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 […]
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Dog training: classical versus operant conditio-what now?
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
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“You are rewarding your dog’s fear” – the small prints
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! […]
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Also tagged classical conditioning, dogs and fear, reassuring a dog, respondent conditioning, rewarding fear
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Why does my dog do that? The four questions of ethology
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 […]
Dogs: the Art of Intelligent Punishment
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 […]
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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
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Spoilt dogs and intermittent ratios
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 […]
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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
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