I made many dog training mistakes with Shiba Inu Sephy. Dog training is often counter-intuitive, and following our instincts, may often not be the right thing to do. The good news is – If we are willing to learn, and put our own egos on hold, things will get a lot better – for everyone. More ...
Operant conditioning does not mean reward training. Operant conditioning actually encapsulates both reward and aversive training. In its simplest form, operant conditioning says that to shape a dog’s behavior, we can either add or take away a reward stimulus (positive reinforcement, negative punishment); or we can add or take away an aversive stimulus (positive punishment, More ...
Dogs are dogs, and they are not human. This is a true statement. According to Wikipedia, Currently, the domestic dog is listed as a subspecies of Canis lupus, C. l. familiaris. We humans are not part of that evolutionary tree, so it is true that dogs are not human. However, there is a tendency on More ...
