Konrad Most – Quadrants Of Dog Training.
Meet the real Quadrants Of Dog Training. Konrad Most – the one name that trainers won’t talk about – the man that wrote the book on IGP dog training. They …
The Dog Is Genetically Aggressive?
So many “experts” in behavior, aggression and reactivity. Can one of these “experts” please – define those words? If you do not understand what is causing a problem – you …
Sell Outs In The Dog Training World.
Caveat – you cannot call it libel and slander when it is proven to be true. But I dare you to try… William took his time to do a clap …
False Advertising In Dog Training
Everything psychology has been redefined – with truly devastating results… Lets get into some psychology. Understand something very clearly – behavioral psychology doesn’t care about behaviors – it’s only concerned …
Behavioral Psychology Isn’t Concerned With Behaviors.
The very object of the Science of Behavior is discovering it’s causes. B.F Skinner. As for the “science” or “scientific consensus” that dog trainers, dog behaviorists, vet behaviorists – and …
The Youtube Copyright Strike Game
Dog trainers are not shy about posting videos all over the place where they are blatantly lying to dog owners. Dog trainers are always blaming B.F Skinner for the quadrants …
The Hidden Trail Of Destruction From Dog Training.
How many people are living like hostages in their homes because “dog training” didn’t help. And how many dog owners have a place they can go to just to talk? …
A Toast To Most – Konrad Most
People tend to believe that Ivar Lovaas created the current rendition of Applied Behavior Analysis being used in the autism? Oh my – that’s another lie. This was written by …
Read A Book? Hard Sell These Days…
The terms Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement and Operant Conditioning were coined by B.F Skinner. Positive and Negative Punishment had nothing to do with Skinner – he openly opposed the use …
Finding Language for What I Was Already Doing
For many years, I quietly assumed I was the anomaly in the dog world. While much of modern dog training revolved around protocols, reinforcement schedules, markers, food rewards and the …
confidence
where does it come from? can it be trained? dog can be confident in an agility ring, but a scaredy cat in the environment.
Is Positive Reinforcement All Positive?
Anyone that is telling you that Positive Reinforcement is all positive – is an idiot and they are lying to you. Positive Reinforcement isn’t have a treat and affection – …
The Day a Little Terrier Changed Everything
Approximately thirty years ago, I knew I wanted to work with dogs. At the time, I already had an Irish Setter whom I had rescued a few years earlier. During …
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 …