Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #180: Building Food Drive and Nuanced Reinforcement with Ashlee Osborn Guest: Ashlee Osborn Ashlee Osborn is a certified dog trainer with over 10 years of experience caring for and training dogs and their people. She founded Pawsitive Pups Academy in 2021; an Omaha, Nebraska based mobile […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #179: More Strategies to Reduce Errors In the last episode, we talked about what errorless learning really means. And I shared a few strategies that might make it easier to apply in your training. Of course, the major benefit to using errorless learning concepts in your […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #178: How to Apply Errorless Learning Principles in Practical Training Sessions In his 1968 book, The Technology of Teaching, B.F. Skinner wrote: Errors are not a function of learning or vice-versa nor are they blamed on the learner. Errors are a function of poor analysis of […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #177: Dr. Clive Wynne Says Some Controversial Things About Dominance Guest: Dr. Clive Wynne Born in England, Clive Wynne studied at University College London and the University of Edinburgh. He has served on the faculty of the University of Western Australia, and the University of Florida, […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #176: Taking Short Cuts with Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing with Kiki Yablon Guest: Kiki Yablon Kiki Yablon is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA), Karen Pryor Academy faculty member, and co-instructor for Susan Friedman’s BehaviorWorks, and holds a master’s degree in applied behavioral […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #175: Over the Top – High Arousal in Dogs Guests: Leslie McDevitt & Lindsay Wood Brown Leslie McDevitt, MLA, CDBC, CPDT-KA, is the author of the internationally popular Control Unleashed series of books and DVDs. Her books have been translated into many languages; people all over […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #174: Families with Dogs and Kids with Jennifer Shryock Guest: Jennifer Shryock Jennifer Shryock, Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), is the owner and founder of Family Paws® LLC. She has a certification from the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants and a special education degree with […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #173: Dealing with Problem Behaviors – Using Alternate Behaviors In this episode we discuss: The first step to dealing with a problem behavior is to identify the function. Figure out a plan to control access if possible and practical. If that reinforcer is not practical to […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #172: How to Tell That Your Classical Conditioning Plan is Working When we pair two stimuli together as part of a classical conditioning training plan, it can sometimes be hard to determine when the association has been made between the old stimulus and the new stimulus… […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #171: Maintenance Mode In this episode we discuss: When you might outsource maintenance to the environment? Functional difference between intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcers in maintaining behaviors. How easy it is for behaviors to start slipping before we notice. One way to avoid or minimize that slippage […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #170: How To Avoid Too Much Drilling In this episode we discuss: Tradeoffs when using systematic “drills” to isolate specific aspects of an exercise. Drills help us isolate specific aspects of an exercise and give us the advantage of Deliberate Practice for expertise. What is meant […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #169: Advocating For Your Dog with Erin Moore Guest: Erin Moore Erin is based in Canada and has been in the dog industry for over 15 years in different capacities. From dog walking to running a large, successful training facility and teaching classes 6 days a […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #168: Things That Are Saving My Life Right Now In this episode we discuss: Why everything is hard (just kidding, no answers here. Why IS everything so hard?) Behaviors, routines, and material acquisitions that are helping take the edge off Behaviors that reduce my daily annoyance […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #167: What is Ethics About and Why Should We Care? Guests: Dr. Eduardo J. Fernandez & Thomas Harrison, Ph.D. Dr. Eduardo J. Fernandez received his Ph.D. in Psychology and his M.S. in Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas, where he founded and was President of […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #166: Why is Shaping So Hard?, Pt. 2 In this episode we discuss: Why we often consider shaping to be an advanced technique Why I think it doesn’t have to/shouldn’t be that way Why I think how many of us first learned about shaping is contributing […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #165: Why is Shaping So Hard?, Pt. 1 In this episode we discuss: Why we often consider shaping to be an advanced technique. Why I think it doesn’t have to/shouldn’t be that way. Why I think how many of us first learned about shaping is contributing […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #164: Play & Aggression with Karen London Guest: Karen London, PhD Karen B. London, Ph.D., is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and Certified Professional Dog Trainer who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of serious behavior problems in domestic dogs. She began working with dogs in […]

Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training · #163: Is It Really R+ or Could It Actually Be R- (With a Cherry on Top)? In this episode we discuss: Can we use a tactile cue like leash pressure to train in an R+ framework or is it still just R- that we put a […]