Switching Your Dog To A Raw Diet. Feed The Carnivore.
This write up was taken from http://preymodelraw.com. it’s not my work, but a great getting started guide to raw feeding. Unfortunately, the site and forum are down and it doesn’t …
Dog Trainers Are Actively Burying Science And Common Sense.
I watched a dog trainer last night react to a 8 year old Dr. Gregory Berns Ted talk and he declared bullshit. I won’t mention the name, you can find …
We Are Taking Advantage Of Our Dogs.
People are always trying to “get” their dog to do things for them. The reality is – the dog exists to do for us – they want to do for …
3 Steps To A Better Dog And Relationship – And None Involve “Dog Training”.
What do YOU want from YOUR dog? What do you want your dog to be? Most times when I ask that question of people face to face, they don’t know …
Consequences Can Be A Positive Or A Negative.
Think about Operant Conditioning as self management of behaviour. It can be good or bad. Positive Reinforcement and negative reinforcement go way deeper than have a treat – and it’s …
Disabilities In Dogs – Let’s Discuss.
A bird will fall frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. – D.H. Lawrence Disabilties in dogs are only disabilities if you turn it into …
Can You Change “Operant Conditioning”? Yes. But Not The Way You Think…
My married friends are both afraid of spiders. They have 2 young girls and they inflicted their own fears of spiders onto their kids. Parent’s do this all the time. …
Should You Teach Recall? I Never Teach Recall.
Treats and tools only serve to create competitive behaviours – think about that. If your dog is interested in something – and you’re giving the dog a choice to investigate …
The Quadrants Of Dog Training Are NOT Operant Conditioning.
This is a work in progress – not finished yet. If you only read one blog about dogs – make this the one. This blog is from an Aspergers thought …
Trauma Bonding And Codependence and Narcissism Becoming One.
One moment in time is all it takes to create a lifetime of fear. One moment of fear is all it takes to create a trauma bond. My asperger brain …
B. F. Skinner, at 82, Grows Pessimistic That World Will Accept His Ideas
This is an article from the LA Times that I couldn’t share on facebook. And it’s a worthy read.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-17-mn-16533-story.html CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — B.F. Skinner, sometimes likened to Hitler and shunned …
The Science Of Behaviour Has Been Thrown In The Garbage.
You should read this first to understand where I’m coming from.https://dogtrainingisascam.com/2026/02/10/b-f-skinner-at-82-grows-pessimistic-that-world-will-accept-his-ideas/ If you haven’t read the article I posted about Skinner, you should sit and read it. Toward the end …
Some Useful Tools To Help Your dog. Fulfill The Dogs Purpose.
Most behaviour issues stems from not meeting the dogs needs. Just about every breed of dog exists for a reason – to work, to be our tools. We don’t have …
Sometimes Doing Nothing Is The Best Plan
I watch dog owners in public, and so many owners are reactive – I don’t think they realize it. And they wonder why the dog is reactive. People are always …
When You Look At Your Dog, What Do You See?
I’m writing this as a response I got from a dog owner. They asked me to define a dog. What is a dog? When you look at your dog, what …
“Do No Harm” Is Out The Window With Vets And Trainers
I am not a vet and this is not advice. This is what happens when you love to research, and when vets lie to me. This article expects you to …
Can you modify a behaviour using reward and punishment?
The entire system of dog training comes down to the definition of one word – behaviour. Dog trainers never seem to want to define the very word – but yet, …
Fight And Flight – Humans Do It Too
This is a work in progress. We have all heard of fight and flight – in dogs. But humans have the same response too – that’s your base Positive Reinforcement …
The Muzzle – The Worst Punishment
Dogs defend themselves with their teeth or by running away. That’s called the fight or flight response. That’s your basic primal “Positive Reinforcements” – which is your Operant Conditioning. Yes, …
Why Do Humans Need To Control And Manage Their Dogs?
As a caveat, I’m not telling people to express their dark side, but learn to embrace it, understand it. Until you do, there is no morality. B.F Skinner proved that …
The Muzzle. The Worst Punishment.
Dogs defend themselves with their teeth or by running away. That’s called the fight or flight response. That’s your basic primal “Positive Reinforcements” – which is your Operant Conditioning. Yes, …
AVSAB Is lying. Why?
Zak George keeps pushing this “scientific consensus”. Well, lets debunk that “scientific consensus” shall we? One paragraph from one of B.F. Skinners’ books decimates AVSAB as a whole. And explains …
The Trail Of Destruction From Dog Training…
Over the last 15 or so years, I’ve spoken with alot of dog owners. In facebook groups, emails, pm’s, zoom calls, youtube lives etc – and the stories told to …
Train A Dog To Behave?
Once you understand what a behavior is – you then have to realize that you cannot train a dog to behave. Obedience does not equate to behaved but that’s exactly …
Lets Talk Horses – It’s All Animal Psychology.
Learn to do nothing, that’s the primary message of this blog. Let me explain. I love horses, majestic animals – but i never had any interest in learning to ride …