#113: Cue Hierarchies with Vidhya Karthikeyan, Part 2
In this episode, we discuss how context cues affect training, how cue hierarchies function, how to set up a training session to teach cue discrimination, how errorless learning plays a role, what defa...
2 Jul 20201h 7min
#112: Cue Hierarchies with Vidhya Karthikeyan, Part 1
In this episode, we discuss how context cues affect training, how cue hierarchies function, how to set up a training session to teach cue discrimination, how errorless learning plays a role, what defa...
29 Jun 20201h 7min
#111: Dealing with Self-Reinforcing Behaviors
In this episode, we discuss what trainers mean when they say "self-reinforcing," whether a behavior can really reinforce itself, the kinds of behaviors that fall into the self-reinforcing category, wh...
23 Jun 202042min
#110: Transferring a Cue
In this episode, we discuss how cue transfers work, the importance of the order of events (it must always be NEW cue, then OLD cue!), examples of transferring a hand signal to a verbal cue, transferri...
5 Jun 202027min
#109: A Different Way to Think About Shaping with Mary Hunter
In this episode, we discuss the common "staircase" metaphor as applied to shaping plans, a new non-linear approach to thinking about shaping, breaking down a goal behavior into components, how the wro...
28 Apr 20201h 11min
#108: Raising a Puppy in a Pandemic with Debbie Martin
In this episode, we discuss the challenge of socializing a puppy while also social distancing, creative ideas to build your puppy's resilience, options to make the most of what you CAN do, how to stra...
14 Apr 20201h 3min
#107: Stress and Confidence Building with Chirag Patel, Eva Bertilsson, and Theresa McKeon
In this episode, we discuss how stressed out I've been lately, how we might attempt to operationalize stress, what stress means in our dogs and what that might look like, steps we can take in training...
8 Apr 20201h 5min
#106: Emotions and Other Things with Dr. Eduardo Fernandez
In this episode, we discuss emotions in animals (and people), emotions vs emotional responses, counter conditioning, Conditioned Emotional Response (CER), and the emotional lives of penguins. For full...
27 Mar 20201h 51min
