Tag Archives: reinforcement

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 […]

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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 […]

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