Drive Training and the Missing Mechanism Behind Premack’s Principle
Why Premack’s Works When It Works, Why It Doesn’t When It Doesn’t Cats, Monkeys and Guinea Pigs In another post from a few years ago,I...
An Open Letter to New York Dog Trainers, Part 2
Dog Training For the 21st Century The Law of Effect In a blog post, written last year, Dr. Ian Dunbar wrote: “Edward Lee Thorndike showed...
Dog Training in New York City: How to Keep Your Dog From Humping
Humping: A Sign of Dominance or a Symptom of Frustration? In 2013 blog article at PsychologyToday.com, Dr. Stanley Coren, a highly...
Dog Training in New York City: Treating Separation Anxiety, Part 2
Curing Separation Anxiety by Understanding a Dog's Feelings of Attraction & Resistance Everything in the universe is geared toward...
Is Learning Shaped by Consequences?
Is Learning Shaped by Consequences or by Detecting Environmental Changes? Originally published in different form on September 16, 2010 at...
An Open Letter to New York Dog Trainers
This blog post is actually written for all dog owners and trainers, everywhere. I'd like to introduce you to a wonderful training...
Canine PTSD: Its Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
How Can You Determine If Your Dog Has PTSD? “Reactivity” in Dogs I got the following email message the other day from a company called...
Dog Training Methods: Clicker Training
Why Clicker Classes Are Ineffective And Potentially Dangerous Pavlov's Dog “Clicker training has not taught me a whole bunch, other than...
Sweetness, Stillness, and Resilience
Obedience Comes Naturally by Bringing Out 3 Simple Qualities in Dogs Instead of imposing discipline and dominance on our dogs, or...
Dog Training: Pack Leader Methods
What Is the Science, If Any, Behind Pack Leader Techniques? Two Wolves, Hanging Out “In natural wolf packs, dominance contests with other...
