Is It Better To Reward Before or After the Release Cue? The most common obedience mistakes I see revolve not around the commands but around the release. Many clients have never heard of a release. ”Huh? Release? What?” Other times there is just a lack of clarity or a...
“We Want More! We Want More!” the crowd chants and stomps as the house lights come on. Any great concert ends this way and every good performer knows that you always want to leave them wanting more. Back in the day, I used to go to a lot of concerts. There...
Training animals with food goes back as long as humans have been working with animals. How long is that? No one knows for sure, but it is safe to say many thousands of years. It’s not difficult to see why. Food is a natural motivator. We see a trend happening now with...
Any dog-lover who is in search of any kind of information to improve their dog’s behavior, be it how to stop a dog from pulling on the leash to how to manage a dog’s aggression, will likely find their head spinning after a 20 minute surfing session on the...
In his book, “Drive,” Daniel Pink tells of motivational research done with young children and their desire to draw. Given free time in a room with paper and crayons the children would all draw at their leisure. The experimenters then added extrinsic...
“If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?” That classic line from The Wall by Pink Floyd can send you flashing back to lava lamps and laser light shows but it is not...
