Figure 12. Step 2 — handler continues guiding dog to heel 

 position (both hands). 



food). Review step 7; when the dog orients on 

 the pan after sitting, the dropper reinforces with 

 "Good," waits y% second, then takes a cube of 

 food, quickly places his hand, palm up, inside 

 the pan and allows the dog to eat the cube. 

 Since the dog has previously been conditioned 

 to "Good," it should quickly learn that the voice 

 sound "Good" has replaced the noise at the 

 feed pan as the signal that produces food. Re- 

 conditioning should average two 10-minute ses- 

 sions. 



I Step 9—Elimintation of the Dropper. Re- 

 view step 8. The handler will now take over the 

 role of reinforcing his dog. When his dog orients 

 on the pan after sitting, the handler reinforces 

 with "Good," steps up to the pan and places his 

 hand, palm up with food, into the pan, allowing 

 his dog to eat the cube. When starting this pro- 

 cedure the handler should stand about 2 feet 

 to his dog's rear. He will alternate to his dog's 

 left and right sides when reinforcing. This main- 

 tains the dog's position relative to the pan. The 



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