Tag Archives: dog refuses to obey

Retomar o significado: Generalização

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

Para os meus leitores e seguidores portugueses. Retomar o significado: Generalização (link) Em Inglês Obrigada Vitor Faibam e Claudia Estanislau pela ajuda na tradução para a versão portuguesa. Note to all my international readers and viewers: I will be happy to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cues, Discrimination, Examples for Teachers, Generalization, Human and dog misunderstandings | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Is It Really Just a Tap? Shock Collar Training Explained

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Shock collar trainers have several names for the shocks that they administer through the collar. A tap. A stim. A nick. A page. Static. Application of pressure.  It sounds like something short and relatively benign. Even the word “shock,” although … Continue reading →

Posted in Negative Reinforcement, Punishment, Shock Collars, Training philosophy | Tagged , , , , , , | 34 Comments

A New Resource, and our Rally Weekend

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

I have published a permanent page on my blog that collects all the posts and videos I have made that I have been told are useful for dog trainers to show their students. It can be accessed here: Video Examples … Continue reading →

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Lumping It: A Public Service Announcement

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

So maybe you are new to clicker training and you keep hearing people talking about lumping and how bad it is. Be a splitter, not a lumper, they say. You have a vague idea about it but maybe aren’t exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog training hints, Generalization, Human and dog misunderstandings, Operant conditioning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

The Missed Cue: Attack of the Zen Field

Posted on August 18, 2012 by

Up to this point, all of my Missed Cue videos have been set up. After I discover or suspect a hole in my dogs’ training I set them up in a situation in which I’m guessing they will fail, and … Continue reading →

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Dogs Notice Everything

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

I am fascinated by how dogs perceive the world. One of the things that dog experts and ethologists have been bringing to our human attention for a while is that dogs discriminate beautifully, but generalize poorly. What this means in … Continue reading →

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