Redd Devil Kennels

Great weekend at the Austin KC Shows. Dolly went Winners on Friday. She was the only one competing this weekend, but Angel came and practiced her off leash heal work to get ready for national.

New titles for these girls! Angel got her beginner novice and obedience title with a 2nd place ribbon. Dolly got her rally title with a 3rd place ribbon.

Just finished working this girl’s coat. She is 12 years old and has tons of undercoat. We use a de shed process that removes the pesky undercoat and leaves the beautiful outer coat. Don’t be fooled by de shed treatments that use Furminators as those literally break the coat hair and does not remove the under coat. Let us help your pup be more comfortable this summer with a de shed treatment!

Got our pics back from the fantastic Rally Trail at KK9! Love how these highlight the girls’ engagement!

Personal best for Angel at K9 Waterworld!!

It was a great 2 weeks in New Mexico for Redd Devils!
😇 Angel earned select and owner handled all 8 days she was shown. She also earned 4 group placements in owner handled including 2 group 1’s which lead to 1 Owner Handled Reserve Best in Show. This should complete her Gold NOHS title. She also earned 1 qualifying score in obedience and 4 qualifying scores in rally!
💥 Dolly won her class 4 times going on to win reserve to majors 2 times and earned winners with best of winners 1 time for her 1st major win!

✌️Breaking down the four quadrants:
Not all clients can understand the four quadrants of learnt theory, so this is the ‘simple’ version for them to understand how their dog learns and perceives stimuli.

This would not be aimed at academics.

Our job as trainers is to help our clients understand how the dog 'thinks'. If our client has a basic understanding of how the dog's brain works then they can apply the appropriate training methods in the behaviour modification program given by the trainer.

Clients don’t always understand how the dog processes environmental stimuli, so, this is aimed to simplify it for them as they are not trainers. The idea is to help them understand how their dog ‘thinks’ so they can help their dog and avoid doing things that can potentially do harm.

🤓In psychology, an aversive is an unpleasant stimulus that changes behaviour through negative reinforcement or positive punishment. Using an aversive immediately before or after a behaviour will most likely reduce the behaviour from happening again in the future. This will also depend on the intensity of the aversive as well as how the subject responds to it.

🤔Understanding how your dog learns and processes the world around them can be tricky. Desired behaviours that are reinforced will become more likely to occur, and behaviours that are not reinforced will become less likely to occur, hence you hear trainers say, reward the good behaviour and ignore the behaviour you don't like.
This is known as the Four Quadrants of Operant Conditioning.
+ (Positive) means to ADD( + )/ INCREASE the stimuli.
- (Negative) means to SUBTRACT ( - ) / DECREASE the stimuli.
Positive Reinforcement (+R): This is when you add something pleasant to the situation AFTER a behaviour, to INCREASE the likelihood of that behaviour happening again in the future.
E.g. When your dog sits you give them a treat/toy or when the dog is walking nicely on a lead you verbally praise and give him a treat. Pretty much anything your dog does that you like, and you reward with something THEY LOVE.
Negative Reinforcement (-R): Negative Reinforcement is basically a threat/intimidation. This is where something that the dog finds unpleasant doesn’t happen so long as the dog 'behaves'.
E.g. The sound the chain makes before you jerk the lead as the dog has made the association of the sound the chain makes that follows with a jerk, and you don't jerk the lead as long as the dog walks next to you.
Another example can be using a shock collar to train your dog to stop barking. The shock occurs when the dog barks (+P) and, when the dog is not barking the stimuli of the shock does not take place (-R).
Negative Reinforcement happens when you take your finger OFF the button. You are TAKING AWAY and stopping the stimuli from happening.
Positive Punishment (+P): This is when an unpleasant stimulus is ACTIVELY applied to the dog DURING OR IMMEDIATELY after a behaviour, to try to REDUCE the occurrence of the behaviour happening again in the future. Something unpleasant will be from the dog's perspective.
E.g. An intimidating sound, shock, or anything the dog finds unpleasant when he barks. Actively pressing the button of a training device when he does something you don't like that causes pain or distress.

This can be anything THE DOG finds scary, painful and unpleasant.
Shouting at your dog when he does something you don't like.
Smacking your dog the moment he does something you don't like.
Squirting your dog with water when 'he's done something wrong'

REMEMBER: IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IS OK OR NOT OK. IT IS WHAT THE DOG PERCEIVES AS FRIGHTENING AND NOT OK.
Negative Punishment (-P): This is when something rewarding or of value to the dog is taken away or withheld from the dog to try to reduce the occurrence of a behaviour happening in the future.
E.g. Denying the dog a treat/ toy/ attention and only giving it to him when he does something you want.
If your dog constantly jumps up at you. You don't respond or give your dog attention until he stops jumping.
You hold the dog's food/ treat/ toy until he stops jumping or offers you a sit, then you give him the ball or throw it for him.
These four principles can be used in different combinations to get your desired behaviour. This is how you change or eliminate behaviours you don't like.

E.g., you can use positive reinforcement and negative punishment in combination:

When your dog walks nicely on a loose lead, you immediately reward him with food or something wonderful (+R); when your dog starts to pull, you stop immediately, and hold the lead so the dog can't move forward by removing what he wants to do as moving forward is his reinforcement (-P).
Some combinations are obviously kinder than others, and some combinations inflict pain and can be extremely distressing to the animal.

Intimidation and consequence training does work however, my answer to unkind and inhumane training is just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

Ask yourself, is it worth the risk of your relationship with your pet as well as the risk of their emotional wellbeing?

We’re having fun in New Mexico! Angel went select and NOHS at the specialty show and regular show on Friday. She then earned a qualifying score in rally on Saturday. She’ll be back in the breed ring at the Farmington shows!

Successful weekend for the crew at the Conroe Kennel Club Rally Trail at KraftyK9! Angel earned her Rally Intermediate title. Dolly earned her 1st Q in Rally Novice. And Bea did not run out of the ring!!

This little nugget earned her rally intermediate title today!

We are now open for grooming! We would love to have your pup come get purdy at our beagle paradise! Our family loves dogs and while our focus has been on breeding, training, and showing beagles, we would love to help you with your fur baby! Message us for more information and stay tuned while we continue to update our page!