Tag Archives: operant conditioning

Dog training: classical versus operant conditio-what now?

By Canis bonus | Published: 7 June 2018

Blog post by dog behaviourist Laure-Anne Visele, The Hague, cracking the old chestnut of operant versus classical conditioning and why it matters. Written in: June 2018. Illustration credits at the end of the post. About the author: certified dog trainer in The Hague My name is Laure-Anne and I am the dog behaviour therapist at […]

Posted in Dog behaviour, Dog training, Science | Also tagged classical conditioning, classical versus operant conditioning, dog behaviourist the hague, dog training, dog training the hague, hondengedragstherapeut den haag, hondentraining, hondentraining den haag, pavlov, quadrant, skinner | Leave a comment

“You are rewarding your dog’s fear” – the small prints

By Canis bonus | Published: 20 October 2016

Article by The Hague dog trainer Laure-Anne Visele about rewarding dog fear, published in October 2016 Illustration credits at the end of the post About the author: certified dog trainer and applied behaviourist in The Hague My name is Laure-Anne and I am the dog behaviour therapist at Canis bonus, and Head Trainer at OhMyDog! […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged classical conditioning, dogs and fear, reassuring a dog, respondent conditioning, rewarding fear | 1 Response

Why does my dog do that? The four questions of ethology

By Canis bonus | Published: 8 December 2012

Science popularisation article about the four questions of ethology By Laure-Anne Visele, written Dec 2012. Why does my dog DO that? Rover lunged at Uncle Fred again. WHY-OH-WHY? You asked the vet, read the books, told your trainer, and… they all tackled it from a different angle. Result? You’re still confused, Rover’s still barking. So ‘Why is […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged 4 questions of ethology, B.F. Skinner, classical conditioning, comparative behaviour, ethology, Ivan Pavlov, james o'heare, key stimulus, Konrad Lorenz, Nico Tinbergen, phylogeny, reinforcement, releasing stimulus | 3 Responses

Dogs: the Art of Intelligent Punishment

By Canis bonus | Published: 17 November 2010

A rational look at punishment in dog training By Laure-Anne Visele, Nov 2012. The issue of punishment is one of the stickiest issues in the dog world. There are two extremes, and a flurry in the middle: Team right: extremely compulsion-based trainers: You get bonus points for hanging your dog up when he does not sit […]

Posted in Dog behaviour, Dog training | Also tagged alpha-roll, aversive, behaviour therapy, chien, dog, dog training, good canine citizen, habituation, hond, jerking, learned irrelevance, leash-jerking, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, negative reinforcer, negative reward, operant conditioning quadrant, positive punishment, positive reinforcement, positive reinforcer, positive reward, positive training methods, punishment, skinner, training | 17 Responses

Spoilt dogs and intermittent ratios

By Canis bonus | Published: 30 July 2010

Blog comment to Patricia McConnell about intermittent ratios of reinforcement. By Laure-Anne Viselé, July 2010 Introduction Big oooooops on my part in my approach to Roger’s training. Here I am preaching good training practices to the world, and I just got myself caught with a classic mistake: continuing to systematically use treats long after the […]

Posted in Dog training | Also tagged chien, continuous ratio, dog, dog training, dressage de chien, hond, hondentraining, intermittent ratio, obedience, order, Patricia McConnell, performance, punishment, reinforcement, spoilt dog, weak performance | 1 Response