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The Push Drop Stick Handbook

How dogs learn, how to read fear and stress, how the Push Drop Stick app decides to push, drop, stick or split, the teaching techniques behind every plan, the gear worth owning, and what Coach can do.

The sections are written to be read front to back and cross-reference each other constantly. Start with the FAQ if you have never used the app; skip to the A–Z glossary if you are looking something up.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    The questions we get most, answered briefly. Each one links to the section that goes deeper, so start here and follow whichever thread you need.

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    Learning Science

    The vocabulary in this section is the machinery underneath every plan in the app. You do not need it to train your dog, and if you are here at 9pm with a puppy and a…

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    Fear & Emotion

    This is the section for the dog who barks at visitors, hides from the vacuum, freezes at the vet, will not walk past the neighbour's fence, or takes treats happily from…

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    How the App Works

    This section is the app's own vocabulary: rep, set, step, criteria, push, drop, stick, split.

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    Teaching Techniques

    Section A was what learning is. This section is how you actually get a behavior out of a dog who has never done it before.

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    Gear

    One idea underneath this whole section: gear does not train your dog.

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    Coach

    Everything else in this handbook is about dogs. This section is about the one part of the app that is not.

Glossary, A to Z

Every term in the Handbook, A to Z. Each one links to its full entry, which sits in the section where it belongs.

If you would rather read than look things up, the sections are written to be read front to back, starting with the FAQ.

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