Long before I started using Operant Conditioning in training my dogs, I gained a passing familiarity with it in a college level psychology class. I remember lengthy debates with classmates over whether Skinner's work on …
From the Hill… Fairy Dust and Other Quick Fixes
Walk into the room, flip a switch. Lights! Turn the knob and the music is louder. Wouldn't it be great if things worked that way with dogs? Strangely, there are any number of people who would tell you that it does work …
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Training Dogs In Your Head – A Rant
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Sometimes all of the hashing and rehashing of this theory or approach or concept just starts to irritate me. What happened to working with the dogs to see if it …
Born Again Dog Trainers
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Coming to a new understanding of dogs and dog training was a conversion of sorts for me. It has been an interesting journey. I went from skeptic to student to …
Barking At The Moon – Feedback Is Important
One of the strangest things I've learned from producing Canine Nation over the past 4 years is just how difficult it can be to understand how people are responding to my work. When I studied journalism many years ago and …
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Dog Simple
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] People are people and dogs are dogs. Sometimes people can "clever" themselves right past their dogs while training and then get frustrated when the dog doesn't …
