Are We Having Fun Yet?
I’ve been thinking a lot about fun lately. It has got me to thinking about how to build more of it into my daily life,…
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Reward Markers and Reinforcement Specific Cues
What is a reward marker? Simply put, a reward marker is a signal that predicts that a reward is coming. In reward-based dog training, the…
Avoid Extinction by Not Withholding
One of the newer ideas being tossed around the positive reinforcement training crowd is the mantra “Do not withhold”. By this, they mean, do not withhold…
Expanding Your Dog’s Reinforcement Horizons
Expanding Your Dog’s Reinforcement Horizons What is Reinforcement? Any time we are trying to educate another living creature using positive reinforcement, it is imperative that…
What is Reinforcement?
What is Reinforcement? Last post, I wrote about the ABCs of The Learning Loop. This learning loop is one of the foundational understandings that I…