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Tag Archives: extinction
Summer Learns An Alternative to Being the Fun Police
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
We Don’t Need to Stop Discussing “The Quadrants”
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
Shaping and Stress
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 extinction, extinction burst, shaping, stress signals
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