, we can say that the response has been acquired. The bell is...
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...FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT Super Dog’s Gym & Training Center ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Business Plan Presented to the Faculty of the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Street, Sampaloc, Manila ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASAT, JOLINA BELLE C. HUANG, YA-HUI E. MATAYA, TRIZIAMAE D. PAREDES, CHIT JANSSEN A. TELAN, DERREN KRISTELLE J. October 2015 FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE TOURISM MANAGEMENT, this business plan entitled “Super Dog’s Gym and Training Center”, prepared and submitted by JOLINA BELLE C. BASAT, YA-HUI E. HUANG, TRIZIAMAE D. MATAYA, CHIT JANSSEN A. PAREDES, and DERREN KRISTELLE J. TELAN, is hereby recommended for submission to the Oral Presentation. _____________________________________________ Adviser Approved by the Research Committee at the Oral Examination conducted on October 4, 2015 with the grade of __________ %. THE RESEARCH PANEL COMMITTEE ______________________________ Chairman ______________________________ ...
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...The CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide is a collection of CrossFit Journal articles written since 2002 primarily by CrossFit CEO and founder Coach Greg Glassman (“Coach Glassman”) on the foundational movements and methodology of CrossFit. The Level 1 Certificate Course is CrossFit’s cornerstone seminar, which has allowed thousands to begin their careers as CrossFit Trainers. This Guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the Level 1 Course to develop the participant’s knowledge and trainer skills, as well as prepare him or her for the Level 1 test. This is an essential but not an exhaustive resource. Some of the knowledge required to pass the test comes from these articles; the other material comes directly from the two-day course. Some edits to the original articles have been made for the Training Guide to flow as a stand-alone reference, provide context for readers, as well stay current with the course format. All original works are preserved in the CrossFit Journal and hotlinks (noted by their blue color) are provided throughout. Copyright © CrossFit, Inc. All Rights Reserved. CrossFit is a registered trademark ‰ of CrossFit, Inc. V2.2-20150514R4.KW V2.3_ 20150525.KW Table of Contents Methodology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Medicine-Ball Cleans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Understanding CrossFit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...RO T E U L D GE · r & Fr a nci s G ro SAP implementation at Metalica: an organizational drama in two acts M ICH EL AVIT AL and BETTY VANDENBOSCH Department of Information Systems, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7235 USA This play attempts to reconstruct the social reality of key players at Metalica during the ® rst couple of years of SAP implementation. Rather than adopting one perspective about the SAP project, we provide the views of different participants using their own words, arguments and ideas as much as possible. The play is constructed from summaries of systematic interviews which were changed only to suit scholarly objectives and a dramatic presentation. At the request of the company involved, the names and locations in this case have been disguised. Act 1 describes the company’ s vision concerning the implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, a crisis which emerged during the initial phase of implementation and the actions taken to remedy the shortfalls. Act 2 describes the project management, the dynamics between the implementation team members and the organizational implications of an ERP system implementation. The actual performance of the play and a subsequent discussion among the participants enable students to re-create and experience the thrills, frustrations, dilemmas and concerns originally expressed by the people who inspired this account of SAP implementation. Using...
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... | Watchdog ability: | very high | | Protection ability: | very low | | Area of Origin: | Mexico | | Date of Origin: | 1500’s | | Other Names: | none | | Original Function: | ceremonial | | | | | History | | | This is the oldest breed on the American continent and the smallest breed in the world. Native to Mexico, nonetheless it seems to have been introduced by the Chinese. It was only brought to Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. The Chihuahua is named after the Mexican state of Chihuahua where he was brought to the rest of the world by travelers. This breed is believed to have been sacred to the Pre-Columbian Indian nations. | | Temperament | The Chihuahua is a good companion dog. Courageous, extremely lively, proud and enterprising, it gives and demands affection. Bold and saucy, it moves swiftly to avoid being stepped on. Chihuahuas are strong-willed, intensely loyal and become very attached to their owners, even to the point of jealousy. Chihuahuas generally recognise their own breed, but sometimes disapprove of other breeds. They are very intelligent although a bit stubborn, and are trainable with patience, persistence and practice. | | Upkeep | The Chihuahua is a lively dog that nonetheless can get its exercise running from room to room indoors. It enjoys exploring the yard or going for short walks on a leash and especially enjoys accompanying its owner on outings. The Chihuahua is not an outdoor dog; it hates the cold...
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...Running head: MKTG522 INVISIBLE LEASH 1 MKTG522 Invisible Leash Marketing Plan -- Final Draft Mike Mateja Keller Graduate School of Management MKTG522 INVISIBLE LEASH Table of Contents 2 1.0 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 3 2.0 Situation Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Market Summary ................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 SWOT Analysis..................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Competition ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Product (Service) Offering .................................................................................................. 10 2.5 Keys to Success ................................................................................................................... 12 2.6 Critical Issues ...................................................................................................................... 12 3.0 Marketing Strategy.................................................................................................................. 13 3.1 Mission ....................................
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...MB601 People Organization and Society Facilitator: Dr. John Cullen Submission Date: 17th January 2014 Word-count: 5400 Student Name & ID: Danni Zeng 13250034 Declaration I declare that this assignment which I submit in partial fulfillment of the assessment requirements on MB601 is my work, attributes relevant quotes and/or ideas to the respective authors/owners of such quotes/ideas, adheres to the Harvard style of referencing, and has not been submitted as an assignment elsewhere. [pic] Table of Contents Introduction - 2 - The initial consideration of what my vocation should be - 2 - An informed exploration of my vocation involves: - 7 - A critical reevaluation of the vocation I have ideated - 11 - A purposeful plan to help me achieve my vocational plan - 14 - References - 17 - Introduction The aim of this project is to envisage and test my vocation plan. In order to achieve that, in this paper, I will first conduct a close analysis of my vocation decision with reference to my personal profile. Afterwards, a relevant research including literature review and interviews of people who undertake similar professions will be carried out to examine if the vocation meets my expectation. Finally, after considering potential impediments and strengths, a strategic and purposeful plan of helping realizing my vocation will be made. It should be noted that finding one’s vocation could be a lifelong process. The vocation decided in this paper is based on...
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...located midway along the west coast of Florida. It has a diverse culture of people cohabitating in a large community. Assessing the community allows you to see a broader picture of diversity and layers of multicultural issues that affect the community as a whole. Population Economic Status Assessment Hillsborough County is an average sized county for all intents and purposes with a population of approximately 1,316,298 people. The county is also average in income levels with the average household income of $49,596 and only 16.8% of this population being at or below poverty level and 83.2% above the poverty level. Isolating ethnicity, it is the Native Americans with the highest percentage of “poor” individuals 29.8% and African Americans second at 27.7%. Approximately 3% of the population is receiving public assistance in various forms. are receiving assistance in one way or another. According to the Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative there are approximately, 1,931 people living without a fixed residence in the county. This number is slightly down from 2014 numbers of 1,944. The majority race in Hillsborough County is Caucasian at 75.6%, followed by Hispanic or Latino at 26% and African Americans at 17.4%. There are slightly more females in the community than males, 54% and 46%, respectively. A vast majority of the population graduated high school at 86.8% and approximately a 1/3 of the community has obtained a higher level of education with a Bachelor’s...
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...Topic: A study on Deliverance ltd. opening a new branch in South East London. Contents ........................................................................................................................1 Abstract ........................................................................................................................2 Statement of problem ...................................................................................................3 Introduction ..................................................................................................................4 Advantages of opening new branch in South East London .........................................6 Disadvantages of opening new branch in South East London .....................................7 Literature Review .........................................................................................................8 PEST analysis ...............................................................................................................9 SWOT analysis ............................................................................................................11 Michael Porters five forces ..........................................................................................13 Boston Consulting Group ............................................................................................15 Stakeholders Analysis ................................
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