by Daniel Antolec | Jul 13, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
I live in the countryside on a 25 acre parcel surrounded by farmland. We developed our property to support wildlife. Needless to say there are critters of all kinds and in all directions. My dogs love it as much as …
by Eileen Anderson | Apr 17, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Training
Once upon a time, there was a girl who decided to teach her dog some tricks. She figured out that if she gave her dog something he liked after he did something she liked, he was liable to do the …
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 | Dec 18, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
It just occurred to me that it is super easy to make assumptions about how much our dogs prefer a particular food toy, or even whether they really enjoy them that much. Don’t yell at me. To be clear: I …
by Eileen Anderson | May 2, 2016 | Training
The “yelling” question comes up regularly for positive reinforcement-based trainers. “Am I a bad person if I yell at my dogs?” “Is it positive punishment to yell at my dogs?” And the accusatory version, “Do you NEVER yell at your …
