#143: Can You Reinforce Fear?
In this episode, we discuss can you reinforce fear?, have you heard that you shouldn't console your frightened dog, that might "reinforce" the fear? (That's kind of unempathetic, isn't it?), and the m...
27 Juli 202130min
#142: Training Herding Skills with Claire Apple
In this episode, we discuss what reinforcers are in play in herding behavior, marking and rewarding the dog for the human's behavior, training skills out of context, the heretical use of food during h...
13 Juli 20211h
#141: Learning and Memory in Dog Training with Marsha Penner
In this episode, we discuss what dog trainers need to know about memory, the fun mashup between neuroscience and behavior, how positive associations spread through neural networks, and wanting vs. lik...
6 Juli 20211h 43min
#140: Reinforcement for Gun Dogs
In this episode, we discuss what reinforcers are in play when training and working with hunting dogs, working with behaviors when the reinforcers might be hiding out in a bush where you can't control ...
15 Juni 202148min
#139: Constructional Aggression Treatment
In this episode, we discuss what is Constructional Aggression Treatment, what makes it constructional, how this approach is different from other aggression treatment protocols, how CAT deals with the ...
26 Maj 20211h 9min
#138: Should Dog Training Be Regulated? with Bradley Phifer
In this episode, we discuss the process of certifying professional dog trainers, as the CCPDT sees it, the advantages of certification, where the CCPDT stands on regulation in the training industry, a...
11 Maj 202149min
#137: Do You Like to Watch? with Chirag Patel, Eva Bertilsson, and Emelie Johnson Vegh
In this episode, we discuss what is the value of having someone watch your training session, what is the value of watching someone else's training session, when watching a training session, what do yo...
4 Maj 20211h 1min
#136: How to Recover from a Bad Training Session
In this episode, we discuss bad training sessions can happen for a lot of reasons, be kind to yourself (beating yourself up won't help you do better training in the future), fault is the wrong thing t...
27 Apr 202140min
