This is training using Operant Conditioning, which is basically just a label for “learning by consequence.” In the latest episode of School For The Dogs Podcast, I talk about a different way of training certain behaviors, specifically “drop it” and “come.” This “different way” involves making use of another kind of conditioning: Classical Conditioning.įind a full list of episodes here! Notes: If you sit, then you get a treat if you stop jumping, then I’ll greet you. Most of the time when we teach a dog a new behavior, it follows an “if/then” equation. ![]() Would a dog being traumatized get so many hundreds of thousands of “likes?” Beyond that, I ponder how weird it is that we expect cats to NOT want to interact with a tree in the house, and suggest some practical ways to keep pets from messing with holiday directions (spoiler alert: Get a menorah!). ![]() I meditate on the strange way that this example of punishment-based training - billed as unvarnished traumatization - is so funny and intriguing to the masses. The video and a few follow ups (showing that the cat hasn’t attacked the tree) have gotten over thirty million views and four million likes. Transcript available at .Įarlier this week, TikTok user posted a video of herself chasing her cat around her house while holding her Christmas tree like a bayonet in the text that goes with the video, she explains that she saw a TikTok explaining that if you traumatize your cat with your Christmas tree before you put it up, the cat will leave the tree alone. Like this episode? Please leave a review on iTunes! Learn how here: Interested in learning more about our trainer supervised off-leash sessions? Visit us online at As an example, I explain how “Break” is taught at School For The Dogs for dogs attending off leash play sessions. I explain how SFTD trainers work to help build a dog’s ability to stop and start a behavior, and help owners think about what a dog should ideally be doing instead of an undesirable behavior. I also explain that it’s a misconception that Positive Reinforcement-based trainers never try to stop behaviors. I go into how it’s possible to condition a secondary punisher to make the word “No” more meaningful… but most people don’t do this work. (“Talk amongst yourselves: I’ll give you a topic. What if, with both dogs and humans, the focus were not on explaining what not to do, but rather on teaching what appropriate behaviors can be engaged in instead? Maybe men, in particularly, could learn something by taking discussion-starting tips from “Linda Richman,” the Mike Myers “Coffee Talk” character from Saturday Night Live in the nineties. I think about how, for both dogs and humans, this confusion about “No” can lead to stress. ![]() While doing the NYC’s annual workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention course, I noted that people are being told to assume that many things other than the word “No” may mean “No.” This might be a good thing, but it’s also potentially confusing! In the world of dogs, I’ve seen how the word “No” can also be a confusing concept, as it is frequently used ineffectively, and can even end up positively reinforcing some behaviors.
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