by Ewa Highland | May 2, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Business & Consulting, Learning Theory, Training
When consulting on canine behavior problems, you will be looking at your ABCs – Antecedent – Behaviour – Consequence – as part of your functional assessment. The immediate antecedents, such as direct environment, setting the dog off doing...
by Eileen Anderson | Feb 23, 2016 | Training
Thanks to Debbie Jacobs and Randi Rossman for their input on this topic. Any weird conclusions are mine alone. I have come to believe that most of us who thought we were using “choice” as a reinforcer were mistaken. Wait! …
by Eileen Anderson | Oct 15, 2015 | Animal Behavior, Training
I charged straight into a positive punishment scenario by accident recently. I’ve been somewhat in the training doldrums lately, probably because I am putting so much energy into finishing my book. I have several training activities that I fall back...