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YERKES DODSON LAW?

as it relates to important law that motivation occurs on a bell deprivation causes and likewise not deprivation causes poor same applies to trainers may attribute performance to not enough, realizing that too much have a negative learning. This is law relates psychology and is why peak called “zone” Tudge).

TLDR: The law for us regular folks

• Dogs learn complex tasks better when their arousal level is intermediate

• Dogs learn simple tasks better when their arousal level is higher

• Too much or too little arousal inhibits learning

• Arousal and motivation are influenced by deprivation and satiation – this is why we focus on meeting the needs of our dogs as part of our Toolkit for training