The Dog’s Way Podcast: Dog Training for Real Life
Kids & Family:Pets & Animals
In this episode I talk about natural transitional rewards. Many may not have heard the term, but a lot of you may have used them in the training of your dog whether you realize it or not. If you want to do a real dive into the behavioral part of training, I encourage you to listen to my two episodes on conditioning - Session 73: Skinner's Four Quadrants Part One, and Session 74: Skinner's Four Quadrants Part Two.
I'll talk about the conditioning baked into every day interactions with your dog (like the feeding ritual). The same thing goes for when we are preparing for a walk. Those rituals can be a good thing. But it's it's more than simply the obedience skill you're teaching - it's the nervous system state that is occurring during that sit/stay and from the moment that you give the command to "break free" or say "all done". I'll describe how those commands and practices get embedded in their head, and how that fixation needs to be inhibited in certain instances.
Here are a couple of other instances where you might practically use this training;
I'll talk about how sometimes we unintentionally signal to our dog when we reward certain types of gregarious responses is "I love it when you freak out and run around when I do this action!" Identifying those habits is a real eye-opener to what you might want to consider adjusting during these routines.
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Session 116: How to Teach a Puppy to Stop Jumping Up
Session 115: How to Stop Jumping
Session 114: A Follow Up to Questions and Criticism from the Previous Episode
Session 113: Avoid Mistakes When Teaching a Dog to Stop Barking
Session 112: Avoid Making Your Dog Too Crazy with Food Treats
Session 111: Interview with Kellee Zenk of Dogs Decoded
Session 110: Melissa Stagnaro of American Retteungshunde Sport Association
Session 109: Interview with Elaine Rosen of Dog Lodge
Session 108: Interview with Brad Bevill, Dallas Dog Behaviorist
Session 107: Andi Brown Interview
Session 106: Interview with Integrated Veterinarian Dr. Gary Richter
Session 105 - Integrated Dog Training Featuring Michael Wombacher
Session 104: The Essential Guide to Hiking with Dogs with Jen Sotolongo
Session 103: Interview with Dog Trainer Michael Wombacher
Session 102: Interview with Dr. Lori Cesario
Session 101: E-Collar Training Explored with Eric Letendre
Session 100: Pros and Cons of Food Treats and Corrections
Session 99: Interview with Brooke Mihajlovich
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