by PPGWorld | Sep 23, 2016 | Advocacy, Pet Guardians, Training
PPG calls on pet industry professionals to take a stand on the use and application of shock in animal training, to work together to educate pet owners in humane, scientifically sound training methods, and to take shock off the table...
by PPGWorld | Sep 4, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
I recently saw these words on a coffee mug: Please Do Not Confuse Your Google Search With My Medical Degree! And yes, these mugs can be customized for any profession, so I mused at how often I’ve been tempted to...
by PPGWorld | Aug 4, 2016 | Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
Many, many years ago I enrolled in what seemed like a fun weekend workshop with my dog. The ad read, “No limits to learning” or something similar, so of course, I jumped at the chance to attend with my dog....
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 Eileen Anderson | Sep 14, 2015 | Training
What happens when someone shares a “success” story about training with aversives? Here’s my response to a commenter who did so on one of my previous posts. A Parable Once there was a woman named Reva who had a serious...
