Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training

This week we are going to tackle the topic of multiple event markers or specific reinforcement cues (both names for the same thing). This is a really hot topic on the internet right now, and lots of d...

17 Touko 201836min

This week we are hanging out again with our Swedish dog training buddies, Emelie and Eva, of Carpe Momentum. And we are talking about the importance of defining, building, and maintaining our reinforc...

2 Touko 201854min

This week's topic is generalization. Before we jump into that, I want to give you a heads up that I am about to open up some spots in my Online Mentorship program: Zero to CD. For the full show notes ...

23 Huhti 201825min

Behavioral momentum applies the idea of momentum (from physics) to the realm of behavior. Same idea here - once you get something started, it's easier to keep it started. It works for trains, and it w...

17 Huhti 201822min

Getting a puppy can be a bit of a crapshoot. What can we do to select the best puppy for our lifestyle and goals, and what can we do to optimize our training to help that puppy reach his potential? Fo...

9 Huhti 201841min

The process of operationalization takes a fuzzy concept or construct, and makes it clear… so that we can talk about it, we can measure it, and we can have internet arguments and know that we are talki...

2 Huhti 201819min

This week Laura Monaco Torelli and I talk about husbandry in the dog training world, and it turns out it's not ENTIRELY about teaching dogs to trim their own nails (though that could be part of it). D...

12 Maalis 20181h 16min

Can we even operationalize "frustration" in order to define "frustration tolerance"? What does that look like? How do we measure it? Can we, should we, expose a dog to frustration in training to teach...

7 Maalis 201817min