Dog Or Human – Reinforcement Cause Reactions
Your first reaction to something new in the environment – positive or negative? That’s your permanent reaction to every meet with that thing for the rest of your life – …
Behavioral Psychology Isn’t Concerned With Behaviors.
The very object of the Science of Behavior is discovering it’s causes. B.F Skinner. As for the “science” or “scientific consensus” that dog trainers, dog behaviorists, vet behaviorists – and …
A Toast To Most – Konrad Most
People tend to believe that Ivar Lovaas created the current rendition of Applied Behavior Analysis being used in the autism? Oh my – that’s another lie. This was written by …
Finding Language for What I Was Already Doing
For many years, I quietly assumed I was the anomaly in the dog world. While much of modern dog training revolved around protocols, reinforcement schedules, markers, food rewards and the …
confidence
where does it come from? can it be trained? dog can be confident in an agility ring, but a scaredy cat in the environment.
Is Positive Reinforcement All Positive?
Anyone that is telling you that Positive Reinforcement is all positive – is an idiot and they are lying to you. Positive Reinforcement isn’t have a treat and affection – …
Consequences Can Be A Positive Or A Negative.
Think about Operant Conditioning as self management of behaviour. It can be good or bad. Positive Reinforcement and negative reinforcement go way deeper than have a treat – and it’s …
Can You Change “Operant Conditioning”? Yes. But Not The Way You Think…
My married friends are both afraid of spiders. They have 2 young girls and they inflicted their own fears of spiders onto their kids. Parent’s do this all the time. …
The Quadrants Of Dog Training Are NOT Operant Conditioning.
This is a work in progress – not finished yet. If you only read one blog about dogs – make this the one. This blog is from an Aspergers thought …
Trauma Bonding And Codependence and Narcissism Becoming One.
One moment in time is all it takes to create a lifetime of fear. One moment of fear is all it takes to create a trauma bond. My asperger brain …
B. F. Skinner, at 82, Grows Pessimistic That World Will Accept His Ideas
This is an article from the LA Times that I couldn’t share on facebook. And it’s a worthy read.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-17-mn-16533-story.html CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — B.F. Skinner, sometimes likened to Hitler and shunned …
The Science Of Behaviour Has Been Thrown In The Garbage.
You should read this first to understand where I’m coming from.https://dogtrainingisascam.com/2026/02/10/b-f-skinner-at-82-grows-pessimistic-that-world-will-accept-his-ideas/ If you haven’t read the article I posted about Skinner, you should sit and read it. Toward the end …
Sometimes Doing Nothing Is The Best Plan
I watch dog owners in public, and so many owners are reactive – I don’t think they realize it. And they wonder why the dog is reactive. People are always …
Can you modify a behaviour using reward and punishment?
The entire system of dog training comes down to the definition of one word – behaviour. Dog trainers never seem to want to define the very word – but yet, …
Fight And Flight – Humans Do It Too
This is a work in progress. We have all heard of fight and flight – in dogs. But humans have the same response too – that’s your base Positive Reinforcement …
The Psychology Of Technology. not finished
People find it funny that I am not a fan of technology – but i’ve working in IT for over 35 years. Knowledge of how this technology works doesn’t make …
About Us
My name is Robert, and I am so tired of watching the entire dog training industry blatantly lie to dog owners to make money. It’s nothing more than a system …