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DRIVE
MOTIVATION
First of all, what are
drives? Drives are instinctive behaviors that every dog enters
this world with. The behavioral traits that we observe in our dogs
are arranged into four major categories: prey, pack, fight and
flight. How these traits are arranged and their intensity helps to
determine a dog’s temperament and personality. Understanding
drive motivation is also helpful in finding which rewarding
techniques work best with a particular dog.
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The Prey
Drive involves behaviors
associated with hunting, killing prey, and feeding.
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The Pack
Drive includes behaviors
associated with being part of the pack, social interaction,
and reproduction.
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The Fight
Drive involves
aggressive behaviors governed by survival and
self-preservation.
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Lastly, the Flight
Drive includes avoidance
behaviors governed also by survival and self-preservation.
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QUESTIONNAIRE
The questionnaire below will help you to determine your
dog’s own drive motivation. Answer the questions and
tally your yes and no
responses from each category: prey, pack, fight and
flight. An analysis of your results appears just below the
last category, at the bottom of the page. Your will need
to know how many yes responses
were given in each category. For best results,
print out the questionnaire, fill in your responses, and
refer to the results section at the bottom of the page.
Prey Drive
Does your dog:
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- Sniff the ground or
air a lot?
- Get excited by moving
objects?
- Stalk cats, other
dogs, or objects in the grass?
- When excited, bark in
a high pitched voice?
- Pounce on toys?
- Jump on the kitchen
counter to steal food?
- Shake and
"kill" toys?
- Rip soft objects
apart?
- Wolf down food?
- Like to carry objects
around?
- Like to dig?
- Like to bury things?
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Pack Drive
Does your dog:
- Get along with
other dogs?
- Get along with
people?
- Bark when left
alone?
- Solicit petting or
like to snuggle with you?
- Respond to verbal
praise?
- Like to be groomed?
- Seek eye contact
with you?
- Tremble or whine
when asked to stay?
- Act like your
shadow and follow you around?
- Play with you and
other dogs?
- Jump up to greet
people?
- Show reproductive
behaviors, such as mounting other dogs?
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Defense Drive:
Fight Response
Does your dog:
- Stand his ground or
investigate strange objects or sounds?
- Like to play
tug-of-war games to win?
- Bark or growl in a
deep tone?
- Guard his
territory?
- Guard his owners?
- Guard food or toys?
- Dislike being
petted?
- Dislike being
groomed or bathed?
- Growl or bite at
the leash?
- Dominate over other
dogs when confronted?
- Like to fight or
play rough?
- Get picked on by
older dogs?
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Defense Drive:
Flight Response
Does your dog:
- Run away from new
situations?
- Hide behind you
when he cannot cope with a situation?
- Avoid unfamiliar
distractions?
- Run away from you
when asked to stay?
- Crowd you while
walking on leash?
- Put all hackles up
when meeting a new person or dog?
- Have difficulty
coming close to you when you call him?
- Crawl on belly or
turn upside-down when verbally reprimanded?
- Have difficulty
standing still when met by a stranger?
- Submissively
urinate when he thinks he has made a mistake?
- Submissively
urinate when meeting another dog?
- Show a tendency to
bite when cornered?
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Summary of
Responses
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Prey
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Pack
Drive:
Defense
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RESULTS
Any category with more
than six yes responses
signifies that your dog is driven by this type of motivation. For
example, 8 yes responses in the Prey Drive category signifies that
your dog is prey driven. We can use this information to aide in
telling us which rewards work best with our dogs and how to train
our dogs in these drives. It also helps us to
understand and accept a dog's instinctive personality and to work
with it appropriately.
The Prey
Drive is elicited by the use
of hand signals, a high-pitched tone of voice, and an object of
attraction, such as food or toys. This is a positive drive,
one that we want to bring out in our dogs.
The Pack
Drive is elicited by
touching, playing and social interaction. This is also a
positive drive, one that we want to bring out in our dogs.
The two defense
drives, Fight
and Flight are usually
negative in nature, and are undesirable in our dogs. Leaning over
the dog, punishment, and a low tone of voice should be avoided
with dogs who are fight or flight motivated.
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Personality
Profile
"Open and Utility Training The Motivational Method"
by Jack and Wendy Volhard
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