Higher-Order Conditioning: Did it Happen To My Dog?
The other day I was sitting in my bedroom with Clara and Zani and the doorbell rang. And there was dead silence. Continue reading “Higher-Order Conditioning: Did it Happen To My Dog?”
Month: September 2017
What’s a Functional Assessment in Dog Training? (And Why You Should Care)
A lot of dog training advice you get on the Internet won’t help.
Pretty strange comment coming from a dog blogger who frequently writes about training, right? But even if people recommend a humane, positive reinforcement-based approach, something is missing that can’t be done in a typical online discussion. That’s the functional assessment. Continue reading “What’s a Functional Assessment in Dog Training? (And Why You Should Care)”
Clara’s Progress at the Vet’s Office
Here is a little bright spot a few weeks after the sudden loss of my beloved dog Summer.
In February 2013, I posted a set of photos of Clara that I took at the vet’s office. (They were actually video stills.) That post, Dog Facial Expressions: Stress, was one of my most popular ever. Trainers all over the world have used the photos, with my permission, for educational presentations of all sorts. (The offer of the photos remains open. Anyone who wants sets of labeled and unlabeled photos can drop me a line through my contact page.)
Ever since Clara came to me as a feral pup in 2011, I have worked with her twice a week Continue reading “Clara’s Progress at the Vet’s Office”