Not so long ago, my enthusiasm for what I had learned about positive training and behavioural science turned me into an evangelist for modern training. But is pushing my training philosophy any more acceptable than pushing political or religious beliefs? Time has helped me temper my approach but the debate still rages within the positive training community. How far do we go to change the dog-owning world?
Canine Nation is a series of essays by Eric Brad CPDT-KA, a certified professional dog trainer. He writes about living with dogs. Canine Nation is about discovering what is TRUE about dogs and discarding centuries of myth and folklore about we train and work with our dogs. It’s about challenging what we think we know and asking the dogs to tell us what’s real. It’s about giving science, scientific method, and collected data more credibility than hearsay, anecdotes, and the authoritative assertions of self-proclaimed “experts” about dogs.
Canine Nation Podcasts are also available HERE!
Disobedient Dogs – Does Being “Bad” Pay Off?
Our dogs don’t always do what we ask of them. Sometimes it can seem that they even enjoy being bad. But is this really the case? The science of behaviour, both canine and human, tell a very different story. Chances are your dog isn’t taking any joy in misbehaving after all!
Training Your Dog – Failing Toward Success
Good training can’t happen without failures but too many can make it frustrating and no fun for either the human or the dog. If failures are going to happen, why not learn from them and use them to make things better? You only fail if you didn’t learn something from the experience.
Dogs, Memory, and Learning – Why History Is Important
Every time we work with our dog, the history of all of our experiences with this dog follow us. For better or for worse, our dog remembers. Your dog’s expectations of you and your time together will depend on how you have shaped those memories.
Dog Training from Start to Finished
Many dog owners train their dogs until they seem to “get it” and think they are done. Dog trainer Eric Brad suggests that there are other important aspects to consider when training your dog such as are proximity, distractions, repetition, and the ability to work at a distance and in different environments.
Two Important Words Of Dog Training Advice
Sometimes, when we think we are helping our dogs to learn, we are actually getting in the way of their success.
Defending Your Dog
In spite of our very human desire to integrate our dogs into every facet of our lives, we may be creating more problems for our dogs than we can solve.
Frustrated Fido: Understanding People Isn’t Easy
Dog trainer Eric Brad reminds us that good communication with our dogs relies on positive reinforcement, consistency and fairness. Being observant and clear about what we are saying will lead to success, he says.
Demystifying the Behaviour of Dogs
Applying training principles gleaned from behavioural science led Eric Brad to enjoy a more rewarding, less tension-filled relationship with his dogs. “What a wonderful surprise to find that living like this with my dogs can, in itself, be Positive Reinforcement for both the dogs and the humans,” writes Eric.
Finding Out the Truth About Your Dog
There is plenty of “common knowledge” about dogs that is just plain wrong, and it gets repeated and passed on every day. Eric Brad looks at how to move past our assumptions and discover the truth about the dogs we live with.
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