by BARKS from the Guild | Jan 4, 2021 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
By Karolina Westlund Ph.D. of PPG corporate partner Illis Animal Behaviour Consulting It took me years to realize this, but there are some approaches that really propelled my learning about animal behaviour management in general, and animal training specifically. Here...
by Eileen Anderson | Jun 17, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
I was thinking the other day about how and why I have a dream relationship with my dogs. They are cooperative. They are sweet. They are responsive and easy to live with. You know how I got there? Training and …
by Eileen Anderson | Feb 18, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
When we bake cookies, some reinforcement is on a variable interval schedule. Have you heard trainers talking about the matching law? This post covers a bit of its history and the nuts and bolts of what it is about. I...
by Eileen Anderson | Jan 17, 2019 | Learning Theory, Training
This 2003 edition book is $4.89 on Amazon. Contents: priceless. There is a science that deals directly with how organisms learn and how to use that information to change the environment in order to change behavior. It’s called applied behavior...
by Eileen Anderson | Apr 17, 2018 | Business & Consulting
A lot of dog training advice you get on the Internet won’t help. Pretty strange comment coming from a dog blogger who frequently writes about training, right? But even if people recommend a humane, positive reinforcement-based approach, something is missing...
