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The Process of Behaviour Change
Wait! You won't solve your behavior challenge in two months!
My dog brings some tremendous benefits to the table but we are far from out of the wood…
4 years, 1 month ago
Flooding & Habituation
This live explored the difference between flooding and habituation, and discusses why I choose to put out information on dog aggression, reactivity a…
4 years, 1 month ago
Matters of Arousal
In the past, I have done several IG lives where I talked about components of over aroused or reactive behavior in more detail. On this one, I tried t…
4 years, 1 month ago
Forging in Heeling
We covered more than that, but in effect, we had a conversation about what happens if an undesirable behavior has a reinforcing quality, even if it's…
4 years, 2 months ago
Reducing Reinforcement
This is primarily aimed at dog sports competitors, but applies to pet dogs too. When reducing reinforcement, focus on your goal. What are you trying …
4 years, 2 months ago
Pros and cons of pushing a dog in training.
As with most things, it's not black-and-white. Some dogs benefit from more splitting, patterns, higher rate of reinforcement, and easier training ses…
4 years, 2 months ago
Singular vs. Mass Distraction
Dogs react very differently to a singular event or a mass distraction. This is another one of those personal qualities that you'll want to know about…
4 years, 3 months ago
Planning your training session
In this live, I describe how I am going to train my dog this weekend away from home. What is my route? What is my plan to ensure that we have as much…
4 years, 3 months ago
So you had a bad day
We've all been there. Watch this live to get some ideas for how to handle it when you're ready to throw in the towel over a single bad day.
4 years, 3 months ago
Classical & Operant Conditioning
Once again we covered a lot of territory! This live will introduce you to the quadrants (operant conditioning), and also classical conditioning. We d…
4 years, 4 months ago