by Eileen Anderson | Feb 9, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Training
Latent learning has a precise definition in learning theory and it’s not what many people think. It’s not magic learning that happens during downtime–at least not in the way people assume. It is not a sudden better performance after a...
by Amanda Newell | Feb 6, 2017 | Advocacy, Animal Behavior, Business & Consulting, Business Development, Personal Development, Training
The more I work as a behavior consultant, the more I realize how much we are all influenced by both the opinions and attitudes of those around us and, possibly more importantly, how the words we, and other people, use.…
by Pam Hogle | Jan 28, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory
A guide dog partner, Deni Elliott, devised a dog version of the marshmallow test for her guide dog. She administered it to her guide Alberta a few years ago. Alberta did well; she actually did many of the things that...
by Barbara Hodel | Jan 22, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
Recently I got asked: “What should I do when my dog goes over to another dog, puts his head over the other dog’s shoulder and, depending on the other dog’s reaction, they will start squabbling?” So far no one got …
by PPGWorld | Jan 9, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
Pet Professional Guild Press Release Pet Professional Guild (PPG) has released a new position statement on so-called “pet correction devices” that are used for the management, training and care of pets. PPG does not recommend such devices and the move...
by Drayton Michaels | Dec 30, 2016 | Advocacy, Animal Behavior, Business & Consulting, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
Some pet dog trainers that are either using aversive methods or some that call themselves “balanced”, and use a combination of both aversive approaches and food rewards, may carry the notion that positive reward based trainers are against them personally,...
