by PPGWorld | Mar 12, 2018 | Advocacy, Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
Introduction Here at the Pet Professional Guild (PPG), we like to focus on building relationships with our pets by using positive reinforcement to train new skills, and to build new behaviors as replacements for problematic ones. Because the emotional brain...
by PPGWorld | Mar 2, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Training
By Julie Naismith Dogs and novelty don’t always mix. Although many dogs breeze through change, anxious dogs can be thrown by it. If it could talk, the stressed dog would probably say: “Ok, I was feeling good about everything, but...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Feb 23, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Training
A little too often I think we may demand too much of our dogs. It’s about expectations. If we push too much, we may ultimately push too far, and this is not good with an animal who soaks up what …
by PPGWorld | Feb 21, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
By Debbie Bauer I receive a lot of great ideas for new blog posts – Thank you so much for those. I’m always looking for ideas to write about that will be useful to each of you as readers. One...
by Eileen Anderson | Feb 16, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Training
I think I’ve figured something out. I continue to see the concept of choice bandied about the positive reinforcement-based training world. It can be a code word for a setup that includes negative reinforcement. “I’m going to do something physically...
