Tag Archives: extinction

Summer Learns An Alternative to Being the Fun Police

Posted on November 26, 2013 by

I have mentioned before that my dog Summer is reactive. Reactive has come to refer to a dog who reacts strongly (and inappropriately in the human’s view), usually with an aggressive display, to some specific triggers. Some of Summer’s triggers are … Continue reading →

Posted in Arousal, Cues, Desensitization and Counterconditioning, Multiple dogs, Positive Reinforcement, Reactivity, Reinforcement | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

We Don’t Need to Stop Discussing “The Quadrants”

Posted on June 27, 2013 by

Every so often, in the midst of a discussion about operant learning,  someone will write, The quadrants* don’t matter. Talking about the quadrants just confuses people and makes them pay more attention to theory than what is going on in … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog body language, Dog training hints, Negative Reinforcement, Operant conditioning, Stress Signals | Tagged , , , | 20 Comments

Shaping and Stress

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

This is an expansion of a post about a possible cause of stress in shaping that I sent to the Training Levels Yahoo group. Shaping involves extinction. That is, ceasing to reward something that has been repeatedly rewarded. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog body language, Dog training hints, Training philosophy | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments