iRubric: Behavior Change Project rubric

1. Puppy owner is able to identify 1 reason (or trigger) or contributing factors for their puppy's biting behavior and why they want to change the behavior. The reason or trigger must be that the puppy is in need of communicating something.

Puppy owner is able to identify 2-3 triggers to the biting behavior that must change and why they want to change it. They must be on different categories of triggers, not just different ways of explaining the same triggers. Such as feeling hungry or thirsty is 1.

Puppy owner is able to identify 4 or more triggers to the biting behavior that must change and why they want to change it. They must be on different categories of triggers, not just different ways of explaining the same triggers. Such as feeling hungry or thirsty is 1.

3. Puppy owner is able to positively reinforce behavior. Create a list of 1 successful strategy that helped to change their puppy's behavior.

Puppy owner is able to use positive reinforcement to change puppy behavior. Create a list of 3 successful strategies that helped to change their puppy's behavior when they are directed at the correct trigger.

Puppy owner is able to use positive reinforcement to change puppy behavior. For each of the categories of triggers, list 3 successful strategies that helped to change their puppy's behavior when they are directed at a specific trigger.