by Tena Parker | Jun 19, 2013 | clicker training, General Dog Care, Positive Training
Positive Reinforcement Isn’t For All Yep, you just read that correctly. Positive reinforcement isn’t for everyone, but not for the reasons many people think. I firmly believe that dogs do not need to have aversives as part of their training in order to...
by Tena Parker | May 8, 2012 | Blogs
I’m gonna go back and finish up our discussion of ineffective punishment from last week. There are lots to be said, but it’s taxing writing about such ‘sad’ topics. Do not punish out of anger I wish I could say that this wasn’t the case...
by Tena Parker | May 2, 2012 | Blogs
Let’s keep looking at the mistakes people make when they try to utilize punishment. Punishment does not teach behavior Punishment alone does not build behaviors or teach dogs what TO do. The ONLY thing punishment does is teach a dog what is wrong. So...
by Tena Parker | Apr 30, 2012 | Blogs
Let’s continue our look into the mistakes people make when choosing to use punishment. Last week I wrote about two common mistakes people make: Correcting Unknown Behaviors and The Punisher Not being Unpleasant but those are only two of the issues I frequently...
