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What does ABC stand for in dog training?
Catharine Lemke
2025-10-28 08:20:06
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LIMA, short for Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive was coined by Stephen Lindsay, in his book titled Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training.
ABC believes in using the LIMA approach to achieve success in training while maintaining the human-animal bond.
Animal Behavior College’s philosophy is that creating a canine-human relationship built on positive interaction and consistency can often deter future unwanted behavior problems, facilitate faster learning and even solve existing behavioral challenges.
This philosophy incorporates the scientific behavioral principles of operant conditioning theory and the LIMA approach.
We believe this can be accomplished through constant positive interaction with dogs; thereby creating a healthy foundation on which even the most difficult challenges can be easily solved.
Carlos Rolfson
2025-10-19 16:05:32
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You might think it stands for something catchy, like “Always Be Clicking,” but the real answer is a little more science-heavy:Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence.
Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence Animal trainers, including dog trainers like us, draw from the field of Applied Behavior Analysis, which has been used to effectively and humanely change behavior for all kinds of learners.
Antecedent: This refers to the conditions or factors that lead to a behavior.
When you’re trying to figure out what a possible antecedent is, you can ask yourself, “what occurred right before the behavior happened?”
Behavior: This may be self-explanatory, but behavior refers to what your dog does in response to the antecedent.
Consequence: This is what happens to your dog immediately after the behavior.
Let’s go back to our ABCs:Antecedent - Guests talking to Gidget Behavior - Gidget jumping on guests Consequence - Guests petting Gidget.
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Cynthia Gerhold
2025-10-19 12:47:53
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All of training comes down to A-B-C, and I’ve got a quick video to explain.
Antecedent: What happens immediately before (it could be a trigger, a cue, a distraction like a bunny).
Behaviour: The behaviour of the dog (that we can describe).
Consequence: What happened to the dog immediately after.
A= The Antecedent was Tater being off-leash away from me, and me walking away growing a large distance between us, which lead to his choice of…
B= The Behaviour he chose was to run to catch up to me (I didn’t call him or lure him with a cookie).
C= The Consequence of Tater choosing to leave the sniffing and catch up to me (without a prompt) was that he was praised and rewarded with a cookie.
A= Something good to smell and Susan getting further away.
B= Ignore what Susan is doing and continue to do what you want to do (sniff).
C= Susan calls YOU, making it easy for you to continue sniffing anytime you want, because the reward will be coming to you regardless if you pay attention to her on walks or not.