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“Positive Reinforcement Only” Training is a Human Thing, Not a Dog Thing

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Humans and dogs learn similarly. Rewards for merit, we work harder. Consequence/punishment for doing wrong, we less frequently or stop that wrong action (hopefully). You can research the four quadrants of learning yourself, if you don’t know (I’m not going thru all the work it takes to attach links). What… Continue reading →

Training Tools, Motivator to Crutch

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We are supposed to be the intelligent species. The people who say this obviously don’t see what I see. I’ve talked to other balanced trainers who get a lot of business from “purely positive” failures. PP is very idealistic, not very practical. You can’t just ignore all bad behaviors, sometimes… Continue reading →