by Tonya Wilhelm | Mar 8, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Training
I am often asked why dogs eat toilet paper. I would estimate that in every group dog training class I teach, it’s asked at least once during the course. And during that inquiry, more than one person’s dog eats toilet …
by Eileen Anderson | Mar 2, 2016 | Training
“The dog decides what is reinforcing.” Positive reinforcement trainers frequently say that to their human students. What they mean is that people can easily be mistaken about whether something constitutes reinforcement. For instance, we may think praising or petting...
by Pam Hogle | Feb 28, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Training
In a class I’m teaching on dog communication, we recently discussed a study on how well people interpret dog body language. The study, Description of the behaviour of domestic dog by experienced and inexperienced people, was published in Applied...
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 Louise Stapleton-Frappell | Feb 19, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
How important is it to teach your canine companion what you would like them to do? I believe it is extremely important but what is even more essential is that you teach in a way that doesn’t cause any stress; …
