by lkaim | Nov 8, 2023 | Maryland Dog Training
How do you battle internet experts? Of course, everyone knows you can be anything you want from behind the safety of your computer screen, and most folks realize that their antagonist is generally not going to do much of a deep dive to discover whether they are right,...
by lkaim | Oct 29, 2023 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Trainers, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dogs, How to train a dog, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement
What you allow will continue. Excusing behavior is reinforcing behavior. Not only that, it will pervade every other aspect of your life. Dogs are “single trial learners”. If we allow them the opportunity to engage in any self-gratifying behavior, you can...
by lkaim | Oct 26, 2023 | Care and custodianship, Dog Politics, Dog Trainers, Dogs, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, Professional conduct
On my trek to annoy people and plant the seeds of discontent- early morning ramblings brought to you by pre-coffee. A long dissertation on the state of the dog trainer’s trade. Oh yeah, and if you don’t like reading long posts- dip out now. Every day I...
by lkaim | Oct 18, 2023 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, negative reinforcement, Positive reinforcement
We talk in terms of reinforcement and punishment all the time. We understand the concepts behind adding something to make something happen (or stop happening) or taking something away to make something happen (or stop happening). All of this is the basic rudiments of...
by lkaim | Jul 20, 2023 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Politics, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, How to train a dog, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement
Reinforcement and Punishment The internet is ablaze with opinions of what constitutes reinforcement and punishment in dog training; what is too much, why should punishment be used at all, etc. There are entire philosophies built on the theory that reinforcement is all...
by lkaim | Jul 2, 2023 | Dog Training Tools, Dogs, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, prong collars
People love to slag on prong collars, or any other device they perceive as capable of inflicting physical discomfort. Well, here’s two facts I guarantee are going to pull the shriekers out of the woodwork- 1) Discomfort is a fact of life. Even when we...
